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Minister Plenipotentiary Of The Netherlands Antilles
The minister plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles ( nl, Gevolmachtigd Minister van de Nederlandse Antillen) 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. The minister plenipotentiary and his cabinet were seated in the " Antillenhuis" (Antilles House) in The Hague. List of ministers plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles The following table lists the ministers plenipotentiary of Netherlands Antilles that have been in office until its dissolution. {, class="wikitable vatop" ! Name !! Period !! Party !! ref , - , Wem Lampe, , 1 August 1955–1 January 1967, , Aruban Patriotic Party , , , - , Efraïn Jonckheer, , 1968–1971, , Democratic Party , , , - , Boy Rozendal, , 1971–1975, , Democratic Party , , , - , Eldred Maduro, , 1 December 1975–1 December 1978, , Indepen ... [...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] |
Council Of Ministers Of The Kingdom Of The Netherlands
The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom ( nl, Ministerraad van het Koninkrijk or ''Rijksministerraad'') is the executive council of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is a state consisting of four constituent countries: Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten. The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom consists of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands complemented by one Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba, one Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao, and one Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands chairs the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom. Together with the King, the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom forms the Government of the Kingdom, also known as the Crown. A significant difference between the Netherlands Ministers and the Ministers Plenipotentiary is that the former Ministers are accountable for their politics and policies to the Dutch parliament. The Ministers Plenipotentiary, however, are accountable to their natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolution Of The Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was dissolved on 10 October 2010. After dissolution, the "BES islands" of the Dutch Caribbean—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba—became the Caribbean Netherlands, "special municipalities" of the Netherlands proper—a structure that only exists in the Caribbean. Meanwhile Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along the lines of Aruba, which separated from the Netherlands Antilles on 1 January 1986. History Background and Aruban secession movement The idea of the Netherlands Antilles as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands never enjoyed the full support of all islands, and political relations between islands were often strained. Geographically, the Leeward Antilles islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, and the Leeward Islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten lie almost apart. Culturally, the Leew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Van Der Plank
Marcel van der Plank (born 10 March 1951) was the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles, until its dissolution in 2010. He was appointed in 2009, and succeeded Paul Comenencia, who stepped down after being appointed Consul General in Rio de Janeiro. Van der Plank was born on 10 March 1951 in Curaçao. He studied Notary Law in Utrecht and graduated in 1973. He practised as a notary in Curaçao from 1978. Van der Plank was one of the founders of the Real Alternative Party The Real Alternative Party ( nl, Echte Alternatieve Partij; pap, Partido Alternativa Real, PAR), formerly the Party for the Restructured Antilles ( nl, Partij voor Geherstructureerde Antillen, pap, Partido Antiá Restrukturá) until 2016, is a p .... After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, he became chairman of Stichting Monumentenzorg Curaçao, the monument trust of Curaçao. He retired in 2021, because there was a ten year limit in the statues of the foundation. Van der Plank is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antillenhuis
The Antillenhuis (English: ''Antilles' House'') was the cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles in The Hague, the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl .... The last Minister Plenipotentiary is Paul Comenencia. References External linksWebsite of 'Het Antillenhuis' Government of the Netherlands Antilles Buildings and structures in The Hague {{SintMaarten-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wem Lampe
Willem Frederik Meinhardt (Wem) Lampe (5 December 1896 – 21 February 1973) was a politician of the Netherlands Antilles. Lampe served as Minister of Justice from 1951 to 1952, and from 1954 to 1955. He was Minister Plenipotentiary from 1955 to 1967. Biography Lampe was born in Aruba as the son of Hendrik Meinhardt Lampe and Sofia Romelia Zeppenfeldt. His father was a teacher and died when Wem was 6 years old. Wem Lampe was a shop assistant and left in 1914 for the island of Sint Maarten. There he attended secondary school at the same school where his eldest brother was headmaster.Amigoe di Curacao, 15 March 1960 In addition to that education, he worked at the office of the lieutenant governor A.J.C. Brouwer. In 1917 Lampe became registrar of the Council of Justice on Sint Eustatius and from 1921 he was the acting lieutenant governor of Saba. Six years later, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the SSS islands (Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba). In 1930 he went to Cu ... [...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] |
Efraïn Jonckheer
Efraïn Jonckheer (20 October 1917 – 30 March 1987) was a businessman and politician of the Netherlands Antilles. Jonckheer served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 8 November 1954 until 14 February 1968. He served as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles from 1968 until 1971, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Venezuela from 1971 until 1976, and to Costa Rica from 1976 until 1982. As of 2022, Jonckheer was the longest serving Prime Minister in the history of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Biography Jonckheer was born on 20 October 1917 in Curaçao. In 1933, he obtained his '' mulo'' (junior high school) diploma, and became director of several businesses. During World War II, he became politically active, and desired autonomy for the islands. In 1944, he was one of the founders of the Democratic Party, and was elected to chair the party. In 1945, Jonckheer was first elected to the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles. In 1948 and 1952 until 1954, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (Curaçao)
The Democratic Party ( pap, Partido Democraat, nl, Democratische Partij) is a liberal party in Curaçao founded in 1944. The party has participated in elections for the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao constituency) and the Island Council of Curaçao until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, obtaining a single seat in the island council in 2007. By obtaining 1019 registrations of support, the party qualified (a minimum of 743 was required) for participation in the Curaçao General Election of 2012 on 19 October in a combined list with Laboral named Partido Democrat Laboral, where it obtained 1.2% of the votes but failed to obtain any seats. In the primary elections of 2016, the party received 1094 votes, again sufficient for participation, but did not end up winning any seats. Election results From 1954 until 1978, the party was part of the government of the Netherlands Antilles led by prime-minister Efrain Jonckheer, but it did not have any se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Rozendal
Sylvius Gerard Marie "Boy" Rozendal (4 July 1928 – 10 June 2003) was an Curaçao politician and journalist. He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 1971 until 1975, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister from 1969 until 1971, and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles from 1971 until 1975. Biography Rozendal was born on 4 July 1928 in Curaçao. After graduating high school, he went to the Netherlands to study at the University of Amsterdam, and in 1957, obtained his doctorate in political and social sciences at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Genève, Switzerland. Rozendal returned to Curaçao and in 1958 joined the Democratic Party. In 1959, he was first elected to the island council of Curaçao. In 1966, he was first elected to the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles. The 1969 Curaçao uprising resulted in a collapse of the government. On 12 December 1969, Rozendal was appointed Minister of Financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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