Ben Whiteman

For the sportsman, see Benjamin Whiteman.
His Excellency
Ben Whiteman
5th Prime Minister of Curaçao
Assumed office
1 September 2015
Monarch Willem-Alexander
Governor Lucille George-Wout
Preceded by Ivar Asjes[1]
Succeeded by Hensley Koeiman (Designate)
Minister of Public Health, Environment and Nature
Assumed office
31 December 2012
Preceded by Stanley Bodok
Leader of Pueblo Soberano (pro tempore)
Assumed office
31 August 2015
Preceded by Ivar Asjes
Personal details
Born Bernard Denzil Whiteman
(1954-08-20) 20 August 1954[2]
Nationality Dutch
Political party Sovereign People

Bernard "Ben" Denzil Whiteman[3] (born 20 August 1954) is the Prime Minister of Curaçao, succeeding Ivar Asjes. Asjes resigned after he lost confidence of his own party. Whiteman was sworn in as Prime Minister on 1 September 2015.[1][4] He is also the Minister of Public Health, Environment and Nature since 31 December 2012 in the Asjes-Cabinet and the Hodge-Cabinet before taking the post, retaining the position after becoming prime minister.[3]

Prime Minister

Whiteman took on the post of Prime Minister with an intent to stay in office for three months, to give his party the opportunity to search for a successor.[5] On 29 October 2015, it was announced Whiteman would stay on until the 2016 elections.[6] The Whiteman Cabinet resigned on 9 November 2015 after losing the parliamentary majority when Marilyn Moses withdrew her support.[7] One week later Whiteman announced to have formed a new coalition, with the entry of the Party for the Restructured Antilles (PAR) to the coalition. The PAR held two seats in the Estates and was allowed to deliver the new Minister for Economy.[8] The new cabinet entered in function on 30 November 2015.[9]

In February 2016 Whiteman revealed that in 2014 he was nearly assassinated while sitting on his balcony.[10]

A fourth report on the functioning of the Curaçaohuis, the office of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao, Marvelyne Wiels, was highly critical. The report, and the fact that it had not been shared yet with the Estates of Curaçao, led to coalition parties in the Second Whiteman cabinet voicing severe critique in July 2016. Alex Rosaria, leader of the Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal, called it "a dark cloud over the Whiteman cabinet". The leader of the PAR, Zita Jesus-Leito, asked for the voluntary resignation or Wiels or else her dismissal by Whiteman.[11][12][13]

Second Whiteman cabinet

Ministry Minister Period Party
Prime Minister Ben Whiteman 30 November 2015 Sovereign People
Minister for Education, Science, Culture and Sport Irene Dick 30 November 2015 Sovereign People
Minister for Social Development, Work and Welfare Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia 30 November 2015 Sovereign People
Minister for Justice Nelson Navarro 30 November 2015 Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal
Minister for Governance, Planning and Service Etienne van der Horst 30 November 2015 Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal
Minister for Finance José Jardim 30 November 2015 Independent, representative for Glenn Sulvaran
Minister for Traffic, Transport and Urban Planning Suzanne Camelia-Römer 30 November 2015 National People's Party
Minister for Economic Development Eugene Rhuggenaath 30 November 2015 Party for the Restructured Antilles
Minister for Health, Environment and Nature Siegfried Victorina 30 November 2015 Sovereign People

Source:[14]

Political offices
Preceded by
Ivar Asjes		 Prime Minister of Curaçao
2015– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. 1 2 "Whiteman new prime minister". The Daily Herald. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wie is…………….". Knipselkrant Curacao. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Dr. Bernard Whiteman New Prime Minister Of Curaçao". Curaçao Chronicle. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Curacao-prime-minister-resigns-27442.html
  5. ↑ Joost Pijpker (1 September 2015). "Premier Curaçao stapt op na botsingen met eigen partij" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Whiteman premier tot aan Verkiezingen" (in Dutch). Dolfijn FM. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Regering Curaçao dient ontslag in" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Curaçao heeft een nieuwe coalitie" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Joost Pijpker (1 December 2015). "Nieuwe regering Whiteman beëdigd op Curaçao" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Premier Curaçao: 'Drugsbende pleegde aanslag op mij'" (in Dutch). de Telegraaf. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ongekend wanbeheer onder Wiels" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Rapport splijt coalitie" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Regering Curaçao wankelt door rapport over Marvelyne Wiels" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Kabinet Whiteman II beëdigd" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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