He previously served as member of the Estates and government minister of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
[1] In May 2006 he earned his degree in jurisprudence from Tilburg University under Ernst Hirsch Ballin, with a dissertation titled:"De herdefiniëring van het Koninkrijk".
[2][3] Croes started his political career for the Aruban People's Party as a member of the Island Council of Aruba.
Together with later Minister Benny Sevinger was involved in judicial procedures ending at the European Court of Justice, where the right to vote was declared.
[4] Croes was a candidate for the Christian Democratic Appeal in the 2009 European Parliament election.
[7] Croes served as political adviser to Aruban Prime Minister Mike Eman, with the two calling almost daily.