Saturday, January 28, 2012
Mrs. L. A. (Lydia) Emerencia Appointed as Bonaire’s New Governor
On Friday, the Council of Ministers agreed with the proposal of the Minister of Interior Affairs Kingdom Relations, Mrs. mr. drs. J.W.E. Spies, to appoint Mrs. L.A. Emerencia, PhD (Lydia) as the new island governor of Bonaire.
Mrs. dr. Lydia Emerencia was born in 1954 in Aruba and is of Bonairean descent, as her father was born on Bonaire. She has family living on the island, and Mrs. Emerencia knows Bonaire well and has been here on many occasions. The new island governor has two children.
Mrs. Emerencia has many year of experience in education, as since 2010, she was the director of the Center for Research and Development at the University of Aruba, and before that she was the rector of the same university. She has two academic titles: a Ph.D. from the Utrechtse School voor Bestuur en Organisatie, University of Utrecht (UU), and a PhD, AbD. from the Katholieke Universiteit of Nijmegen.
She is the successor of Mr. mr. dr. Glenn A.E. Thodé who as of January 1st, has been functioning as the rector of the University of Aruba. The new island governor will be sworn in by the representative of the central government, Mr. Wilbert Stolte, in the Passangrahan on March 1st, 2012. The island governor is appointed for a period of six years. (Source: SXM Island Time)
