This is a list of Sint Maarten leaders of government, from 1631 to the present.
List of governors or kommandeurs, between 1631 and now. Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië Herman Daniël Benjamins en Joh. F. Snelleman (red.)www.worldstatesmen.org History of Sint Maarten and Saint Martin, by Johannes Hartog (1981) Years NameCommander1631–1633Jan Claeszoon van Campen.Spanish governors1633–1636Cibrian de Lizarazu.1636–1638Luis de Valdes.1638–1647Diego Guajardo Fajardo.Commanders14 Feb 1648 - 1650Martin Thomas 1650–1655Adriaen de Vos1655–1660Edmondt de Fosse 1667 ?Jan Sympson ? 1672 ?Jan Simonszoon de BuckGovernors1672 ? - 1672Laurent de Maynie (a French gentleman)1672–1679.................... First British invasion during the Third Anglo-Dutch War .1679- ? .... ???1685–1689chevalier de Rionville (French)1690–1697.................... Second British occupation during the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg) war. 1699–1701Jean Dyel du Parquet (French)1701–1702Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière (French) Vice-commanders1703 - 170xLucas van Beverhoudt 1705 ?Olivier Graval1708?- 1710Charles Devezaen 1710–1712François Lemaire (French)1712–1713Jean Buretel 1713–1718Martinus Meyer (1st time) 1718–1720Louis Guillaume Durepaire (French)1720–1722Jan de Windt Sr.1722–1733Martinus Meyer (2nd time)1733–1735Jacobus Barry1735–1736John Philips (1st time) 1736–1737Pieter Hassell 1737–1746John Philips (2nd time)1746–1748Jan de Weever1748–1781Abraham Heijliger Pzn. 3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781......................... Third British invasion during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.Governors1781–1783Abraham Heijliger Pzn. 1783–1784Charles Chabert Jr.Vice-commanders 1784–1785Thomas Aertsen1785–1786John Salomons GibbesCommanders 1786 - Jan 1790John Salomons Gibbes 10 Jun 1790 - 1800Willem Hendrik Rink (1st time) 29 Apr 1795 - 1797La Bruyère -Commissioner (French)1797–1801P.Ch. Dormoy -Commissioner (French)1800–1801Remt Folkerus Muller1801Bresson -Commissioner 1801 - 24 Mar 1801Willem 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 - 1807Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)1807–1810Jan Verveer Jzn.1810–1813John 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 Edden1815–1816(British) Lt. General Robert Douglas.Lieutenant governors (gezaghebbers)1816–1820Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831)1820–1840Diederik Johannes van Romondt 1840–1849Johannes Willem van Romondt 1849–1850Pieter Petersen1850–1859Johannes Didericus Crol 1859–1860Lucas Percival 1860–1865Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896)1865–1866Philogène Philippe Maillard 1866–1870Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904)1870–1871Robert van Romondt (acting) 1871–1883Edouard Dénis Ernest van den Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908)1883Diederik Charles van Romondt (1st time) (acting)1883–1885Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930)1885–1889Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18.. - d. 1919) 1889–1891Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899)1891–1893Frans Johannes Olivier 1893–1894Diederik Charles van Romondt (2nd time) (acting) 1894–1901Joseph Möller 1901–1918Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18.. - d. 1919) 1918–1919Frits Koenraad Thielen (acting) 1919–1920G.J. Tijmstra (acting) 1920A.W. de Haseth (acting)1920–1923J. van der Zee Rz. (acting) 1923–1927Richard Johannes Beaujon Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19..)1927 C.F. Boskaljon (acting)1927–1930Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973) (acting)1930–1943Johan Diderich Meiners 1943–1947Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ....)1947–1948M.J. Huith (acting)1948–1957Johannes Christiaan Paap 1957Walter Granville Buncamper (1st time) (acting) 1957–1958Hendrik Anthonius Hessling (acting) 1958–1959Walter Granville Buncamper (2nd time) (acting) 1959–1968Jan Jacob Japa Beaujon 1968–1975Reinier O. van Delden (acting to 1969) 1975–1981Theodore M. Pandt (b. 1939 - d. 2017)1981–1982Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937)1992–1994Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943)Sep 1994 –12 Sep 2000Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946) 22 Sep 2000–2010 Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)Governors (gouverneurs)Oct 2010–2022 Eugene Holiday (b. 1962)Oct 2022–presentAjamu Baly (b. 1977)
Leaders of the government from 1954 until 2010. Period Name1954–1991DP - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998)1991–1995SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952)1995–1 Jul 1999SPA - William Marlin (b. 1950) 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 Name10 October 2010 - 19 December 2014DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956)19 December 2014 - 19 November 2015UPP - Marcel Gumbs (b. 1953).19 November 2015 - 24 November 2017 NA - William Marlin (b. 1950)24 November 2017 - 15 January 2018 USP - Rafael Boasman (b. 1953)15 January 2018 - 10 October 2019UD - Leona Marlin-Romeo (b. 1973)10 October 2019 - 19 November 2019SMCP - Wycliffe Smith (b. 1948)19 November 2019 - 3 May 2024 NA - Silveria Jacobs (b. 1968)3 May 2024 - presentURSM - Luc Mercelina (b. 1964) 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; URSM = Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement
See also Saint Martin (island), the Caribbean island The French side of the island Culture of St. Martin, the Caribbean island History of St. Martin, the Caribbean island O sweet Saint-Martin's Land (bi-national song/anthem of Saint-Martin/Sint-Maarten )
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