Conventional long form: Country of Aruba
Conventional short form: Aruba
Local long form: Land Aruba (Dutch); Pais Aruba (Papiamento)
Local short form: Aruba
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 25 June 2021 (next to be held by June 2026)
Election results: as leader of the majority party of the ruling coalition, Evelyn WEVER-CROES (MEP) elected prime minister; percent of Staten 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 25 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2025)
Election results: percent of vote by party MEP 35.3%, AVP 31.3%, ROOTS 9.4%, MAS 8%, Accion21 5.8%; seats by party - MEP 9, AVP 7, ROOTS 2, MAS 2, Accion21 1; composition - men 13, women 8, percent of women as of September 2023 - 38.1%
Judge selection and term of office: Joint Court judges appointed for life by the monarch
Subordinate courts: Court in First Instance
Lyrics music: Juan Chabaya 'Padu' LAMPE/Rufo Inocencio WEVER
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