Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez

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Moises da Costa Gomez
Da Costa Gomez in 1960

1st Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
In office 18 April 1951 – 15 December 1954 (1951-04-18 – 1954-12-15)
Monarch	Juliana
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Efraïn Jonckheer

Personal details
Born	(1907-10-27)27 October 1907 Otrobanda, Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies
Died	22 November 1966(1966-11-22) (aged 59) Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Political party	National People's Party
Spouse	Lucina da Costa Gomez

Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez (27 October 1907 – 22 November 1966) was the president of the first Governing Council of the Netherlands Antilles and the first Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

Da Costa Gomez was born on 27 October 1907 in Curaçao. At the age of 15, he was given a scholarship to the Netherlands. In 1932, he graduated his law studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In 1935, he received his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam.^[4]^: 194

Da Costa Gomez was, like John Horris Sprockel, a member of the Roman Catholic Party. He founded the National People's Party in the 1940s.^[5] Da Costa Gomez was president of the first Governing Council (Regeringsraad) at the head of a coalition government with the Aruban People's Party (AVP) from 1951 to 1954,^[4]^: 196 and is often referred to as the first Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles.^[6]^[7]

His party negotiated full autonomy at the 1954 Roundtable Conference, involving the Netherlands and Suriname.^[8] Following the 1954 elections, the Democratic Party took over governing the Netherlands Antilles.^[5] Da Costa Gomez remained the leader of the National People's Party; he was succeeded in leadership by Juan Evertsz after his death in 1966.^[5]

Da Costa Gomez's doctoral thesis called for self-government and universal suffrage and inspired his followers as well as the Roman Catholic Party.^[8] Reforms led by Gomez led to legalization of tambú music parties in 1952.^[9] In 1973 a statue of the statesman was unveiled in the center of the Curaçao capital Willemstad.^[2]

He is buried in a monument at the Morada Santa in Bottelier.^[10]

References

^ "Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden". www.delpher.nl (in Dutch). 22 November 1966. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Caribbean monthly bulletin: Volumes 7-9, 1973
^ "Staatkundige geschiedenis periode 1". www.nationaalarchief.cw. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b Gert Oostindie; Emy Maduro (1986). "In het land der overheerser II" (PDF). Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (in Dutch). 100. Dordrecht: Foris Publications.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anderson, William A; Russell R Dynes (1975). Social movements, violence, and change: The May Movement in Curaçao. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. pp. 50–52. ISBN 0-8142-0240-3.
^ "Lezing over Mr. Dr. Moises Frumencio Da Costa Gomez". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Vandaag 55 jaar geleden overleed Doktor". Curacao.nu (in Dutch). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Modern political culture in the Caribbean by Holger Henke, Fred Reńo, page 386
^ The 'air of liberty': narratives of the South Atlantic past by Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger, page 124
^ "Morada Santa - Bottelier". Curacao Cemetery. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

Political offices
Preceded by Office established	Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles 1951–1954	Succeeded by Efraïn F. Jonckheer

v t e Prime ministers of the Netherlands Antilles
Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez Efrain Jonckheer Ciro Domenico Kroon Gerald C. Sprockel Ernesto O. Petronia Ronchi Isa Otto R. A. Beaujon Ronchi Isa Juancho Evertsz Leo A. I. Chance Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws Sylvius Gerard Marie Rozendal Miguel Pourier Don Martina Maria Liberia Peters Don Martina Maria Liberia Peters Suzanne Camelia-Römer Alejandro Felipe Paula Miguel Pourier Suzanne Camelia-Römer Miguel Pourier Etienne Ys Ben Komproe Mirna Louisa-Godett Etienne Ys Emily de Jongh-Elhage

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