Ewart F. Brown, M.D., served as the Premier of Bermuda from 2006 to 2010. Trained as a physician at Howard University, he opened the Vermont Century Medical Clinic in South Central Los Angeles before returning to his native Bermuda, where he founded Bermuda Healthcare Services. In 1993, he won election to Parliament representing the Progressive Labour Party, serving as Minister of Transport beginning in 1998 and later also as Minister of Tourism. As a Member of Parliament and then as Premier, Brown was a forceful and consistent advocate of racial equality, Bermudian independence, and equitable economic development