Nelson Orlando Oduber was the Prime Minister of Aruba. He was a member of the Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo. He was prime minister for the first time from 1989 until 1994, when his party lost parliamentary elections, and was prime minister again from 2001 until 2009. He led the MEP to victory in the 2001 and 2005 Estates elections, the first consecutive election victories since Aruban status aparte in 1986.
The Aruban Liberal Organization is a liberal political party in Aruba. At the last elections for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 5.7% of popular votes and 1 out of 21 seats. On 23 September 2005, the party won only 4% of the popular vote and lost its seat.
Elections in Aruba gives information on election and election results in Aruba.
The Aruban People's Party is a Christian democratic political party in Aruba founded in 1942. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party.
The People's Electoral Movement is a social democratic political party in Aruba. In the 2001 elections for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 52.4% of popular votes and 12 out of 21 seats. 23 September 2005, the party won 43% of the popular vote and 11 out of 21 seats and remained, led by Nelson Oduber in government. in the Aruban general election, 2009, MEP lost 2 seats and won 36% of the vote, subsequently losing the election.
Real Democracy is a political party in Aruba.
The Estates of Aruba are the unicameral legislature or parliament of Aruba. The Estates have 21 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. Each member holds their seats until Parliament is dissolved which is every four years by a general election. The leader of the party who gains majority usually becomes the Prime Minister.
Natalee Ann Holloway was an American woman whose disappearance made international news after she vanished on May 30, 2005, while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in the Caribbean. Holloway lived in Mountain Brook, Alabama, and graduated from Mountain Brook High School on May 24, 2005, shortly before the trip. Her disappearance caused a media sensation in the United States, and the case remains unsolved.
Jan Hendrik Albert "Henny" Eman was the first Prime Minister of Aruba from 1 January 1986 to 9 February 1989 and again from 29 July 1994 to 30 October 2001.
General elections were held in Aruba on 25 September 2009. The elections were the seventh to be held for membership of the Estates since autonomy was granted by the Dutch in 1986, and resulted in a victory for the Aruban People's Party, which won 12 of the 21 seats in the Estates.
Michiel Godfried "Mike" Eman is an Aruban politician and the former Prime Minister of Aruba. His political career began in 2001, but Eman has been involved in politics in one way or another since his childhood. His grandfather, father and brother were all prominent politicians in their time, with Henny Eman having preceded him in service (twice) as Prime Minister of Aruba, including as the first to ever hold the office after Aruba's status aparte in January 1986.
Jantje Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Liesbeth" Spies is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. She is the Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn since 15 December 2014.
Patent law in Aruba is mainly governed by the Patents Regulation, the law governing the Aruban patent. The Dutch government indicated in 2007, that the patent regulation was, to a large extent identical to the Rijksoctrooiwet.
Antonito Gordiano "Mito" Croes was an Aruban politician of the Aruban People's Party. He served as Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as member of the Estates and government minister of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
Evelyna Christina "Evelyn" Wever-Croes is an Aruban politician and current Prime Minister of Aruba, serving since 17 November 2017. She is the first woman to hold this position. She is a member of the People's Electoral Movement (MEP) and has been the leader of the party since 2011.
Pauldrick François Teodoric"Paul"Croes is an Aruban politician. A member of the Aruban People's Party, he was a member of the Estates of Aruba between 2009 and 2013, serving as its President from June 2010. He joined the second Mike Eman cabinet as Minister of Social Affairs, Youth and Labor and served between October 2013 and November 2017.
General elections were held in Aruba in 1959. They were the third elections for the Island Council.
Guillfred Francis Besaril is an Aruban politician of the People's Electoral Movement. He has been Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba since 20 November 2017. He previously served in the Estates of Aruba between 2013 and November 2017, the last month as President.
Danguillaume Pierino Oduber is the current Minister of Tourism, Public Health and Sport of Aruba. He previously served as a member of the Estates of Aruba from November 2013 until November 17, 2017 when he took up his current role.
