The politics of the Netherlands Antilles, a former constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, existed in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic country, in which the prime minister was the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
Executive power rested with a governor, and a prime minister headed an eight-member Cabinet.
The legislature or Staten elected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms.
Unicameral Estates of the Netherlands Antilles (22 seats; members were elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) Political parties were indigenous to each island.
Joint High Court of Justice, judges appointed by the monarch The Antilles were divided into five insular territories: Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Saba, Sint Eustatius.