Island_council_(Netherlands_Antilles)
Island council (Netherlands Antilles)
1954–2010 governing body in the isles of the Netherlands Antilles
An island council was the governing body of an island territory, an administrative level of the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution.
Island councils existed for:
- Aruba (until its secession from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986)
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
The latter three were until 1 April 1983 governed by a single island council:
- Windward Islands (Dutch: de Bovenwindse eilanden)[1]