Island council (Netherlands Antilles)
An island council was the governing body of an island territory, an administrative level of the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution.
Island councils existed for:
- Aruba (until its secession from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986)
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
The latter three were until 1 April 1983 governed by a single island council:
- Windward Islands (Dutch: de Bovenwindse eilanden)
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