List of Sint Maarten leaders of government

List of Governors or Kommandeurs, between 1631 to now.[1][2]
Years Name
Commander
1631–1633Jan Claeszoon van Campen.
Spanish Governors
1633–1636Cibrian de Lizarazu.
1636–1638Luis de Valdes.
1638–1647Diego Guajardo Fajardo.
Commanders
14 Feb 1648 - 1650Martin Thomas
1650–1655Adriaen de Vos
1655–1660Edmondt de Fosse
1667 ?Jan Sympson ?
1672 ?Jan Simonszoon de Buck
Governors
1672 ? - 1672Laurent de Maynie (French)
1672–1685....
1685–1689chevalier de Rionville (French)
1690–1697......................... British occupation</smll>
1699–1701Jean Dyel du Parquet (French)
1701–1702Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière (French)
Vice-commanders
1703 - 170xLucas van Beverhoudt
1705 ?Olivier Graval
1708?- 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 Barry
1735–1736John Philips (1st time)
1736–1737Pieter Hassell
1737–1746John Philips (2nd time)
1746–1748Jan de Wever
1748–1781Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781......................... British occupation</smll>
Governors
1781–1783Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
1783–1784Charles Chabert, Jr.
Vice-commanders
1784–1785Thomas Aertsen
1785–1786John Salomons Gibbes
Commanders
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 Muller
1801Bresson -Commissioner
1801 - 24 Mar 1801Willem Hendrik Rink (2nd time)
24 Mar 1801 - 1 Dec 1802Robert Nicholson -Commandant
1 Dec 1802 - 1807Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)
1807–1810Jan Verveer Jzn.
1810–1813John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827)</smll>
1813–1814James Alexander Farquharson (1st time)
1814–1815William McCaskill
1815James Alexander Farquharson (2nd time)
1815Francis Edden
1815–1816Robert Douglas
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1816–1820Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831)</smll>
1820–1840Diederik Johannes van Romondt
1840–1849Johannes Willem van Romondt
1849–1850Pieter Petersen
1850–1859Johannes Didericus Crol
1859–1860Lucas Percival
1860–1865Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896)</smll>
1865–1866Philogène Philippe Maillard
1866–1870Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904)</smll>
1870–1871Robert van Romondt (acting)
1871–1883Edouard Dénis Ernest van den Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908)</smll>
1883Diederik Charles van Romondt (1st time) (acting)
1883–1885Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930)</smll>
1885–1889Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18.. - d. 1919)</smll>
1889–1891Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899)</smll>
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..)</smll>
1927 C.F. Boskaljon (acting)
1927–1930Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973) (acting)</smll>
1930–1943Johan Diderich Meiners
1943–1947Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ....)</smll>
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
1981–1982Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937)</smll>
1992–1994Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943)</smll>
Sep 1994 - 12 Sep 2000Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946)</smll>
22 Sep 2000 - Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)</smll>
Leaders of the government from 1954 until 2010.
Period Name
1954–1991DP - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
1991–1995SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952)</smll>
1995 - 1 Jul 1999SPA - William Marlin
1 Jul 1999 - 2009 DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (f)(b. 1956)</smll>
6 June 2009 - 10 October 2010 NA - William V. Marlin (b. 1955)
Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party Sint Maarten; NA = National Alliance; SPA = Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance
Prime Ministers from 10 October 2010.
Period Name
10 October 2010 - 19 December 2014DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (f)(b. 1956)
19 December 2014 - UPP - Marcel Gumbs[3]
Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party Sint Maarten; SPA = St. Maarten Patriotic Alliance ; UPP = United People's Party

See also

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. www.worldstatesmen.org
  3. "Five Member Cabinet sworn in on Friday.". smn-news.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.