List of Sint Maarten governors

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List of Governors or Kommandeurs, between 1631 to now. [1] [2]
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 (french)
1672 - 1685 ....
1685 - 1689 chevalier de Rionville (french)
1690 - 1697 ......................... British occupation
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 Wever
1748 - 1781 Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781 ......................... British occupation
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 Robert Nicholson -Commandant
1 Dec 1802 - 1807 Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)
1807 - 1810 Jan Verveer Jzn.
1810 - 1813 John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827)
1813 - 1814 James Alexander Farquharson (1st time)
1814 - 1815 William McCaskill
1815 James Alexander Farquharson (2nd time)
1815 Francis Edden
1815 - 1816 Robert Douglas
Administrators (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 - Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)
Leaders of the government from 1954 until today.
Periode Name
1954 - 1991 SPD - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
1991 - 1995 SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952)
1995 - 1 Jul 1999 SPA - William Marlin
1 Jul 1999 - NDP - Sarah A. Wescott-Williams (f)(b. 1956)
Party abbreviations: NDP = National Democratic Party of St. Maarten; SDP = St. Maarten Democratic Party; SPA = St. Maarten Patriotic Alliance

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01_0010.htm Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië Herman Daniël Benjamins en Joh. F. Snelleman (red.)
  2. ^ Netherlands Antilles Islands