List of Sint Maarten leaders of government

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This is a list of Sint Maarten leaders of government, from 1631 to the present.

List of governors or kommandeurs, between 1631 and now. [1] [2] [3]
YearsName
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 (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-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 Weever
1748–1781Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781.........................Third British invasion during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.
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 1802..... Fourth British occupation during the War of the Second Coalition. (Cdt. Robert Nicholson).
1 Dec 1802 - 1807Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)
1807–1810 Jan 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 Edden
1815–1816(British) Lt. General Robert Douglas.
Lieutenant governors (gezaghebbers)
1816–1820 Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831)
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)
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..)
1927C.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 2000–2010Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)
Governors (gouverneurs)
Oct 2010–2022 Eugene Holiday (b. 1962)
Oct 2022–present Ajamu Baly (b. 1977)
Leaders of the government from 1954 until 2010.
PeriodName
1954–1991DP - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
1991–1995SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952)
1995–1 Jul 1999SPA - William Marlin (b. 1950)
1 Jul 1999–2009DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956)
6 June 2009–10 October 2010NA - William V. Marlin (b. 1950)
Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party; NA = National Alliance; SPA = Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance
Prime ministers from 10 October 2010.
PeriodName
10 October 2010 - 19 December 2014DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956)
19 December 2014 - 19 November 2015UPP - Marcel Gumbs [4] (b. 1953).
19 November 2015 - 24 November 2017NA - William Marlin [5] (b. 1950)
24 November 2017 - 15 January 2018USP - Rafael Boasman [6] (b. 1953)
15 January 2018 - 10 October 2019UD - Leona Marlin-Romeo [7] (b. 1973)
10 October 2019 - 19 November 2019SMCP - Wycliffe Smith [8] (b. 1948)
19 November 2019 - 3 May 2024NA - Silveria Jacobs [9] (b. 1968)
3 May 2024 - presentURSM - Luc Mercelina [10] (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

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