René Antonio Römer (2 July 1929,

Willemstad Willemstad ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the cap ...

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– 25 February 2003, Curaçao) was

Governor of the Netherlands Antilles The governor of the Netherlands Antilles was the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Netherlands Antilles and the head of the government of the Netherlands Antilles. Duties With the introduction of the Charter for the Kingdom ...

from 1983 to 1990. He was also a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

at the

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and at the

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1929 births 2003 deaths Dutch sociologists Governors of the Netherlands Antilles Curaçao politicians Radboud University Nijmegen alumni Leiden University alumni Academic staff of the University of Groningen Academic staff of the University of Curaçao People from Willemstad University of Curaçao alumni {{NetherlandsAntilles-politician-stub