Marcel van der Plank (born 10 March 1951) was the

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 ...

, 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 Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

. 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 married and has three sons.

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1951 births Curaçao politicians Living people Ministers plenipotentiary (Netherlands Antilles) Utrecht University alumni {{NetherlandsAntilles-politician-stub