The Jacobs cabinet was the 9th cabinet of

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. It was part of the

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of the Sint Maarten Government and was formed by members of the National Alliance and the United St. Maarten Party. It was followed by the second Jacobs cabinet installed after the 2020 snap general election. The cabinet was formed following the collapse of the Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet in September 2019, when

Franklin Meyers Franklin Antonio Meyers (born 28 November 1967) is a Sint Maarten businessman and United People's Party politician who serves as a Member of Parliament since 2014. He was Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications i ...

, faction leader of the

United Democrats The United Democrats ( el, Ενωμένοι Δημοκράτες (ΕΔΗ), ''Enomenoi Dimokrates'' (EDI)) is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as ''Kinima Elefther ...

, left his party to become an independent member of parliament. On 22 September 2019, UD members of parliament, Luc Mercelina and Chanel Brownbill, followed suit. It was installed by Governor

Eugene Holiday Eugene Bernard Holiday (born 14 December 1962) is a Sint Maarten politician and the first governor of Sint Maarten, which became a country ( nl, land) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. He was installed by the Council of Min ...

on 19 November 2019.

Composition

The cabinet is composed as follows: ,

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Silveria Jacobs Silveria Elfrieda Jacobs (born 31 July 1968) is a Sint Maarten politician and the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten . Early life and education Silveria Elfrieda Jacobs was born on 31 July 1968 on Aruba to Nadia Willemsberg. As a child, Jacobs att ...

, NA , 19 November 2019 , - , Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment , Christopher Wever , , 19 November 2019 , - , Minister of Finance ,

Ardwell Irion Ardwell Irion is a Sint Maarten politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Silveria Elfrieda Jacobs (born 31 July 1968) is a Sint Maarten politician and the Prime Minister of Sint Maa ...

, NA , 19 November 2019 , - ,

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

, Egbert Doran , NA , 19 November 2019 , - , Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports , Ardwell Irion , NA , 19 November 2019 , - , rowspan="2", Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications , Rene Violenes ''(interim)'' , NA , 19 November 2019 , - , Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher , USP , 28 November 2019 , - , rowspan="2", Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor , Egbert Doran ''(interim)'' , NA , 19 November 2019 , - ,

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, USP , 28 November 2019 , - , rowspan="2",

Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten The Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten ( nl, Gevolmachtigd Minister van Sint Maarten) represents the constituent country of Sint Maarten in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The current Minister Plenipotentiary is Re ...

, Silveria Jacobs ''(interim)'' , NA , 19 November 2019 , - , Rene Violenes , NA , 28 November 2019

References

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