First De Jongh-Elhage cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	First De Jongh-Elhage cabinet
Cabinet Number:	26th
Jurisdiction:	Netherlands Antilles
Flag:	Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg
Flag Border:	true
Date Formed:	26 March 2006
Date Dissolved:	26 March 2010^[1]
Government Head:	Emily de Jongh-Elhage
State Head:	Beatrix of the Netherlands
Last Election:	2010 election
Previous:	Ys II
Successor:	De Jongh-Elhage II

The first De Jongh-Elhage cabinet was the 26th cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles.

Composition

The cabinet was composed as follows:^{[2] [3]}

|Minister of General Affairs and Foreign Affairs|Emily de Jongh-Elhage|PAR|26 March 2006|-|Minister of the Interior and Constitutional Affairs|Roland Duncan|NA|26 March 2006|-|Minister of Education, Youth, Culture, and Sports|Omayra Leeflang|PAR|26 March 2006|-|Minister of Finance|Ersilia de Lannooy|PNP|26 March 2006|-|rowspan="2"|Minister of Justice|David Dick|PAR|26 March 2006|-|Magali Jacoba|PAR|14 August 2009^{[4] [5] [6]} |-|rowspan="3"|Minister of Public Health and Social Development|Sandra E. Smith ||MAN|26 March 2006|-|Ersilia de Lannooy|PNP|6 December 2006^[7] |-|Omayra Leeflang|PAR|4 June 2007^[8] |-|rowspan="3"|Minister of Traffic and Communications|Kenneth A. Gijsbertha|MAN|26 March 2006|-|Omayra Leeflang|PAR|6 December 2006|-|Maurice Adriaens|FOL|2007|-|rowspan="3"|Minister of Labor and Economic Affairs|Burney Elhage||UPB|26 March 2006|-|Elvis Tjin Asjoe||UPB|13 July 2007^{[9] [10] [11]} |-|Hubert Martis||UPB|19 March 2009^[12] |-|State Secretary of Justice|Ernie Simmons|DP|26 March 2006|-|State Secretary of Finance|Alex Rosaria|PNP|26 March 2006|-|State Secretary of the Solidarity Fund |Shamara Nicholson-Linzey|WIPM||26 March 2006|-|State Secretary of Traffic and Communications

• Meteorological Service and Aviation

|Julio G. Constancia|FOL|10 July 2009|-|rowspan="2"|State Secretary of the Interior and Constitutional Affairs|Hubert Martis||UPB|26 March 2006|-|Noris Gomes||UPB|19 March 2009^[13] |-|rowspan="4"|State Secretary of Public Health|Rodolphe Samuel|NA|26 March 2006|-|Joan Smart-Berkle^[14] |NA|2007|-|George Pantophlet|NA|7 January 2009^[15] |-|Patrick Illidge|NA|10 July 2009^[16] |}

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Parliament, Cabinet installed. The Daily Herald. 26 March 2010.
2. Web site: Netherlands Antilles (09/06). https://web.archive.org/web/20170113143626/https://www.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/netherlandsantilles/74215.htm. dead. 2017-01-13. United States Department of State.
3. News: MAN Ministers have resigned. The Daily Herald. 5 December 2006. 4.
4. News: Dick to replace Rhuggenaath, Jacoba new Minister of Justice. The Daily Herald. 4 August 2009. 1, 7.
5. News: Former Curaçao Acting Lt. Governor Magali Jacoba took the oath of offi ce as the new Antillean Justice Minister in Willemstad.. The Daily Herald. 17 August 2009. 11.
6. News: Police return to work today. The Daily Herald. 26 August 2009. 1.
7. News: Government redistributes health, transport portfolios. The Daily Herald. 8 December 2006. 10.
8. News: FOL party admitted to Central Govt coalition. The Daily Herald. 6 June 2007. 7.
9. News: New Minister swears in today. The Daily Herald. 13 July 2007. 5.
10. News: The new Minister of Economic Affairs Elvis A Tjsoe (UPB) took the oath of office before acting Governor Adele van der Pluijm-Vrede.. The Daily Herald. 17 July 2016. 7.
11. News: Tjin A Sjoe replaces Burney Elhage. The Bonaire Reporter. 20 July 2007. 8.
12. Web site: Royal decoration for Mr. H.E. (Ibi) Martis. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. 7 May 2017.
13. News: Flotsam and jetsam. The Bonaire Reporter. 10 April 2009. 8.
14. News: Smart-Berkel's resignation accepted effective immediately. The Daily Herald. 26 September 2008. 1, 8.
15. News: Patrick Illidge ready to serve. The Daily Herald. 8 January 2009. 1.
16. News: Illidge sworn in as state secretary. The Daily Herald. 11 July 2009. 5.