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 the president 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 by a team of vice presidents, divided into a first vice president and second vice president, who are also 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 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:[3]
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gracita Arrindell | 10 October 2010[4] | 14 July 2012 | UP |
2 | Rodolphe E. Samuel | 15 July 2012[5] | 24 May 2013 | NA |
3 | Gracita Arrindell | 24 June 2013[6] | 9 October 2014 | UP |
4 | Sarah Wescot-Williams | 10 October 2014[7] | 13 November 2014 | DP |
5 | Lloyd Richardson | 1 December 2014[8] | 12 October 2015[9][10] | UP |
6 | Sarah Wescot-Williams | 15 October 2015[11] | 31 October 2016 | DP |
7 | Claret M. Connor | 31 October 2016[12] | 24 November 2016 | UP |
8 | Sarah Wescot-Williams | 24 November 2016[13] | 2 April 2018 | DP/UD |
Vacant | ||||
8 | Sarah Wescot-Williams | 7 May 2018 | 22 September 2019[14] | UD |
9 | William Marlin | 25 September 2019[15] | 10 February 2020 | NA |
10 | Rolando Brison | 10 February 2020[16][17] | 4 November 2021[18] | UPP |
11 | Grisha Heyliger-Marten | 26 November 2021[19] | 27 October 2022 | UPP |
12 | Sidharth M. Bijlani | 30 November 2022[20] | 10 February 2024 | UPP |
13 | Sarah Wescot-Williams | 2024[21] | Incumbent | UD |
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)