Claudia Toet

Claudia Toet is a Dutch politician from The Hague who was appointed Deputy Government Commissioner of the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, a special public body of the Netherlands, in 2021.

Biography Toet was born in The Hague in the mainland Netherlands and spent her childhood there. She worked for ten years for the Municipality of Rotterdam on issues such as at-risk youths, municipal taxes, and law enforcement.

On Sint Eustatius, she first worked as an advisor to its Government Commissioner and as a project manager in the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Career In 2021, Toet wrote the foreword of the Statian Nutrition Recipe Booklet, a government-sponsored cookbook which provides information on more healthy and sustainable eating habits and encourages the consumption of local products rather than imports.

On 2 March 2022, Toet and Francis met with members of the Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations of the Dutch Parliament's Senate. The group discussed solutions to poverty and returning to local democracy. In 2023, Toet resigned as Government Deputy Commissioner to Sint Eustatius in order to take up a role as the Director of the Tax and Customs Administration in the Caribbean Netherlands.