Stanley Mario Betrian (born 1 November 1951)[1] is a Curaçaoan politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Curaçao, in an interim capacity.
He was sworn in on 29 September by Acting Governor Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede.
After Gerrit Schotte submitted the resignation of his cabinet to Governor Frits Goedgedrag on August 3, 2012, the parliament was dissolved.
[4] On his advice, acting governor Van der Pluijm-Vrede (Goedgedrag was abroad for medical treatment)[5] accepted Schotte's resignation, which he had submitted in August, and appointed Betrian as Prime Minister in an interim capacity.
Nonetheless, Schotte calls this a coup d'état and refused to leave his post.