Bonaire People's Movement | |
Native Name: | Movementu di Pueblo Boneriano |
Abbreviation: | MPB |
Leader: | Elvis Tjin Asjoe |
Leader1 Title: | Leader in the Island Council |
Founders: | Elvis Tjin Asjoe |
Affiliation1 Title: | Senatorial affiliation |
Affiliation1: | Democrats 66 (2019)[1] Labour Party (2023) |
Colors: | Light blue and red |
Seats1 Title: | Island Council |
Seats2 Title: | Electoral College |
Country: | Bonaire |
Country Dab1: | Politics of the Netherlands |
Parties Dab1: | Category:Political parties in Bonaire |
The Bonaire People's Movement (MPB;)[2] is a Dutch local political party in the special municipality of Bonaire.
The Bonaire People's Movement was founded in 2013 by Elvis Tjin Asjoe and Hennyson Thielman. The party received the most votes in the 2015 island council election, winning three seats.[3] It also won the 2019 island council election, winning four seats.[4] In September 2020, island councillor Daisy Coffie left the party but retained her seat, reducing the number of seats to three.[5]