Saint-Martin
 

Unofficial Local Flag to 26 Oct 2010             Local Flag from 26 Oct 2010             Region Flag Adopted 2009 Map of Saint Martin Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Hear Local Anthem "O' Sweet Saint-Martin's Land" Constitution  (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Marigot (formerly Fort Louis) (Quartier d'Orleans 1648- .... ) Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF) National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) Bastille Day --------------------------------------- Local Holiday: 27 May (1848) (Slavery) Abolition Day Population: 30,615 (2011) GDP: $N/A Exports: $N/A Imports: $N/A Ethnic groups: Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asian), white, East Indian, and other  Total French Troops: N/A Defense is the Responsibility of France Merchant marine: None (2010) Religions: Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Protestant, Hindu International Organizations/Treaties: UPU Saint-Martin Index Chronology 11 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Columbus                               named Isla de San Martin. 1625 - 1633                French settlement in the northeast. 1631 - 1633                Dutch colony (see Dutch Sint Maarten). 1638 - 1647                Spanish settlement.  17 Feb 1648                French settlers arrive from St. Christophe. 23 Mar 1648                Divided into French (Saint-Martin)(north) and Dutch                               Sint Maarten (south); French zone under the                              Compagnie des Îles del'Amérique (to 1651), French                              zone comes to be part of Saint-Christophe. 1651 - 1665                French Saint-Martin a seigneury of the Knights                              of Malta. 1665 - 1703                French Saint-Martin a dependency of Saint-Christophe                              (see Saint Kitts). 1672 - 1679                British occupy French zone. 1674                       French zone a crown colony. 1679 - 1689                French occupy entire island. 1690 - 1699                English occupy entire island. 1699 - 1702                French occupy entire island. 1702                       British occupy French zone. 1703 - 1713                Dutch occupy French zone. 1713 - 2007                French Saint-Martin a dependency of Guadeloupe. 1744 - 1748                British from Anguilla occupy French zone.  1759 - 1763                British occupy French zone.  Jan 1779 - 24 Feb 1779     British occupy French zone. 24 Feb 1779 -  3 Feb 1781  French occupy entire island.   3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781  British occupy entire island.  26 Nov 1781 - 1784         British occupy French zone. 18 May 1793 -  5 Apr 1794  Dutch administer entire island (see Sint Maarten). 1794 - 1795                British occupy French zone.  29 Apr 1795 - 24 Mar 1801  French occupy entire island. 24 Mar 1801 -  1 Dec 1802  British occupy entire island. 1810 - 1816                British occupy entire island (see Sint Maarten). 1816                       French and Dutch zones resumed. 16 Jun 1940 - 14 Jul 1943  Administration loyal to Vichy France                              (from 14 Jul 1943, under Free French). 1946 -  1 Feb 1963         French Saint-Martin made a canton of Guadeloupe                              arrondissement Basse-Terre.   1 Feb 1963 - 21 Feb 2007  Saint-Martin together with Saint-Barthélémy made                              separate arrondissement of Guadeloupe as                              Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy.  7 Dec 2003                Saint-Martin votes to become a separate                              overseas collectivité by 76.17% 21 Feb 2007                Saint-Martin a separate French overseas                              collectivité. Arrondissement Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy (1963-2007)

Governors
1625 - 1633                Pierre Belain, sieur d'Esnambuc    (b. 1585 - d. 1636)
1633 - 1648                Vacant
1648 - 1651                Robert de Longvilliers de Poincy   (b. 1611 - d. 1666)
1651 - 1660                Philippe de Longvilliers de        (b. 1583 - d. 1660)
                             Poincy, chevalier de Poincy
1660 - 1664                Charles de Sales                   (b. 1625 - d. 1666)
1664                       Savinien de Courpon sieur de la
                             Tour
1664? - 1666               de Roses (des Roses)
1666 - 1668?               Laurent chevalier de Maynie (Maigne)  
1668 - 1672                Charpentier
1672 - 1679                .... (English commanders)
1679 - 1685                François-Charles Maigne du Plat
16 Jun 1685 - 1689         chevalier de Rionville -Royal lieutenant
1690 - 1699                .... (English commanders)
1699 - 1701                Jean Dyel du Parquet
1701 - 1702                Louis de Cacqueray de Valmeniére   (b. 1672 - d. 1724)
                             (retains title to 1715)
1702                       .... (British commander)
1702 - 1713                Dutch occupation (see Sint Maarten)
1713 - 1715                Vacant
Aug 1715 - Jun 1717        Henry de Martel de Chausson
1717 - 1731                François de Larréol
                             (de Lauriol, de la Réole)
1731? - 1732?              Jacques Gréaux, Jr.                (d. 1744)
c.1732 - c.1736            Christophe Mahieu
c.1736 - 174.              Jean Pimont
17.. - c.1744              Rouve de La Pérelle -Commandant
                             (1st time)
1749 - 1753                Rouve de La Pérelle -Commandant
                             (2nd time)
1753 - 1759                Alexis Brin
1759 - 1763                .... (British commander)
1763 - 1784                Auguste Lescuiller Descoudrelles   (d. 1785)
1764                       Vupil du Sablon
                             (acting for Descoudrelles)
1768 - 1770                Isnard (acting for Descoudrelles) 
1770                       Gaspard Bayon
                             (acting for Descoudrelles) 
1775                       René Camille, comte de Carné de    (d. 1784)
                             Trécesson (acting for Descoudrelles)
c.1777                     Jean-Baptiste Duzant
Jan 1779 - 25 Feb 1779     John Fahie -British commander
 5 Feb 1781 - 1781         Andrew Edhouse -British commander
 6 Sep 1781 - 1784         Thomas de Fitzmaurice              (b. 1725 - d. ....)
                             (British military governor)
18 Jan 1784 - 1785?        Georges Manganon de la Perrière    (d. 1789)
Commandants 
1785 - 1794                Jean-Sébastien chevalier de Durat  (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
1794 - 1795                John Mardenborough -British commander
1795                       Romney -British commander
1795 - 1798                Commissioners of the Republic
                           - La Bruyère
                           - Jean Rouvellet
                           - Pierre Charles Dormoy (d'Ormoy)  (b. 1748 - d. 1817)
1798 - 1799                Pierre Charles Dormoy (1st time)   (s.a.)
                             (commissioner)
19 Oct 1799 - 15 Mar 1800  Pierre Louis d'Arnauld             (b. 1771 - d. 1832)
1800 - 1801?               Pierre Charles Dormoy (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (commissioner)
1801 - 1802                British occupation (see Sint Maarten)
1803 - 1804                Jean-Baptiste Bresson              (b. 1760 - d. 1832)
                             (commissioner)
1804 - 1808                Robert Nicholson -British commandant
1808 - 1810                Jean Pruilh                        (b. 1764 - d. 1838)
1810 - 1816                British occupation (see Sint Maarten)
1815                       Saint-Juéry (Saint Jire)
1815 - 1816                Incker
1816                       Leffrenque (Laffranque)
1816                       Baron de Proissie (1st time)
1816                       Gaston
1816 - 1817                Baron de Proissie (2nd time)
1817                       Rogers
1817 - 1822                Louis Auguste Elliot
Nov 1822 - Jul 1824        Louis Aurange (1st time)           (b. 1772 - d. 18..)
1824 - 1829                Charles-Louis-Guillaume Bologne    (b. 1793? - d. 1865)
                             de Rougemont
1831 - 1831                Louis Aurange (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1832                       Belongrie
1832 - 1840                François-Louis Forget
1840 - 1866?               Munier 
Sous-préfets (Sub-Prefects) of the Northern Islands (Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy)
(subordinated to the Prefects of Guadeloupe)
Apr 1962 - Apr 1963        Guy Maillard                       (b. 1930)
May 1963 - Sep 1965        S. Thirioux
Sep 1965 - Jul 1967        J. Vidal
Aug 1967 - Oct 1969        J. Ducret
Dec 1969 - Dec 1971        R. Stambouli
Feb 1972 - Feb 1975        Kamel Khrissate                    (b. 1936)
Apr 1975 - Jun 1978        P. Etchegoyen
Aug 1978 - Jul 1980        J.P. Lacave
10 Jul 1980 - Jan 1981     Bernard Prévost                    (b. 1943)
Jan 1981 - Sep 1981        J. Limoge
15 Oct 1981 - Sep 1984     Gonthier Friédérici                (b. 1945)
Nov 1984 - Oct 1986        J.P. Hubert
Oct 1986 - May 1989        François Séners                    (b. 1958)
Jun 1989 - Sep 1990        Michel Magnier
Sep 1990 - Dec 1991        Pierre Vache
Apr 1992 - Nov 1993        Bernard Guerin                     (b. 1952)
Jan 1994 - Jan 1995        Jean-Jacques Dudilieu
Jan 1995 - Aug 1996        Antoine Pichon
Aug 1996 - Aug 1998        Jean-Loup Petit                    (b. 1947)
Oct 1998 - 22 Jun 2000     Didier Juilliard
26 Jun 2000 - Aug 2003     Patrice Latron                     (b. 1961)
 2 Oct 2003 - 21 Dec 2006  Maurice Michaud
Dec 2006 - 21 Feb 2007     Yvon Alain (interim)               (s.a.)
Prefects (delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007 is also
state representative in Saint-Martin)
21 Feb 2007 - 21 Mar 2007  Yvon Alain (interim subprefect)    (b. 1955)
21 Mar 2007 - Aug 2009     Dominique Lacroix                  (b. 1955)
24 Aug 2009 - Dec 2011     Jacques Simonnet                   (b. 1946)
12 Dec 2011 -              Philippe Chopin                    (b. 1958)

Presidents of the Municipality
1828 - 1832                Marigot 
1832 - 1838                Pierre-Philippe O'Reilly     
Mayors
21 Jul 1838 - 1866         Pierre Georges Dormoy              (b. 1799 - d. 1875)
1866 - 1867                Pierre Martin
1867 - 1871                Louis Murat
1871                       Charles Claude Sainte-Hélène       (b. 1828 - d. ....)
                             Télèphe
1871 - 1874                Victor Foulquier
1874 - 1878                Pierre Auguste Beauperthuy         (b. 1806 - d. 1878)
1878 - 1879                Charles Becker (1st time)
1879 - 1891                Jean Frédéric Becker
1891 - 1904                Charles Becker (2nd time)
1904 - 1919                Charles Daniel Esprit Beauperthuy  (b. 1861 - d. 1935)
1919 - 1925                Louis Emmanuel Fleming
1925 - 1928                Ferdinand Morales
1928 - 1949                Louis Constant Fleming             (b. 1898 - d. 1949)  Ind;1947 RPF
1949 - 1959                Hugues Élie Fleming (1st time)
1959 - 1977                Fernand Hubert Petit               (d. 2006)            DVG + UDR
1977 - 1983                Hugues Élie Fleming (2nd time)
1983 - 15 Jul 2007         Albert Fleming
Presidents of the Territorial Council
15 Jul 2007 - 25 Jul 2008  Louis Constant Fleming             (b. 1946)            UPP
25 Jul 2008 -  7 Aug 2008  Marthe Ogoundélé-Tessi (f)(acting) (b. 1964)            UPP
 7 Aug 2008 - 14 Apr 2009  Frantz R. Gumbs (1st time)         (b. 1954)            UPP
14 Apr 2009 -  5 May 2009  Daniel Gibbs (acting)              (b. 1968)            UPP
 5 May 2009 -  1 Apr 2012  Frantz R. Gumbs (2nd time)         (s.a.)               UPP
 1 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2013  Alain Richardson                   (b. 1963)            RRR
17 Apr 2013 -              Aline Hanson (f)                   (b. 1949)            RRR

Party abbreviations: Ind = Indépendant; RRR = Rassemblement Responsabilité et Réussite (Togetherness, Responsiblity and Success, Saint-Martin regionalist); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, est. 23 Apr 2002 from RPR, DL and the main part of UDF); UPP = Union pour Le Progrès (Union for Progress);
- Former parties: DVG = Divers Gauche (Various Left parties); RPF = Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally for the French People, 1945-55); UDR = Union pour la Défense de la République (Union for the Defense of the Republic, Gaullist, conservative, UNR successor, 1971 renamed Union des Démocrates pour la République [Union of Democrats for the Republic], 1968-1976);