Aruba




1634 Dutch colony
1805 - 1816 British domination
1828 part of Dutch West Indies (see Suriname)
1848 part of Netherlands Antilles
1 Jan 1986 separation from Netherlands Antilles

Commanders

1681 - 1715 Joseph Flaccius
1717 - 1719 Hermanus Koolman
1719 - 1721 Willem Palmers
1721 - 1722 Pieter Pieterszoon van Cempen
1726 - 1730 Isaak Obbens
1739? Willem Janszoon
1739 - 1753 Daniel Nieuwkerk
1753 - 1756 Lourents Croes
1756 - 1768 Jan van der Biest
1768 - 1780 Gillis Poppe
1780 - 1791 Harmen van der Biest
1791 - 1792 Jacobus Pellicorne Porrier
1792 - 1793 Borchard Specht
1793 - 1803 ...
1803 - 1804 Pieter Specht
1804 - 1805 Johan Craneveldt
1805 Bruin Govertsz Quant (1st time)
1805 W. Doran
1805 - 1806 Bruin Govertsz Quant (2nd time)
1806 Samuel Bartholomeus van den Broek
(1st time) (commissioner) (b. 17... - d. 1817)
1806 Jan van der Biest (1st time)
1806 - 18.. Samuel Bartholomeus van den Broek
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1810? John Harrison Church Hartmann?
1816 - 1819 Lodewijk Christoph Boyé
1819 - 1822 Jan van der Biest (2nd time)
1822 - 1826 Jacob Thielen (1st time)
1826 - 1827 Simon Plats
1827 - 1837 Johan Frederik Waters Gravenhorst
1837 G.J. van Spall
1839 - 1848 Jacobus Jarman, Jr.

Administrators (gezaghebbers)

1848 - 1859 Jacobus Jarman, Jr.
1859 Bochard Specht
1859 - 1863 Michaël de Veer
1863 - 1866 Edouard Dénis Ernest van den
Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
1866 - 1871 Jan Helenus Ferguson (b. 1826 - d. 1908)
1871 - 1876 Willem Melanchton Bennebroek
Gravenhorst
1876 - 1883 Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930)
1883 - 1888 David Gäerste Willemszoon (b. 1841 - d. 1898)
1888 - 1897 Jacob Thielen II (1st time) (b. 1834 - d. 1915)
1897 J.G. Lampe (acting)
1897 - 1899 Johannes Adriaan de Veer (b. 1853 - d. 1899)
1899 - 1901 Jacob Thielen II (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1901 - 1909 Gerard Raven Zeppenfeldt (b. 1863 - d. 19...)
1911 - 1920 Henrik Johannes Beaujon (b. 1870 - d. 19...)
1920 - 1928 Jan Frederik Quast (b. 1875 - d. 1953)
1928 - 1945 Isaac Wagemaker (b. 1884 - d. 19...)
1945 - 1957 Lindoro Cristoffel Kwartsz (b. 1873 - d. 1959)
1957 - 1958 K.H. de Boer (acting)
1958 - 1959 E. Arends (acting)
1959 Otto R.A. Beaujon (acting) (b. 1915 - d. 1984) 1959 - 1964 Frederik J.C. Beaujon (b. 1906 - d. 1964)
1964 - 1973 Oscar Siegfried Henriquez (b. 1926)
1973 - 1979 Francisco L. Jossy Tromp (b. 1925)
1979 - 1982 Francisco D. Figaroa (b. 1927 - d. 1993)
1982 Remy R. Zaandam (acting) (b. 1936) 1982 - 1983 Euladio D. Nicolaas (acting) (b. 1941)
1983 - 4 Oct 1985 Pedro Bislip (b. 1937 - d. 2007)
1985 - 31 Dec 1985 Frans Wernet (acting) (b. 1929 - d. 1995)

Governors

1 Jan 1986 - 12 Mar 1992 Felipe Tromp (b. 1917 - d. 1995)
12 Mar 1992 - 11 May 2004 Olindo Koolman (b. 1942)
11 May 2004 - Fredis Refunjol (b. 1950)
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Prime ministers

1 Jan 1986 - 9 Feb 1989 Henny Eman (1st time) (b. 1944)
9 Feb 1989 - 29 Jul 1994 Nelson Oduber (1st time) (b. 1947)
29 Jul 1994 - 30 Oct 2001 Henny Eman (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Oct 2001 - Nelson Oduber (2nd time) (s.a.)