Lydia Emerencia

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| office = Island Governor of Bonaire

| monarch = Beatrix
Willem-Alexander

| term_start = 1 March 2012

| term_end = 1 March 2014

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| predecessor = Glenn Thodé

| successor = Edison Rijna

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| birth_date = 1954

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| nationality = Dutch

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| alma_mater = University of Utrecht
Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

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Lydia A. Emerencia (born 1954 in Aruba) was Island Governor of Bonaire from 1 March 2012 to 1 March 2014.{{cite web|title=Lydia Emerencia, new island governor of Bonaire |url=http://www.rijksdienstcn.com/en/archief/januari-2012/lydia-emerencia-new-island-governor-of-bonaire/lydia-emerencia-new-island-governor-of-bonaire?swords=Lydia+Emerencia |website=Rijksdienst Dutch Caribbean |accessdate=18 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118153237/http://www.rijksdienstcn.com/en/archief/januari-2012/lydia-emerencia-new-island-governor-of-bonaire/lydia-emerencia-new-island-governor-of-bonaire?swords=Lydia%2BEmerencia |archivedate=18 November 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Process started for new Bonaire Island Governor|url=http://thedailyherald.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47342:process-started-for-new-bonaire-island-governor-&catid=1:islands-news&Itemid=54|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119044217/http://thedailyherald.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47342:process-started-for-new-bonaire-island-governor-&catid=1:islands-news&Itemid=54|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 19, 2015|website=The Daily Herald|date=28 April 2014}}

Emerencia received a PhD at the University of Utrecht{{cite web|title=Dr. Lydia Emerencia|url=http://cfhutrecht2013.com/the-colonial-legacy-conference/speakers-2/lydia-emerencia/|website=Universiteit Utrecht|accessdate=18 November 2015}} and a PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen. Prior to becoming Island Governor of Bonaire, she was a faculty member of the University of Aruba.{{cite book|last1=Carroll|first1=Kevin Sean|title=Language Maintenance in Aruba and Puerto Rico: Understanding Perceptions of Language Threat|date=2009|publisher=ProQuest|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MQQz7SSCSkC&pg=PA89}}