List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles
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Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles (1951-2010)
- Moises Frumencio da Costa GomezMoises Frumencio da Costa GomezDr. Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez was the first Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles. Da Costa Gomez, a lawyer by training, was a member of the Roman Catholic Party before founding the National People's Party in the 1940s. Da Costa Gomez was Prime Minister at the head of a coalition...
(National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) from 1951 to 1954 was the first prime minister Netherlands AntillesNetherlands AntillesThe Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
, father of the autonomy. - Efraïn F. Jonckheer (Democratic Party) - 15 December 1954 - 14 February 1968
- Ciro Domenico Kroon (National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 14 February 1968 - September 1969 - Gerald C. Sprockel - September 1969 - December 1969
- Ernesto O. Petronia (Democratic Party) - December 1969 - February 1971
- Ramez Jorge Isa (Democratic Party) - February 1971 - June 1971 (1st time)
- Otto R.A. Beaujon (Democratic Party) - June 1971 - October 1972
- Ramez Jorge Isa (Democratic Party) - October 1972 - December 1973 (2nd time)
- Juancho EvertszJuancho EvertszJuancho Evertsz , whose full name was Juan Miguel Gregorio Evertsz, was a Dutch Antillean politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles between 1973 and 1977....
(National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 20 December 1973 - 30 September 1977 - Lucinda da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws - 1977
- Leo A.I. Chance (Windward Islands People's Movement) - 1977 - 14 October 1977
- Silvius Gerard Marie Rozendal (Democratic Party) - 14 October 1977 - 6 July 1979
- Miguel A. Pourier (Bonaire Patriotic UnionBonaire Patriotic UnionThe Bonaire Patriotic Union is a political party in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 2 out of 22 seats. At the elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party...
) - 6 July 1979 - December 1979 (1st time) - Dominico Martina (Partido MAN) - December 1979 - 18 September 1984 (1st time)
- Maria Liberia PetersMaria Liberia PetersMaria Liberia Peters was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1994.Born Maria Peters in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, she attended school and earned a teaching degree in the Netherlands. She later married Niels Liberia, a civil servant...
(National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 18 September 1984 - 1 January 1986 (1st time) - Dominico Martina (Partido MAN) - 1 January 1986 - 17 May 1988 (2nd time)
- Maria Liberia PetersMaria Liberia PetersMaria Liberia Peters was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1994.Born Maria Peters in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, she attended school and earned a teaching degree in the Netherlands. She later married Niels Liberia, a civil servant...
(National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 17 May 1988 - 25 November 1993 (2nd time) - Susanne Camelia-Römer (National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 25 November 1993 - 28 December 1993 (1st time) - Alejandro Felippe Paula (National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 28 December 1993 - 31 March 1994 - Miguel Arcangel Pourier (Party for the Restructured AntillesParty for the Restructured AntillesThe Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands...
) - 31 March 1994 - 14 May 1998 (2nd time) - Susanne Camelia-Römer (National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
) - 14 May 1998 - 8 November 1999 - Miguel Arcangel Pourier (Party for the Restructured AntillesParty for the Restructured AntillesThe Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands...
) - 8 November 1999 - 3 June 2002 - Etienne YsEtienne YsEtienne Nestor Ys is a Netherlands Antilles politician.Ys was born in Curaçao. He has served as Prime Minister on two occasions - from 3 June 2002 to 22 July 2003 and from 3 June 2004 to 26 March 2006...
(Party for the Restructured AntillesParty for the Restructured AntillesThe Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands...
) - 3 June 2002 - 22 July 2003 (1st time) - Ben KomproeBen KomproeBenard Komproe was Minister of Justice for the Netherlands Antilles. He also served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles for a few months in 2003....
(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of MayParty Workers' Liberation Front 30th of MayThe Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May is a populist political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. During the general election held in the Netherlands Antilles in 2006 the party won just under 11% of the popular vote, and 2 of the possible 22 seats in the legislature....
) - 22 July 2003 - 11 August 2003 - Mirna Louisa-Godett (Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of MayParty Workers' Liberation Front 30th of MayThe Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May is a populist political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. During the general election held in the Netherlands Antilles in 2006 the party won just under 11% of the popular vote, and 2 of the possible 22 seats in the legislature....
) - 11 August 2003 - 3 June 2004 - Etienne YsEtienne YsEtienne Nestor Ys is a Netherlands Antilles politician.Ys was born in Curaçao. He has served as Prime Minister on two occasions - from 3 June 2002 to 22 July 2003 and from 3 June 2004 to 26 March 2006...
(Party for the Restructured AntillesParty for the Restructured AntillesThe Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands...
) - 3 June 2004 - 26 March 2006 (2nd time) - Emily de Jongh-ElhageEmily de Jongh-ElhageEmily Saïdy de Jongh-Elhage was the last Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 26 March 2006 until their dissolution on 10 October 2010.She is also leader of the Party for the Restructured Antilles.-Personal background:...
(Party for the Restructured AntillesParty for the Restructured AntillesThe Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands...
) - 26 March 2006 - 10 October 2010