First Marlin-Romeo cabinet

The first Marlin-Romeo cabinet was the seventh cabinet of Sint Maarten. It was a caretaker government formed by the United Democrats – a merger of the United People's Party (5 seats) and the Democratic Party (2 seats), which was joined by the independent Member of Parliament Chanel Brownbill. The cabinet was installed by Governor Eugene Holiday on 15 January 2018 and was led by Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo.[3]

First Marlin-Romeo cabinet

7th cabinet of Sint Maarten
Date formed15 January 2018
Date dissolved25 June 2018 (161 days in office)[1]
People and organisations
MonarchKing Willem-Alexander
GovernorEugene Holiday
Head of governmentLeona Marlin-Romeo
No. of ministers7
Member partiesUnited Democrats (UD)[2]
Status in legislature
8 / 15
History
Outgoing election2018 election
PredecessorSecond Marlin cabinet
SuccessorSecond Marlin-Romeo cabinet

The caretaker government was formed following the collapse of the second Marlin cabinet in November 2017, when the Democratic Party and Chanel Brownbill (USP) pulled their support from the National Alliance-led coalition.[4]

Composition

Ministers in the first Marlin-Romeo cabinet[5]
Title Minister Term of office Party
Start End
Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Leona Marlin-Romeo Leona Marlin-Romeo 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier Michael Ferrier 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Jorien Wuite Jorien Wuite 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever Cornelius de Weever 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee Emil Lee 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Cornelius de Weever Cornelius de Weever (ad interim) 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Miklos Gitterson Miklos Gitterson 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary[lower-alpha 1] Hasani Ellis Hasani Ellis 15 January 2018 25 June 2018 UD
  1. Not formally a member of the cabinet.

References

  1. "New cabinet to be sworn-in Monday". The Daily Herald. 23 June 2018.
  2. "UP and DP merge as 'United Democrats'". The Daily Herald. 5 January 2018.
  3. "Leona new prime minister, ministers take oath Mon". The Daily Herald. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  4. "MPs pass no confidence motion in six ministers". The Daily Herald. 2 November 2017.
  5. "New Interim Council of Ministers sworn-in headed by Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo". Soualiga Newsday. 15 January 2018.
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