Estates of Curaçao
| Estates of Curaçao Staten van Curaçao |
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| 2nd Curaçaoan Estates | |
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| History | |
| Founded | October 10, 2010 |
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Speaker
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Marcolino Franco
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 21 |
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Estates political groups
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Estates voting system
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Proportional Voting |
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Estates last election
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19 October 2012 |
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| Latin: cum lege libertas | |
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The Estates of Curaçao (Dutch: Staten van Curaçao) consist of 21 members, each elected for a four year term in a general election. The first Estates were installed on 10 October 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, and consist of the members of the island council elected on 27 August 2010.
The first Speaker of the Estates was Ivar Asjes (Pueblo Soberano), while Amerigo Thodé (Movementu Futuro Korsou) was Vice Speaker.[1]
Speakers
The speaker of the Estates is one of their members. A list of speakers is shown below:
| Speaker | Vice Speaker | Period |
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| Ivar Asjes (PS) | Amerigó Thodé (MFK) | 2010–2012[2] |
| Dean Rozier (Independent, former MFK) | nl (FOL) | 2012[2] |
| Amerigó Thodé (MFK) | Jaime Córdoba (PS) | 2012[3] |
| Marcolino Franco (PAIS) | Jaime Córdoba (PS) | 2012–2015[4] |
| Marcolino Franco (PAIS) | Humphrey Davelaar (PNP) | 2015–[4] |
2012 general election
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| National party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Sovereign People (PS) | Helmin Wiels | 19,715 | 22.6 | 5 | 1  |
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| Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK) | Gerrit Schotte | 18,450 | 21.2 | 5 | – | ||
| Party for the Restructured Antilles (PAR) | Emily de Jongh-Elhage | 17,179 | 19.7 | 4 | 4  |
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| Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal (PAIS) | Alex Rosaria | 15,286 | 17.7 | 4 | 4 |
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| Party MAN (MAN) | Eunice Eisden | 8,294 | 9.5 | 2 | – | ||
| National People's Party (PNP) | Humphrey Davelaar | 5,130 | 5.9 | 1 | – | ||
| Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May (FOL) | Anthony Godett | 1,790 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Democratic Party (DP) + Labour Party People's Crusade (L) | George Hernandez | 1,127 | 1.3 | 0 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 87,058 | 99.58 | |||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 370 | 0.42 | |||||
| Totals | 87,428 | 100.00 | — | 21 | — | ||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 116,857 | 74.82 | |||||
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