List of Sint Maarten governors
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| Years | Name |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| 1631 - 1633 | Jan Claeszoon van Campen. |
| Spanish Governors | |
| 1633 - 1636 | Cibrian de Lizarazu. |
| 1636 - 1638 | Luis de Valdes. |
| 1638 - 1647 | Diego Guajardo Fajardo. |
| Commanders | |
| 14 Feb 1648 - 1650 | Martin Thomas |
| 1650 - 1655 | Adriaen de Vos |
| 1655 - 1660 | Edmondt de Fosse |
| 1667 ? | Jan Sympson ? |
| 1672 ? | Jan Simonszoon de Buck |
| Governors | |
| 1672 ? - 1672 | Laurent de Maynie (french) |
| 1672 - 1685 | .... |
| 1685 - 1689 | chevalier de Rionville (french) |
| 1690 - 1697 | ......................... British occupation |
| 1699 - 1701 | Jean Dyel du Parquet (french) |
| 1701 - 1702 | Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière (french) |
| 1703 - 170x | Lucas van Beverhoudt |
| 1705 ? | Olivier Graval |
| 1708?- 1710 | Charles Devezaen |
| 1710 - 1712 | François Lemaire (french) |
| 1712 - 1713 | Jean Buretel |
| 1713 - 1718 | Martinus Meyer (1st time) |
| 1718 - 1720 | Louis Guillaume Durepaire (french) |
| 1720 - 1722 | Jan de Windt, Sr. |
| 1722 - 1733 | Martinus Meyer (2nd time) |
| 1733 - 1735 | Jacobus Barry |
| 1735 - 1736 | John Philips (1st time) |
| 1736 - 1737 | Pieter Hassell |
| 1737 - 1746 | John Philips (2nd time) |
| 1746 - 1748 | Jan de Wever |
| 1748 - 1781 | Abraham Heijliger Pzn. |
| 3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781 | ......................... British occupation |
| Governors | |
| 1781 - 1783 | Abraham Heijliger Pzn. |
| 1783 - 1784 | Charles Chabert, Jr. |
| Vice-commanders | |
| 1784 - 1785 | Thomas Aertsen |
| 1785 - 1786 | John Salomons Gibbes |
| Commanders | |
| 1786 - Jan 1790 | John Salomons Gibbes |
| 10 Jun 1790 - 1800 | Willem Hendrik Rink (1st time) |
| 29 Apr 1795 - 1797 | La Bruyère -Commissioner (french) |
| 1797 - 1801 | P.Ch. Dormoy -Commissioner (french) |
| 1800 - 1801 | Remt Folkerus Muller |
| 1801 | Bresson -Commissioner |
| 1801 - 24 Mar 1801 | Willem Hendrik Rink (2nd time) |
| 24 Mar 1801 - 1 Dec 1802 | Robert Nicholson -Commandant |
| 1 Dec 1802 - 1807 | Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time) |
| 1807 - 1810 | Jan Verveer Jzn. |
| 1810 - 1813 | John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827) |
| 1813 - 1814 | James Alexander Farquharson (1st time) |
| 1814 - 1815 | William McCaskill |
| 1815 | James Alexander Farquharson (2nd time) |
| 1815 | Francis Edden |
| 1815 - 1816 | Robert Douglas |
| Administrators (gezaghebbers) | |
| 1816 - 1820 | Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831) |
| 1820 - 1840 | Diederik Johannes van Romondt |
| 1840 - 1849 | Johannes Willem van Romondt |
| 1849 - 1850 | Pieter Petersen |
| 1850 - 1859 | Johannes Didericus Crol |
| 1859 - 1860 | Lucas Percival |
| 1860 - 1865 | Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896) |
| 1865 - 1866 | Philogène Philippe Maillard |
| 1866 - 1870 | Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904) |
| 1870 - 1871 | Robert van Romondt (acting) |
| 1871 - 1883 | Edouard Dénis Ernest van den Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908) |
| 1883 | Diederik Charles van Romondt (1st time) (acting) |
| 1883 - 1885 | Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930) |
| 1885 - 1889 | Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18.. - d. 1919) |
| 1889 - 1891 | Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899) |
| 1891 - 1893 | Frans Johannes Olivier |
| 1893 - 1894 | Diederik Charles van Romondt (2nd time) (acting) |
| 1894 - 1901 | Joseph Möller |
| 1901 - 1918 | Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18.. - d. 1919) |
| 1918 - 1919 | Frits Koenraad Thielen (acting) |
| 1919 - 1920 | G.J. Tijmstra (acting) |
| 1920 | A.W. de Haseth (acting) |
| 1920 - 1923 | J. van der Zee Rz. (acting) |
| 1923 - 1927 | Richard Johannes Beaujon, Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19..) |
| 1927 | C.F. Boskaljon (acting) |
| 1927 - 1930 | Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973) (acting) |
| 1930 - 1943 | Johan Diderich Meiners |
| 1943 - 1947 | Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ....) |
| 1947 - 1948 | M.J. Huith (acting) |
| 1948 - 1957 | Johannes Christiaan Paap |
| 1957 | Walter Granville Buncamper (1st time) (acting) |
| 1957 - 1958 | Hendrik Anthonius Hessling (acting) |
| 1958 - 1959 | Walter Granville Buncamper (2nd time) (acting) |
| 1959 - 1968 | Jan Jacob Japa Beaujon |
| 1968 - 1975 | Reinier O. van Delden (acting to 1969) |
| 1975 - 1981 | Theodore M. Pandt |
| 1981 - 1982 | Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937) |
| 1992 - 1994 | Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943) |
| Sep 1994 - 12 Sep 2000 | Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946) |
| 22 Sep 2000 - | Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950) |
| Period | Name |
|---|---|
| 1954 - 1991 | SPD - Claude Wathey Claude Wathey Claude Wathey , was a prominent politician of the Democratic Party from the island of Sint Maarten. He was knighted by the Dutch Crown for his political longevity... (b. 1926 - d. 1998) |
| 1991 - 1995 | SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952) |
| 1995 - 1 Jul 1999 | SPA - William Marlin |
| 1 Jul 1999 - 2009 | NDP - Sarah Wescot-Williams Sarah Wescot-Williams Sarah Wescot-Williams is the leader of the Democratic Party of Sint Maarten and the first Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. Even though her party only managed to secure two seats in the Sint Maarten general election of 2010, she was selected as Prime Minister in the coalition agreement between United... (f)(b. 1956) |
| 6 June 2009 - 10 October 2010 | NA - William V. Marlin (b. 1955) |
| Party abbreviations: NDP = National Democratic Party of St. Maarten; SDP = St. Maarten Democratic Party; SPA = St. Maarten Patriotic Alliance | |
| Period | Name |
|---|---|
| 10 October 2010 - | NDP - Sarah Wescot-Williams Sarah Wescot-Williams Sarah Wescot-Williams is the leader of the Democratic Party of Sint Maarten and the first Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. Even though her party only managed to secure two seats in the Sint Maarten general election of 2010, she was selected as Prime Minister in the coalition agreement between United... (f)(b. 1956) |
| Party abbreviations: NDP = National Democratic Party of St. Maarten; SDP = St. Maarten Democratic Party; SPA = St. Maarten Patriotic Alliance | |
See also
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. - Sint Maarten.
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(bi-national song/anthem of Saint-Martin/Sint-Maarten )