President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten

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]

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:^[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

See also

• List of Sint Maarten leaders of government

References

1. Constitution of Sint Maarten. p. 13. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.{{cite book}}: 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "Past Presidents". sxmparliament.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
4. "Arrindell elected president of first parliament of St. Maarten" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 October 2010. p. 4.
5. "Rodolphe Samuel elected as new President of Parliament". The Daily Herald. 30 June 2012.
6. "Gracita Arrindell back as President of the Parliament" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 25 June 2013. pp. 1, 10.
7. "Sarah elected as the new President of Parliament" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 October 2014. pp. 1, 6.
8. "Dr. Lloyd appointed Parliament chairman" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 2 December 2014. p. 3.
9. "Lloyd makes available his Parliament Chair position" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 14 October 2015. p. 3.
10. "President of Parliament Dr. Lloyd Richardson makes position available". 721 News. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
11. "Sarah elected new Parliament Chair in spite of De Weever's cancellation" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 16 October 2015. pp. 1, 7.
12. "Connor elected new Chairperson of Parliament, Samuel Vice Chair". The Daily Herald. 1 November 2016. p. 4.
13. "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.
14. "Sarah resigns as Parliament chair". The Daily Herald. 22 September 2019.
15. "William Marlin new Chair of Parliament, Brison First Vice Chair, Mercelina Second". The Daily Herald. 25 September 2019.
16. "President – Parliament of Sint Maarten". Retrieved 2021-08-05.
17. "President Brison proposes to PM to call on Kingdom Council of Ministers to Finalize Decolonization Process". www.soualiganewsday.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
18. Dept, Editorial. "Brison resigns as Parliament Chair, will evaluate personal life, remain UP leader". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
19. "President of Parliament, Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten pays courtesy visit to various entities – Parliament of Sint Maarten". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
20. "MP Bijlani elected chairman of parliament". Retrieved 2023-09-30.
21. "President". Parliament of Sint Maarten. Retrieved 2024-05-04.