Pauldrick François Teodoric "Paul" Croes (born 7 November 1976) is a former Aruban politician who served as the Minister of Social Affairs, Youth and Labor in the Second Eman Cabinet from 2013 to 2017.
Croes subsequently returned to Aruba and entered state service in the international relations department.
[1] Croes became politically active for the Aruban People's Party and in the 2009 general election he obtained a seat in the Parliament of Aruba with 1578 votes.
[4] Croes stated he wished to focus on child abuse, domestic violence, poverty and an increase in job productivity.
[5] In January 2015 a journalist from newspaper Solo di Pueblo made allegations against Croes regarding corruption.
[13] His term in office ended when the government of Evelyn Wever-Croes was sworn in on 17 November 2017, he was succeeded by Glenbert Croes.