Leona Marlin-Romeo

Leona M. Romeo is a Sint Maarten politician who served as Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from 2018 to 2019. After studying in the Netherlands Marlin-Romeo returned to Sint Maarten in 2005 to work in the civil registry. She served as a member of the Estates of Sint Maarten from 2014 to 2016. In January 2018 she was appointed prime minister following the collapse of the Rafael Boasman-led United St. Maarten government. Marlin-Romeo's United Democrats party won a plurality in the 2018 elections and secured a majority with the support of the St. Maarten Christian Party and an independent. The United Democrats suffered a number of defections in 2019 that lost Marlin-Romeo her majority and she resigned on 10 September.