Conventional long form: Country of Aruba
Conventional short form: Aruba
Local long form: Land Aruba (Dutch); Pais Aruba (Papiamento)
Local short form: Aruba
History: previous 1947, 1955; latest drafted and approved August 1985, enacted 1 January 1986 (regulates governance of Aruba but is subordinate to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands); in 1986, Aruba became a semi-autonomous entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Chief of state: King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor General Alfonso BOEKHOUDT (since 1 January 2017)
Head of government: Prime Minister Evelyn WEVER-CROES (since 17 November 2017)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the Legislature (Staten)
Elections appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch for a 6-year term; prime minister and deputy prime minister indirectly elected by the Staten for 4-year term; election last held on 27 September 2013 (next to be held by September 2017)
Election results: Evelyn WEVER-CROES (MEP) elected prime minister; percent of legislative vote - NA
Description: unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
Elections: last held on 22 September 2017 (next to be held in September 2021)
Election results: percent of vote by party AVP 39.8%, MEP 37.6%, POR 9.4%, RED 7.1%, other 6.1%; seats by party - AVP 9, MEP 9, POR 2, RED 1; composition as of October 2018 - men 14, women 7, percent of women 33.3%
Judge selection and term of office: Joint Court judges appointed for life by the monarch
Subordinate courts: Court in First Instance
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