Silveria Jacobs
Sint Maarten politician
Silveria Elfrieda Jacobs (born 31 July 1968) is a Sint Maarten politician and the former Prime Minister of Sint Maarten from 2019 to 2024.
Early life and education
Silveria Elfrieda Jacobs was born on 31 July 1968 on Aruba to Nadia Willemsberg. As a child, Jacobs attended the Leonald Conner School and Milton Peters College on Sint Maarten. After receiving her HAVO diploma in 1986, Jacobs enrolled at the University of the Virgin Islands where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Education. Between 1992 and 2011, Jacobs worked at the Leonard Conner primary school in Philipsburg, first as a teacher and later as a student coordinator.
Career
In 2010, Jacobs joined the National Alliance (NA). Between 2012 and 2013, she served as Minister of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture in the second Wescot-Williams cabinet. She also held this office from 2015 to 2018 in the first and second Marlin cabinets.
In 2014, she was elected a member of parliament. On 3 January 2018, she succeeded William Marlin as the NA party leader, the first woman in this position.
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