Luc Mercelina
Luc Mercelina | |
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| File:Luc Mercelina, UNGA 2024 (B).jpg Marcelina in 2024 | |
| 8th Prime Minister of Sint Maarten | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2024[1] | |
| Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
| Governor | Ajamu Baly |
| Deputy | Veronica Jansen-Webster[2] |
| Preceded by | Silveria Jacobs |
| Leader of the Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1964 |
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| Alma mater | Maastricht University |
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Luc F. E. Mercelina (born 6 December 1964) is a surgeon and politician from Sint Maarten and the current prime minister as of 3 May 2024[update].[3] He is the founder and leader of the Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement (URSM). He was also a member of the United Democrats (UD) and the United People's Party (UP).
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Luc Mercelina was born in Curaçao as the second child of Milo Mercelina, of Bonairean descent, and Juliette S.F. Fleming of Marigot, Saint Martin. He graduated as a doctor in 1990 from the Medical University of Maastricht. His professional career started in Curaçao, where he was a general practitioner in Santa Rosa from 1990 to 1992.[4] He further specialized in surgery at the UZ Leuven in Belgium, which he completed in 1998. After working as a surgeon in the Netherlands for a year, he moved to Sint Maarten in 1999, where he worked for 10 years at the Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC).[5]
Political career
[edit | edit source]In the 2018 elections, the United Democrats became the largest party in the Estates of Sint Maarten with 7 seats, with Mercelina holding one of them.[6][7] On 9 September 2019, Mercelina left the UD, leading to the collapse of the second Marlin-Romeo cabinet.[8] He then became a member of the United People's Party for two years, before leaving and founding the Unified Resilient Sint Maarten Movement on 10 October 2021.[9][10] The URSM contested the January 2024 general election winning 2 seats,[11] and later entered a coalition agreement with the Democratic Party, Party for Progress, and Nation Opportunity Wealth that designated Mercelina as the new Prime Minister.[12]
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