Otto Rudolf Anthony Beaujon (6 November 1915 – 12 November 1984) was a civil servant and politician of the

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. Beaujon served as Speaker of the

Estates of the Netherlands Antilles The Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles (; ), also translated as the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles, was the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles. It comprised 22 members, elected for a four-year term in three multi-seat constituencies a ...

between 1966 and 1968, and

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from 1 June 1971 until 15 November 1972.

Biography

Beaujon was born on 6 November 1915 in

Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...

where his father Hendrik Johannes Beaujon was ''gezaghebber'' (

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). The family later moved to

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 ...

. In 1933, he started to work as a civil servant, and obtained his ' (non-academic law degree). On 14 April 1955, Beaujon was first elected to the

for the

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. On 12 December 1966, he was elected Speaker of the Estates and served until 16 May 1968. On 18 June 1968, he was appointed ''gezaghebber'' (lieutenant-governor) of Curaçao. Beaujon served as Minister of Education and Culture from 12 December 1969 until 15 December 1970, and from 12 February 1971 until 2 June 1971. On 1 June 1971, Beaujon was elected

. In October 1972, he announced his resignation effective 15 November 1972. Beaujon died on 12 November 1984, at the age of 69.

Honours

* Commander of the

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. * Knight of the Order of the Liberator. * Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaujon, Otto 1915 births 1984 deaths Aruban politicians Speakers of the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles Government ministers of the Netherlands Antilles Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles Curaçao lawyers Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella