Constitutional change
Aruba achieves status aparte, 1986
Aruba became a separate constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the night Betico Croes suffered his fatal accident.
What happened
On 1 January 1986, Aruba achieved status aparte; Croes had suffered his fatal accident the night before.[1] [2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: Aruba achieved "status aparte" on 1 January 1986, seceding from the Netherlands Antilles and becoming a separate constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands with internal autonomy, on the original condition that Aruba would become fully independent in 1996.
- Status aparte (Wikipedia) link, 1986 status aparte section. Source record
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Claim: On 31 December 1985, the night status aparte took effect, Betico Croes suffered a car accident and lapsed into a coma; he never regained consciousness to witness the achievement and died on 26 November 1986, aged 48, in Utrecht, Netherlands.
- Betico Croes (Wikipedia) link, Accident and death section. Source record