First Marlin cabinet

The First Marlin cabinet was the fifth Cabinet of Sint Maarten installed following the achievement of constituent country status of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. The cabinet was a coalition between the National Alliance, Democratic Party, United St. Maarten Party and independent members of Parliament Maurice Lake and Silvio Matser.^[2]

First Marlin cabinet
5th Cabinet of Sint Maarten
Date formed	19 November 2015
Date dissolved	20 December 2016[1]
People and organisations
Head of state	Willem-Alexander
Head of government	William Marlin
Member parties	National Alliance (NA) Democratic Party (DP) United St. Maarten Party (USP) Maurice Lake Silvio Matser
History
Predecessor	Gumbs
Successor	Marlin II

Composition

The cabinet is composed as follows:^[3]

Main office-holders

Office	Name	Party	Since
Prime Minister	William Marlin	NA	19 November 2015
Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment	William Marlin (interim)	NA	19 November 2015
	Angel Meyers	[Note]	27 November 2015[4]
Minister of Finance	Richard Gibson	NA	19 November 2015
Minister of Justice	Richard Gibson (interim)	NA	19 November 2015
	Edson Kirindongo	USP	26 January 2016[5]
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications	Irania Arrindell	[Note]	19 November 2015
Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor	Emil Lee	DP	19 November 2015
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports	Silveria Jacobs	NA	19 November 2015
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten	Henrietta Doran-York	NA	19 November 2015

^Note Angel Meyers was put forward on Maurice Lake's recommendation, while Irania Arrindell was recommended by Silvio Matser.^[6][7]

References

1. "Upgrade New Governing Operating System 21.0 to secure future Growth". SMN News. 20 December 2016.
2. "New NA-led Cabinet to be sworn in today". The Daily Herald. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
3. "Prime Minister William Marlin promised open and transparent government". SMN News. 19 November 2015.
4. "Angel Meyers to be sworn in as VROMI Minister today" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 27 November 2016. p. 1.
5. "New Justice Minister to be sworn in today". The Daily Herald. 26 January 2016.
6. "Franklin Meyers (UP): "Coalition left MP Lake totally out in the cold"". Today. 24 June 2016.
7. "Matser believes in economic development for St. Maarten". The Daily Herald. 19 September 2016.