Etienne van der Horst (born 28 August 1958) is a Curaçaoan politician. A member of the

Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal The Party for Advancement and Social Innovation ( pap, Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal, PAIS), sometimes translated as the Party for Social Advancement and Innovation, is a political party in Curaçao. History The party participated in the ...

, he was Minister of Government Policy, Planning and Service from 31 December 2012 to 23 December 2016.

Career

Van der Horst was born on 28 August 1958. He studied

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between 1977 and 1984. Van der Horst started working for the Service for Urban Development and Housing of Curaçao (DROV) in 1985, and kept working there in different functions until 2002. He was head of the organisation from 1991. Between June 2003 and the start of his term as Minister, Van der Horst worked for the Curacao Airport Partners N.V, first as deputy general manager and from 2009 as Chief Corporate Services Officer and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Van der Horst has served as Minister of Government Policy, Planning and Service since 31 December 2012 and has been part of the cabinets of

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and

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. He has held the same post in both Whiteman cabinets. In October 2015 members of the

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opposed Van der Horst's plans to not increase salaries of civil servants in 2016. Van der Horst was replaced by in the

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cabinet which was installed on 23 December 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horst, Etienne van der 1958 births Living people Delft University of Technology alumni Government ministers of Curaçao Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal politicians