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'List of Governors or Kommandeurs, between 1631 to now. '^{[1] [2]}

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 (french)
1672 - 1685	....
1685 - 1689	chevalier de Rionville (french)
1690 - 1697	......................... 'British occupation'
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 Wever
1748 - 1781	Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781	......................... 'British occupation'
'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	Robert Nicholson -Commandant
1 Dec 1802 - 1807	Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)
1807 - 1810	Jan Verveer Jzn.
1810 - 1813	John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827)
1813 - 1814	James Alexander Farquharson (1st time)
1814 - 1815	William McCaskill
1815	James Alexander Farquharson (2nd time)
1815	Francis Edden
1815 - 1816	Robert Douglas
'Administrators' (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
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 -	Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)

Leaders of the government from 1954 until today.

Periode	Name
1954 - 1991	SPD - Claude Wathey (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
1991 - 1995	SPA - Edgar Hubert Lynch (b. 1952)
1995 - 1 Jul 1999	SPA - William Marlin
1 Jul 1999 -	NDP - Sarah A. Wescott-Williams (f)(b. 1956)
Party abbreviations: NDP = National Democratic Party of St. Maarten; SDP = St. Maarten Democratic Party; SPA = St. Maarten Patriotic Alliance

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References

See also

★ Saint Martin, the caribbean island.

★ The french side of the island.

★ Sint Maarten.

★ History of St. Martin, the caribbean island.

★ Culture of St. Martin, the caribbean island.

★ ''O sweet Saint-Martin's Land'' (bi-national song/anthem of Saint-Martin/Sint-Maarten )

References

1. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01_0010.htm Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-IndiëHerman Daniël Benjamins en Joh. F. Snelleman (red.)
2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Netherlands_Antilles_islands.html