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Tuesday 7 July 2020

Governor of Aruba awards 17 Arubans with royal honors

ORANJESTAD — During the annual ribbon rain last
Friday July 3rd, Governor of Aruba, His Excellen-
cy Alfonso Boekhoudt, awarded a Royal honor
to 17 Arubans in the Order of the Dutch Lion and
in the Order of Orange-Nassau on the occasion
of the celebration of His Majesty de Koning.

Traditionally this ceremony takes place one
day before King’s Day which is on April 27, but
due to the COVID-19 crisis the ribbon rain cer-
emony was postponed to July 3rd. The following
people have been awarded Knight in the Order
of Orange-Nassau: Jacob Bult, Peter Paul Mi-
chael Theodoor Hermans, Imy Josephine Cecile
Heinze-Lasten, Alexander Maarten Nieuwmeyer,
Olga Josefina Buckley en Jan Willem van Nes.

The following persons have been awarded
Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau: Sebas-
tian Israel Falcon, Elizabeth Phillis Craigg, Reuben
Laurence Craigg, Maria Louisa Croes, Rolando
Juan Croes, Edwardo Fernando de Graf, Ja-
cobo Dominico Henriquez, Swinda Anastacia
Thiel, Elba Lucilda Hirschfeld-Smith, George Jozef
Geerman and José Bernardino Andrade do
Salâo.

The Order of Orange-Nassau is a civil and military
Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892
by the Queen regent Emma, acting on behalf of
her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The
order is a chivalric order open to “everyone who
has earned special merits for society”. q