| First De Jongh-Elhage cabinet | |
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 26th Cabinet of Netherlands Antilles | |
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| Date formed | 26 March 2006 |
| Date dissolved | 26 March 2010 [1] |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| Head of government | Emily de Jongh-Elhage |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | 2010 election |
| Predecessor | Ys II |
| Successor | De Jongh-Elhage II |
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The first De Jongh-Elhage cabinet was the 26th cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles.
The cabinet was composed as follows: [2] [3]
| Office | Name | Party | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of General Affairs and Foreign Affairs | Emily de Jongh-Elhage | PAR | 26 March 2006 |
| Minister of the Interior and Constitutional Affairs | Roland Duncan | NA | 26 March 2006 |
| Minister of Education, Youth, Culture, and Sports | Omayra Leeflang | PAR | 26 March 2006 |
| Minister of Finance | Ersilia de Lannooy | PNP | 26 March 2006 |
| Minister of Justice | David Dick | PAR | 26 March 2006 |
| Magali Jacoba | PAR | 14 August 2009 [4] [5] [6] | |
| Minister of Public Health and Social Development | Sandra E. Smith | MAN | 26 March 2006 |
| Ersilia de Lannooy | PNP | 6 December 2006 [7] | |
| Omayra Leeflang | PAR | 4 June 2007 [8] | |
| Minister of Traffic and Communications | Kenneth A. Gijsbertha | MAN | 26 March 2006 |
| Omayra Leeflang | PAR | 6 December 2006 [7] | |
| Maurice Adriaens | FOL | 2007 [8] | |
| Minister of Labor and Economic Affairs | Burney Elhage | UPB | 26 March 2006 |
| Elvis Tjin Asjoe | UPB | 13 July 2007 [9] [10] [11] | |
| Hubert Martis | UPB | 19 March 2009 [12] | |
| State Secretary of Justice | Ernie Simmons | DP-ste | 26 March 2006 |
| State Secretary of Finance | Alex Rosaria | PNP | 26 March 2006 |
| State Secretary of the Solidarity Fund | Shamara Nicholson-Linzey | WIPM | 26 March 2006 |
State Secretary of Traffic and Communications
| Julio G. Constancia | FOL | 10 July 2009 |
| State Secretary of the Interior and Constitutional Affairs | Hubert Martis | UPB | 26 March 2006 |
| Noris Gomes | UPB | 19 March 2009 [13] | |
| State Secretary of Public Health | Rodolphe Samuel | NA | 26 March 2006 |
| Joan Smart-Berkle [14] | NA | 2007 | |
| George Pantophlet | NA | 7 January 2009 [15] | |
| Patrick Illidge | NA | 10 July 2009 [16] |
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