Governor of the Netherlands Antilles explained

The governor of the Netherlands Antilles was the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Netherlands Antilles and the head of the government of the Netherlands Antilles.

Duties

With the introduction of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954, the powers, obligations and responsibilities of the governor as an organ of the Kingdom of the Netherlands were regulated in the Regulations for the Governor; Article 15, paragraph 1 reads:

The governor is therefore authorized, within the limits of these regulations and the instruction of the Crown, to act on behalf of the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

According to the Constitution, the governor, as a representative of the monarch, was the head of the government of the Netherlands Antilles. As the head of the government, the governor was immune. The governor exercised executive power under the responsibility of the ministers, who are responsible to the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles.

Dissolution

On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved. With the dissolution of the Antilles, Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became special municipalities of the Netherlands. Each constituent country within the kingdom has its own governor. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are represented by a gezaghebber.

List of governors of Curaçao and Dependencies (1845–1954)

Before the introduction of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954, the Dutch Antilles was called Curaçao and Dependencies.

!!Image!Name!Term of Service^[1]

1		Rutgers Hermanus Esser	1845–1848
2			1848–1854
3		Jacob Bennebroek Gravenhorst	1854–1856
4			1856–1859
5			1859–1866
6		Abraham Matthieu de Rouville	1866–1870
7		Herman François Gerardus Wagner	1871–1877
8		Hendrik Bernardus Kip	1877–1880
9		Johannes Herbert August Willem van Heerdt tot Eversberg	1880–1882
10		Nicolaas van den Brandhof	1882–1890
11			1890–1901
–		Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens	1901
12			1901–1909
–		John Brown Gorsira	1909
13		Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens	1909–1919
14		Oscar Louis Helfrich	1919–1921
–		John Brown Gorsira	1921
15			1921–1928
–		Marius van Dijk	1928–1929
–			1929
16		Herman Bernard Cornelis Schotborgh	1929–1930
17			1930–1936
–	[|[[Frans Adriaan Jas]]|1936|-|18||Gielliam Johannes Josephus Wouters|1936–1942|-|19||Petrus Albertus Kasteel|1942–1948|-|–||Cornelius Süthoff|1948|-|20|||1948–1951|-|21||Antoon Arnold Marie Struycken|1951–1954|} List of governors of the Netherlands Antilles (1954–2010) Following the introduction of the charter, the governor position was officiated in the Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles Image Name Term of Service 1 1954–1956 – Frank van der Valk 1956–1957 2 1957–1961 – Christiaan Winkel 1961–1962 – 1962 3 1962–1970 4 Bernadito M. Leito[2] 1970–1983 5 1983–1990 6 1990–2002 7 2002–2010 See also Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles External links Homepage of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles

Notes and References

1. Book: Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië. Benjamins . Herman Daniël. Snelleman . Johannes . 1917. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. nl. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. Leiden. Up to 1917. 328–329.
2. Web site: The first Black Governor. Curacao History. 12 February 2022.