Third Wescot-Williams cabinet

The third Wescot-Williams cabinet was the third 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 United People's Party, the Democratic Party, and independent member of parliament Romain Laville.

Third Wescot-Williams cabinet
3rd Cabinet of Sint Maarten
Date formed	14 June 2013
Date dissolved	9 September 2014[1] (Replaced on 19 December 2014)
People and organisations
Head of state	Willem-Alexander
Head of government	Sarah Wescot-Williams
Member parties	Democratic Party (DP) United People's Party (UP) Romain Laville
History
Election	N/A
Outgoing election	2014 election
Predecessor	Wescot-Williams II
Successor	Gumbs

The cabinet was formed following the collapse of the Second Wescot-Williams cabinet in May 2013, when the two Democratic Party MPs and Romain Laville pulled their support from National Alliance led government.^[2]

Composition

The cabinet was composed as follows:^[3]

Main office-holders

Office	Name	Party	Since
Prime Minister	Sarah Wescot-Williams	DP	14 June 2013
Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment	Maurice A. Lake	UP	14 June 2013
Minister of Finance	Martinus J. Hassink		14 June 2013
Minister of Justice	Dennis L. Richardson		14 June 2013
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications	Sarah Wescot-Williams (interim)	DP	14 June 2013
	Thadeus Richardson		25 July 2013[4]
Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor	Cornelius de Weever	DP	14 June 2013
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports	Patricia D. Lourens-Philip	UP	14 June 2013
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten	Mathias Voges	DP	14 June 2013
Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten	Josianne Fleming-Artsen	UP	25 July 2013

References

1. "Resignation of cabinet Wescot-Williams III". 2014-09-10. Retrieved 29 November 2014. SMN-News.com
2. "DP MPs and Laville Pull Support from Current Coalition Government --- Early Election Could be Solution". 2012-04-28. Retrieved 29 November 2014. SMN-News.com
3. "Ministers sworn in, urged to protect integrity of democracy" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 15 June 2013.
4. "Appointment and swearing in of minister of tourism and deputy minister plenipotentiary". The Today Newspaper. 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)