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Tragedy struck the family of 15 when his father, who was working for W.E.B at the time, was struck by a high voltage of electricity and received severe burns to the skin, and died on 14 January 1964, leaving behind his wife and 13 children. Oduber was 16 years of age at the time of his father's death.
On 9 September 2024 the Second Wever-Croes cabinet resigned following the vote for the presidency of the States of Aruba which saw Raymond Kamperveen elected with the help from the opposition over the incumbent president Edgard Vrolijk , who had run for the position again. In doing so, RAIZ broke the coalition agreement with MEP, according to ...
The first Wever-Croes cabinet (Papiamento: Gabinete Wever-Croes I) was the cabinet of Aruba from 17 November 2017 to 20 September 2021. It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Electoral Movement (MEP), Proud and Respected People (POR) and Democratic Network (RED), and was led by Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes.
General elections were held in Aruba on 8 January 1993. [1] The Aruban People's Party and People's Electoral Movement (MEP) both won nine seats in the 21-seat Estates . The MEP remained in government with a three-party coalition headed by Nelson Oduber as Prime Minister.
The 1977 Aruba general strike (Papiamento: Augustus Scur, 'Dark August') was a week-long, general labor strike organized by local Aruban politician and activist Betico Croes and the MEP (Aruban independence party) from August 11 to August 18 on the island of Aruba. [1]
General elections were held in Aruba on 22 November 1985 to elect the Island Council. [1] [2] They were held shortly before Aruba was split from the Netherlands Antilles and obtained the status of a 'land' (country) within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [3] The Island Council was converted into the first Estates of Aruba on 1 January 1986.
The second Wever-Croes cabinet (Papiamento: Gabinete Wever-Croes II) is the current cabinet of Aruba. It was installed on 20 September 2021 by Deputy Governor Yvonne Laclé-Dirksz . [ 1 ] The cabinet is formed by a coalition government of the center-left political parties People's Electoral Movement (MEP) and RAIZ , and is led by Prime Minister ...
General elections were held in Aruba on 25 June 2021 to elect all 21 members of Parliament. [1] The elections were originally scheduled to take place in September 2021, but were brought forward following the resignation of the government after a criminal investigation was opened against one of the governing coalition parties, Proud and Respected People, for embezzling government money.