The Island Council of Saba is the legislative body of the Dutch special municipality of Saba. It consists of five members and elections take place every four years. The Island Council appoints and supervises the commissioners in the Executive Council. The Island Council is chaired by the Island Governor.

Composition Current members Currently there are two political parties represented in the Island Council: The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) holds three seats and the Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity (PEP) holds two seats.

Portrait Member Party First took office Windward Islands People's Movement 2003 Windward Islands People's Movement 2016 Windward Islands People's Movement 2023 Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity 2023 Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity 2023

Former Members Starting in 1951, five Island Council members were elected at large. Members of the council, from 1951 to the present, are:

Year Island Council Members 1951John Herman HassellDavid Lionel Henry DonkerLamber HassellJohn Esmond Mathew LevenstoneKenneth Peterson      Cornelia Rosina Jones 1955John Arthur AnslynJohn William JohnsonEugenius Achilas Johnson       1959Samuel Wilson Jr.Richard Dudley JohnsonEric Milton Johnson       1963Peter Leicester GrangerHenry Earl JohnsonMaximilaan Willem Nicholson       1967John Godfrey WoodsEugenius Achilas Johnson      Calvin Holm 1971John Esmond Mathew Levenstone       1975William Stanley JohnsonEddison Melvyn PetersonIshmael Mathew Amael Levenston       1979Ray HassellChristian Richard Alexander SortonDavid Mac Clean Johnson       1983Vernon Raphael HassellIshmael Mathew Amael LevenstonHugo Levenstone       1987Ramon Adolphus HassellElmer Wycliffe Linzey       1991Steve HassellRoy SmithGeorge Leonard Hassell  Calvin Holm     1995Ramon Adolphus HassellChristina ten Brink-Charles Ray Hassell       1999William Stanley JohnsonLisa HassellEric Adrel LinzeyIshmael Mathew Amael Levenston       2003Rolando Ricardo WilsonSteve HassellLucia Woods       2007Chris JohnsonBruce ZagersCarl BuncamperAkilah Levenstone       2011Ishmael Mathew Amael LevenstonShamara Nicholson-LinzeyEviton Heyliger       2015Monique Wilson  Vito Charles     2019Hemmie van XantenEsmeralda Johnson       2023Saskia MatthewElsa PetersonRolando Ricardo Wilson      

See also Municipality of the Netherlands Island council (Netherlands) Island council (Netherlands Antilles)

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