Background
Croes, Hendrik S. was born on January 8, 1942 in Aruba.
Croes, Hendrik S. was born on January 8, 1942 in Aruba.
University of Leyden, The Netherlands (Master of Laws, 1967). Spoken languages: Dutch, Spanish, English, Papiamento, German and French.
Worked at Croes, Wever & Tchong (Oranjestad) specializing in Trademark Agent (Aruba Marks Review) and through Arulex North.V. Trust Services, Agent for the incorporation and management of Tax-Exempt and other Offshore Companies and Banks. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Minister of Education & Constitutional Affairs of the Netherlands Antilles, 1973-1976.
Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs of the Netherlands Antilles, 1979-1981.
Minister of Preparing the Constitutional Status of Aruba, Government of the Netherlands Antilles, 1984-1985. Minister of Public Health of the Netherlands Antilles, September 1985-December 1985.
Minister of Justice of Aruba, February 1989-March 1993. The firm has established through the years a broad spectrum of quality legal services (since mid 1995 also in the field of domestic and international taxation) to its clients in Aruba as well as on all continents, mainly North America, Europe, and Latin America in all the fields mentioned above and as Croes & Wever, it is presently the longest-standing partnership under the jurisdiction of the Common Court of Appeals of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.