Evelina Betancourt-Anthony

Evelina Betancourt-Anthony (born 1950) is an Aruban-born Bonairean health administrator and politician. From 1 December 2015 she served as acting Lieutenant Governor of the island for one year, filling the duties of Lieutenant Governor Edison Rijna in his absence.

Early life Evelina Anthony was born in 1950,

Career She had two children and did volunteer work. Anthony went to school, taking law courses at the University of the Netherlands Antilles in Curaçao. After two years, she was offered a position in the administrative department at a health clinic in Nort Saliña. After two years, she took a government post in 1990 as a health project coordinator for the entire Netherlands Antilles, which required a lot of travel to various islands. In 1996, Anthony also became involved with the Association for Nursing and Care for the Elderly being elected as chair of the association a few months after her first meeting with the board.

In 1999, Anthony decided to enter politics and when her party won the elections, she was appointed as Deputy over Health Care. It was a time of change on the island, as before the police had operated the ambulance service and most major care required that patients be sent via boat to Curaçao. A supervisory board was established to take over the ambulance service, and home health care, and provide training for health workers. In 2000, Anthony was appointed as a Minister in the government at The Hague and returned to the Netherlands for two years. She returned to Bonaire and resumed the chair of the association, Under the new system, the chair was a rotating position on the board, and Anthony served at the facility until 2014.