Third Wescot-Williams cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Third Wescot-Williams cabinet
Cabinet Number:3rd
Jurisdiction:Sint Maarten
Flag:Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg
Flag Border:true
Date Formed:14 June 2013
Date Dissolved:9 September 2014[1]
(Replaced on 19 December 2014)
Government Head:Sarah Wescot-Williams
State Head:Willem-Alexander
Political Parties:Democratic Party (DP)
United People's Party (UP)
Romain Laville
Election:N/A
Last Election:2014 election
Previous:Wescot-Williams II
Successor:Gumbs

The third Wescot-Williams cabinet was the third 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 between the United People's Party, the Democratic Party, and independent member of parliament Romain Laville.

The cabinet was formed following the collapse of the Second Wescot-Williams cabinet in May 2013, when the two Democratic Party MPs and Romain Laville pulled their support from National Alliance led government.[2]

Composition

The cabinet was composed as follows:[3]

|Prime Minister|Sarah Wescot-Williams|DP|14 June 2013|-|Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment|Maurice A. Lake|UP|14 June 2013|-|Minister of Finance|Martinus J. Hassink||14 June 2013|-|Minister of Justice|Dennis L. Richardson||14 June 2013|-|rowspan="2"|Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications|Sarah Wescot-Williams (interim)|DP|14 June 2013|-|Thadeus Richardson||25 July 2013[4] |-|Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor|Cornelius de Weever| DP|14 June 2013|-|Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports|Patricia D. Lourens-Philip|UP|14 June 2013|-|Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten|Mathias Voges|DP|14 June 2013|-|Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten|Josianne Fleming-Artsen|UP|25 July 2013|}

Notes and References

  1. News: Resignation of cabinet Wescot-Williams III. . 2014-09-10 . 29 November 2014. SMN-News.com
  2. News: DP MPs and Laville Pull Support from Current Coalition Government --- Early Election Could be Solution. . 2012-04-28 . 29 November 2014. SMN-News.com
  3. News: Ministers sworn in, urged to protect integrity of democracy . The Daily Herald . 15 June 2013.
  4. News: Appointment and swearing in of minister of tourism and deputy minister plenipotentiary . The Today Newspaper . 2013-07-29 . 29 November 2014 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205171647/http://www.todaysxm.com/2013/07/29/appointment-and-swearing-in-of-minister-of-tourism-and-deputy-minister-plenipotentiary/ . 5 December 2014 .