Aruba Government

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Country Name	Aruba
Full Country Name	Country of Aruba
Local - Long	Land Aruba (Dutch); Pais Aruba (Papiamento)
Local - Short	Aruba
Etymology- history of name	the origin of the island's name is unclear; according to tradition, the name comes from the Spanish phrase "oro huba" (there was gold), but in fact no gold was ever found on the island; another possibility is the native word "oruba," which means "well-situated"
Government Type	parliamentary democracy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Capital Name	Oranjestad
Capital - geographic coordinate	12 31 N, 70 02 W
Capital Time Difference	UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Independence	none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
National Holiday	National Anthem and Flag Day, 18 March (1976)
Constitution	history: previous 1947, 1955; latest drafted and approved August 1985, enacted 1 January 1986 (regulates governance of Aruba but is subordinate to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands); in 1986, Aruba became a semi-autonomous entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dependency Status	constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs

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Aruba Government and Politics

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Executive Branch:	chief of state: King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor General Alfonso BOEKHOUDT (since 1 January 2017) head of government: Prime Minister Evelyn WEVER-CROES (since 17 November 2017) cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the Legislature (Staten) elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch for a 6-year term; prime minister and deputy prime minister indirectly elected by the Staten for 4-year term; election last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held by June 2026) election results: as leader of the majority party of the ruling coalition, Evelyn WEVER-CROES (MEP) elected prime minister; percent of Staten vote - NA
Citizenship Criteria:	see the Netherlands
Legal System:	civil law system based on the Dutch civil code
Suffrage:	18 years of age; universal
Legislative Branch:	description: unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms) elections: last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2025) election results: percent of vote by party MEP 35.3%, AVP 31.3%, ROOTS 9.4%, MAS 8%, Accion21 5.8%; seats by party - MEP 9, AVP 7, ROOTS 2, MAS 2, Accion21 1; composition - men 13, women 8, percent of women as of September 2023 - 38.1%
Judicial Branch:	highest court(s): Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba or "Joint Court of Justice" (sits as a 3-judge panel); final appeals heard by the Supreme Court in The Hague, Netherlands judge selection and term of office: Joint Court judges appointed for life by the monarch subordinate courts: Court in First Instance
Regions or States:	none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) note: Aruba is one of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the other three are the Netherlands, Curacao, and Sint Maarten
Political Parties and Leaders:	Accion21 [Miguel MANSUR] Aruban People's Party or AVP [Michiel "Mike" EMAN] Democratic Network or RED [Ricardo CROES] Movimiento Aruba Soberano (Aruban Sovereignty Movement) or MAS [Marisol LOPEZ-TROMP] People's Electoral Movement Party or MEP [Evelyn WEVER-CROES] Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta or POR [Alan Howell] RAIZ (ROOTS) [Ursell ARENDS]
International Organization Participation:	Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU
Diplomatic Representation in the US:	chief of mission: none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Diplomatic Representation from US:	embassy: the US does not have an embassy in Aruba; the Consul General to Curacao is accredited to Aruba

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