Etienne van der Horst

Etienne van der Horst (born 28 August 1958) is a Curaçaoan politician. A member of the Partido pa Adelanto I Inovashon Soshal, he was Minister of Government Policy, Planning and Service from 31 December 2012 to 23 December 2016.

Career Van der Horst was born on 28 August 1958. He studied urban design at Delft University of Technology between 1977 and 1984.

Van der Horst started working for the Service for Urban Development and Housing of Curaçao (DROV) in 1985, and kept working there in different functions until 2002. He was head of the organisation from 1991. Between June 2003 and the start of his term as Minister, Van der Horst worked for the Curacao Airport Partners N.V, first as deputy general manager and from 2009 as Chief Corporate Services Officer and as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Van der Horst was replaced by in the Hensley Koeiman cabinet which was installed on 23 December 2016.