Amerigo Thodé

Amerigo C.M. Thodé[2] (born 27 July 1950) is a Curaçaoan politician of the Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK). He served as President of the Estates of Curaçao between November and December 2012 and once again from 24 March 2017 and 11 May 2017.

Amerigo Thodé
President of the Estates of Curaçao
In office
24 March 2017 – 11 May 2017
Preceded byGilmar Pisas
Succeeded byWilliam Millerson
In office
2 November 2012 – 10 December 2012
Preceded byDean Rozier
Succeeded byMarcolino Franco
Personal details
Born (1950-07-27) 27 July 1950[1]
Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyMovement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK)

Career

In the 2000s Thodé served as secretary-general of the Party Workers' Liberation Front 30 May (FOL).[3] He later switched to Movement for the Future of Curaçao. At the first meeting of the Estates of Curaçao on 10 October 2010 Thodé was elected Vice President.[4] On 2 November 2012 Thodé was elected President of the Estates.[5][6] After a new government coalition did not include Thodé's MFK he resigned as President of the Estates on 6 December 2012.[7]

In January 2016 Thodé was convicted of leaking confidential information from a meeting from the College of Financial Oversight. He subsequently shared this information on a radio show and in an MFK press conference. Thodé was sentenced to a conditional fine of 1400 Netherlands Antillean guilder.[8] An appeal verdict at the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba in December 2016 resulted in the same sentence.[9][10][11] He appealed at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands on 4 January 2017. In March 2019 the Attorney General at the Supreme Court stated that there was a legal ground to convict Thodé.[12] In October 2019 Thodé lost his appeal.[13]

For the 2016 elections Thodé held the fifth position on the MFK list.[14] As the MFK obtained four seats he did not enter the Estates.

When Gilmar Pisas became Prime Minister in March 2017 Thodé returned to the Estates on 24 March and once more became President.[15] William Millerson took over the Presidency on 11 May 2017.[16]

References
  1. "Amerigó Thodé" (in Dutch). GerritSchotte.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. Also spelled Amerigó
  3. "Godett weer verdacht van corruptie" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "Nieuwe gouverneurs en regeringen beëdigd" (in Dutch). Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-04-16. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. Aruna Jhagru (3 November 2012). "Thodé unaniem gekozen tot Statenvoorzitter" (in Dutch). Versgeperst.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. "Amerigo Thodé voorzitter nieuwe Staten" (in Dutch). GoCuraçao. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. Leoni Leidel-Schenk (7 December 2012). "Amerigo Thodé dient ontslag in" (in Dutch). Versgeperst.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Voorwaardelijke straf voor Amerigo Thodé" (in Dutch). Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. "Thodé nieuwe Statenvoorzitter" (in Dutch). Antilliaans Dagblad. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "In hoger beroep opnieuw voorwaardelijke geldboete voor Statenlid" (in Dutch). Kiko to pasando. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. "In hoger beroep opnieuw voorwaardelijke geldboete voor Statenlid". Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019.
  12. "Amerigo Thodé maakt weinig kans bij Hoge Raad". curacao.nu. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019.
  13. Dick Drayer. "Amerigo Thodé verliest cassatiezaak". curacao.nu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.
  14. "Kandidatonan" (in Papiamento). Movement for the Future of Curaçao. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  15. "Amerigo Thode Is New President Of Parliament" (in Dutch). Curaçao Chronicle. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  16. "William Millerson is nieuwe Statenvoorzitter" (in Dutch). Knipselkrant Curaçao. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
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