People of SXM

• Raoul Illidge: the man behind the sports complex that carries his name

  A short profile of Raoul Illidge, whose name the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Cay Hill carries; Governor Holiday credited his work behind the complex, which opened in 1987.

• Louis Emmanuel Fleming: mayor of Saint-Martin until 1925

  A short profile of Louis Emmanuel Fleming, who succeeded Charles Daniel Beauperthuy as mayor of Saint-Martin and was replaced by Ferdinand Morales on 10 May 1925.

• Roy Richardson: St Maarten's cricketer in the 2006 Stanford 20/20

  A short profile of Roy Richardson, the right-arm medium bowler who played in St Maarten's only match of the 2006 Stanford 20/20, against the US Virgin Islands in Antigua.

• Hector Saincilien Richardson: Junior Stars co-founder and Saint-Martin football captain

  A profile of Hector Saincilien Richardson, co-founder of the Junior Stars football club in 1965, former captain of the Saint-Martin selection and one of the first ten names on the Collectivité's sports Wall of Fame.

• Amélie Reed: Saint-Martin's volleyball pioneer on the Wall of Fame

  A short profile of Amélie Reed, honoured for volleyball among the first ten names on the Collectivité's sports Wall of Fame in 2021; the Collectivité credits her with founding the island's volleyball committee in 1979.

• Patrick Gréa (1961–2020): the Toulouse-born founder of Saint-Martin rugby clubs

  A profile of Patrick Gréa, the Toulouse-born rugby man who made Saint-Martin his home, co-founded the Archiball club, founded the Saint-Martin Rugby Union and coached young players as a volunteer; he died in February 2020.

• Moreland le Blanc: the St Maarten cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands

  A short profile of Moreland Moses le Blanc, the St Maarten cricketer who made his Twenty20 debut for St Maarten in the 2008 Stanford 20/20 and played a first-class match for the Leeward Islands in 2011.

• Roméro Hyman: Saint-Martin's taekwondo grand master

  A short profile of Roméro Léopold Hyman, the taekwondo master who, according to the Collectivité, founded the Saint-Martin Tae Kwon Do Center in 1978; he was honoured on the sports Wall of Fame in 2021.

• Akeel Eduardo: the St Maarten-born guard in the Dutch Basketball League

  A short profile of Akeel Eduardo, the St Maarten-born basketball player who played in the Dutch Basketball League for Basketball Academie Limburg and BC Apollo Amsterdam.

• Silvère Dulorme (1959–2000): Saint-Martin's Guadeloupe road cycling champion

  A short profile of Silvère Dulorme, the Saint-Martin road cyclist who became champion of Guadeloupe and was honoured on the Collectivité's sports Wall of Fame in 2021.

• Patrick Hilliman: St. Maarten's own Netherlands basketball international

  A short profile of Patrick Hilliman, the basketball forward-centre who played for the Netherlands at EuroBasket 2005 and in later Division B campaigns, described by SMN-News as St. Maarten's own professional basketball player.

• Erwin 'Baco' Richardson: the Little League pioneer behind Philipsburg's baseball stadium

  A short profile of Erwin 'Baco' Richardson, whose name is on the Little League stadium in Philipsburg and who, according to the government, started the Sint Maarten Little League Association in 1977.

• Mario Flanders: the footballer behind Saint-Martin's Mario Flanders Cup

  A short profile of Mario Flanders, the Saint-Martin football figure honoured on the Collectivité's Wall of Fame in 2021, whose name the league's inter-Caribbean youth tournament has carried since 2018.

• 'Teacher Jenny' de Weever: the teacher behind a Sint Maarten school's name

  A short profile of the late teacher Marie Genevieve 'Teacher Jenny' de Weever, whose name a Sint Maarten primary school bears and whose bust was unveiled there on 3 November 2016.

• Ilounga Pata: the Philipsburg-born defender capped by Sint Maarten

  A short profile of Ilounga Pata, the Philipsburg-born right-back who plays for TOP Oss in the Dutch second tier and has been capped by Sint Maarten.

• Akim Arrondell: the Marigot-born midfielder who scored for Saint-Martin

  A short profile of Akim Arrondell, the Marigot-born left midfielder who has played six matches and scored three goals for the Saint-Martin national team.

• Maud Le Car: the Saint-Martin surfer who went from French titles to big waves

  Maud Le Car, born on Saint-Martin, learned to surf at Le Galion, became a several-time French champion and later turned to free-surfing and big waves; she founded the ocean charity Save la Mermaid.

• Melford Hazel: Sam Hazel's father and one of Sint Maarten's 'early nation builders'

  A short profile of Melford Augustus Hazel, father of Commissioner Sam Hazel, whose family founded the Sea View Hotel in Philipsburg; the Governor named him among Sint Maarten's early nation builders in 2020.

• Basil Wong: the Flames United right-back capped by Sint Maarten

  A short profile of Basil Wong, the Jamaican-born right-back who plays club football on Sint Maarten for Flames United and won two caps for Sint Maarten in 2018.

• Wycliffe Smith: educator, poet and Prime Minister of Sint Maarten in 2019

  A profile of Wycliffe Smith, the Saba-born educator, pastor and poet who was Lieutenant Governor of Saba and briefly Prime Minister of Sint Maarten in 2019.

• Tim Boal: the surfer from the Antilles who became European champion

  A short profile of Tim Boal, the French professional surfer born on Saint-Martin according to Surf Session, who was European champion in 2008 and surfed the 2009 ASP World Tour.

• 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.

• Patrice Gumbs: Sint Maarten Minister of VROMI

  A short profile of Patrice Gumbs of the Party for Progress, sworn in as Minister Plenipotentiary in May 2024 and VROMI Minister since June 2024.

• Guillaume Arnell: senator for Saint-Martin (2014–2020)

  A profile of Guillaume Arnell, the Saint-Martin politician who represented the island in the French Senate from 2014 to 2020.

• Annick Petrus: school principal and senator for Saint-Martin (2020–2026)

  A profile of Annick Petrus, the Saint-Martin school principal and territorial councillor who served as the island's senator in the French Senate from 2020 to 2026.

• 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.

• Dennis Richardson: Lieutenant Governor, Council of State member and Justice Minister

  A profile of Dennis Richardson, Lieutenant Governor of Sint Maarten from 1994 to 2000, the country's first member of the Kingdom Council of State and Minister of Justice from 2013 to 2015.

• 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.

• Peter Stuyvesant: the Dutch commander who lost his leg at St. Martin

  A profile of Peter Stuyvesant, born in Friesland around 1610, who led the failed Dutch attack of 1644 to retake St. Martin from Spain and lost his right leg in the battle.

• Félix Choisy: Saint-Martin's first deputy mayor and conseiller général

  A profile of Félix Choisy (1915–1989), first deputy mayor of Saint-Martin and the island's conseiller général in Guadeloupe from 1973 to 1979.

• Sylvie Feucher: préfète déléguée for Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, 2018–2020

  Sylvie Feucher, a former senior police officer, represented the French State in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy as préfète déléguée from July 2018 until she was named préfète of Ariège in November 2020.

• Sir Roland Richardson: Saint-Martin's painter of island life

  Born in Marigot in 1944, Sir Roland Richardson paints St. Martin from life, en plein air, and was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2007.

• Florencia Hunt: Saint-Martin's Olympic 800-metre runner

  A profile of Florencia Hunt, the Saint-Martin athlete who ran the 800 metres for the Netherlands Antilles at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, setting a national record, and whose name is now on the Stade Albéric Richards track.

• Auguste-François Perrinon: the abolitionist who made Saint-Martin his home

  A profile of Auguste-François Perrinon (1812–1861), the Martinique-born polytechnicien and abolitionist who ran salt ponds on Saint-Martin with paid labour and spent his last years on the island.

• Keacy Carty: St. Maarten's West Indies cricketer

  Keacy Carty, a 2016 Under-19 World Cup winner who plays for the Leeward Islands, was named by Cricket West Indies as the first St. Maarten player called up to the West Indies senior team, in 2022.

• Mighty Dow: the kaisonian behind 'St. Maarten Rumba'

  A short profile of Isidore 'Mighty Dow' York, two-time Road March king, writer of the 1986 hit 'St. Maarten Rumba' and founder of the steel orchestra that became Dow's Musical Foundation.

• Emil Lee: hotelier, CHTA president and Health Minister (2015–2019)

  A short profile of Emil Lee, who stepped down as president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association in November 2015 to become Sint Maarten's Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, serving until 2019.

• King Beau Beau: St. Maarten's long-reigning Calypso Monarch

  Leroy Lucien Brooks, known as King Beau Beau, is a Hofstra-educated calypsonian who has won the St. Maarten Calypso Monarch title at least 12 times, most recently in 2022.

• Ajamu Baly: Governor of Sint Maarten since 2022

  A profile of Ajamu Baly, the Sint Maarten-born lawyer appointed Governor of Sint Maarten by Royal Decree in 2022, who took office on 10 October 2022.

• Ludmila de Weever: TEATT Minister (2020–2021) and Member of Parliament

  A short profile of Ludmila de Weever, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication from March 2020 to 2021 and since then a Member of Parliament, with the Party for Progress since March 2023.

• Marthe Ogoundélé-Tessi: interim president of the Territorial Council in 2008

  A short profile of Marthe Ogoundélé-Tessi, who was elected interim president of Saint-Martin's Territorial Council on 25 July 2008.

• Ardwell Irion: Minister of Finance and National Alliance MP

  A short profile of Ardwell Irion, Sint Maarten's Minister of Finance from 19 November 2019 and again from 28 March 2020, now a National Alliance Member of Parliament.

• Anna Richardson: Minister of Justice from 2020

  A short profile of Anna Richardson, the National Alliance politician sworn in as Sint Maarten's Minister of Justice on 28 March 2020 in the second Jacobs cabinet.

• Nathalie Tackling: Sint Maarten Minister of Justice since 2024

  Nathalie Tackling, an attorney and former chair of the Central Voting Bureau, became Sint Maarten's Minister of Justice for the Soualiga Action Movement on 26 November 2024.

• Abraham de Veer: Curaçao-born governor of the Windward Islands, 1817–1822

  A profile of Abraham de Veer (1767–1838), born on Curaçao, who governed the Dutch Windward Islands of St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba from 1817 to 1822.

• Laurelle 'Yaya' Richards (1955–2010): folklorist and poet of St. Louis

  Laurelle 'Yaya' Richards of Freetown, St. Louis, founded the Cultural Women Association of Rambaud-Saint Louis and recited her folk poems across the island; her collection The Frock & Other Poems was published after her death in 2010.

• Clara Reyes: choreographer of the Ponum and co-founder of the National Institute of Arts

  Choreographer Clara Reyes researched and staged a definitive Ponum, St. Martin's national dance, in 1999, co-founded the National Institute of Arts in 2013 and heads St. Maarten's Department of Culture.

• Aline Hanson: the first woman to lead the Collectivité de Saint-Martin

  A profile of Aline Hanson (1949–2017), the teacher and Sandy Ground school principal who in 2013 became the first woman elected president of Saint-Martin's Territorial Council.

• One-Tété Lohkay: the legendary freedom fighter of Sint Maarten

  According to tradition, One-Tété Lohkay was an enslaved woman on Sint Maarten who kept running for freedom. Her legend, her Emancipation Day honours and the story of her Cay Hill statue.

• Daniel Doram: the St. Maarten spinner who plays for the Netherlands and the Leewards

  Daniel Doram, a left-arm spinner from St. Maarten, made his first-class debut for the Netherlands at 15 in 2013, plays for the Leeward Islands and was called up to a Netherlands T20 World Cup squad in 2024.

• Lionel Bernard Scot: builder, businessman and early nation builder

  A profile of Lionel Bernard Scot (also spelled Scott), the builder, businessman and politician who co-founded the Philipsburg Mutual Improvement Association in 1932 and died in 1966.

• Oswald: the Saint-Martin singer-songwriter behind 'Oxygène'

  A short profile of Oswald Clerveus, the Saint-Martin zouk, kompa and R&B singer-songwriter who has been recording since 2007 and released the album 'Oxygène' in 2024.

• Nathaniel 'Tanny' Davis: the bandleader behind Tanny & The Boys

  A short profile of Nathaniel 'Tanny' Davis, the one-time bandleader who gave his name to Tanny & The Boys, the string band described as the island's oldest existing band.

• Deborah Jack: artist and poet of water, salt and memory

  Deborah Jack, raised on Sint Maarten, is a multidisciplinary artist and poet whose work on memory, history and climate was the subject of a 20-year retrospective at Pen + Brush in New York in 2021–22.

• Josianne Fleming-Artsen: USM president and Minister Plenipotentiary

  A short profile of Josianne Fleming-Artsen, who led the University of St. Martin and later served as Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten.

• John Philips: the Scottish-born commander Philipsburg is named after

  A profile of John Philips, the Scottish-born commander of Dutch Sint Maarten for the Dutch West India Company, who died in 1746 and after whom Philipsburg is named.

• Rene Violenus: air traffic controller and Minister Plenipotentiary

  A short profile of Rene Violenus, a PJIA air traffic controller who served as interim TEATT Minister and as Sint Maarten's Minister Plenipotentiary from 2019 to 2024.

• Jocelyn Arndell (died 2021): Carnival Village pioneer and Tanny & The Boys historian

  Senior civil servant and musician Jocelyn Arndell brought the Carnival Village idea to St. Maarten in 1970 and played with Tanny & The Boys; the Festival Village was renamed after him in 2022.

• Daniella Jeffry: the historian behind Saint-Martin's 28 May commemoration

  A profile of Daniella Jeffry (1941–2019), the Marigot-born teacher, historian and author whose research led Saint-Martin to mark the abolition of slavery on 28 May.

• Fabian Adekunle Badejo: Claude Wathey's biographer and host of 'Culture Time'

  A short profile of Fabian Adekunle Badejo, the writer and broadcaster who wrote the 1989 Claude Wathey biography 'Claude – A Portrait of Power' and founded PJD2's long-running 'Culture Time'.

• The Shady Brothers: the St. Martin duo behind 'Addicted To Your Love'

  A short profile of the Shady Brothers, Geraldo and Nicolas Schaede, the pop duo raised on St. Martin's Dutch side whose 2014 single 'Addicted To Your Love' made them known in France.

• Lydia Lawrence: zouk singer known as 'la diva de Saint-Martin'

  Zouk singer Lydia Lawrence, who grew up in Quartier d'Orléans, released Sugar Lady in 1997, worked with Jacob Desvarieux and Zouk Machine, and founded the charity Une lumière pour les îles after Hurricane Irma.

• Jérôme Romain: the Sandy Ground-born triple jumper who won 1995 world bronze

  Born in Sandy Ground, Saint-Martin, in 1971, triple jumper Jérôme Romain won world bronze for Dominica in 1995, competed at the 1996 Olympics, later represented France and became a jumps coach in the United States.

• Alain Richardson: President of the Collectivité de Saint-Martin (2012–2013)

  A short profile of Alain Richardson, who was President of the Collectivité de Saint-Martin from 1 April 2012 until 17 April 2013.

• Franklin van Gurp: the Philipsburg-born pitcher at the 2023 World Baseball Classic

  Franklin van Gurp, a relief pitcher born in Philipsburg, was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2017 and pitched for the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

• Emilio Wilson: the watchman who saved a Cul de Sac estate

  A profile of Emilio Wilson (1911–2002), who rose from watchman to owner of the Industry and Golden Rock estate in Dutch Cul de Sac and refused to develop it, leaving today's Emilio Wilson Estate heritage site.

• Louis Joseph Hamlet (1939–2026): the first coach of the Saint-Martin football selection

  Louis Joseph Hamlet, born on Saint-Martin in 1939, played and coached football from 1956 to 1980, was the first coach of the Saint-Martin selection in 1959 and was honoured on the Wall of Fame in 2021. He died in 2026.

• Jayson Rousseau: the Grand-Case cyclist who won two Tour de la Guadeloupe stages

  Jayson Rousseau, a road cyclist from Saint-Martin who started at the Vélo Club de Grand-Case, won two stages of the 2017 Tour de la Guadeloupe and turned professional with Interpro Stradalli Cycling in 2018.

• Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar: Amsterdam-born governor of Sint Maarten and Saba

  A profile of Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (1771–1831), the Amsterdam-born naval officer who governed Sint Maarten and Saba from 1816 to 1820 before leading Curaçao and Suriname.

• Sister Regina: the Dominican sister who opened St. Joseph School in 1890

  A profile of Sister Regina, the Dominican sister who came from the Netherlands in 1890 to become the first prioress on St. Maarten and the first principal of St. Joseph School.

• Louis-Constant Fleming: Collectivité president (2007–2008) and senator for Saint-Martin

  A profile of Louis-Constant Fleming, elected first president of the Collectivité de Saint-Martin in July 2007 and senator for Saint-Martin from 2008 to 2013.

• Lasana M. Sekou: poet and founder of House of Nehesi Publishers

  A profile of Lasana M. Sekou, the St. Martin poet, author and journalist who founded House of Nehesi Publishers and co-founded the annual St. Martin Book Fair.

• Louis Constant Fleming (died 1949): Marigot mayor appointed in 1926

  A short profile of Louis Constant Fleming, appointed mayor of Saint-Martin, whose town hall was in Marigot, in 1926 and again in 1941, and father of former senator Louis-Constant Fleming.

• Clem Labega: co-founder of the Democratic Party on St. Maarten

  A profile of Clem Labega, who with Claude Wathey built the Democratic Party on St. Maarten and whose name is carried by Clem Labega Square in Philipsburg.

• Marinka Gumbs: Sint Maarten Minister of Finance

  A profile of Marinka Gumbs, sworn in as Sint Maarten's Minister of Finance on 3 May 2024 and reported by 721news as the first woman to hold the post.

• Melissa Gumbs: Party for Progress leader and Education Minister

  A profile of Melissa Gumbs, co-founder and leader of the Party for Progress, Member of Parliament from 2020 and Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport since November 2024.

• Henrietta Doran-York: prison pioneer, union president and Minister Plenipotentiary

  A profile of Henrietta Doran-York, a pioneering prison official who became an MP, president of WICSU/PSU and Sint Maarten's Minister Plenipotentiary from 2015 to 2018.

• Grisha Heyliger-Marten: President of Parliament and TEATT Minister

  A profile of Grisha Heyliger-Marten, Member of Parliament from 2020, President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten from 2021 to 2022 and Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication since May 2024.

• Mathias Voges: educator, historian and Sint Maarten's first Minister Plenipotentiary

  A profile of Mathias Voges, the Philipsburg-born educator and historian who became Sint Maarten's first Minister Plenipotentiary in 2010.

• Franklin Meyers: SAM leader, MP and former TEATT Minister

  Funeral director Franklin Meyers was an island commissioner, Sint Maarten's TEATT Minister in the first cabinet of 2010, and since August 2024 has sat in Parliament as leader of the Soualiga Action Movement.

• Lloyd J. Richardson: physician and President of Parliament (2014–2015)

  A profile of Dr. Lloyd J. Richardson, the Aruba-born physician who co-founded the Turning Point substance-abuse centre and was President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten from 2014 to 2015.

• Marcel Gumbs: Prime Minister of Sint Maarten (2014–2015)

  A short profile of Marcel Gumbs, who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Sint Maarten on 19 December 2014 and served until 19 November 2015.

• Gracita Arrindell: first President of Parliament and Minister Plenipotentiary

  A profile of Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, the first President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten from 10 October 2010 and the country's Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague since 26 November 2024.

• Rafael Boasman: civil servant, union leader and Prime Minister of Sint Maarten (2017–2018)

  A profile of Rafael Boasman, the long-serving civil servant and union leader who was Minister of Justice and then Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from November 2017 to January 2018.

• Frantz Gumbs: twice Collectivité president, now deputy for Saint-Martin

  A profile of Frantz Gumbs, President of the Collectivité de Saint-Martin from 2008 to 2012 and, since 2022, the deputy for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin in the French National Assembly.

• Claire Guion-Firmin: deputy for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (2017–2022)

  A profile of Claire Guion-Firmin, born Claire Javois in Saint-Martin, who represented Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin in the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022.

• Richard Panneflek: Sint Maarten Minister of VSA, 2020–2021

  A short profile of Richard Panneflek, the United People's party minister who led Public Health, Social Development and Labour in the second Jacobs cabinet from March 2020 until April 2021.

• William H. Crogman: the Philipsburg-born scholar who led Clark University

  A profile of William Henry Crogman (1841–1931), born in Philipsburg, who became the first African American president of Clark University in Atlanta.

• Ruby Bute: the painter, poet and storyteller of St. Martin

  A tribute to Ruby Bute (1943–2024), the self-taught painter, poet and storyteller who became the first woman to publish a book on St. Martin.

• José Lake Sr.: the publisher who founded the Windward Islands Opinion

  A profile of Joseph H. "José" Lake Sr. (1925–1976), who founded the Windward Islands Opinion on Emancipation Day 1959 and became a leading opposition voice on Sint Maarten.

• Milton Peters: the commissioner who gave his name to Milton Peters College

  A profile of Milton Peters (1891–1985), island commissioner on Sint Maarten from 1955 to 1971 and champion of education, after whom Milton Peters College is named.

• Robert Weinum: the teacher and councillor behind the name of a Saint-Martin school

  A profile of Robert Weinum (1937–2011), the Grand-Case-born teacher and long-serving conseiller général whose name is carried by the Cité Scolaire Robert Weinum.

• Albert Fleming-Romney: the last mayor of Saint-Martin

  A profile of Albert Fleming-Romney (1936–2023), mayor of Saint-Martin from 1983 to 2007, who helped steer the move to an Overseas Collectivity.

• Hubert Petit: the physician who was mayor of Saint-Martin from 1959 to 1977

  A profile of Dr Fernand Hubert Petit (1926–2006), the physician who served as mayor of Saint-Martin for about 18 years, from 1959 to 1977.

• Claude Wathey: the politician who dominated Sint Maarten for four decades

  A history profile of Claude Wathey, who led the Democratic Party and dominated Dutch Sint Maarten's politics for about forty years until the early 1990s.

• William Marlin: Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, 2015–2017

  William Marlin was Sint Maarten's third Prime Minister. He was sworn in on 19 November 2015 and served until November 2017.

• Louis Mussington, President of the Collectivité de Saint-Martin since 2022

  Louis Mussington has led the Collectivité de Saint-Martin since 3 April 2022, when all 23 territorial councillors elected him president after his RSM-led list won the March 2022 elections.

• Leona Marlin-Romeo: Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from 2018

  Leona Marlin-Romeo was Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from January 2018 until October 2019, leading the interim cabinet and the cabinet formed after the 2018 elections.

• Eugene Holiday, Sint Maarten's first Governor (2010–2022)

  Eugene Holiday served as Sint Maarten's first Governor from 10 October 2010 to 10 October 2022, two terms that began the day the country was created.

• Silveria Jacobs: Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from 2019 to 2024

  Silveria Jacobs was Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs of Sint Maarten from 19 November 2019 to 3 May 2024 and led the National Alliance from 2018 to 2024.

• Luc Mercelina: Prime Minister of Sint Maarten

  Dr. Luc Mercelina has been Prime Minister of Sint Maarten since 3 May 2024 and leads his second cabinet, sworn in on 26 November 2024. As of 8 October 2026, the Government of Sint Maarten identifies him as Prime Minister.

• Daniel Gibbs: territorial councillor, MP, Collectivité president and Senator

  Daniel Gibbs has held public office in Saint-Martin since 2007: territorial councillor, MP from 2012 to 2017, President of the Collectivité from 2017 to 2022 and, as of 14 October 2026, Senator.

• Sarah Wescot-Williams: Sint Maarten's first Prime Minister, now President of Parliament

  Sarah Wescot-Williams became Sint Maarten's first Prime Minister on 10 October 2010 and has led the Democratic Party since 1994. As of 14 October 2026, Parliament's website lists her as President of Parliament.