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Maria van der Sluijs-Plantz: business leader and Council of State member for Sint Maarten

A profile of Maria van der Sluijs-Plantz, former CEO of TMF Group and member of the Council of State of the Kingdom for Sint Maarten since 1 October 2018.

By SXM Daily ·

Maria van der Sluijs-Plantz has been a member of the Council of State of the Kingdom for Sint Maarten since 1 October 2018. Before that she had a long business career, including as chief executive of TMF Group, and served on the Board of Financial Supervision for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

Family ties to Sint Maarten

She is a granddaughter of William Rufus Plantz, the first elected member of the Staten for the Windward Islands, and represents his estate on Sint Maarten, The Daily Herald reported in 2018. She grew up on Curaçao.

Business and supervision

According to the Dutch government and The Daily Herald, she studied Dutch language and literature and law and went on to a business career that included serving as CEO of TMF Group. She was vice-chair of Sint Maarten's Corporate Governance Council from 2010 to 2014, The Daily Herald reported, and a member of the Board of Financial Supervision (CFT) for Curaçao and Sint Maarten from October 2015 to 1 October 2018.

Council of State

In May 2018 Sint Maarten's Council of Ministers nominated her for the Council of State of the Kingdom. The Kingdom Council of Ministers approved the appointment on 24 August 2018, and King Willem-Alexander swore her in at Noordeinde Palace on 3 September 2018, according to the Royal House. She took up the seat on 1 October 2018. It had been vacant since Dennis Richardson left the Council of State in 2013 to become Minister of Justice.

Sources

  • https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2018/09/03/koning-beedigt-staatsraad-van-het-koninkrijk-voor-het-land-sint-maarten
  • https://www.opennieuwsbank.nl/rijksoverheid/2018/08/24/benoeming-nieuwe-staatsraad-voor-sint-maarten
  • https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/van-der-sluijs-plantz-sworn-in-on-monday
  • https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/council-of-ministers-nominate-maria-plantz-for-position-on-kingdom-council-of-state

Source: https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2018/09/03/koning-beedigt-staatsraad-van-het-koninkrijk-voor-het-land-sint-maarten

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