Bermuda's Deputy Governor Mark Capes will be the Chief Executive in the Turks and Caicos Islands as the British Government works to restore stability to the territory.

Turks and Caicos has been rocked by alleged Government corruption.

On Friday Britain imposed direct rule on the islands, which are an overseas territory like Bermuda, after an inquiry by the Foreign Office found evidence of government corruption.

Mr. Capes, who has been Deputy Governor of Bermuda since 2006, will be taking up his new post in mid October.

Premier Ewart Brown said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the Deputy Governor over the years. I found him to be sincere, direct and clear in his communications. I wish him well and hope to see him and his wife in Turks and Caicos when Wanda and I visit later this year."

Mr. Capes will be replaced by David Arkley.

Mr. Arkley, a career diplomat, is currently serving at the British Embassy in Luanda, Angola. He will arrive in Bermuda in September. He has also served in Moscow, San Paulo and Washington.

The new Deputy Governor has made headlines for being assaulted in Russia and for allegedly sending out anti-immigrant e-mails on his work e-mail.

In 2003, the UK newspaper The Telegraph reported the Foreign Office was embarrassed after Mr. Arkley sent a "racist e-mail about asylum seekers".

The e-mail was a forward of an anonymous poem, which refers to immigrants as "trash" and implies that they avoid work and have too many children.

At the time Mr. Arkley said the message was intended to be a joke and added it was an error of judgment.

In 2002, The Telegraph also reported that Mr. Arkley was dragged from his car in Moscow and beaten by three men.

He was not severely injured and the attack was not believed to be politically motivated.

Mr. Capes' new job will see him working with Turks and Caicos Governor Gordon Wetherell, who now controls the islands. On Friday, the British Government said it had suspended the government and legislature, as well as the automatic right to a trial by jury.

Last year Britain appointed a panel to look into allegations of corruption against then Premier Michael Misick and other officials. Investigators suggested officials had misused public money and profited from the sale of government-owned land.

During the hearings details of Misick's lavish spending were revealed. His estranged wife, actress LisaRaye McCoy, described the use of private jets to commute from Los Angeles and other luxuries including a leased Rolls-Royce.

The lead investigator, Robin Auld, said he had found "clear signs of political amorality and immaturity and general administrative incompetence" on the islands.

Misick has denied any wrongdoing and called the British panel "modern-day colonialism." On Friday he described Britain's move to take control of the islands as a "coup".