The First Wescot-Williams cabinet was the first Cabinet of Sint Maarten installed following the achievement of constituent country status of

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within the

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on 10 October 2010. Government formation followed the September 2010 Sint Maarten general election, which saw the

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emerge as the largest party. Nevertheless, the coalition was formed by the Democratic Party and the United Peoples party. Despite only winning two seats, the office of

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was delivered by DP's head

Sarah Wescot-Williams Sarah A. Wescot-Williams (born 8 April 1956) is the leader of the Democratic Party of Sint Maarten and the first Prime Minister of Sint Maarten The prime minister of Sint Maarten became the head of government of Sint Maarten after the Netherlan ...

. The coalition collapsed in April 2012 after United Peoples faction leader Romain Laville left his party and became an independent member of parliament. The cabinet lost its majority and tabled its resignation with the governor. The cabinet was succeeded by the second Wescot-Williams cabinet on 21 May 2012.

Composition

The cabinet was composed as follows: ,

, DP , 10 October 2010 , - , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment , Theodore Heyliger , UP , 10 October 2010 , - , Minister of Finance , Hiro Shigemoto , UP , 10 October 2010 , - ,

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, Roland Duncan , UP , 10 October 2010 , - , Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications ,

Franklin Meyers Franklin Antonio Meyers (born 28 November 1967) is a Sint Maarten businessman, undertaker, and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament since 2024. He previously served as an MP from 2014 to 2019 and was Minister of Tourism, Economic Affair ...

, UP , 10 October 2010 , - , rowspan="3", Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor , Maria Buncamper-Molanus , DP , 10 October 2010 , - , Sarah Wescot-Williams ''(interim)'' , DP , 23 December 2010 , - ,

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, DP , 10 March 2011 , - , Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports , Rhoda Arrindell , UP , 10 October 2010 , - , Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten , Mathias Voges , DP , 10 October 2010

References

{{Cabinets of Sint Maarten Wescot-Williams I 2010 establishments in Sint Maarten 2012 disestablishments in Sint Maarten Cabinets established in 2010 Cabinets disestablished in 2012