List of heads of government of Saba explained

The island governor of Saba is the representative on Saba, an island of the Netherlands, of the Dutch head of state (King Willem-Alexander), under responsibility of the minister of the interior and kingdom relations. The governor is appointed by the monarch for a period of six years. The island governor chairs the meetings of the Executive Council and the Island Council, and is the head of the public entity. The current island governor is Jonathan Johnson.^[1] The acting island governor is Shamara Nicholson-Linzey.^[2]

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Functions

According to the Wolbes the powers of the island governor are:^[3]

Section 172

1. The Island Governor will see to:
   1. timely preparation, adoption and implementation of the policy of the public entity and of the resulting decisions, as well as proper attuning between those involved in such preparation, adoption and implementation;
   2. proper cooperation of the public entity with the other public entities and other governments;
   3. the quality of procedures in the area of citizen participation;
   4. careful handling of notices of objection;
   5. careful handling of complaints by the island government.
   6. The Island Governor will otherwise promote proper attendance to the affairs of the public entity.

Section 173

1. The Island Governor will represent the public entity in and out of court.
2. The Island Governor may delegate the representation to a person appointed by him.

Section 174

1. The Island Governor will be entrusted with maintaining public order.

List

Island Territory of the Windward Islands

Until 1 April 1983 Saba coexisted with St. Eustatius and Sint Maarten under the Island Territory of the Windward Islands. The lieutenant governor of this island territory was represented on Saba by an administrator.^[4]

No.	Name	Tenure
		Took office	Left office
1	Pieter Dijkstra[5]	1951	1952
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	L. de Hoop (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1952	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1952
2	Ludwig Reginals Carty[6]	1952	1955
3	Walter Granville Buncamper[7]	1955	1958
4	Edward Carl Labega	1958	1960
5	Henry Carlyle Every	1960[8]	1962
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	Reinier O. van Delden (acting)[9]	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1962	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1962
6	Louis Meindert Overberg	1962	1964
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	Reinier O. van Delden (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1964	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1964
7	Gerardus van de Wal	1964	1969
8	Joseph E. Richardson[10] [11] [12]	1969	1971
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	John Arthur Anslijn (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1971	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1971
9	Eugenius A. Johnson	1971	1973
10	Laurens Rosema	1973	1973
11	Victor R. Abraham	1973	1974
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	John Godfrey Woods (acting)[13]	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1974	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1975
12	George R. Sleeswijk[14]	1975	1977
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	William S. Johnson (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1977	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1977
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	Eugenius A. Johnson (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1977	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1977
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	William S. Johnson (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1977	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1978
13	Thadeus G. Larmonie	1978	1981
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	George R. Sleeswijk (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1981	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1981
14	Raphael Sorton[15]	1981	1983

Max Nicholson (Maximiliaan Wilhelm Nicholson) Acting Lieutenant Governor of Saba in the nineties. Commissioner of Saba 1963-1971; Junior Minister of State of The Netherlands Antilles in 1993.

Island Territory of Saba

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA		bgcolor=#E6E6AA	Raphael Sorton (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1 April 1983	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1 November 1983
1		Wycliffe Smith[16]	1 November 1983[17]	2 November 1989
2		Sydney Sorton	2 November 1989	19 November 1998
	bgcolor=#E6E6AA		bgcolor=#E6E6AA	William S. Johnson (acting)	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1998[18]	bgcolor=#E6E6AA	1 May 1999
3		Antoine Solagnier	1 May 1999[19]	1 April 2006[20]
4		Sydney Sorton	1 April 2006[21]	2 July 2008[22]
5		Jonathan Johnson	2 July 2008[23]	10 October 2010

Public Entity Saba

References

• worldstatesmen.org

Notes and References

1. News: Island Governor Johnson sworn in for second term. The Daily Herald. 2 July 2014. 17.
2. News: Amelia Nicholson new Acting Island Governor . Saba News . 28 March 2019.
3. Web site: Wolbes. https://web.archive.org/web/20150215192408/https://www.rijksdienstcn.com/rijksdienstcn.com/up1/ZccqacxII_WOLBES_ENG.pdf. dead. 15 February 2015. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. 17 November 2017.
4. Book: Velde. edited by Martin A. van Bakel, Renée R. Hagesteijn, Pieter van de. Private politics : a multi-disciplinary approach to "Big-Man" systems. 1986. E.J. Brill. Leiden. 9789004078048. 194. registration.
5. News: Bovenwinden NIEUWE ONDER-GEZAGHEBBER SABA. Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden. 28 March 1950. 1. Dutch.
6. Web site: Administrator Maximillian Joseph Huith. The Daily Herald.
7. News: Johnson . Will . Administrator/Acting Governor dministrator/Acting Governor Walter Granville Buncamper . The Daily Herald: Weekender . 27 June 2009 . 12.
8. News: HENRY CARLYLE EVERY. Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden. 4 May 1976. 11. Dutch.
9. Web site: Former Lt. Governor Van Delden passes. https://web.archive.org/web/20150107061209/http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14257. dead. 7 January 2015. The Daily Herald. 1 March 2011.
10. News: Prime Minister Romeo Marlin expresses condolences on the passing of Joe Richardson.. SMN News. 1 May 2018.
11. Saba's Youngest Ruler. Ebony. October 1969. 24. 12. 116–123. 4 January 2015. Johnson Publishing Company. 0012-9011.
12. Book: Lynch. Edgar H.. Lynch. Julian C.. Know Your Political History. 1999. House of Nehesi Publ.. Philipsburg, St. Martin. 0913441325. 93–95. Rev..
13. News: Johnson . Will . Commissioner/Acting Administrator John Godfrey Woods . The Daily Herald: Weekender . 13 June 2009 . 4.
14. News: Administrateur verlaat Saba. Amigoe. 29 January 1977. 3. Dutch.
15. News: Sorton presents 'An Inside Look'. The Daily Herald. 27 December 2013. 10.
16. Web site: Christian Party leader Wycliffe Smith aims for at least two seats "We support equal social treatment". Today. 7 September 2016.
17. News: Sorton waarnemend gezaghebber Saba af. Amigoe. 10 September 1983. 2. Dutch.
18. Web site: Johnson. Will. THE WIPM GOING INTO 45!. https://web.archive.org/web/20150108025353/http://thesabaislander.com/2014/12/22/the-wipm-going-into-45/. dead. 8 January 2015. The Saba Islander. 8 January 2015.
19. News: New Lt. Governor takes office. The Daily Herald. 3 May 1999. 5.
20. News: Nielsen. Suzanne. Solagnier's legacy Observations from outgoing Lt. Governor. The Daily Herald: Weekender. 1 April 2006. 7.
21. News: New Lt. Governor arrives in Saba. The Daily Herald. 3 April 2006. 6.
22. Web site: Lt. Governors bid farewell to Saba's Sorton. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031937/http://sabatourism.com/communitynews563.html. dead. 23 January 2013. 4 January 2015. sabatourism.com.
23. Web site: Lt. Governor Johnson welcomed to the island. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123032052/http://sabatourism.com/communitynews566.html. dead. 23 January 2013. sabatourism.com. 4 January 2015.