The 'National Alliance' ( nl, Nationale Alliantie) is a political alliance in

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, formed by the

Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance The Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance ( nl, Sint Maarten Patriottische Alliantie) is a political party in Sint Maarten. At the last legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles Elections in the Netherlands Antilles were held for two territor ...

and the National Progressive Party. It is one of main political parties within Sint Maarten. At the

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, 18 January 2002, the alliance won 4.8% of the popular vote of Sint Maarten and 1 out of 22 seats. At the

of 27 January 2006, it won one extra seat. After Sint Maarten became a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010, NA was part of the coalition of the Second Wescott-Williams Cabinet (2012-2013) and the party leader

William Marlin William Marlin (born 21 October 1950) is a Sint Maarten politician who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from 2015 to 2017. Marlin was the leader of the National Alliance, and was the leader of the First and Second Marlin cabinet ...

was Prime Minister in two cabinets between 2015 and 2017 (

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and Second Marlin Cabinet. After the island was hit by

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in September 2017, Marlin and several of his ministers received a

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in the Sint Maarten parliament due to his role in the negotiations with the Netherlands for aid funds and the anti fraud measures. While Marlin offered his resignation after the first motion of no confidence, he did not step down after the second, and the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom eventually instructed 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 ...

to immediately accept the resignation of the prime minister and replace him. The coalition remains the same, and new elections were ordered. On 3 January 2018

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 a ...

was elected as the new party leader with Rodolphe Samuel as its deputy.

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