Netherlands Antilles
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Netherlands Antilles
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Constitution (29 Dec 1954; in Dutch) |
| Capital: Willemstad |
Currency: Netherlands Antillean Guilder (ANG) |
National Holiday: 30 Apr (1938) Queen's Day ------------------------------ Local Holiday: 21 Oct Antilles (Antillean) Day |
Population: 221,736 (2006) |
| GDP: $2.8 billion (2004) |
Exports: $2.07 billion (2004)
Imports: $4.38 billion (2004) |
Ethnic groups: mixed black/Creole 81.1%, Dutch
5.3%, Surinamese 2.9%, East Asian and other 10.7% (2000) |
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Total Dutch Armed Forces: 1,000 (2004) Defense is the Responsibility of the Netherlands Merchant marine: 161 ships (2005) |
Religions: Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal
4.9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, Methodist 2.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, other Christian 4.2%, Jewish 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.2%, none 5.2% (2001) |
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| International Organizations/Treaties: Caricom (observer), ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITSO, ITUC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WMO |
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Netherlands Antilles Index |
Chronology
1513
Spanish name the Lesser Antilles Islas Inútiles
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Netherlands Antilles Islands |
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| Bonaire | |
| Curaçao | |
| Saba | |
| Sint Eustatius | |
| Sint Maarten | |
Governors
1634 - 1828
the governors of Curaçao
1828 - 1848
the governors of Dutch Guiana
(see Suriname)
1848 - 1854
Isaäk Johannes Rammelman
(b. 1802 - d. 1877)
Elsevier, Jr.
1854 - 1856
Jacob Bennebroek Gravenhorst
(b. 1802 - d. 1859)
(interim)
28 Apr 1856 - 13 Jul 1859 Reinhart Frans van Lansberge
(b. 1804 - d. 1873)
1859 - 1866
Johannes Didericus Crol
1866 - 1870
Abraham Mathieu de Rouville
(b. 1812 - d. ....)
1870 - 1877
Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822
- d. 1904)
1877 - 1880
Hendrik Bernardus Kip
(b. 1823 - d. 1897)
1 Oct 1880 - 18 Oct 1882 Johannes Herbert August Willem,
(b. 1829 - d. 1893)
baron van Heerdt tot Eversberg
1882 - 1890
Nicolaas van den Brandhof
(b. 1834 - d. 1904)
1890 - 1901
Charles Augustinus Henry Barge (b. 1844 -
d. 1919)
1901
Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens (b. 1859 -
d. 1923)
(1st time) (acting)
1901 - 1909
Jan Olpbert de Jong van Beeken (b. 1863 -
d. 1935)
Donk
1909
John Brown Gorsira (1st time)
(acting)
1909 - 1919
Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1919 - 1921
Oscar Louis Helfrich
(b. 1860 - d. 1958)
1921
John Brown Gorsira (2nd time)
(acting)
1921 - 1928
Nikolaas Johannes Laurentius
(b. 1874 - d. 1948)
Brantjes
1928 - 1929
Marius van Dijk (acting)
30 Jan 1929 - 1 Nov 1929 Leonardus Albert Fruytier
(b. 1882 - d. 1972)
1929 - 1930
Herman Bernard Cornelis Schotborgh (b. 1898 - d. ....)
20 Feb 1930 - 1 Jul 1936 Bartholomaeus Wouther Theodorus
(b. 1882 - d. 1956)
van Slobbe (acting to 11 Mar 1930)
Jul 1936
Frans Adriaan Jas (acting)
13 Jul 1936 - 15 Jul 1942 Gielliam Johannes Josephus Wouters
(b. 1883 - d. 1973)
15 Jul 1942 - 1948
Petrus "Piet" Albertus Kasteel (b. 1901 -
d. 2003)
1948
Cornelius Süthoff
1 Jul 1948 - 31 Mar 1951 Leonard Antoon Hubert Peters
(b. 1900 - d. 1984)
31 Mar 1951 - 13 Apr 1951 Frans Jas (acting)
13 Apr 1951 - 25 Oct 1956 Teun Struiken
(b. 1906 - d. 1977)
(from 16 Jun 1953, Teun Struycken)
25 Oct 1956 - Apr 1957 Frans E.J. van der
Valk (acting)
24 Apr 1957 - 1 Jun 1961 Antonius Bernardus Speekenbrink
(b. 1905 - d. 1978)
1 Jun 1961 - 11 Aug 1962 Christiaan Winkel (acting)
(b. 1899 - d. 1962)
11 Aug 1962 - 10 Sep 1962 A.P.J. van Bruggen (acting)
10 Sep 1962 - 1 Jun 1970 Nicolaas Cola Debrot
(b. 1902 - d. 1981)
1 Jun 1970 - 16 May 1983 Bernadito "Ben" M. Leito
(b. 1923)
16 May 1983 - 5 Oct 1983 Julius Beaujon (acting)
5 Oct 1983 - 15 Jan 1990 René Antonio Römer
(b. 1929 - d. 2003)
15 Jan 1990 - 1 Jul 2002 Jaime M. Saleh
(b. 1941)
1 Jul 2002 -
Frits Martinus de los Santos
(b. 1951)
Goedgedrag
Prime ministers
19 Apr 1949 - Jul 1949 Moises Frumencio
da Costa Gomez (b. 1907 - d. 1966) PNP
(1st time)
Jul 1949 - Apr 1951 Lindoro
Cristoffel Kwartsz
(b. 1873 - d. 1959) PNP
Apr 1951 - 8 Dec 1954 Moises Frumencio
da Costa Gomez (s.a.)
PNP
(2nd time)
8 Dec 1954 - 14 Feb 1968 Efraïn F. Jonckheer
(b. 1917 - d. 1987) DP
14 Feb 1968 - Sep 1969 Ciro Domenico Kroon
(b. 1916)
PNP
Sep 1969 - Dec 1969 Gerald
C. Sprockel
Dec 1969 - Feb 1971 Ernesto
O. Petronia
DP
Feb 1971 - Jun 1971 Ramez
"Ronchi" Jorge Isa (1st time) (b. 1917 - d. 2005) DP
Jun 1971 - Oct 1972 Otto
R.A. Beaujon
(b. 1915 - d. 1984) PNP
Oct 1972 - Dec 1973 Ramez
"Ronchi" Jorge Isa (2nd time) (s.a.)
DP
Dec 1973 - Aug 1977 Juan
Miguel Gregorio Evertsz (b. 1923)
PNP
Aug 1977 - 1977
Lucinda da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws (f)(b. 1929)
PNP
1977 - Oct 1977
Leo A.I. Chance
(b. 1932)
WIPM
Oct 1977 - 6 Jul 1979 Sylvius "Silvio"
Gerard Marie (b. 1928 - d. 2003)
DP
Rozendal
6 Jul 1979 - Dec 1979 Miguel Arcangel
Pourier (1st time) (b. 1938)
UPB
Dec 1979 - 18 Sep 1984 Dominico F. Martina
(1st time) (b. 1935)
MAN
18 Sep 1984 - 1 Jan 1986 Maria Liberia-Peters (f) (1st
time) (b. 1941)
PNP
1 Jan 1986 - 17 May 1988 Dominico F. Martina (2nd time)
(s.a.)
MAN
17 May 1988 - 25 Nov 1993 Maria Liberia-Peters (f) (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PNP
25 Nov 1993 - 28 Dec 1993 Susanne Fransisca Coromoto
(b. 1959)
PNP
Camelia-Römer (f) (1st time)
28 Dec 1993 - 31 Mar 1994 Alejandro "Jandi" Felippe Paula
(b. 1937)
PNP
31 Mar 1994 - 14 May 1998 Miguel Arcangel Pourier (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PAR
14 May 1998 - 8 Nov 1999 Susanne Fransisca Coromoto
(s.a.)
PNP
Camelia-Römer (f) (2nd time)
8 Nov 1999 - 3 Jun 2002 Miguel Arcangel Pourier
(3rd time) (s.a.)
PAR
3 Jun 2002 - 22 Jul 2003 Etienne Ys (1st time)
(b. 1962)
PAR
22 Jul 2003 - 11 Aug 2003 Bernhard "Ben" Komproe
(b. 1942 - d. 2004) FOL
11 Aug 2003 - 3 Jun 2004 Mirna Louisa-Godett (f)
(b. 1954?) FOL
3 Jun 2004 (hours)
Errol Antonio Cova
(b. 1943)
PLKP
(acting for Godett)
3 Jun 2004 - 26 Mar 2006 Etienne Ys (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PAR
26 Mar 2006 -
Emily S. de Jongh-Elhage (f)
(b. 1946)
PAR
Allied Commanders of Aruba, Curacao and Netherlands Antilles
10 May 1940 - 28 Jan 1942 ....
28 Jan 1942 - Feb 1942 Peter C. Bullard
(U.K.)
Feb 1942 - Aug 1942 Jesse
B. Oldendorf (U.S.)
Aug 1942 - 1945
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Party abbreviations: DP = Demokratische Partij (Democratic
Party, liberal, Curaçao);
DP-SE = Demokratiko Partido-St. Eustatius (Democratic Party
of Sint Eustatius);
DP-SM = Demokratiko Partido-St. Maarten (Democratic Party
of Sint Maarten); FOL = Partido Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei
(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May, socialist, Curacao);
MAN
=
Movimentu Antiyas Nobo (New Antilles Movement, social-democratic -Curaçao);
PAR
= Partido Antia Restruktur (Party for the Restructured Antilles, centrist,
Curaçao);
PDB = Partido Demokratiko Boneiriano (Democratic Party of
Bonaire);
PLKP = Partido Laboral Krusada Popular (Labour Party People's
Crusade, progressive, Curaçao);
PNP = Partido Nashonal di
Pueblo/Nationale Volkspartij (National People's Party, christian-democratic,
Curaçao); SIFOL = Soshal Independiente Frente Obrero de Liberashon
(Social Independence-Workers' Liberation Front, socialist, Curaçao);
UPB
= Union Patritiko Boneiriano (Patriotic Union of Bonaire, Bonaire regionalist);
WIPM
= Winward Islands People's Movement (Saba regionalist);
- Former parties: MASA = Movemento pa Adelanto
Social Antillano (Movement for Social Advancement of Antillans, split from
DP)