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Jorien Wuite: minister, Minister Plenipotentiary and Dutch MP

A profile of Jorien Wuite, who worked in Sint Maarten's public health administration from 1997, served as Education Minister and Minister Plenipotentiary, and sat in the Dutch House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.

By SXM Daily · October 22, 2026

Jorien Wuite built a career in Sint Maarten's public service before serving as a minister, as the country's Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague and as a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for D66 from 2021 to 2023. She was born in The Hague on 6 December 1964, according to Parlement.com.

Photo: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Education and early career

Wuite studied health-care management at Erasmus University Rotterdam from 1984 to 1989, researching Sint Maarten for her thesis, and worked as a management consultant at KVA Groep in Gouda from 1991 to 1996, according to Parlement.com.

Public service in Sint Maarten

According to Parlement.com, she led the Health Care Affairs sector of the Island Government from 1997 to 2008 and was a sector director at the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour from 2008 to 2010. She later served as a secretary-general in the civil service.

Minister and Minister Plenipotentiary

From January to June 2018 she was Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the interim cabinet of Leona Marlin-Romeo. On 25 June 2018 she became Sint Maarten's Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague, serving until 19 November 2019.

Dutch House of Representatives

Wuite was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) for D66 from 31 March 2021 to 6 December 2023, according to the States General. Since 1 April 2024 she has been a Crown member of the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER), according to Parlement.com.

Sources

https://www.parlement.com/biografie/j-jorien-wuite
https://www.staten-generaal.nl/persoon/j_wuite_d66
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jorien_Wuite,_2019.jpg

Source: https://www.parlement.com/biografie/j-jorien-wuite