President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten

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The President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Voorzitter van Staten van Sint Maarten) is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Sint Maarten. According to Article 8 of the Rules of Order of Parliament he or she presides over the sittings of the House and enforces the rules prescribed in the Rules of Order of Parliament for the orderly conduct of parliamentary business. The President is supported in his or her duties by a team of Vice Presidents, divided into a First Vice President, Second Vice President, which also are members of the House. In the event that the President is unable to lead a meeting the meeting is chaired by the First Vice President.[1][2]

The current President of Parliament of the UPP party has been in office since February 2020.[3]

List of presidents[]

The following table lists the presidents of the Parliament of Sint Maarten that have been in office since Sint Maarten became a country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010:[4]

# Name Took office Left office Party
1 10 October 2010[5] 14 July 2012 UP
2 15 July 2012[6] 24 May 2013 NA
3 Gracita R. Arrindell 24 June 2013[7] 9 October 2014 UP
4 Sarah Wescot-Williams 10 October 2014[8] 13 November 2014 DP
5 Lloyd Richardson 1 December 2014[9] 12 October 2015[10][11] UP
6 Sarah Wescot-Williams 15 October 2015[12] 31 October 2016 DP
7 31 October 2016[13] 24 November 2016 UP
8 Sarah Wescot-Williams 24 November 2016[14] 22 September 2019[15] DP/UD
9 William Marlin 25 September 2019[16] February 2020 NA
10 February 2020[17][18] Incumbent UPP

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Constitution of Sint Maarten. p. 13. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Rules of Order for the Parliament of Sint Maarten. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "President Brison proposes to PM to call on Kingdom Council of Ministers to Finalize Decolonization Process". www.soualiganewsday.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  4. ^ "Past Presidents". sxmparliament.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Arrindell elected president of first parliament of St. Maarten" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 October 2010. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Rodolphe Samuel elected as new President of Parliament". The Daily Herald. 30 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Gracita Arrindell back as President of the Parliament" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 25 June 2013. p. 1, 10.
  8. ^ "Sarah elected as the new President of Parliament" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 October 2014. p. 1, 6.
  9. ^ "Dr. Lloyd appointed Parliament chairman" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 2 December 2014. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Lloyd makes available his Parliament Chair position" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 14 October 2015. p. 3.
  11. ^ "President of Parliament Dr. Lloyd Richardson makes position available". 721 News. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Sarah elected new Parliament Chair in spite of De Weever's cancellation" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 16 October 2015. p. 1, 7.
  13. ^ "Connor elected new Chairperson of Parliament, Samuel Vice Chair". The Daily Herald. 1 November 2016. p. 4.
  14. ^ "New Coalition of NA-USP and DP appoint MP Sarah Wescot-Williams to the position of Chairperson of Parliament". SXM Island Time. 24 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Sarah resigns as Parliament chair". The Daily Herald. 22 September 2019.
  16. ^ "William Marlin new Chair of Parliament, Brison First Vice Chair, Mercelina Second". The Daily Herald. 25 September 2019.
  17. ^ "President – Parliament of Sint Maarten". Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  18. ^ "President Brison proposes to PM to call on Kingdom Council of Ministers to Finalize Decolonization Process". www.soualiganewsday.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
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