Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles

The Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Staten van de Nederlandse Antillen) was the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles. it consisted out of 22 members, elected for a four-year term in three multi-seat constituencies and two single-seat constituencies. On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved, and so was the parliament.

History

on 20 December 1937 the first parliamentary election took place following the reorganization of the Colonial Council of Curaçao and Dependencies. the first parliament of the Netherlands Antilles consisted out of 15 members, whereas 5 were appointed by the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles and 10 were elected through elections held in the territories. In 1949 Universal suffrage was introduced and parliament grew from 15 to 21 seats. beginning in 1950, Parliament consisted out of 22 seats, elected through proportional representation for a period 4 years.

seats

Seats held by territorial constituencies
Header text	Curacao	Aruba	Bonaire	St. Maarten	St. Eustatius	Saba
1949	8	8	2	1	1	1
1950-1985	12	8	1	1	-	-
1986-2010	14	-*	3	3	1	1

*Aruba gained its Status aparte from the Netherlands Antilles

List of Chairmen

following the dissolution and reorganization of the Colonial Council, local elections were held in all 6 territories, followed by members of parliament elected their first Chairman of Parliament J.H Sprockel in 1938.

list of Chairmen of Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles
No.	Name	Term of Office	Party	Country of Origin
1	J.H Sprockel	1938-1945	CKP	Curaçao
2	A.W Desertine	1945-1947	CKP	Curaçao
3	E.A Romer	1947-1949	CKP	Curaçao
4	J.E Yrausquin	1949-1950	PPA	Aruba
5	W.R Plantz	1950-1951	-	-
6	J.C Debrol	1951-1952	KVP	Curaçao
7	P. C Henriquez	1952-1953	NVP	Curaçao
8	J.E Yrausquin	1954-1956	PPA	Aruba
9	R,J Isa	1956-1959	DP	Curaçao
10	J.A.O Bikker	1959-1966	DP	Curaçao
11	O.R.A Beaujon	1966-1968	DP	Curaçao
12	L.A Abraham	1968-1969	PDB	Bonaire
13	C.E Cathalina	1969-1971	DP	Curaçao
14	F.L Maduro	1971-1973	PRO	Aruba
15	R.ElHage	1973-1975	PSD	Curaçao
16	F.D Figaroa	1975-1976	MEP	Aruba
17	A. Nita	1976-1977	FOL	Curaçao
18	J.A.O Bikker	1977-1979	DP	Curaçao
19	F.D Figaroa	1979	MEP	Aruba
20	G.F Croes	1979-1980	MEP	Aruba
21	P. Bislip	1980-1982	ADN	Aruba
22	R.A.E Markes	1982	MAN	Example
23	R. Lopez Henriquez	1983	AVP	Aruba
24	R.A.E Markes	1984-1985	MAN	Curaçao
25	J.A.O Bikker	1986-1988	DP	Curaçao
26	E.A.V Jesrun	1988	NVP	Curaçao
27	H. Thomas	1988-1990	NVP	Curaçao
28	R.F McWilliam	1990-1993	NVP	Curaçao
29	D.A.S Lucia	1993-1994	FOL	Curaçao
30	L.A George-Wout	1994-1998	PAR	Curaçao
31	E.A Cova	1998-1999	PLKP	Curaçao
32	D.A.S Lucia	2001-2005	FOL	Curaçao
33	D.E Puriel	2006	MAN	Curaçao
34	R.J Francisca	2006-2007	MAN	Curaçao
35	P.J Atacho	2007-2010	PAR	Curaçao

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