Ben Whiteman | |
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5th Prime Minister of Curaçao | |
In office 1 September 2015 – 23 December 2016 | |
Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
Governor | Lucille George-Wout |
Preceded by | Ivar Asjes |
Succeeded by | Hensley Koeiman |
Minister of Public Health, Environment and Nature | |
In office 31 December 2012 – 23 December 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Daniel Hodge, Ivar Asjes, himself |
Preceded by | Stanley Bodok |
Succeeded by | Zita Jesus-Leito |
Leader of Pueblo Soberano (pro tempore) | |
In office 31 August 2015 – 14 December 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ivar Asjes |
Succeeded by | Jaime Córdoba |
Personal details | |
Born | Bernard Denzil Whiteman 20 August 1954 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | Sovereign People |
Bernard "Ben" Denzil Whiteman (born 20 August 1954) is a Curaçaoan politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Curaçao from September 2015 to December 2016. He also was the Minister of Public Health, Environment and Nature since 31 December 2012 in the Asjes-Cabinet and the Hodge-Cabinet before taking the post, retaining the position after becoming prime minister.