Eugène Rhuggenaath
| Eugene Rhuggenaath | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Curaçao | |
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Assumed office 29 May 2017 |
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| Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
| Governor | Lucille George-Wout |
| Preceded by | Gilmar Pisas |
| Minister for Economic Development | |
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In office 30 November 2015 – 24 March 2017 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ben Whiteman Hensley Koeiman |
| Preceded by | Stanley Palm |
| Succeeded by | Errol Goeloe |
| Member of the Island council of Curaçao | |
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In office 2003–2009 |
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| Member of the Estates of Curaçao | |
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In office 11 May 2017 – 29 May 2017 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 February 1970 Curaçao |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Partido Alternativa Real (Real Alternative Party, PAR) |
Eugene Rhuggenaath is a Curaçaoan politician and party leader of the Partido Alternativa Real (PAR). He was Minister for Economic Development in the Cabinet-Koeiman in 2016. He was a member of the Island Council of Curaçao between 2003 and December 2009 and of the Estates of Curaçao since May 2017.
During the Curaçao general election of 2017 his party received most votes. Rhuggenaath was tasked to form a new coalition government by Governor Lucille George-Wout with his Party, Partido MAN and Partido Inovashon Nashonal.
Rhuggenaath was sworn in as Prime Minister on 29 May 2017.
On 29 September 2017 Rhuggenaath held a speech calling for more acceptance at the Curaçao Gay Pride, activists called the speech "historical".
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