Saint-Martin
 

Collectivité Unofficial Flag 2007 - 9 Jan 2009 Collectivité Logo Flag Adopted 9 Jan 2009 Collectivité Emblem Flag Adopted 26 Oct 2010 St. Martin Island Unity Flag Adopted 29 Sep 2022 Map of Saint-Martin Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Hear Local Anthem "Saint-Martin, Saint-Martin" (a.k.a. O' Sweet Saint Martin's  Land) From c.1958 Constitution (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Marigot (Quartier d'Orléans 1648-1778; La Réunion 5 Apr 1795-1795) Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF) National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) Fête Nationale  (National Holiday "Bastille Day") ------------------------------------- Local Holidays: 11 Nov (1493) Fête de Saint-Martin (Saint Martin's Day) (from 1959) ------------------------------- 28 May (1848) Abolition de l'Esclavage (Abolition of Slavery Day) Population: 32,996 (2024) GDP: $649.2 million (2023) Exports: $8.6 million (2020) Imports: $437 million (2020) Ethnic groups: Creole (mulatto), Black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asian), White, East Indian, other  Total French Gendarmerie: 200 (2024) Defense is the Responsibility of France Merchant marine: None (2024) Religions: Roman Catholic 91.8%, Protestant 4.5%, other Christian 0.10%, Baha'i 0.36%, Muslim 0.21%, Hindu 0.20%, other 0.23%, no religion 2.47% (2021) International Organizations/Treaties: ACS (associate), OECS (associate), UPU Saint-Martin Index Chronology 11 Nov 1493                By common assumption, Cristóbal Colón (Christopher                              Columbus), during his second voyage sails past the                              island on St. Martin's Day and names it after the                              patron saint (St. Martin of Tours) Isla San Martín.                              However, there is good evidence that it was                              actually Nevis which Colón named St. Martin (and on                              12 Nov., which incidentally at the time is also the                              feast day of a St. Martin, Pope Martin I), that he                              may or may not have seen St. Martin on 13 Nov., and                              that the names later settled differently. 1516                       Island first labeled as "Sam Mtim" on the Portuguese                              Reinel map of 1516.  5-9 Oct 1624              First recorded European landing by Dutch sailor                              Pieter Schouten (d. 1625). Jul/Aug 1629               Some Frenchmen arrive on the island when Capt. Giron,                              on a reconnaissance mission to find out if there                              are Spanish ships in the neighborhood of St.                              Christopher, got into a gale, lost his mast, and                              had to look for shelter at the nearest island.                              After having repaired his ship, he leaves again. Aug/Sep 1629               After the Spanish drove the French and English off                              St. Christopher, the French, amidst whom is Pierre                              Belain d'Esnambuc, arrive on St. Martin and make an                              entrenchment in case the Spaniards pursue them. A                              part of the French leave after some days under                              d'Esnambuc for some place else; others stay behind,                              forming the first settlement. After a short while                              the Spaniards visit and destroy the entrenchment. 1630                       The Spanish not having sufficient ships and crew to                              occupy St. Christopher permanently, the English and                              French return. 14 Frenchmen, however, stay behind                              in Saint-Martin. They make salt at the modern                              location of Grand Case and live slightly to the                              east, in French Quarter or Quartier d'Orléans. Aug 1631                   Dutch occupy the island, thinking it uninhabited,                              only meeting the Frenchmen later when they move                              farther into the island. By 1633 the Dutch colony                              is definitely larger than the French one. Aug 1631 -  1 Jul 1633     Dutch settlement in southern end of the island.  24 Jun 1633 - early 1648   Spanish occupation (San Martín)(see Sint Maarten).                              The Spanish garrison consists of civil servants and                              soldiers, no colonists. 20 Mar 1644 - 17 Apr 1644  Failed Dutch invasion under Petrus Stuyvesant is                              repulsed by the Spanish. early 1648                 The Spanish abandon the island of their own accord. 17 Feb 1648                French settlers arrive from Saint Christopher. 23 Mar 1648                Divided into French Saint-Martin (north) and Dutch                               Sint Maarten (south) by local agreement (Treaty of                              Concordia [Mont des Accords]); French part under                              the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique to 1651. 24 May 1651                Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique sells the right to                              administer Saint-Martin (and other islands) to the                              Knights of Malta for 120,000 francs. 24 May 1651 -  4 Jan 1666  French Saint-Martin a seigneury of the Order of                              the Knights of Malta. 10 Aug 1665                Knights of Malta agree to sell their rights to the                               Compagnie Française des Indes Occidentales                              (effective 4 Jan 1666).  4 Jan 1666 - 10 Apr 1703  French Saint-Martin a dependency of Saint-Christophe                              (see Saint Kitts). Apr 1672 - 15 Jun 1676     French occupy the entire island. 15 Jun 1676 - 30 Jun 1676  Dutch occupy the entire island (see Sint Maarten). 30 Jun 1676 - 27 Jan 1690  French occupy the entire island. 19 Jan 1690 - 27 Jan 1690  English force lands from Anguilla and by 27 Jan the                              French are driven away, taking refuge in St.                              Christopher. The English under Sir Timothy                              Thornhill (b. 1648? - d. 1693), do nothing with                              the island. 1690 - 1699                English occupy entire island. 20 Sep 1697                English agree to restore conquered territories                              (incl. Saint Martin) to status quo ante by the                              Treaty of Ryswick (Tractatus Pacis). 1699 - 1702                French occupy the entire island. 1702                       France orders all inhabitants to move to other French                              islands. Those who stay behind move to Marigot Bay,                              formerly surrounded by a few scattered fishermen's                              cottages but where since about 1689, when a small                              fortification was erected on the hilltop, a village                              was coming into being. The name Marigot is a French                              West Indian word used for a spot from which the                              rainwater does not drain off forming marshy pools. 10 Apr 1703 - 15 Mar 1717  Dutch occupy the entire island (see Sint Maarten). 11 Apr 1713                The peace Treaty of Utrecht restores the French part                              to France. Aug 1715                    A certain Martel is mentioned as lieutenant du roi                              on Saint-Martin. 15 Mar 1717                François de Lauriol arrives to take possession for                              the king. The Dutch vice-commander, Martinus                              Meyers, requests that the Frenchman leave the                              island, a request the latter naturally refuses                              (French Saint-Martin a dependency of Guadeloupe). 14 Jul 1734                Franco-Dutch Treaty of Neutrality of the island of                              Saint Martin in case of war between France and                              the Netherlands, in the event of an attack from                              abroad, the French and Dutch commanders will assist                              each other. 1744 - 1748                During the War of the Austrian Succession (1743-48),                              two British privateers take Marigot. The British                              hold Saint-Martin until the end of the war. 1749                       French settlers allowed to return to Saint-Martin                              following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (of 18 Oct                              1748). 1756 and 1764              The demarcation line is given some shape for the                              first time. 1759 - 1764                During the Seven Years' War, the British occupy                              French Saint-Martin. Some of the French take refuge                              in the Dutch part. 1763                       As the war ends the French, who took refuge in the                              Dutch part, begin to return. The governor of                              Guadeloupe, rejects an offer made by the Dutch                              vice-commander of Sint Maarten, to buy the French                              Saint-Martin for 100,000 piasters. Jun 1764                   France officially retakes possession of the French                              part. The chevalier de Fénelon, commanding the                              frigate La Folle, then also takes possession of the                              small island of Tintamarre, or Flat Island,                              northeast of Saint-Martin, which was occupied by                              Englishmen, based on some private transaction for                              some 40 years. The French government appointed the                              commander of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy;                              the two islands form one district until 1785. 1767                       Fort Saint-Louis at Marigot begins to be built on the                              foundations of the earlier fortification dating                              from 1689.  5 Jan 1779 - 25 Feb 1779  British from Tortola occupy French Saint-Martin. 25 Feb 1779 -  4 Feb 1781  French occupy the entire island.   4 Feb 1781 - 27 Nov 1781  British occupy the entire island.  27 Nov 1781 - 11 Feb 1784  French occupy the entire island. 1785                       A commandant particulier, representing the governor                              of Guadeloupe in Saint-Martin, begins to be                              appointed. 19 May 1793 -  5 Apr 1795  Dutch control the entire island (see Sint Maarten)                              (in French part a provisional council is set-up).  5 Apr 1795 - 24 Mar 1801  French occupy the entire island. 24 Mar 1801 - 27 Nov 1802  British occupy the entire island (see Sint Maarten). 27 Nov 1802 - 1803         Dutch occupy entire island (see Sint Maarten). 1803 - 14 Feb 1810         French and Dutch parts resumed.  3 Jul 1808                British unsuccessful attack on the island is made by                              the ships Wanderer and Subtle. 14 Feb 1810 - 24 Jan 1815  British re-occupy entire island (see Sint Maarten) 24 Jan 1815 - Jul 1815     French Saint-Martin administration resumed.                              (occupation of the Dutch zone to 12 Feb 1816). Jul 1815 - 22 Nov 1816     British re-occupy the French part. 22 Nov 1816                French Saint-Martin administration restored, as an                              island dependency of Guadeloupe. 29 Jan 1823                Guadeloupe is divided into five municipalities, one                              being Saint-Martin. Dec 1828 - 21 Jul 1838     Division of Saint-Martin into two quartiers, Marigot                              and Grand Case. 21 Jul 1838                A new municipality is introduced, joining the two                              quartiers again, with a mayor (maire) 28 Nov 1839                A new Franco-Dutch Convention signed (ratified by                              Dutch on 15 Jan 1841, but not France). 28 May 1848                Slavery is abolished in Saint-Martin (in Dutch                              Sint Maarten on 1 Jul 1863). 1939                       All remaining import and excise duties between the                              two parts are abolished. 12 May 1940 - 23 Jun 1940  French garrison Sint Maarten (Dutch administration                              continues) following the German occupation of the                              Netherlands. 24 Jun 1940 - 14 Jul 1943  French Saint-Martin administration loyal to Vichy                              France (from 14 Jul 1943, under Free French). 19 Mar 1946                Guadeloupe (including Saint-Martin) becomes an                              overseas département.  1 Jan 1948 -  7 Feb 1963  Saint-Martin becomes a canton of the arrondissement                              of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe overseas département.  7 Feb 1963 -  9 Jul 2007  Part of the arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-                              Barthélemy (also called Îles du Nord) within the                              Guadeloupe overseas département.  3 Sep 1998                Saint-Martin Nature Reserve (Réserve Naturelle de                              Saint-Martin) is established, including Tintamarre,                              most of the waters between it and the main island,                              and parts of latter's northern and eastern coast.  7 Dec 2003                Saint-Martin votes decisively (76.2%) to become a                              separate territory of France.  9 Jul 2007                Saint-Martin made a separate French overseas                              collectivité (Collectivité de Saint-Martin)                              (by law of 21 Feb 2007) as is Saint-Barthélemy.                              Both come under a joint prefect (based in Saint-                              Martin).  1 Dec 2009                Saint-Martin becomes an outermost region of the                              European Union as the Treaty of Lisbon comes into                              force.  6 Apr 2016                Saint-Martin and Sint Maarten conclude a treaty on                              their shared maritime boundaries. 26 May 2023                An agreement to establish the precise route of the                              land border between Saint-Martin and Sint Maarten                              is signed (ratified by France 22 Jul 2026). 10 Feb 2025                Saint-Marting and Saint-Barthélemy created a full                              prefecture (préfecture de Saint-Barthélemy et de                              Saint-Martin), no longer dependent on Guadeloupe. Arrondissement Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy (1963-2007)

Commanders
Jul/Aug 1629               Giron
Aug/Sep 1629 - 1629        Pierre Belain, sieur d'Esnambuc    (b. 1585 - d. 1636)
1629 - 16..                sieur de St. Martin (captain)
24 Jun 1633 - 1648         Spanish rule
17 Feb 1648 - 1651         Robert de Longvilliers de Poincy   (b. 1611 - d. 1666)
                             (governor)
1651 - 1660?               Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy(b. 1584 - d. 1660)
                             (governor)
1660 - 1664                Chevalier Charles de Sales         (b. 1625 - d. 1666)
166. - 166.                du sieur Le Fevre
166. -  4 Jan 1666         sieur du Clivet (Clinet)
                             (acting for absent Le Fevre)
 4 Jan 1666 - 16..         sieur du Guery
1666                       Saint Laurent
16.. - 16..                Gabriel Folio, sieur des Roses     (b. 161. - d. bf.1690)
16.. - 16..                Saint Laurent, chevalier de Maynie
                             (Maigne) (governor)
16.. - 16..                Savinien de Courpon, sieur de la   (b. 161. - d. 1671?)
                             Tour
1672 - 1676                chevalier de Maynie (Magne)        (d. 1676)
15 Jun 1676 - 30 Jun 1676  Dutch administration
1676 - 1679                ....
Lieutenants of the King (Lieutenants du Roi)
1679 - 1685                François Charles Maigne du Plat    (b. 16.. - d. 1693)
16 Jun 1685 - 1690         chevalier de Rionville (Réauville) (d. 1690)
1690 - 1699                Vacant
1699 - 1701                Jean Baptiste Dyel (d'Yel), sieur  (b. 1663? - d. 1736)
                             du Parquet
1701 - 1702                Louis Cacqueray, sieur de          (b. 1672 - d. 1724)
                             Valménier (Valmeynier) 
1702 - 10 Apr 1703         abandoned
10 Apr 1703 - Aug 1715     Dutch administration (see Sint Maarten)
Aug 1715 - 1717            Henry de Martel de Chausson
15 Mar 1717 - 1731         François de Lauriol                (b. c.1660 - d. af.1731)
                             (Lauréol, de la Réole)
1731? - 1732?              Jacques Gréaux, Jr.                (d. 1744)
c.1732 - c.1736            Christophe Mathieu
c.1736 - 174.              Jean Pymont (Pimont)               (b. 1692 - d. 17..)
174. - c.1744              Rouve de La Pérelle (1st time)
                             (commandant)
1744 - 1748                British occupation
1749 - 1753                Rouve de La Pérelle (2nd time)
                             (commandant)
1753 - 1759                Alexis Brin (governor)
1759 - 1764                British occupation
Commandants (Commandants de Saint-Martin [et St Barthélémy to 1785]) 
Aug 1764 - 1785            Auguste Lescuiller Descoudrelles   (d. 1785)
                             ("governor")
1764                       Vupil du Sablon
                             (acting for Descoudrelles)
1768 - 1770                Laurent François Isnard            (d. 1787)
                             (acting for Descoudrelles) 
1770                       Gaspard Bayon
                             (acting for Descoudrelles) 
1775                       René Camille, comte de Carné de    (b. 1719 - d. 1785)
                             Trécesson (acting for Descoudrelles)
 5 Jan 1779 - 25 Feb 1779  John Fahie -British commander      (d. 1785)
 4 Feb 1781 -  6 Sep 1781  Andrew Edhouse -British commander  (b. c.1723 - d. 1788)
1781 - 1782?               viscount de Damas
                             (acting for Descoudrelles)
1782 - 178.                Jean-Baptiste Duzant               (b. 1736 - d. 1793/96)   
                             (acting for Descoudrelles)
18 Jan 1784 - 1785?        Georges Manganon de la Perrière    (d. 1789)
Commandants Particulier
1785 - 19 May 1793         Jean Sébastien, chevalier de Durat (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
                             (commandant, later governor; nominally to 1795)
1788                       François Desbonne Belasse          (b. 1733 - d. 1792)
                             (acting for Durat)
May 1793 - Apr 1795        Provisional Council
                           (appointed by the Dutch commander)
                           - Jean Rouvellet (president)   
                           - John Mardenbrough
                           - Richard Romney                   (d. 1795)
29 Apr 1795 - 1798         Commissioners of the Republic
                           - La Bruyère (Labruyere)
                             (commissioner-delegate of National Convention)
                           - Jean Rouvellet 
                           - Pierre Charles Dormoy (d'Ormoy)  (b. 1748 - d. 1817)
1798 - 1799                Pierre Charles Dormoy (1st time)   (s.a.)
                             (commissioner delegate of the Directory)
19 Oct 1799 - 15 Mar 1800  Pierre Louis d'Arnauld             (b. 1771 - d. 1832)
1800 - 1801?               Pierre Charles Dormoy (2nd time)   (s.a.)
24 Mar 1801 - 27 Nov 1802  British occupation
27 Nov 1802 - 1803         Dutch occupation
1803 - 1804                Jean-Baptiste Bresson              (b. 1760 - d. 1832)
                             (commissioner)
1804 - 1808                Robert Nicholson                   (b. 17.. - d. 1810)
1808 - Feb 1810            Jean Pruilh (Preuils)              (b. 1764 - d. 1838)
14 Feb 1810 - 24 Jan 1815  British occupation
Jan 1815 - Jul 1815        Pierre Saint-Juery (Saint-Jire)    (b. 1771 - d. 1837)
Jul 1815 - Oct 1816        Thomas Inches -British commander
1816                       Leffrenque (Laffranque)
1816                       baron de Proissie (1st time)
1816                       Gaston
Nov 1816 - Sep 1817        baron de Proissie (2nd time)
Sep 1817 - Dec 1817        Rogers
Dec 1817 - Feb 1823        Louis Auguste Elliot (1st time)
Feb 1823 - Oct 1824        Louis Aurange (1st time)           (b. 1772 - d. 1860)
1824 - 1827                Charles Louis Guillaume Bologne    (b. 1793? - d. 1865)
                             de Rougemont (1st time)
1827                       Jean Sébastien de Durat
1828 - 1831                Charles Louis Guillaume Bologne    (s.a.)
                             de Rougemont (2nd time)
1831 - 1831                Louis Aurange (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1831                       Louis Auguste Elliot (2nd time)
1831 - 1832                Carol
1832                       Belongrie
1832 - 1840                François Louis Forget
1840 - 1866?               Munier (Meinier)
Sub-prefects (11 May 1982 - 3 Mar 1988, Assistant commissioners) of the Islands
of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy (Sous-préfets [1982-1988 commissaires adjoints]
des îles de Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy)(subordinated to the Prefects
[11 May 1982 - 3 Mar 1988 Commissioners of the Republic] of Guadeloupe)
Apr 1962 - Apr 1963        Guy Pierre Marie Maillard (acting) (b. 1930 - d. 2013)
                            (chargé des fonctions d'administrateur
                             des îles Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélemy)
May 1963 - Sep 1965        Serge Thirioux                     (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
Sep 1965 - Jul 1967        Jacques Vidal    
Aug 1967 - Oct 1969        Jean Louis Ducret                  (b. 1934 - d. 2011)
Dec 1969 - Dec 1971        René Stambouli                     (b. 1927 - d. 2008)
Feb 1972 - Feb 1975        Kamel Khrissate                    (b. 1936 - d. 2025)
Apr 1975 - Jun 1978        Pierre Jean Etchegoyen             (b. 1924 - d. 2020)
Aug 1978 - Jul 1980        Jean-Pierre Lacave                 (b. 1939 - d. 2015)
10 Jul 1980 - Jan 1981     Bernard Christian Prévost          (b. 1943)
Jan 1981 - Sep 1981        Jacques Limoge   
15 Oct 1981 - Sep 1984     Gonthier Jean Claude Friédérici    (b. 1945)
Nov 1984 - Oct 1986        Jean-Pierre Hubert                 (b. 1947)
Oct 1986 - May 1989        François Jean René Seners          (b. 1958)
Jun 1989 - Sep 1990        Michel Magnier                     (b. 1960)
Sep 1990 - Dec 1991        Pierre Vache
Dec 1991 - Apr 1992        .... (acting)
Apr 1992 - Nov 1993        Bernard Guérin                     (b. 1952)
Nov 1993 - Jan 1994        .... (acting)
Jan 1994 - Jan 1995        Jean-Jacques Dudillieu
Jan 1995 - Aug 1996        Antoine Pichon
Aug 1996 - Aug 1998        Jean-Loup Marie Bernard Petit      (b. 1947)
Aug 1998 - Oct 1998        .... (acting)
Oct 1998 - 22 Jun 2000     David Paul Marcien Julliard        (b. 1962)
26 Jun 2000 - Aug 2003     Patrice Paul Marie Latron          (b. 1961)
 2 Oct 2003 - 21 Dec 2006  Maurice Michaud
Dec 2006 - 21 Mar 2007     Yvon Alain (interim)               (b. 1955)
21 Mar 2007 -  9 Jul 2007  Dominique Jacques Lacroix          (b. 1955)
Prefects to the State Representatives in the Collectivités of Saint Martin and
Saint Barthelemy (until 10 Feb 2025, Préfets délégués auprès du représentant de l'État dans les collectivités de Saint-Martin et de Saint-Barthélemy [delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007, also Representative of the State in the Collectivité of Saint-Martin])
 9 Jul 2007 - Aug 2009     Dominique Jacques Lacroix          (s.a.)
24 Aug 2009 - Dec 2011     Jacques Marius Marie Simonnet      (b. 1946)
12 Dec 2011 - Jun 2015     Philippe Chopin                    (b. 1958)
 8 Jun 2015 - Jul 2018     Anne René Simone Laubies (f)       (b. 1953)
 9 Jul 2018 -  4 Dec 2020  Sylvie Daniélo-Feucher (f)         (b. 1959)
 4 Dec 2020 - 15 Dec 2020  Mikaël Doré (acting)               (b. 1958)
15 Dec 2020 - 28 Mar 2022  Serge Gouteyron                    (b. 1956)
28 Mar 2022 -  6 Feb 2025  Vincent Berton                     (b. 1966)
 6 Feb 2025 - 10 Feb 2025  Fabrice Thibier (acting)           (b. 1978)
10 Feb 2025 -              Cyrille Le Vély                    (b. 1964)
 

Presidents of the Municipal Council
(Président du Conseil Municipal du Marigot)
Dec 1828 - 25 Jan 1832     Abraham Zymonsz Doncker            (b. 1784 - d. 1832)
16 Feb 1832 - 25 Jul 1838  Pierre Antoine Philippe Henri      (b. c.1790 - d. 1866)
                             O'Reilly   
Mayors (Maires de Saint-Martin)
25 Jul 1838 - 1866         Pierre Georges Bayley Dormoy       (b. 1799 - d. 1875)
Feb 1866 -  1 Jul 1867     Pierre Martin
 1 Jul 1867 - 30 Jul 1871  Louis de Durat
30 Jul 1871 - 16 Nov 1871  Charles Claude Sainte-Hélène       (b. 1828 - d. 1871)
                             Télèphe
16 Nov 1871 - 1874         Victor Marie Florent Foulquier     (b. 1799 - d. 1874)
1874 -  7 May 1878         Pierre Auguste Beauperthuy         (b. 1806 - d. 1878) 
                             (acting to 29 May 1876)
 7 May 1878 - 12 Jul 1879  Charles Emile Becker (1st time)    (b. 1847 - d. 1905)
                             (acting)
12 Jul 1879 - 1891         Jean-Frédéric Becker               (d. 1891)
1891 -  8 May 1904         Charles Emile Becker (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting to 8 May 1892)
 8 May 1904 - 27 Dec 1919  Charles Daniel Esprit Beauperthuy  (b. 1861 - d. 1935)
27 Dec 1919 - 10 May 1925  Louis Emmanuel Fleming             (b. 1877 - d. 1925)
10 May 1925 -  3 May 1928  Jean-Baptiste Ferdinand Morales
 3 May 1928 - 29 Jan 1949  Louis-Constant Fleming             (b. 1898 - d. 1949)  Ind;1947 RPF
Jan 1949 - Mar 1959        Hugues Élie Fleming (1st time)     (b. 1921 - d.af.1983)
                             (acting to Mar 1949)
Mar 1959 - Mar 1977        Fernand Hubert Petit               (b. 1926 - d. 2006)  DVG + UDR
Mar 1977 - Mar 1983        Hugues Élie Fleming (2nd time)     (s.a.)               RPF
Mar 1983 - 15 Jul 2007     Raoul Albert Fleming-Romney        (b. 1936 - d. 2023)
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 Gumbs (1st time)            (b. 1954)            UPP
14 Apr 2009 -  5 May 2009  Daniel Christian Gibbs (1st time)  (b. 1968)            UPP
                             (acting)
 5 May 2009 -  1 Apr 2012  Frantz Gumbs (2nd time)            (s.a.)               UPP
 1 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2013  Alain Richardson                   (b. 1963)            RRR
17 Apr 2013 -  2 Apr 2017  Aline Denise Hanson (f)            (b. 1949 - d. 2017)  RRR
 2 Apr 2017 -  3 Apr 2022  Daniel Christian Gibbs (2nd time)  (s.a.)               UD + TG
 3 Apr 2022 -              Louis Mussington                   (b. 1961)            RSM

Territorial Disputes: None identified.

 Party abbreviations: DVG = Divers Gauche (Diverse Left, left-wing candidates not members of a large party); Ind = Indépendant (Independent); RRR = Rassemblement, Responsabilité, Réussite (Rally, Responsibility, Success; Saint-Martin regionalist, est.2007); RSM = Rassemblement Saint-Martinois (Saint-Martin Rally, independentist, socialist to 2021, Jun 2016-2021 named Mouvement pour la Justice et la Prospérité [Movement for Justice and Prosperity], 1996-2016 named Movement of Advancement of the People, est.1996); DU = Union pour la Démocratie (Union for Democracy, right-wing, est.2011); UPP = Union pour le Progrès (Union for Progress, center-right, affiliated with UMP); TG = Team Daniel Gibbs (Daniel Gibbs list, affiliated with UMP/LR, formerly Team Gibbs 2012 and Team Gibbs 2017, renamed Team Gibbs 2022, est.2012);
- Former parties: RPF = Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally for the French People, Gaullist, conservative, 1947-1955); 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)