The Aruban People's Party (AVP; nl, Arubaanse Volkspartij, pap, Partido di Pueblo Arubano) is a

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founded in 1942. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party. At the 2001

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, 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

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obtaining 13 seats. In the 2017 general election the AVP lost four of its thirteen seats in the

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, 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 3rd Prime Minister of Aruba from 2009 to 2017. His political career began in 2001, but Eman has been involved in politics in one way or another since ...

subsequently announced that he would resign the leadership of the AVP and that the AVP would become an opposition party. in the 2021 general election the AVP lost 2 of its nine seats in the Parliament, subsequently losing the election

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