Jaime Córdoba (politician)
{{Short description|Curaçaoan politician (1950–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jaime Córdoba
| image = Jaime Cordoba di Soberano (cropped).png
| alt =
| caption = Córdoba in 2014
| office1 = Minister for Social Development, Work and Welfare
| primeminister1 = Hensley Koeiman
Gilmar Pisas
| term_start1 = 23 December 2016
| term_end1 = 29 May 2017
| predecessor1 = Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia
| successor1 = Hensley Koeiman
| office2 = Member of the Estates of Curaçao
| term_start2 = 29 April 2017
| term_end2 = 11 May 2021
| term_start3 = 2010
| term_end3 = 23 December 2016
| office4 = Vice President of the Estates of Curaçao
| term_start4 = 2012
| term_end4 = 8 December 2015
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 = Humphrey Davelaar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|10|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Netherlands Antilles (now Curaçao)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|12|15|1950|10|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Groningen, the Netherlands
| party = Sovereign People (Pueblo Soberano, PS) (until 2020), Independent (after 2020)
| alma_mater =
| religion =
| website = |
}}
Jaime Córdoba (11 October 1950 – 15 December 2024) was a Curaçaoan politician of the Sovereign People (PS) political party. Between 23 December 2016 and 29 May 2017, he was Minister for Social Development, Work, and Welfare. He was a member of the Estates of Curaçao between 2010 and December 2016 and once more from 2017 until 2021. He served as vice president of the Estates between 2012 and 2015. From December 2015 until October 2018 Córdoba served as political leader of the Sovereign People political party. He was the party leader in the Estates from December 2015 until he was appointed Minister.
Life and career
Córdoba was born in Netherlands Antilles on 11 October 1950.{{cite web|author= |url=https://edsonevertsz.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/kandidato-elekshon.pdf |title=Lijsten van kandidaten |language=Dutch |publisher=edsonevertsz |date= |accessdate=31 December 2015}} He originally worked as a policeman. He was a member of the Estates of Curaçao for Sovereign People since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.de-surinaamse-krant.com/2015/12/curacaos-statenlid-cordoba-enige.html |title=Curaçao's Statenlid Cordoba enige kandidaat voor functie leider Pueblo Soberano |language=Dutch |publisher=De Surinaamese Krant |date=7 December 2015 |accessdate=31 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040823/http://www.de-surinaamse-krant.com/2015/12/curacaos-statenlid-cordoba-enige.html |url-status=usurped }} On 2 November 2012, he was elected as Vice-President of the Estates.{{cite web |author=Aruna Jaghru |url=http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/179507/thode-unaniem-gekozen-tot-statenvoorzitter.html |title=Thodé unaniem gekozen tot Statenvoorzitter |language=Dutch |publisher=Versgeperst |date=3 November 2012 |accessdate=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803091546/http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/179507/thode-unaniem-gekozen-tot-statenvoorzitter.html |archive-date=3 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} The same month Córdoba stated that he was offered 2 million Netherlands Antillean guilder to withdraw his support from the government, which was based on 11 of 21 seats of the Estates.{{cite web|author=Milou de Bats |url=http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/183683/twee-miljoen-voor-opzegging-steun-coalitie.html |title=Twee miljoen voor opzeggen steun coalitie |language=Dutch |publisher=Versgeperst |date=28 November 2012 |accessdate=31 December 2015}}
Then in May 2013 the leader of Sovereign People, Helmin Wiels, who saw Córdoba as a future candidate for a post as Minister was assassinated. When the cabinet of Prime Minister Ivar Asjes was formed Córdoba could have become Minister of Social Affairs, Work & Welfare. He however decided against it, as to not lose party experience in the Estates and let Jeanne-Marie Francisca become minister.{{cite web|author= |url=http://obsession-magazine.nl/?p=32995 |title=Curaçao: Door vermoorde Wiels gewenst parlementslid Jaime Cordoba geen minister – Cordoba zou in parlement willen blijven vanwege zijn ervaring |language=Dutch |publisher=Obsession Magazine |date=31 May 2013 |accessdate=31 December 2015}}
Córdoba was succeeded as Vice President of the Estates on 8 December 2015 by Humphrey Davelaar.{{cite web|author= |url=http://curacaochronicle.com/politics/davelaar-elected-as-vice-president-of-parliament/ |title=Davelaar Elected As Vice President Of Parliament |publisher=Curaçao Chronicle |date=8 December 2015 |accessdate=6 January 2016}} He was the political leader of Pueblo Soberano since 14 December 2015, when he succeeded Helmin Wiels. He was the sole candidate in the party elections.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dolfijnfm.com/jaime-cordoba-nieuwe-leider-pueblo-soberano/ |title=Jaime Cordoba nieuwe leider Pueblo Soberano |language=Dutch |publisher=Dolfijn FM |date=14 December 2014 |accessdate=31 December 2015}} Córdoba became faction leader of Pueblo Soberano in the Estates on 16 December 2015, taking over from Melvin Cijntje.{{cite web|url=http://curacaochronicle.com/politics/cordoba-faction-leader-ruling-party-ps/ |title=Cordoba Faction Leader Ruling Party PS |publisher=Curaçao Chronicle |date=28 December 2015 |accessdate=31 December 2015}}
Córdoba was named Minister for Social Development, Work and Welfare in the Hensley Koeiman cabinet which was installed on 23 December 2016.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.kkc-curacao.com/pfm-vandaag-benoeming-kabinet-koeiman/ |title=Vandaag benoeming kabinet Koeiman |publisher=Knipselkrant Curaçao |date=23 December 2016 |accessdate=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230010116/http://www.kkc-curacao.com/pfm-vandaag-benoeming-kabinet-koeiman/ |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=usurped }} His appointment ended his term in the Estates.{{cite web|last1=Drayer |first1=Dick |url=https://curacao.nu/voormalig-minister-en-parlementarier-jaime-cordoba-overleden/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229203700/https://curacao.nu/voormalig-minister-en-parlementarier-jaime-cordoba-overleden/ |title=Voormalig minister en parlementariër Jaime Cordobá overleden |language=nl |website=curacao.nu |date=15 December 2024 |archive-date=29 December 2024}} He kept his position in the cabinet of Gilmar Pisas, which took office on 24 March 2017.{{cite web|author= |url=http://antilliaansdagblad.com/curacao/15448-ministers-interim-kabinet-bekend |title=Ministers interim-kabinet bekend |language=Dutch |publisher=Antilliaans Dagblad |date=23 March 2017 |accessdate=28 March 2017}} On 29 May 2017, the Pisas cabinet was succeeded by that of Eugene Rhuggenaath.{{cite web|author= |url=http://curacaochronicle.com/main/new-curacao-government-under-the-leadership-of-rhuggenaath-sworn-in/ |title=New Curaçao Government Under The Leadership Of Rhuggenaath Sworn In |publisher=Curaçao Chronicle |date=29 May 2017 |accessdate=5 June 2017}} After the 2017 general election the PS obtained one seat, which was occupied by Córdoba.{{cite web|url=http://curacaochronicle.com/politics/vote-getter-larmonie-cecilia-resigns-from-pueblo-soberano/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928062758/http://curacaochronicle.com/politics/vote-getter-larmonie-cecilia-resigns-from-pueblo-soberano/ |title=Vote Getter Larmonie-Cecilia Resigns From Pueblo Soberano |publisher=Curaçao Chronicle |date=27 September 2017 |archive-date=28 September 2017}} In October 2018, Córdoba was succeeded as leader of Sovereign People by Ben Whiteman.{{cite web|url=https://curacao.nu/ben-whiteman-gekozen-tot-nieuwe-leider-pueblo-soberano/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212173314/https://curacao.nu/ben-whiteman-gekozen-tot-nieuwe-leider-pueblo-soberano/ |title=Ben Whiteman gekozen tot nieuwe leider Pueblo Soberano |language=nl |website=curacao.nu |date=8 October 2018 |archive-date=12 December 2023}} In December 2020 Córdoba left Sovereign People and continued as an independent member in the Estates. He remained in the Estates until the new Estates convened for the first time after the 2021 Curaçao general election, on 11 May 2021.{{cite web|url=https://antilliaansdagblad.com/nieuws-menu/curacao/22833-statenlid-cordoba-verlaat-ps |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102192745/https://antilliaansdagblad.com/nieuws-menu/curacao/22833-statenlid-cordoba-verlaat-ps |title=Statenlid Córdoba verlaat PS |language=nl |publisher=Antilliaans Dagblad |date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://paradisefm.cw/94640-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227082044/https://paradisefm.cw/94640-2/ |title=Oud-politicus Jaime Córdoba (74) overleden |language=nl |publisher=Paradise FM |date=16 December 2024 |archive-date=27 December 2024}}
In the final years of his life Córdoba lived in the Netherlands. He died in a nursing home in Groningen, on 15 December 2024, at the age of 74.{{cite web|url=https://nu.cw/2024/12/15/voormalig-minister-jaime-cordoba-overleden/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215185901/https://nu.cw/2024/12/15/voormalig-minister-jaime-cordoba-overleden/ |title=Voormalig minister Jaime Cordoba overleden |language=nl |website=nu.cw |date=15 December 2024 |archive-date=15 December 2024}}
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