Second Pourier cabinet

The Second Pourier cabinet was the 19th Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles.[1]

Second Pourier cabinet

19th Cabinet of Netherlands Antilles
Date formed31 March 1994[1][2]
Date dissolved15 June 1998
People and organisations
Head of stateBeatrix of the Netherlands
Head of governmentMiguel Pourier
History
Election(s)1994 election
PredecessorPaula
SuccessorCamelia-Römer
Politics of the Netherlands Antilles
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Elections
Related topics

Composition

The cabinet was composed as follows:[1][3][4]

Main office-holders
Office Name Party Since
Minister of General Affairs and Constitutional Affairs Miguel Pourier PAR 31 March 1994
Minister of Traffic and Communications Leo Chance SPA 31 March 1994
Danny Hassell WIPM March 1998
Minister of Justice Pedro Atacho [Res] PAR 31 March 1994
Mike Willem PAR March 1998
Minister of Finance Etienne Ys [Note] PAR 31 March 1994
Harold Henriquez PAR 10 July 1995[5]
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jeffrey Corion [Res] PAR 31 March 1994
Mike Willem PAR 1996
Minister of Public Health Stanley Inderson [Res] MAN 31 March 1994
Beatriz Doran-Scoop MAN August 1996
Minister of Development Aid Edith Strauss-Marsera PDB 31 March 1994
Martha Dijkhoff PAR December 1997
Minister of Education Martha Dijkhoff PAR 31 March 1994
State Secretary of General Affairs Harold Arends PAR 5 April 1994[6]
State Secretary of Constitutional Affairs Leonora Sneek-Gibbs DP-ste 11 April 1994[7]
Ralph Berkel DP-ste 2 January 1997[8]
State Secretary of Economic Affairs Danny Hassell WIPM 31 March 1994
Note Etienne Ys was appointed Commissioner of finance for the Island Territory of Curaçao.[5]
Res A parliamentary report on the state of the prison system led Atacho to resign on 24 March 1998.[9][10]
Res In 1996 Inderson resigned after a faulty water filter in one of Curaçao's hospitals caused the death of nine dialysis patients.[11][12]
Res Corion was nominated as a member of the Pourier cabinet by the Curaçao trade union movement. He resigned on 16 July 1996 after the trade union became dissatisfied with his performance.[13]

References
  1. Lynch, Edgar H.; Lynch, Julian C. (1999). Know Your Political History (Rev. ed.). Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publ. p. 28-30, 151. ISBN 0913441325.
  2. "Nieuw Antilliaans kabinet beëdigd". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 1 April 1994. p. 5.
  3. "Kabinet van Antillen gaat donderdag aan het werk". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 29 March 1994. p. 3.
  4. "Formatie Kabinet Pourier afgerond". Amigoe (in Dutch). 29 March 1994. p. 3.
  5. "Harold Henriquez minister van Financiën". Amigoe (in Dutch). 11 July 1995. p. 3.
  6. "Ook Harold Arends beëdigd als lid kabinet Pourier". Amigoe (in Dutch). 7 April 1994. p. 3.
  7. "Nora Sneek op St. Eustatius beëdigd". Amigoe (in Dutch). 11 April 1994. p. 1.
  8. "Staatssecretaris op Antillen". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). 4 January 1997. p. 3.
  9. "Justitieminister Antillen weg om Koraal Specht". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 25 March 1998.
  10. "Minister weg om Koraalspecht op Antillen". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 25 March 1998.
  11. "Antilliaanse minister weg wegens dood nierpatienten". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). 1 August 1996. p. 5.
  12. "Nierpatiënten komen van Curaçao naar Nederland". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 July 1996.
  13. "Antilliaanse minister weg". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). 17 July 1996. p. 5.
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