Elmer Raynold "Kadè" Wilsoe (born 11 April 1943) is a Curaçaoan politician. He was Minister of Justice in the

Gerrit Schotte Gerrit Fransisco Schotte () (born 9 September 1974) is a Curaçaoan politician, and the current leader of the Movementu Futuro Kòrsou (MFK). In the Curaçao general election of 27 August 2010, the MFK became the second-largest party with 5 sea ...

cabinet from 2010 until 2012 for

Pueblo Soberano Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power. Popular sovereignty, being a principle, does not imply any ...

(PS). Between 2012 and the October 2016 elections he was a member of the

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for PS.

Career

Wilsoe was born on 11 April 1943 on Curaçao. He worked as a history teacher before turning to politics. Wilsoe was of Curaçao from 1988 to 1994. From October 2010 until 2012 he served as Minister of Justice for

(PS) in the cabinet of Prime Minister

. In the October 2012 general elections Wilsoe obtained a seat in the

. In September 2016 several pages of criminal proceedings of the Curaçaoan public prosecution service leaked out, which revealed Wilsoe to be a suspect of involvement with the murder of Pueblo Soberano leader

Helmin Wiels Helmin Magno Wiels (9 December 1958 – 5 May 2013) was a leftist politician, anti-corruption activist and social worker from Curaçao. He served as a chairman of Sovereign People (the largest political party in the Estates after the October 2012 ...

. Curaçaoan media had earlier reported Wilsoe to be a suspect, which the public prosection service had always refused to confirm. Wilsoe responded by saying the accusations "left him cold" and that he would not return to the Estates, while retaining his seat. In 2016 Wilsoe and

George Jamaloodin George Ranjit Mohamed Jamaloodin was Curaçao's first Minister of Finance after Curaçao obtained the status of country ( nl, land) upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010. In the 2010 general election leading up to ob ...

filed a lawsuit to be struck off as suspects in the case. The request was denied by a judge in October 2016. In January 2017 a similar second request by Wilsoe also failed.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilsoe, Elmer 1943 births Living people Members of the Estates of Curaçao Ministers of Justice of Curaçao Sovereign People politicians