Miguel Pourier

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Miguel Arcangel Pourier (born September 29, 1938 in Rincon , Bonaire , † March 24, 2013 in Curaçao ) was a politician of the Netherlands Antilles , who was Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles three times .

Life

Pourier was originally a member of the Patriotic Union of Bonaire UPB ( Union Patritiko Boneiriano ) and became Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles for the first time on July 6, 1979 as the successor to Boy Rozendal . In December 1979, however, he was replaced by Don Martina from the New Antilles Movement MAN ( Movimentu Antias Nobo ) .

March 31, 1994 was Pourier, the now party to the restructuring of the Antilles PAR ( Partido Antia Restrukturá ) belonged, replacing Alejandro Felippe Paula by the National People's Party NVP ( National Volkspartij ) for the second time Prime Minister and held this position until the 14th May 1998, whereupon he was replaced by Suzy Camelia-Römer from the NVP. In the previous elections on January 30, 1998, Pouriers PAR had won four of the 22 parliamentary seats, while the National People's Party and the Labor Party of the People's Crusade PLKP ( Partido Laboral Krusada Popular ) each received three seats. Two other parties based on Curaçao each received two seats, while the remaining eight seats went to parties from other islands.

As the successor to Suzy Camelia-Römer, Pourier became Prime Minister for the third time on November 8, 1999, and held this office until it was replaced by his fellow party member Etienne Ys on June 3, 2002. In the previous elections on January 18, 2002, the labor liberation front FOL ( Frente Obrero Liberashon ) received 23 percent of the vote and five seats. Pouriers PAR was able to maintain its four seats with 20.6 percent, while the National People's Party continued to have three MPs (13.4 percent) and the PLKP lost one of its seats with 12.1 percent and was only represented by two MPs.

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Individual evidence

  1. Netherlands Antilles: January 30, 1998
  2. Netherlands Antilles: November 8, 1999
  3. Netherlands Antilles: January 18, 2002