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Was the current Governor of the Netherlands Antilles born in Aruba?
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Yes, the current Governor of the Netherlands Antilles is Aruba born. Frits M. de los Santos Goedgedrag was born on November 1, 1951 in Aruba. He began his government career as a legislation lawyer at the Department of Legal and General Affairs in Curaçao. He moved to Bonaire in the 1980s and eventually became Secretary of the Island Territory of Bonaire. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the Island Territory of Bonaire from 1992 to 1998. In 1998 he returned to Curaçao where he served as Procurator General of the Netherlands Antilles. In 2002 he was appointed Governor and assumed office on July 1, 2002.
For his official biography and a day in his life as Governor, please visit the link provided below.
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What is the Island resort in the Netherlands Antilles?
Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.
What is the name of the colony of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean that includes Aruba and Curacao?
The Netherlands Antilles
Whath countryIs dutch spoken?
In The Netherlands, Belgium, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, and on Aruba.
In which group is Aruba included?
The ABC Islands is the group in which Aruba is included. The initials stand for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. It's a way of identifying similar islands that are neighbors within the Netherlands Antilles. Other islands that resemble each other and are neighbors within the Netherlands Antilles are the SSS islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Martin.
What does Nederlandse Antillen mean?
"Nederlandse Antillen" is the Dutch name for the former Netherlands Antilles, a group of islands in the Caribbean that were part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until their dissolution in 2010. The islands included in the Netherlands Antilles were Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.
What is the difference between Netherlands and Netherlands antilles?
The Netherlands is a country in Western-Europe. The Netherlands Antilles is a group of Isles in the Caribean consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (ABC Islands), in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (SSS Islands), in the Leeward Islands southeast of the Virgin Islands. Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on 10 October 2010,[2] resulting in two new constituent countries, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as "special municipalities", officially public bodies.[3] The name 'Netherlands Antilles' is still sometimes used to indicate the islands which are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
What is the 'Governor's Standard' in Aruba?
The special flag of Aruba's Governor, as representative of the Queen of the Netherlands, is what the Governor's Standard is. It consists of a bottom and a top set of red and blue horizontal stripes on a white background. This represents the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which Aruba is an autonomous part. In the middle is a circle within which are the white lined, four pointed red star and the two yellow stripes of Aruba's blue background flag.
How many leaders does Aruba have?
Aruba has three (3) leaders.Specifically, Aruba has a monarch, a governor and a prime minister. The monarch lives in the European Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which Aruba is an autonomous but constituent country. The governor and the prime minister live in Aruba and conduct much of their work in the island's capital city, Oranjestad.
What places do people talk dutch?
as native language in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders and Brussels), Suriname, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, French Flanders (France), Lower Rhine (Germany)
Which country owns the islands of Aruba and Bonaire?
Aruba and Bonaire are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Aruba became an autonomous state on January 1, 1986. The Island Territory of Bonaire ['Eilandgebied Bonaire' in Dutch; 'Teritorio Insular di Boneiru' in Papiamento] is presently one of the five islands along with Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. When the Netherlands Antilles is dissolved as a political entity on October 10, 2010, Bonaire will become a municipality within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
What South American country doesn't speak spanish?
Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Falkland Islands, Guyana, French Guiana, Aruba , Brazil
Who is the Governor for Aruba?
Fredis Refunjol is the Governor for Aruba.
