The Second Marlin cabinet was the sixth Cabinet of Sint Maarten installed following the achievement of constituent country status of

Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the north ...

within the

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on 10 October 2010. The cabinet was a coalition between the National Alliance, the United St. Maarten Party and the

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Irma and aftermath

After

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hit the island in September 2017, most of the houses on the island were destroyed. While the French part of the island is part of the European Union, the Dutch part is not - and therefore Sint Maarten could not make use of European emergency funds, and was dependent on Dutch aid. The Dutch government made 550 million euro available, but demanded the institution of anti-fraud measures as was already previously agreed with the Sint Maarten government before the aid would be made available. Marlin refused to implement some of those measures though, and this led on November 2 to a motion of no confidence in the Sint Maarten parliament for Marlin and some of his ministers. After the motion of no confidence was accepted, Marlin tendered the resignation of the cabinet to 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 ...

and requested elections to be held. As customary, Marlin would lead a caretaker cabinet until a new cabinet would be appointed. However on November 10, another motion of no confidence was accepted in parliament, demanding that Marlin immediately stepped aside. Marlin refused, which led to the Dutch Kingdom Council of Ministers to issue an instruction to the governor to accept the resignation of Marlin as prime minister, and appoint the deputy prime minister

Rafael Boasman Rafael A. Boasman (Aruba, born 5 June 1953) was Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from 24 November 2017 to 15 January 2018. From 20 December 2016 to 15 January 2018, Boasman was also the Minister of Justice. He was also Minister of Healthcare, Social ...

as his replacement. This was executed by the governor on November 24. The remaining cabinet will continue as caretaker cabinet until the elections early 2018. After the excusing of Marlin, the cabinet started implementing the demanded measures by the Dutch government, which allowed the transfer of aid funds. The aid funds are mostly distributed through international organizations, such as the

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Composition

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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. ...

, NA , 20 December 2016 , - ,

, USP , 24 November 2017 , - , Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment , Christophe Emmanuel , NA , 20 December 2016 , - , Minister of Finance ,

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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 ...

, Rafael Boasman , USP , 20 December 2016 , - , rowspan="2", Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications , Rafael Boasman ''(interim)'' , USP , 20 December 2016 , - , Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher , USP , 4 April 2017 , - , Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor , Emil Lee , DP , 20 December 2016 , - , Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports ,

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 ...

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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 R ...

Henrietta Doran-York Henrietta Doran-York (born 30 August 1962) is a politician from Sint Maarten. She was Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten from 19 November 2015 until 15 January 2018. She previously served as Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary. Doran-York is a m ...

, NA , 20 December 2016 , - , Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten , Hasani Ellis , DP , 20 December 2016

References

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