The
Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao ( nl, Gevolmachtigd Minister van Curaçao) represents the constituent country ( nl, land) of
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 the
Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The current Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao is
Carlson Manuel Carlson may refer to:
* Carlson (name), people with the given name or surname
* Carlson Companies, American conglomerate
** CWT, subsidiary
** Radisson Hotel Group, former subsidiary formerly known as Carlson Rezidor
* Carlson Inlet, Antarctica
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. The Minister Plenipotentiary and his cabinet are seated in the "Curaçaohuis" (Curaçao House) in
The Hague (which was the location of the
Antillenhuis
The Antillenhuis (English: ''Antilles' House'') was the cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles in The Hague, the Netherlands
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before the
dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles).
A significant difference between the Netherlands Ministers and the Ministers Plenipotentiary is that the former Ministers are accountable for their politics and policies to the Dutch parliament. The Ministers Plenipotentiary, however, are accountable to their national governments. Therefore, the Ministers Plenipotentiary usually do not resign in the event of a Dutch cabinet crisis.
List of Ministers Plenipotentiary of Curaçao
The following table lists the Ministers Plenipotentiary of Curaçao that have been in office since Curaçao became a country in the
Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010:
References
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Government of Curaçao
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