First Marlin cabinet

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First Marlin cabinet
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5th Cabinet of Sint Maarten
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Date formed19 November 2015
Date dissolved20 December 2016 [1]
People and organisations
Head of state Willem-Alexander
Head of government William Marlin
Member parties National Alliance (NA)
Democratic Party (DP)
United St. Maarten Party (USP)
Maurice Lake
Silvio Matser
History
Predecessor Gumbs
Successor Marlin II

The First Marlin cabinet was the fifth Cabinet of Sint Maarten installed following the achievement of constituent country status of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. The cabinet was a coalition between the National Alliance, Democratic Party, United St. Maarten Party and independent members of Parliament Maurice Lake and Silvio Matser. [2]

Composition

The cabinet is composed as follows: [3]

Main office-holders
OfficeNamePartySince
Prime Minister William Marlin NA 19 November 2015
Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and EnvironmentWilliam Marlin (interim)NA19 November 2015
Angel Meyers [Note] 27 November 2015 [4]
Minister of Finance Richard Gibson NA19 November 2015
Minister of Justice Richard Gibson (interim)NA19 November 2015
Edson Kirindongo USP 26 January 2016 [5]
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications Irania Arrindell [Note] 19 November 2015
Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor Emil Lee DP19 November 2015
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports Silveria Jacobs NA19 November 2015
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten Henrietta Doran-York NA19 November 2015
Note Angel Meyers was put forward on Maurice Lake's recommendation, while Irania Arrindell was recommended by Silvio Matser. [6] [7]

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