Edwin Abath | |
|---|---|
| Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba | |
| In office 1 November 2009 –13 November 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Frido Croes |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso Boekhoudt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Bibiano Abath 2 December 1958 |
| Party | Aruban People's Party |
Edwin Bibiano Abath (born 2 December 1958) is an Aruban politician and former singer who served as Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba from 1 November 2009 to 13 November 2013. [1] From 1999 until 2005 he was a Member of Parliament for the Aruban People's Party in the Estates of Aruba. He represented Aruba in the OTI Festival 1989 with the song "Mi viejo". [2]
Abath was born in Aruba,one of the Caribbean islands of the Lesser Antilles and a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. After he finished havo on Aruba,he went to Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands to study logopaedics. He practised as a logopaedic at Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital in Aruba. [2]
In 1988 he collaborated with Venezuelan pop singer Devorah Sasha in the single "Simplemente así" sung in both English and Spanish.