Francisco Walfrido "Frido" Croes (3 December 1957 – 9 October 2020) was an Aruban politician and schoolteacher who held the office of Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba from 2005 to 2009.
Croes was born on 3 December 1957 in Aruba, one of the Caribbean islands of the Lesser Antilles and a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
[2] Having obtained his havo diploma (secondary school leavers’ certificate), Croes began studying to become a teacher at the Aruban Pedagogical Academy.
[4] In 2004, Croes was asked to assume the portfolio of Education and Administrative Affairs from Fredis Refunjol, after the latter’s appointment to the position of Governor of Aruba.
[2] In the formation of the fourth Oduber Government’s cabinet on 8 November 2005, Frido Croes was named the Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba in the Netherlands,[1] and served in that position until 31 October 2009.