Emily Saïdy de Jongh-Elhage (born 7 December 1946) is a former Curaçaoan politician who served as the 27th prime minister of the

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 , ...

from 2006 until its dissolution in 2010. Following the

2010 Curaçao general election Island Council elections were held in Curaçao on 27 August 2010. Early elections were necessary because the island council failed to approve a proposed new constitution with a two-thirds majority in the first reading. Before it could be adopted ...

she was elected to parliament and served until her retirement in 2012.

Personal background

De Jongh-Elhage is of and a member of the

Council of Women World Leaders The Council of Women World Leaders, created in 1996, is a network of 83 current and former presidents and prime ministers. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government. The council's Ministerial Initia ...

, an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.

External links

Onze Kandidaten voor de Eilandsraad Verkiezingen BBC Caribbean: Caribbean nationals to flee Lebanon
1946 births Living people Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles Members of the Estates of Curaçao Party for the Restructured Antilles politicians Women prime ministers Curaçao women in politics 21st-century Dutch women politicians 21st-century Dutch politicians {{NetherlandsAntilles-politician-stub