President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten

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The President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Voorzitter van Staten van Sint Maarten) is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Sint Maarten. According to Article 56 of the Constitution of Sint Maarten he or she presides over the sittings of the House and enforces the rules prescribed in the Rules of Order of Parliament for the orderly conduct of parliamentary business. The President is supported in his or her duties by a team of Vice Presidents, divided into a First Vice President, Second Vice President, which also are members of the House. In the event that the President is unable to lead a meeting the meeting is chaired by the First Vice President.[1][2]

The current President of Parliament has been Sarah Wescot-Williams of the Democratic Party (DP) since 24 November 2016.[3]

List of Presidents

The following table lists the Presidents of the Parliament of Sint Maarten that have been in office since Sint Maarten became a country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010:[4]

# Name Took office Left office Party
1 Gracita R. Arrindell 10 October 2010[5] 14 July 2012 UP
2 Rodolphe E. Samuel 15 July 2012[6] 24 May 2013 NA
3 Gracita R. Arrindell 24 June 2013[7] 9 October 2014 UP
4 Sarah Wescot-Williams 10 October 2014[8] 13 November 2014 DP
5 Lloyd Richardson 1 December 2014[9] 12 October 2015[10][11] UP
6 Sarah Wescot-Williams 15 October 2015[12] 31 October 2016 DP
7 Claret M. Connor 31 October 2016[13] 24 November 2016 UP
8 Sarah Wescot-Williams 24 November 2016[14] Incumbent DP

See also

References

  1. ↑ Constitution of Sint Maarten. p. 13. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Rules of Order for the Parliament of Sint Maarten. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sarah elected new Parliament Chair, Frans second vice chair". The Daily Herald. 25 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Past Presidents". sxmparliament.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Arrindell elected president of first parliament of St. Maarten" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 October 2010. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Rodolphe Samuel elected as new President of Parliament". The Daily Herald. 30 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Gracita Arrindell back as President of the Parliament" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 25 June 2013. p. 1, 10.
  8. ↑ "Sarah elected as the new President of Parliament" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 11 October 2014. p. 1, 6.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Lloyd appointed Parliament chairman" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 2 December 2014. p. 3.
  10. ↑ "Lloyd makes available his Parliament Chair position" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 14 October 2015. p. 3.
  11. ↑ "President of Parliament Dr. Lloyd Richardson makes position available". 721 News. 13 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sarah elected new Parliament Chair in spite of De Weever's cancellation" (PDF). The Daily Herald. 16 October 2015. p. 1, 7.
  13. ↑ "Connor elected new Chairperson of Parliament, Samuel Vice Chair". The Daily Herald. 1 November 2016. p. 4.
  14. ↑ "New Coalition of NA-USP and DP appoint MP Sarah Wescot-Williams to the position of Chairperson of Parliament". SXM Island Time. 24 November 2016.
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