predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
otto r.a. beaujon lucinda da costa gomez-matheeuws april 30 , 2008 curaçao , netherlands antilles curaçao , netherlands antilles antilles national people 's party -lrb- nvp -rrb- march 8 , 1923 6th prime minister of the netherlands antilles 1973 idith a. evertsz-de lanoy juancho evertsz
 1977 juancho evertsz
juancho evertsz

juancho evertsz -lrb- march 8 , 1923 curaçao -- april 30 , 2008 curaçao -rrb- , whose full name was juan miguel gregorio evertsz , was a dutch antillean politician who served as the prime minister of the netherlands antilles between 1973 and 1977 .
evertsz was one of the founding members and leaders of the antilles national people 's party , which is also known by the abbreviation , nvp .
he openly opposed a plan to separate aruba from the netherlands antilles as a separate , autonomous entity within the kingdom of the netherlands during his tenure as prime minister .
evertsz argued that the removal of aruba from the netherlands antilles would undermine the federation of dutch islands in the caribbean .
aruba later seceded from the netherlands antilles in 1986 , but remained within the kingdom of the netherlands .
evertsz also openly clashed with dutch prime minister joop den uyl and the dutch labour party when the uyl proposed full independence for the netherlands antilles .
evertsz vehemently opposed the proposal .
juancho evertsz died on curaçao on april 30 , 2008 , at the age of 85 , leaving behind his wife , two sons -lrb- dennis and kenneth -rrb- and one daughter -lrb- sharline -rrb- .
