This is a list of Sint Maarten leaders of government, from 1631 to the present.

List of governors or kommandeurs, between 1631 and now.[1][2][3]
Years Name
Commander
1631–1633 Jan Claeszoon van Campen.
Spanish governors
1633–1636 Cibrian de Lizarazu.
1636–1638 Luis de Valdes.
1638–1647 Diego Guajardo Fajardo.
Commanders
14 Feb 1648 - 1650 Martin Thomas
1650–1655 Adriaen de Vos
1655–1660 Edmondt de Fosse
1667 ? Jan Sympson ?
1672 ? Jan Simonszoon de Buck
Governors
1672 ? - 1672 Laurent de Maynie (a French gentleman)
1672–1679 .................... First British invasion during the Third Anglo-Dutch War .
1679- ? .... ???
1685–1689 chevalier de Rionville (French)
1690–1697 .................... Second British occupation during the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg) war.
1699–1701 Jean Dyel du Parquet (French)
1701–1702 Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière (French)
Vice-commanders
1703 - 170x Lucas van Beverhoudt
1705 ? Olivier Graval
1708?- 1710 Charles Devezaen
1710–1712 François Lemaire (French)
1712–1713 Jean Buretel
1713–1718 Martinus Meyer (1st time)
1718–1720 Louis Guillaume Durepaire (French)
1720–1722 Jan de Windt Sr.
1722–1733 Martinus Meyer (2nd time)
1733–1735 Jacobus Barry
1735–1736 John Philips (1st time)
1736–1737 Pieter Hassell
1737–1746 John Philips (2nd time)
1746–1748 Jan de Weever
1748–1781 Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781 ......................... Third British invasion during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.
Governors
1781–1783 Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
1783–1784 Charles Chabert Jr.
Vice-commanders
1784–1785 Thomas Aertsen
1785–1786 John Salomons Gibbes
Commanders
1786 - Jan 1790 John Salomons Gibbes
10 Jun 1790 - 1800 Willem Hendrik Rink (1st time)
29 Apr 1795 - 1797 La Bruyère -Commissioner (French)
1797–1801 P.Ch. Dormoy -Commissioner (French)
1800–1801 Remt Folkerus Muller
1801 Bresson -Commissioner
1801 - 24 Mar 1801 Willem Hendrik Rink (2nd time)
24 Mar 1801 - 1 Dec 1802 ..... Fourth British occupation during the War of the Second Coalition. (Cdt. Robert Nicholson).
1 Dec 1802 - 1807 Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)
1807–1810 Jan Verveer Jzn.
1810–1813 John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827)
Fifth British occupation : during the Napoleonic Wars.
1813–1814 (British) General James Alexander Farquharson (b.1775-d.1834), (1st time)
1814–1815 (British) Major General William McCaskill (b.175?-d.1815)
1815 (British) General James Alexander Farquharson (b.1775-d.1834), (2nd time)
1815 (British) Officer Francis Edden
1815–1816 (British) Lt. General Robert Douglas.
Lieutenant governors (gezaghebbers)
1816–1820 Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831)
1820–1840 Diederik Johannes van Romondt
1840–1849 Johannes Willem van Romondt
1849–1850 Pieter Petersen
1850–1859 Johannes Didericus Crol
1859–1860 Lucas Percival
1860–1865 Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896)
1865–1866 Philogène Philippe Maillard
1866–1870 Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904)
1870–1871 Robert van Romondt (acting)
1871–1883 Edouard Dénis Ernest van den Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
1883 Diederik Charles van Romondt (1st time) (acting)
1883–1885 Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930)
1885–1889 Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18.. - d. 1919)
1889–1891 Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899)
1891–1893 Frans Johannes Olivier
1893–1894 Diederik Charles van Romondt (2nd time) (acting)
1894–1901 Joseph Möller
1901–1918 Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18.. - d. 1919)
1918–1919 Frits Koenraad Thielen (acting)
1919–1920 G.J. Tijmstra (acting)
1920 A.W. de Haseth (acting)
1920–1923 J. van der Zee Rz. (acting)
1923–1927 Richard Johannes Beaujon Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19..)
1927 C.F. Boskaljon (acting)
1927–1930 Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973) (acting)
1930–1943 Johan Diderich Meiners
1943–1947 Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ....)
1947–1948 M.J. Huith (acting)
1948–1957 Johannes Christiaan Paap
1957 Walter Granville Buncamper (1st time) (acting)
1957–1958 Hendrik Anthonius Hessling (acting)
1958–1959 Walter Granville Buncamper (2nd time) (acting)
1959–1968 Jan Jacob Japa Beaujon
1968–1975 Reinier O. van Delden (acting to 1969)
1975–1981 Theodore M. Pandt
1981–1982 Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937)
1992–1994 Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943)
Sep 1994 - 12 Sep 2000 Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946)
22 Sep 2000-2010 Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)
Oct 2010- (now) Eugene Holiday (b. 1962-).
Leaders of the government from 1954 until 2010.
Period Name
1954–1991 DP - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
1991–1995 SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952)
1995 - 1 Jul 1999 SPA - William Marlin
1 Jul 1999 - 2009 DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956)
6 June 2009 - 10 October 2010 NA - William V. Marlin (b. 1950)
Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party; NA = National Alliance; SPA = Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance
Prime ministers from 10 October 2010.
Period Name
10 October 2010 - 19 December 2014 DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956)
19 December 2014 - 19 November 2015 UPP - Marcel Gumbs[4] (b. 1953).
19 November 2015 - 24 November 2017 NA - William Marlin[5] (b. 1950)
24 November 2017 - 15 January 2018 USP - Rafael Boasman[6] (b. 1953)
15 January 2018 - 10 October 2019 UD - Leona Marlin-Romeo[7] (b. 1973)
10 October 2019 - 19 November 2019 SMCP - Wycliffe Smith[8] (b. 1948)
19 November 2019 - NA - Silveria Jacobs[9] (b. 1968)
Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party; NA = National Alliance; SMCP = Sint Maarten Christian Party; UPP = United People's Party; UD = United Democrats; USP = United St. Maarten Party

See also

References

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  3. ^ History of Sint Maarten and Saint Martin, by Johannes Hartog (1981)
  4. ^ "Five Member Cabinet sworn in on Friday". smn-news.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. ^ "New NA-led Cabinet to be sworn in today". The Daily Herald. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. ^ "UPDATE Kingdom Government orders Marlin's dismissal". The Daily Herald. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  7. ^ "New Interim Council of Ministers sworn-in headed by Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo". Soualiga Newsday. 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Smith appointed Prime Minister". The Daily Herald. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  9. ^ "St. Maarten has new government". The Daily Herald. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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