Xiomara Maduro ( born 24 December 1974) is a Dutch politician from Aruba, who is the Minister of Finance and Culture in Aruba.

Biography

In 1995, Maduro obtained her

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in Economics at the

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in Nijmegen. She then obtained her

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in Law with a specialisation in

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from the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. Founded in 1614, the university is th ...

. In 2003, she returned to Aruba, and started to work for the Financial Intelligence Unit. Maduro entered politics as an MP in 2009, and was appointed to the cabinet of

Evelyn Wever-Croes Evelyna Christina "Evelyn" Wever-Croes (born 5 December 1966) is an Aruban politician and current Prime Minister of Aruba, serving since November 2017. She is the first woman to hold this office. She is a member of the People's Electoral Movemen ...

in 2017. Maduro's challenge as finance minister has been to set budgetary targets that will begin to tackle the national debt owed to the Netherlands. From 2017-18 there was growth in the GDP of Aruba, but its economic growth relies heavily on the tourism industry - which accounts for 92% of its GDP. In 2016, in response to a ban of plastic bags by the government, Maduro called for further increases to Aruba's environmental initiatives. She cited the fact that no environmental protection law had yet been passed in the territory.

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Meeting with Minister Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro in Aruba
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