Second Pourier cabinet

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Second Pourier cabinet
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19th Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles
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Date formed31 March 1994 [1] [2]
Date dissolved15 June 1998
People and organisations
Head of state Beatrix of the Netherlands
Head of government Miguel Pourier
History
Election(s) 1994 election
Predecessor Paula
Successor Camelia-Römer

The Second Pourier cabinet was the 19th Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles. [1]

Composition

The cabinet was composed as follows: [1] [3] [4]

Main office-holders
OfficeNamePartySince
Minister of General Affairs and Constitutional Affairs Miguel Pourier PAR 31 March 1994
Minister of Traffic and Communications Leo Chance SPA 31 March 1994
Danny Hassell WIPM March 1998
Minister of Justice Pedro Atacho [Res] PAR31 March 1994
Mike Willem PARMarch 1998
Minister of Finance Etienne Ys [Note] PAR31 March 1994
Harold Henriquez PAR10 July 1995 [5]
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jeffrey Corion [Res] PAR31 March 1994
Mike Willem PAR1996
Minister of Public Health Stanley Inderson [Res] MAN 31 March 1994
Beatriz Doran-Scoop MANAugust 1996
Minister of Development Aid Edith Strauss-Marsera PDB 31 March 1994
Martha Dijkhoff PARDecember 1997
Minister of EducationMartha DijkhoffPAR31 March 1994
State Secretary of General Affairs Harold Arends PAR5 April 1994 [6]
State Secretary of Constitutional Affairs Leonora Sneek-Gibbs DP-ste 11 April 1994 [7]
Ralph Berkel DP-ste2 January 1997 [8]
State Secretary of Economic Affairs Danny Hassell WIPM 31 March 1994
Note Etienne Ys was appointed Commissioner of finance for the Island Territory of Curaçao. [5]
ResA parliamentary report on the state of the prison system led Atacho to resign on 24 March 1998. [9] [10]
Res In 1996 Inderson resigned after a faulty water filter in one of Curaçao's hospitals caused the death of nine dialysis patients. [11] [12]
Res Corion was nominated as a member of the Pourier cabinet by the Curaçao trade union movement. He resigned on 16 July 1996 after the trade union became dissatisfied with his performance. [13]

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