Island council (Netherlands Antilles) explained

An island council was the governing body of an island territory, an administrative level of the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution.

Island councils existed for:

• Aruba (until its secession from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986)
  • • Saba

The latter three were until 1 April 1983 ^{[1] [2]} [''[[Wikipedia:NOTRS|better source needed]]] governed by a single island council:

• Windward Islands (Dutch; Flemish: de Bovenwindse eilanden)^[3]

Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

Upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, the island councils of Curaçao and Sint Maarten have become the Estates of Curaçao and the Estates of Sint Maarten respectively. The island councils of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (the Caribbean Netherlands), kept their name and became island councils of the special municipalities of the Netherlands.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson . Will . April 1st- 1983 — April 1st – 2013 . the saba islander . 29 June 2024.
2. Web site: Johnson . Will . The saba islander . The saba islander . 29 June 2024.
3. Web site: LANDSVERORDENING van de 11de februari 1983 tot wijziging van de Eilandenregeling Nederlandse Antillen (P.B. 1951, no. 39). Government of the Netherlands. 10 March 2011. nl.