Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao


The Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao represents the constituent country of Curaçao in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The current Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao is Anthony Begina. The Minister Plenipotentiary and his cabinet are seated in the "Curaçaohuis" in The Hague.
A significant difference between the Netherlands Ministers and the Ministers Plenipotentiary is that the former Ministers are accountable for their politics and policies to the Dutch parliament. The Ministers Plenipotentiary, however, are accountable to their national governments. Therefore, the Ministers Plenipotentiary usually do not resign in the event of a Dutch cabinet crisis.

List of Ministers Plenipotentiary of Curaçao

The following table lists the Ministers Plenipotentiary of Curaçao that have been in office since Curaçao became a country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010:
NamePeriodParty
Sheldry Osepa10 October 2010-13 February 2013MFK
Roderick Pieters13 February 2013-7 June 2013PS
Marvelyne Wiels7 June 2013-23 December 2016PS
Eunice Eisden23 December 2016-13 April 2017Partido MAN
Leendert Rojer13 April 2017-1 June 2017
Anthony Begina1 June 2017-PAR