The minister plenipotentiary

Minister Plenipotentiary (Netherlands)

In the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Minister Plenipotentiary represents the government of the caribbean countries of the Kingdom in the Netherlands...

 of Aruba represents the constituent country of Aruba

Aruba

Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

 in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom is the executive council of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is a state consisting of four constituent countries: Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten...

. The current Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba is Edwin Abath

Edwin Abath

Edwin Bibiano Abath is an Aruban politician and former singer who currently holds the office of Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba. From 1999 until 2005 he was a Member of Parliament for the Aruban People's Party in the Estates of Aruba...

. The Minister Plenipotentiary and his cabinet are seated in the "Arubahuis" (Aruba House) in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

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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 Aruba

The following table lists the Ministers Plenipotentiary of Aruba that have been in office since Aruba gained its status aparte in 1986:

Name	Period	Party
Edwin Abath Edwin Abath Edwin Bibiano Abath is an Aruban politician and former singer who currently holds the office of Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba. From 1999 until 2005 he was a Member of Parliament for the Aruban People's Party in the Estates of Aruba...	November 1, 2009—	AVP Aruban People's Party The Aruban People's Party is a Christian democrat political party in Aruba. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party....
Frido Croes Frido Croes Francisco Walfrido Croes is an Aruban politician and former schoolteacher who holds the office of Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba...	November 8, 2005–October 31, 2009	MEP People's Electoral Movement (Aruba) The People's Electoral Movement is a social democratic political party in Aruba.At the last elections for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 52.4 % of popular votes and 12 out of 21 seats. 23 September 2005, the party won 43 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 21 seats and remained, led...
Ella Tromp-Yarzagaray	October 30, 2001–November 7, 2005	MEP
Mito Croes	September 1994–October 30, 2001	AVP Aruban People's Party The Aruban People's Party is a Christian democrat political party in Aruba. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party....
Candelario Wever	March 2, 1993–September 1994	MEP
Ella Tromp-Yarzagaray	March 8, 1991–March 1, 1993	MEP
R.H. Laclé	February 9, 1989–March 7, 1991	MEP
John Merrywater	January 10, 1986–February 11, 1989	PPA Aruban Patriotic Party The Aruban Patriotic Party is a political party in Aruba.At the last elections for the Estates, September 28, 2001, the party won 9.6 % of popular votes and 2 out of 21 seats. 23 September 2005, the party won 2 % of the popular vote and none out of 21 seats....