Alejandro Felipe Paula also known as Jandi Paula (2 May 1937 – 13 August 2018) was a

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an academic, historian and politician. He served as

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from 28 December 1993 to 31 March 1994. Paula was director of the National Archive of the Netherlands Antilles between 1969 and 1989. He also was a professor and rector at the

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in the 1990s.

Career

Paula was born on

on 2 May 1937. He was partially schooled in Trinidad and Tobago. Paula later studied in the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic and Italy. After the

1969 Curaçao uprising The 1969 Curaçao uprising (known as ''Trinta di Mei'', "Thirtieth of May", in Papiamentu, the local language) was a series of riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands Antilles, a semi-independent country in the ...

Paula served on the Rebuilding commission and the investigationary commission. He served as chair of the latter commission but resigned after being threatened. Paula served as director of the National Archive of the Netherlands Antilles between 1969 and 1989. Paula was a lecturer, and later professor, of sociology, philosophy and human rights at the

from 1990 to 2000. In his last three years he served as

rector magnificus A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a u ...

. On 19 November 1993 a Curaçao status referendum was held. With the outcome in opposition to what she had campaigned for, Prime Minister

Maria Liberia Peters Maria Liberia Peters, also known as Maria Liberia-Peters, (born 20 May 1941) was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1994. Life Born Maria Peters in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, she att ...

resigned. She was succeeded by

Suzanne Camelia-Römer Susanne Camelia-Römer, officially Suzy F.C. Camelia-Römer (born 4 January 1959) is a Curaçao politician of the National People's Party (PNP) and a lawyer. She served two times as Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles in 25 November 1993 � ...

. Paula was appointed as

formateur A formateur (French for "someone who forms, who constitutes") is a politician who is appointed to lead the formation of a coalition government, after either a general election or the collapse of a previous government. The role of the formateur is ...

Governor of the Netherlands Antilles The governor of the Netherlands Antilles was the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Netherlands Antilles and the head of the government of the Netherlands Antilles. Duties With the introduction of the Charter for the Kingd ...

Jaime Saleh Jaime Mercelino Saleh (born 20 April 1941) is a Dutch Antillean politician and former judge. He was a judge on the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Joint Court of Justice of the Net ...

. He managed to form a coalition government which would rule until a government would be formed after the February 1994 general election. Paula himself served as

. His government was sworn in on 28 December 1993. He was succeeded when the government of

Miguel Pourier Miguel Arcangel Pourier (29 September 1938 – 23 March 2013) served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles three times. He first served from 6 July 1979 to December 1979; he next served from 31 March 1994 to 14 May 1998 and he last served ...

was installed on 31 March 1994.

Personal life

Paula married a woman from

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in 1966. The couple has two children. In 2011 the Peter Stuyvesant College was renamed in Paula's honour. Paula died on August 13, 2018 due to health complications.

Works

* ''Slavery in a Nutshell'' (1987) * ''Hoofdmomenten uit de staatkundige ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse Antillen'' (1989) * ''1795: De slavenopstand op Curaçao'' (1994) * ''The Cry of My Life'' (2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paula, Alejandro 1937 births 2018 deaths Curaçao historians Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles Academic staff of the University of Curaçao