Evelyn Wever-Croes

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Wever-Croes's first cabinet was sworn in by Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt on 17 November 2017. [7]

Financial policies

As the previous government ran a government budget deficit, Wever-Croes shortly after taking office announced that she wanted to introduce budget cuts and initiate talks with the Netherlands about future financial agreements. [5] One of her first measures was to limit the staff attached to each minister. [6] By the next year she had put a cap on government salaries and hoped to put forward a financial recovery plan in June, to avoid an intervention by the Dutch government. [9] In November 2018 Aruba and the Netherlands agreed on budgetary rules for the period 2019–2021 and to have the College Aruba financieel toezicht  [ nl ] (CAft) be in place for at least a further three years. [10] [11] Under Wever-Croes an accord was reached in 2019 on an Aruban fiscal council to succeed the CAft per 2021. [12]

In October 2019, Raymond Knops, the State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations indicated he wanted to give Aruba a formal instruction in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on advice of the CAft, as Aruba did not obey fully by the agreement made the previous year. [13] The next month Wever-Croes flew to the Netherlands to attend the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and managed that a formal instruction was not given. [14] In April 2020 Wever-Croes stated that she had managed to make a yearly budget saving of 27 million Aruban florin. [15]

COVID-19 pandemic in Aruba

In order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in Aruba, Wever-Croes instated a curfew between 21:00 and 06:00 starting from 21 March 2020. When she took the measure five persons had tested positive on the island. She also introduced a measure that temporarily banned Aruban residents from returning to the country from abroad. [16]

During 2020, the financial position of Aruba was severely affected due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Aruba, with government revenue falling by 80%. In response the Wever-Croes cut salaries of higher government officials and civil servants by 20% for the period May until December, while also lowering the salaries of regular civil servants with 12.6%. In April 2020 she introduced the Wever-Croes standard, which permanently limited the salary of directors of state run enterprises up till 130% of the salary of the Prime Minister. [15]

In March 2020, Wever-Croes asked the Netherlands to be supported by a gift of 400 million Euro. The Netherlands rejected the wish and stated it would help but not via the form of a gift. [17] On 16 May, Wever-Croes agreed to a first financial aid package subject to certain conditions. [18] By July 2020 Wever-Croes was in negotiations with the Netherlands for a third financial aid package and received a list of 18 new conditions for reforms set by the Netherlands. [19] [20] She wrote a complaint letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the severity of the terms, stating: "It's almost as if Aruba has become the country-version of the American George Floyd and our own Mitch Henriquez. Mark, we can't breathe like this". [19] Wever-Croes, with the leaders of Curaçao and Sint Maarten shortly afterwards rejected the terms the Netherlands had set. [21] Over July and August Aruba did not receive financing from the Netherlands. [22] In September 2020 the Wever-Croes government obtained 171 million Aruban florin on the local market. [23] The financial negotiations with the Netherlands were still ongoing during October 2020. [24] Mid-November she reached an agreement with the Netherlands, which comprised both short and long term financial support as well as the founding of a "Caribbean entity" charged with handling reforms in governance, finances, education and health care. The agreement also included help of the Netherlands with Aruban debts, allowing for interest benefits. Wever-Croes stated that the Caribbean entity would not take over competences from the Aruban government. [25]

In early October 2020, Wever-Croes stated that financial support measures for businesses would be continued for a further three months. [24]

Other policies

Wever-Croes has stated that she sees it as priority to have more women run for political office. [4]

By mid 2018, Aruba was faced with around 5,000 Venezuelans who had fled their country. [26] Wever-Croes stated that the Netherlands was "indifferent" about the influx. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte stated that Aruba is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and that Aruba should request aid if it needs it. [27]

Second Wever-Croes cabinet

Wever-Croes's cabinet was sworn in for her second term by Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt on 21 September 2021. [7]

Personal life

Wever-Croes is married to Kenneth Wever. [3] [28] She has a son [29] and she is a grandmother. [4]

In October 2020, Wever-Croes stated that she received a security detail after death threats were made against her. [30]

Notes

  1. ↑ While her Estates biography stated she was born on Aruba, other sources indicate she was born in the Netherlands, which she has also stated herself in an interview with Radio Nederland Wereldomroep.

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Her Excellency
Evelyn Wever-Croes
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Wever-Croes in 2022
4th Prime Minister of Aruba
Assumed office
17 November 2017
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