Island council (Netherlands)

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The island council (Dutch: eilandsraad; Papiamentu: konseho insular) is a form of local government in special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands. It is similar to municipal council in the European part of the Netherlands.

List

Currently three island councils exist in:[1]

  1.  Bonaire
  2.  Sint Eustatius
  3. Saba (island) Saba

The island councils were already in existence as

Senate
together with the representatives of the States-Provincial.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 March 2011.