Gerrit Fransisco Schotte (Dutch: [ˈɣɛrət frɑnˈsiskoː ˈɕɔtə];[citation needed] born 9 September 1974) is a Curaçaoan politician, and the current leader of the Movementu Futuro Kòrsou (MFK).

In March 2016, Schotte was sentenced to 3 years in prison for bribery and money laundering, committed when he was in office as Prime Minister.

Schotte received the highest number of votes for a candidate not a party leader in any election in the Netherlands Antilles.

On 16 September 2010, the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles appointed Schotte - as formateur for the incoming government of Curaçao per 10 October 2010.

The Cabinet-Schotte was installed on 10 October 2010:[6] After Schotte was forced to resign his cabinet to governor Frits Goedgedrag on August 3, 2012 parliament was dissolved.

[7] On his advice, acting governor Van der Pluijm-Vrede (Goedgedrag was abroad for medical treatment)[8] accepted Schotte's resignation which he offered in August, and appointed and swore in Betrian.

[13] On 5 April 2017 the homes of Schotte, former Minister Charles Cooper (politician) [pap], and a businessman were raided by justice authorities.

He founded “The Shoppers”, a purchasing and import office, (1995-2000), “Bad BoyzToyz”, a paintball club, and “Food4U Delivery Service” (2000-2002), which did not make it due to debt and fraud.