Provenance

Attributions & sources

Photographs of MP Kotai were supplied for this website. Logos, national symbols and other portraits are credited below. This is an independent publication by MP Viren V. Kotai and not a government website. If any rights holder objects to a specific use, please get in touch and we will comply promptly.

Photographs of MP Kotai

Updated photographs supplied for this website in October 2026. Portraits and event images retain the original photographic content; display crops vary by screen size. Event photographs use simple crops to keep Viren prominent. The introduction and social cards use his original face composited onto an AI-extended portrait.

Viren Kotai in conversation during a visit

Public symbols

Parliament of Sint Maarten emblem
Source: Parliament of Sint Maarten
Used for institutional identification
Coat of arms of Sint Maarten
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Public domain (national emblem)
Flag of Sint Maarten
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Public domain (national flag)

Political parties

Party marks are trademarks of their respective parties, used here for editorial identification of the fifteen-seat 2024 Parliament composition.

Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement (URSM)
Source: ursm.sx
Editorial fair use, party mark
Democratic Party (DP)
Source: Wikipedia
Editorial fair use, party mark
National Alliance (NA)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Editorial fair use, party mark
United People's Party (UP)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Editorial fair use, party mark
Party for Progress (PFP)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Editorial fair use, party mark
Soualiga Action Movement (SAM)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Editorial fair use, party mark
Nation Opportunity Wealth (NOW)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Editorial fair use, party mark

Council of Ministers

Official portraits published by the Government of Sint Maarten.

Dr. Luc F. E. Mercelina, Prime Minister · Minister of General Affairs
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait
Dr. Luc F. E. Mercelina, Acting Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait
Mrs. Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten, Deputy PM · Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecom
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait
Ms. Marinka J. Gumbs, Minister of Finance
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait
Ms. Nathalie M. Tackling, Minister of Justice
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait
Ms. Melissa D. Gumbs, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait
Mr. Patrice T. Gumbs, Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment & Infrastructure
Source: sintmaartengov.org
Official government portrait

Budget data 2027

Draft, presented to Parliament on 8 September 2026 and not yet adopted. Every figure on the budget pages is transcribed from these two documents and links to the page it came from.

Ontwerp-landsverordening begroting 2027 (submission to Parliament, IS/001/26-27)
337 pages · Sent by the Governor 7 Sept 2026; received by Parliament 8 Sept 2026. The legal text: the draft ordinance, the numbers book (Getallenboek), the Dutch explanatory memorandum and the advice letters.
Public government publication · Government of Sint MaartenHow the figures were checked
Explanatory Memorandum Budget 2027 (English edition)
186 pages · Version 0.72, dated 3 Sept 2026. A translation of the Dutch memorandum. Every figure matches the Dutch page for page.
Public government publication · Government of Sint MaartenHow the figures were checked

Archived budget data

Explanatory Notes Budget Sint Maarten 2026 (Landsverordening begroting 2026), archived
Source: Ministry of Finance, Sint Maarten
Public government publication · kept unchanged in the budget archive

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