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 Curaçao represents the constituent country of Curaçao

Curaçao

Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

 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 Curaçao is Sheldry Osepa

Sheldry Osepa

Sheldry P. Osepa is an politician and lawyer from Curaçao who currently holds the office of Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao. Before this, Osepa was Commissioner of Constitutional Affairs in the island government of Curaçao...

. The Minister Plenipotentiary and his cabinet are seated in the "Curaçaohuis" (Curaçao 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...

 (which was the location of the Antillenhuis

Antillenhuis

Het Antillenhuis was the cabinet of the minister plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles in the Hague, the Netherlands. The last minister plenipotentiary is Mr. Paul Comenencia....

 before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles).

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 county in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality...

 in 2010:

Name	Period	Party
Sheldry Osepa Sheldry Osepa Sheldry P. Osepa is an politician and lawyer from Curaçao who currently holds the office of Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao. Before this, Osepa was Commissioner of Constitutional Affairs in the island government of Curaçao...	10 October 2010—	MFK Movementu Futuro Kòrsou The Movementu Futuro Korsou is a political party in Curaçao, founded by Gerrit Schotte in 2010. The party became the second largest party in the island council of Curaçao after the general election of 27 August 2010, winning 5 out of 21 available seats.http://www.mfk.an...