Sylvius Gerard Marie "Boy" Rozendal (4 July 1928 – 10 June 2003) was an Curaçao politician and journalist.

[1] After graduating high school, he went to the Netherlands to study at the University of Amsterdam, and in 1957, obtained his doctorate in political and social sciences at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Genève, Switzerland.

[2] A major issue for the 1977 elections was the status aparte for Aruba which would make the island a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and no longer subordinate to Curaçao.

[5] The Democratic Party was opposed to a special status,[10] and won a clear victory in the elections.

[7] His tenure was marred by demonstrations and riots in Aruba organised by Betico Croes.