# List of Sint Maarten leaders of government

This is a list of Sint Maarten leaders of government, from 1631 to the present.
List of governors or kommandeurs, between 1631 and now. :
| Years | Name |
| Commander ||
| 1631–1633 | Jan Claeszoon van Campen. |
| Spanish governors ||
| 1633–1636 | Cibrian de Lizarazu. |
| 1636–1638 | Luis de Valdes. |
| 1638–1647 | Diego Guajardo Fajardo. |
| Commanders ||
| 14 Feb 1648 - 1650 | Martin Thomas |
| 1650–1655 | Adriaen de Vos |
| 1655–1660 | Edmondt de Fosse |
| 1667 ? | Jan Sympson ? |
| 1672 ? | Jan Simonszoon de Buck |
| Governors ||
| 1672 ? - 1672 | Laurent de Maynie (a French gentleman) |
| 1672–1679 | .................... First British invasion during the Third Anglo-Dutch War . |
| 1679- ? | .... ??? |
| 1685–1689 | chevalier de Rionville (French) |
| 1690–1697 | .................... Second British occupation during the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg) war. |
| 1699–1701 | Jean Dyel du Parquet (French) |
| 1701–1702 | Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière (French) |
| Vice-commanders ||
| 1703 - 170x | Lucas van Beverhoudt |
| 1705 ? | Olivier Graval |
| 1708?- 1710 | Charles Devezaen |
| 1710–1712 | François Lemaire (French) |
| 1712–1713 | Jean Buretel |
| 1713–1718 | Martinus Meyer (1st time) |
| 1718–1720 | Louis Guillaume Durepaire (French) |
| 1720–1722 | Jan de Windt Sr. |
| 1722–1733 | Martinus Meyer (2nd time) |
| 1733–1735 | Jacobus Barry |
| 1735–1736 | John Philips (1st time) |
| 1736–1737 | Pieter Hassell |
| 1737–1746 | John Philips (2nd time) |
| 1746–1748 | Jan de Weever |
| 1748–1781 | Abraham Heijliger Pzn. |
| 3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781 | ......................... Third British invasion during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. |
| Governors ||
| 1781–1783 | Abraham Heijliger Pzn. |
| 1783–1784 | Charles Chabert Jr. |
| Vice-commanders ||
| 1784–1785 | Thomas Aertsen |
| 1785–1786 | John Salomons Gibbes |
| Commanders ||
| 1786 - Jan 1790 | John Salomons Gibbes |
| 10 Jun 1790 - 1800 | Willem Hendrik Rink (1st time) |
| 29 Apr 1795 - 1797 | La Bruyère -Commissioner (French) |
| 1797–1801 | P.Ch. Dormoy -Commissioner (French) |
| 1800–1801 | Remt Folkerus Muller |
| 1801 | Bresson -Commissioner |
| 1801 - 24 Mar 1801 | Willem Hendrik Rink (2nd time) |
| 24 Mar 1801 - 1 Dec 1802 | ..... Fourth British occupation during the War of the Second Coalition. (Cdt. Robert Nicholson). |
| 1 Dec 1802 - 1807 | Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time) |
| 1807–1810 | Jan Verveer Jzn. |
| 1810–1813 | John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827) |
| Fifth British occupation : during the Napoleonic Wars. ||
| 1813–1814 | (British) General James Alexander Farquharson (b.1775-d.1834), (1st time) |
| 1814–1815 | (British) Major General William McCaskill (b.175?-d.1815) |
| 1815 | (British) General James Alexander Farquharson (b.1775-d.1834), (2nd time) |
| 1815 | (British) Officer Francis Edden |
| 1815–1816 | (British) Lt. General Robert Douglas. |
| Lieutenant governors (gezaghebbers) ||
| 1816–1820 | Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831) |
| 1820–1840 | Diederik Johannes van Romondt |
| 1840–1849 | Johannes Willem van Romondt |
| 1849–1850 | Pieter Petersen |
| 1850–1859 | Johannes Didericus Crol |
| 1859–1860 | Lucas Percival |
| 1860–1865 | Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896) |
| 1865–1866 | Philogène Philippe Maillard |
| 1866–1870 | Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904) |
| 1870–1871 | Robert van Romondt (acting) |
| 1871–1883 | Edouard Dénis Ernest van den Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908) |
| 1883 | Diederik Charles van Romondt (1st time) (acting) |
| 1883–1885 | Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930) |
| 1885–1889 | Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18.. - d. 1919) |
| 1889–1891 | Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899) |
| 1891–1893 | Frans Johannes Olivier |
| 1893–1894 | Diederik Charles van Romondt (2nd time) (acting) |
| 1894–1901 | Joseph Möller |
| 1901–1918 | Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18.. - d. 1919) |
| 1918–1919 | Frits Koenraad Thielen (acting) |
| 1919–1920 | G.J. Tijmstra (acting) |
| 1920 | A.W. de Haseth (acting) |
| 1920–1923 | J. van der Zee Rz. (acting) |
| 1923–1927 | Richard Johannes Beaujon Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19..) |
| 1927 | C.F. Boskaljon (acting) |
| 1927–1930 | Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973) (acting) |
| 1930–1943 | Johan Diderich Meiners |
| 1943–1947 | Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ....) |
| 1947–1948 | M.J. Huith (acting) |
| 1948–1957 | Johannes Christiaan Paap |
| 1957 | Walter Granville Buncamper (1st time) (acting) |
| 1957–1958 | Hendrik Anthonius Hessling (acting) |
| 1958–1959 | Walter Granville Buncamper (2nd time) (acting) |
| 1959–1968 | Jan Jacob Japa Beaujon |
| 1968–1975 | Reinier O. van Delden (acting to 1969) |
| 1975–1981 | Theodore M. Pandt (b. 1939 - d. 2017) |
| 1981–1982 | Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937) |
| 1992–1994 | Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943) |
| Sep 1994 –12 Sep 2000 | Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946) |
| 22 Sep 2000–2010 | Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950) |
| Governors (gouverneurs) ||
| Oct 2010–2022 | Eugene Holiday (b. 1962) |
| Oct 2022–present | Ajamu Baly (b. 1977) |
Leaders of the government from 1954 until 2010. :
| Period | Name |
| 1954–1991 | DP - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998) |
| 1991–1995 | SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952) |
| 1995–1 Jul 1999 | SPA - William Marlin (b. 1950) |
| 1 Jul 1999–2009 | DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956) |
| 6 June 2009–10 October 2010 | NA - William V. Marlin (b. 1950) |
| Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party; NA = National Alliance; SPA = Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance ||
Prime ministers from 10 October 2010. :
| Period | Name |
| 10 October 2010 - 19 December 2014 | DP - Sarah Wescot-Williams (b. 1956) |
| 19 December 2014 - 19 November 2015 | UPP - Marcel Gumbs (b. 1953). |
| 19 November 2015 - 24 November 2017 | NA - William Marlin (b. 1950) |
| 24 November 2017 - 15 January 2018 | USP - Rafael Boasman (b. 1953) |
| 15 January 2018 - 10 October 2019 | UD - Leona Marlin-Romeo (b. 1973) |
| 10 October 2019 - 19 November 2019 | SMCP - Wycliffe Smith (b. 1948) |
| 19 November 2019 - 3 May 2024 | NA - Silveria Jacobs (b. 1968) |
| 3 May 2024 - present | URSM - Luc Mercelina (b. 1964) |
| Party abbreviations: DP = Democratic Party; NA = National Alliance; SMCP = Sint Maarten Christian Party; UPP = United People's Party; UD = United Democrats; USP = United St. Maarten Party; URSM = Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement ||