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1963 Netherlands Antilles Island Council Elections
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1963. They were the fourth elections for the Island Council. Aruba Three parties already present in the Council retained representation: the Aruban Patriotic Party, Aruban People's Party and Aruba National Union. Results Sint Maarten General elections were held in Sint Maarten on 31 May 1963 to elect the 5 members of the Island Council. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won four of the five Island Council seats. Results References {{Sint Maarten elections Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ... Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Antilles
nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , date_end = 10 October , event_start = Established , event_end = Disestablished , event2 = Secession of Aruba , date_event2 = 1 January 1986 , p1 = Curaçao and Dependencies , flag_p1 = Flag of the Netherlands.svg , s1 = Aruba , flag_s1 = Flag of Aruba.svg , s2 = Curaçao , flag_s2 = Flag of Curaçao.svg , s3 = Sint Maarten , flag_s3 = Flag of Sint Maarten.svg , s4 = Caribbean Netherlands , flag_s4 = Flag of the Netherlands.svg , legislature = Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles , title_leader = Monarchs , leader1 = Juliana , year_leader1 = 1954–1980 , leader2 = Beatrix , year_leader2 = 1980–2010 , title_representative = Governor , representative1 = Teun Struycken , year_representative1 = 1951-1956 (first) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Council (Netherlands Antilles)
An island council was the governing body of an island territory, an administrative level of the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution. Island councils existed for: * Aruba (until its secession from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986) * Bonaire * Curaçao *Saba * Sint Eustatius *Sint Maarten The latter three were until 1 April 1983 governed by a single island council: * the Windward Islands ( nl, de Bovenwindse eilanden) Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles Upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, the island councils of Sint Maarten and Curaçao have become the Estates of Sint Maarten and the Estates of Curaçao Estate or The Estate may refer to: Law * Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations * Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries. ** The Estates, representati ... respectively. The island councils of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius (the Caribbean Netherlands) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruban Patriotic Party
The Aruban Patriotic Party ( Papiamento: ''Partido Patriotico Arubano'', PPA) is a political party in Aruba. It was founded in 1949. Prior to Aruba's independence, it was a supporter of a unified, independent Netherlands Antilles. In the 2001 Aruban general election, the party won 9.6% of the popular vote and 2 out of the 21 seats. In the 2005 Aruban general election, it won 2.1% of the vote and no seats. Its share of the vote fell to 1.1% in 2009 and 0.9% in 2013. In the 2017 Aruban general election, it rose to 1.1% of the vote while running in conjunction with the Patriotic Progressive Union. Running alone in 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ..., it garnered 3.1% of the vote. References Political parties in Aruba {{Aruba-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruban People's Party
The Aruban People's Party (AVP; nl, Arubaanse Volkspartij, pap, Partido di Pueblo Arubano) is a Christian-democratic political party in Aruba founded in 1942. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party. At the 2001 elections, on 28 September 2001, the party won 26.7% of popular votes or 6 out of 21 seats. On 23 September 2005, the party won 38% of the popular vote or 8 out of 21 seats, making it the largest opposition party of the nation. In the 25 September 2009 election, the party came to power, winning 48% of the popular vote and 12 of the 21 seats. It held a majority in the Estates of Aruba obtaining 13 seats. In the 2017 general election the AVP lost four of its thirteen seats in the Parliament of Aruba, with both the AVP and MEP winning 9 seats each respectively, neither party had a majority in Parliament, until the formation of the coalition. AVP leader Mike Eman Michiel Godfried "Mike" Eman (born September 1, 1961) is an Aruban politician who served as the 3r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruba National Union
Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. It measures long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and across at its widest point. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Collectively, these and the other three Dutch substantial islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean, of which Aruba has about one-third of the population. In 1986, it became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and acquired the formal name the Country of Aruba. Aruba is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten; the citizens of these countries are all Dutch nationals. Aruba has no administrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten () is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island Territory of Sint Maarten ( nl, Eilandgebied Sint Maarten), and was one of six island territories () that constituted the Netherlands Antilles. Sint Maarten has the status of an overseas country and territory (OCT) and is not part of the European Union. On 6 and 7 September 2017, the island was hit by Category 5 Hurricane Irma, which caused widespread and significant damage to buildings and infrastructure. Etymology The island was named by C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party Sint Maarten
The Democratic Party Sint Maarten ( nl, Democratische Partij Sint Maarten) was a political party in Sint Maarten. The party was long associated with its powerful leader, business tycoon A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ... Claude Wathey. Wathey stepped down from his leadership post in 1992. References See also * Democratic Party (Curacao) * Democratic Party (Sint Eustatius) Political parties in Sint Maarten Political parties established in 1954 1954 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles {{SintMaarten-stub Political parties disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in Sint Maarten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National People's Party (Curaçao)
, logo = , leader = Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia , leader1_title = , leader1_name = , leader2_title = , leader2_name = , foundation = 19 April 1948 , split = Curaçaose Catholic Party , ideology =Christian democracy , position = Centre to centre-right , youth_wing= , wing1_title= , wing1 = , regional = Christian Democrat Organization of America , international = Centrist Democrat International , colours = Green , colorcode = #03733B , headquarters = , website PNP Kòrsou, seats1_title = Estates of Curaçao , seats1 = The National People's Party (PNP, pap, Partido Nashonal di Pueblo; ) is a Christian democratic political party in Curaçao established in 1948. The party participated in island council elections of the territory Curaçao as well as the Curaçao-constituency of the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. The party then held seats in the first, second and third Estates of Curaçao, but lost that seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windward Islands People's Movement
The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) is a political party in Saba, which held all five seats in the Island Council after the 2019 elections and until June 1, 2022, when council member Hemmie Van Xanten resigned from the party while continuing to serve as a councilor. When party member Esmeralda Johnson was elected to a seat on the island council in 2019, she became the youngest person ever to serve on it. Netherlands Antilles Until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the party competed in island council elections and for the single Saba seat in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles The Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles (; ), also translated as the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles, was the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles. It comprised 22 members, elected for a four-year term in three multi-seat constituencies ... (which it won in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections). The party has also participated in the island council elections of Sint Eust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Elections In The Caribbean
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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