First Jacobs cabinet

The Jacobs cabinet was the 9th cabinet of Sint Maarten. It was part of the executive branch of the Sint Maarten Government and was formed by members of the National Alliance and the United St. Maarten Party. It was followed by the second Jacobs cabinet installed after the 2020 snap general election.

Jacobs cabinet
9th Cabinet of Sint Maarten
Date formed	19 November 2019
Date dissolved	28 March 2020
People and organisations
Head of state	Willem-Alexander
Head of government	Silveria Jacobs
History
Outgoing election	2020 election
Predecessor	Marlin-Romeo II
Successor	Jacobs II

The cabinet was formed following the collapse of the Second Marlin-Romeo cabinet in September 2019, when Franklin Meyers, faction leader of the United Democrats, left his party to become an independent member of parliament. On 22 September 2019, UD members of parliament, Luc Mercelina and Chanel Brownbill, followed suit.^[1]

It was installed by Governor Eugene Holiday on 19 November 2019.^[2]

Composition

The cabinet is composed as follows:

Main office-holders

Office	Name	Party	Since
Prime Minister	Silveria Jacobs	NA	19 November 2019
Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, and Environment	Christopher Wever		19 November 2019
Minister of Finance	Ardwell Irion	NA	19 November 2019
Minister of Justice	Egbert Doran	NA	19 November 2019
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports	Ardwell Irion	NA	19 November 2019
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications	Rene Violenes (interim)	NA	19 November 2019
	Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher[3]	USP	28 November 2019
Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor	Egbert Doran (interim)	NA	19 November 2019
	Pamela Gordon-Lake[3]	USP	28 November 2019
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten	Silveria Jacobs (interim)	NA	19 November 2019
	Rene Violenes[3]	NA	28 November 2019