Lucille George-Wout
Lucille Andrea George-Wout, born 26 February 1950 in Curaçao, is a Curaçaoan politician who has been the second governor of Curaçao since 4 November 2013. Earlier she was a member of the Island Council for Partido MAN in the early 1990s. For the Party for the Restructured Antilles (PAR) she served as speaker of the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles from 1994 to 1998 and as minister for work and social affairs from 1999 to 2001. On 1 November 2013 Dutch Minister Ronald Plasterk nominated her to the Kingdom’s Council of Ministers, and she was sworn in as governor by King Willem-Alexander on 4 November 2013, succeeding Frits Goedgedrag (who had health issues and was temporarily replaced by Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede). She is married to Herman George and resides in Fort Amsterdam. In 2025 she was made a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau for her public service, culture and social cohesion.
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