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Melissa Gumbs

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Melissa Gumbs
Member of the Parliament of Sint Maarten
Assumed office
10 February 2020
Personal details
Born (1983-09-04) 4 September 1983 (age 41)
Sint Maarten
Political partyParty for Progress

Melissa Gumbs (born 4 September 1983) is a Sint Maarten politician and has been a member of the Parliament of Sint Maarten since 2020.

Background

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Melissa Gumbs is the daughter of Marcel Gumbs, former politician and the 2nd Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. Gumbs grew up in Sint Maarten.[1] At the end of 2006, she obtained a master's degree in international business administration from St. Thomas University.[2] After moving to the Netherlands, Gumbs worked at TMF Group from 2010 to 2015 as a market research analyst. During this period she was co-founder and chairman of Unified Sint Maarten Connection (USC), a youth organization that aimed to connect St. Maarteners in the Netherlands.[3]

After moving back to Sint Maarten, Gumbs co-founded the youth party Party for Progress (PFP) in 2019 and has been party leader ever since. In the 2020 elections, she received 559 votes, equivalent to 39.7% of all votes cast for PFP. On 10 February 2020, she took office as a member of parliament and group leader on behalf of the PFP.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Broere, Kees (7 January 2020). "Zijn vrouwen de hoop van Sint Maarten?". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Melissa D. Gumbs". sxmparliament.org. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Well done Melissa!!". Comité Koninkrijksrelaties. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. ^ Broere, Kees (10 January 2020). "Sint Maarten keert zich met uitslag verkiezingen nog meer van Nederland af". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 23 April 2022.