Governor of the Netherlands Antilles

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.

No.	Image	Name	Term of Service
1		Rutgers Hermanus Esser	1845–1848
2	File:Isaäc Rammelman Elsevier (1802-1877).jpg	Template:Ill	1848–1854
3		Jacob Bennebroek Gravenhorst	1854–1856
4	File:Reinhart Frans Cornelis van Lansberge, gouverneur van Suriname.jpg	Template:Ill	1856–1859
5		Template:Ill	1859–1866
6		Abraham Matthieu de Rouville	1866–1870
7		Herman François Gerardus Wagner	1871–1877
8	File:Hendrik Bernardus Kip.jpg	Hendrik Bernardus Kip	1877–1880
9	File:KITLV - 33041 - John Herbert August Willem van Heerdt tot Eversberg, governor of Surinam (1882-1885) - circa 1885.tif	Johannes Herbert August Willem van Heerdt tot Eversberg	1880–1882
10		Nicolaas van den Brandhof	1882–1890
11	File:Ch.A.H. Barge.jpg	Template:Ill	1890–1901
–	File:Gouverneur Nuyens.jpg	Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens	1901
12	File:Jan Olphert de Jong van Beek en Donk.jpg	Template:Ill	1901–1909
–		John Brown Gorsira	1909
13	File:Gouverneur Nuyens.jpg	Theodorus Isaak Andreas Nuyens	1909–1919
14	File:Oscar Louis Helfrich.jpg	Oscar Louis Helfrich	1919–1921
–		John Brown Gorsira	1921
15	File:Gouverneur N.J.L. Brantjes.jpg	Template:Ill	1921–1928
–		Marius van Dijk	1928–1929
–	File:Gouverneur Fruytier.jpg	Template:Ill	1929
16		Herman Bernard Cornelis Schotborgh	1929–1930
17	File:B.W.Th. van Slobbe.jpg	Template:Ill	1930–1936
–	[	Frans Adriaan Jas	1936
18	File:G.J.J. Wouters, oud-gouverneur van Curacao, Bestanddeelnr 935-0794.jpg	Gielliam Johannes Josephus Wouters	1936–1942
19	File:Dr. P. A. Kasteel (benoemd tot gouverneur van Curacao), Bestanddeelnr 935-0613.jpg	Petrus Albertus Kasteel	1942–1948
–		Cornelius Süthoff	1948
20	File:L.A.H. Peters, agrarisch attaché bij de Nederlandse ambassade te Washington (Ver, Bestanddeelnr 935-1093.jpg	Template:Ill	1948–1951
21	File:Teun Struycken 1950 (1).jpg	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

No.	Image	Name	Term of Service
1	File:Teun Struycken 1950 (1).jpg	Antoon Arnold Marie Struycken	1954–1956
–		Frank van der Valk	1956–1957
2	File:Dr. A.B. Speekenbrink. Ambtenaar Economische Zaken, Bestanddeelnr 935-1064.jpg	Template:Ill	1957–1961
–		Christiaan Winkel	1961–1962
–		Template:Ill	1962
3	File:Cola Debrot, datum onbekend, Nationaal Archief, 2.24.10.02.jpg	Nicolaas Debrot	1962–1970
4	File:Ben Leito Nieuwe gouverneur van Nederlandse Antillen.jpg	Bernadito M. Leito	1970–1983
5		René Antonio Römer	1983–1990
6	File:Jaime Saleh (cropped).jpg	Jaime Mercelino Saleh	1990–2002
7		Frits Martinus de los Santos Goedgedrag	2002–2010

Gubernatorial standards

• 1966–1986
  1966–1986
• 1986–2010
  1986–2010

See also

• Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
• Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles

External links

• Homepage of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles