Sarah Wescot-Williams | |
Office: | 1st Prime Minister of Sint Maarten |
Governor: | Eugene Holiday |
Deputy: | Theodore Heyliger William Marlin |
Term Start: | 10 October 2010 |
Term End: | 19 December 2014 |
Predecessor: | Office created |
Successor: | Marcel Gumbs |
Office1: | President of Parliament |
Term Start1: | 10 October 2014 |
Term End1: | 13 November 2014[1] |
Predecessor1: | Gracita Arrindell |
Successor1: | Lloyd J. Richardson[2] |
Term Start2: | 13 October 2015 |
Term End2: | 31 October 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Lloyd J. Richardson |
Successor2: | Claret M.M. Connor |
Term Start3: | 24 November 2016 |
Term End3: | 2 April 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Claret M.M. Connor |
Term Start4: | 7 May 2018 |
Term End4: | 22 September 2019 |
Successor4: | William V. Marlin |
Term Start5: | 2024[3] |
Predecessor5: | Sidharth M. Bijlani |
Office6: | Leader of the Democratic Party Sint Maarten |
Term Start6: | 1994 |
Predecessor6: | Claude Wathey |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1956 |
Birth Place: | Saint Martin (France)[4] |
Party: | Democratic Party Sint Maarten |
Alma Mater: | La Salle University |
Website: | Government website |
Sarah A. Wescot-Williams (born 8 April 1956)[5] is the leader of the Democratic Party of Sint Maarten and the first Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. Wescot-Williams is the current President of Parliament, a role she has occupied on five separate occasions. 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.[6]
Following the collapse of the first Wescot-Williams cabinet in April 2012, she was again designated Prime Minister in the second Wescot-Williams cabinet installed on 21 May 2012.[7] [8] [9] On 19 December 2014, Wescot-Williams was succeeded as prime minister by Marcel Gumbs.