Marcel van der Plank was the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles

Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles

The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles represented the constituent country of the Netherlands Antilles in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Minister Plenipotentiary at the 2010 dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles was Marcel van der Plank...

, until its dissolution in 2010. He was appointed in 2009. He succeeded Paul Comenencia, who stepped down after being appointed Consul General in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

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Van der Plank was born on 10 March 1951 in Curaçao

Curaçao

Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

. He studied Notary Law in Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

and graduated in 1973. He practiced as a notary in Curaçao from 1978. He is married and has three sons.

External links (in Dutch)

• http://www.antillenhuis.nl/