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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] Years Name
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] ⓘ) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. [8] With a population of 58,477 [9] [2] as of June 2023 on an area of 34 km 2 (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French ...
The Parliament of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Staten van Sint Maarten) is a unicameral legislature that consists of 15 members, each elected for a four-year term in a general election. The first parliament was installed on 10 October 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles , and consisted of the members of the predecessor island ...
The cabinet is a coalition of four parties known as the 2x4 coalition: [3] Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement, Democratic Party, Party for Progress , Nation Opportunity Wealth. [4] [5] The cabinet fell after only 18 days when Nation Opportunity Wealth MP Kevin Maingrette resigned from his party and left the coalition to join the opposition.
The minister plenipotentiary is not part of the government and represents the Sint Maarten government in the Netherlands. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The country is a parliamentary representative democratic country with a multi-party system .
The Ministry of Justice of Sint Maarten oversees public safety, law and order, and the upholding of justice in Sint Maarten. The ministry is responsible for the following agencies: [1] Immigration and Border Protection Service; Police Corps of St. Maarten; Customs; Prison and House of Detention; Financial Intelligence Unit; Internal Services
The second Jacobs cabinet was the 10th cabinet of Sint Maarten. It was installed by Governor Eugene Holiday on 28 March 2020. [1] [2] Formation of the cabinet began after the 2020 Sint Maarten general election held on 9 January 2020. [3]
This article lists political parties in Sint Maarten. Sint Maarten has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which usually a single party does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Political parties tend to be loose political groupings, rather than ...