Marvelyne Fatima Wiels (born 15 May 1963) was the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao between 2013 and 2016. In that capacity she was stationed in

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and was a member of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom.

Personal life

Wiels was born on 15 May 1963 and is the sister of the murdered politician Helmin Wiels. She is a single mother of two children.

Minister Plenipotentiary

Wiels has received criticism for errors in her CV, amongst others relating to a MSc title, as well as the nature of her work at ABN AMRO. Also her management of the Curaçaohuis and the representation of Curaçao in the Netherlands, which falls under her responsibility, were criticized. Criticism in the latter case was related to

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and harassment of her deputy. A report of the

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of Curaçao regarding the criticism resulted in a motion of the

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"to immediately replace her" did not gain a majority. During the formation of the second cabinet of Prime Minister

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in November 2015 the

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(PAR) was willing to join the coalition if Wiels would resign. Wiels' party

Sovereign People Sovereign People (, ) is a political party in Curaçao founded in 2005 by Helmin Wiels and Harold Willems. The party aims for complete independence of Curaçao outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 2012 Wiels stated that Curaçao could bec ...

declined this request. The PAR was then offered the post of deputy Minister Plenipotentiary and it joined the new governing coalition. A fourth report on the functioning of the Curaçaohuis under Wiels was highly critical. The report, and the fact that it had not been shared yet with the Estates of Curaçao, led to coalition parties in the Second Whiteman cabinet voicing severe criticism in July 2016. The leader of the PAR, Zita Jesus-Leito, asked for the voluntary resignation of Wiels or else her dismissal by Whiteman. Wiels was succeeded by Eunice Eisden on 23 December 2016.

References

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