Sarah A. Wescot-Williams (born 8 April 1956)
is the leader of the
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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 nort ...
and the first
Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. Even though her party only managed to secure two seats in the
Sint Maarten general election of 2010, she was selected as Prime Minister in the coalition agreement between United People and the Democratic Party.
Following the collapse of the
first Wescot-Williams cabinet in April 2012, she was again designated Prime Minister in the
second Wescot-Williams cabinet
The second Wescot-Williams cabinet was the second Cabinet of Sint Maarten installed following the achievement of constituent country status of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. The cabinet was a coalition betw ...
installed on 21 May 2012.
On 19 December 2014 Wescot-Williams was succeeded as prime minister by
Marcel Gumbs.
References
External links
Government website presenting Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-WilliamsArchived 2014-02-28
Living people
1956 births
Prime Ministers of Sint Maarten
Presidents of the Parliament of Sint Maarten
Members of the Parliament of Sint Maarten
Democratic Party Sint Maarten politicians
Sint Maarten women in politics
Female heads of government
Women prime ministers
21st-century Dutch women politicians
21st-century Dutch politicians
La Salle University alumni
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