Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet

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Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet
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8th cabinet of Sint Maarten
Date formed25 June 2018
Date dissolved19 November 2019
(1 year, 147 days in office)
People and organisations
Monarch King Willem-Alexander
Governor Eugene Holiday
Head of government Leona Marlin-Romeo (2018–2019)
Wycliffe Smith (2019)
No. of ministers7
Member parties United Democrats (UD)
St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP)
History
Election 2018 election
Predecessor First Marlin-Romeo cabinet
Successor First Jacobs cabinet

The second Marlin-Romeo cabinet was the 8th cabinet of Sint Maarten. It was formed by a coalition of the political parties United Democrats (UD) and the St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP). [1] [2]

The cabinet succeeded the first Marlin-Romeo cabinet following the 2018 general election, and was installed by Governor Eugene Holiday on 25 June 2018. [3] The cabinet lost its majority on 9 September 2019 when Franklin Meyers, faction leader of the UD, left his party to become an independent Member of Parliament. On 22 September 2019, UD Members of Parliament Luc Mercelina and Chanel Brownbill followed suit, which led to the collapse of the second Marlin-Romeo cabinet. [4]

Composition

Ministers in the first Marlin-Romeo cabinet
TitleMinisterTerm of officeParty
StartEnd
Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Leona Marlin-Romeo.jpg Leona Marlin-Romeo 25 June 201810 October 2019 [a] UD
WycliffeSmithSaba.jpg Wycliffe Smith 10 October 2019 [5] 19 November 2019 SMCP
Minister of Finance Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Perry Geerlings 25 June 201819 November 2019 UD
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport WycliffeSmithSaba.jpg Wycliffe Smith 25 June 201819 November 2019 SMCP
Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever.jpg Cornelius de Weever 25 June 201810 October 2019 [a] UD
Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Perry Geerlings 10 October 2019 [5] 19 November 2019
Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Emil Lee 25 June 20182 July 2019 [6] [a] UD
Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Christopher Wever 10 October 2019 [5] 19 November 2019
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Stuart Johnson 25 June 201819 November 2019 UD
Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Miklos Gitterson 25 June 201830 August 2019 [a] UD
Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Christopher Wever 30 August 2019 [7] 19 November 2019
Minister Plenipotentiary [b] Jorien Wuite, 2019.jpg Jorien Wuite 25 June 201819 November 2019 UD
Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary [b] Sint Maarten politic personality icon.svg Michael Somersall 25 June 201819 November 2019 SMCP
  1. 1 2 3 4 Resigned from this position.
  2. 1 2 Not formally a member of the cabinet.

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