Estates of the Netherlands Antilles

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The Estates of the Netherlands Antilles was the unicameral parliamentary body that represented the constituent islands of the former Netherlands Antilles within its autonomous political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament
unicameral legislature
alsoUsedLanguage English
Papiamento
Spanish
category Defunct unicameral legislatures
Government of the Netherlands Antilles
Politics of the Netherlands Antilles
continent North America
South America
convenedIn Parliament building in Willemstad
country Netherlands Antilles
countrySubdivision Kingdom of the Netherlands
dissolutionReason dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
dissolvedOn 2010-10-10
governmentType parliamentary system
hadPower to approve the budget
to oversee the executive
to pass legislation
historicalPeriod 20th century
early 21st century
jurisdiction Netherlands Antilles
legalStatus constitutional organ of the Netherlands Antilles
legislativeBodyOf Netherlands Antilles
locatedIn Curaçao
Willemstad
locatedInTimeZone AST
memberOf Kingdom of the Netherlands institutions
nativeNameLanguage nl
numberOfHouses 1
numberOfMembers 22
officialLanguage Dutch
partOf political system of the Netherlands Antilles
replacedBy Estates of Curaçao
Estates of Sint Maarten
Island councils of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
represented constituent islands of the Netherlands Antilles
role legislative power
representation of the population of the Netherlands Antilles
seat Willemstad
shortName Staten van de Nederlandse Antillen
structure unicameral
supervised Council of Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation of islands
votingSystem proportional representation
wasAutonomousWithin Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Netherlands Antilles legislature Estates of the Netherlands Antilles
Estates of Curaçao replaces Estates of the Netherlands Antilles
Estates of the Netherlands Antilles shortName Staten van de Nederlandse Antillen
linked to: Estates of the Netherlands Antilles