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Hasani Ellis: Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary, 2017–2018

A short profile of Hasani Ellis, the former Democratic Party board president who served as Sint Maarten's Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague from January 2017 into 2018.

By SXM Daily ·

Hasani Ellis served as Sint Maarten's Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague from January 2017 into 2018. He is a former president of the board of the Democratic Party (DP).

Hasani Ellis in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, April 2018

Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic Party

Ellis was the outgoing president of the DP board when the party elected a new board under Marinka Gumbs on 5 March 2016, SXMElections reported. The Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal also describes him as a former DP board president. According to The Daily Herald, he ran for the DP in the September 2016 election without winning a seat.

Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary

Governor Eugene Holiday swore Ellis in as Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary on 25 January 2017, SMN News and 721news reported. The Daily Herald said the post was his first political assignment.

He was sworn in again for the same post in January 2018, under the cabinet of Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo, The Daily Herald reported. He served into 2018. While still deputy minister plenipotentiary, he stood for the United Democrats at No. 15 on the party's list in the February 2018 parliamentary election, The Daily Herald and SXMElections reported.

Sources

  • https://sxmelections.com/news/25667/installation-new-deputy-minister-plenipotentiary
  • https://www.721news.com/2017/01/installation-new-deputy-minister-plenipotentiary/
  • http://www.dutchcaribbeanlegalportal.com/news/movers-shakers/79-a-new-challenge/7633-hasani-ellis-new-deputy-minister-plenipotentiary-st-maarten
  • https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/hasani-ellis-tipped-to-be-deputy-minister-in-hague
  • https://sxmelections.com/news/18008/dp-elects-new-board
  • https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/no-candidate-put-forward-for-plenipotentiary-minister
  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasani_Ellis_(2018).jpg
  • https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/mps-former-ministers-on-united-democrats-slate
  • https://sxmelections.com/election-2018/united-democrates-2018/ellis-hasani/770/politician.aspx

Source: https://sxmelections.com/news/25667/installation-new-deputy-minister-plenipotentiary

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