Esther Bernabela
Politician from Bonaire
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Esther Bernabela is a Dutch doctor and politician who served as a member of the Island Council of Bonaire as both a member of the Bonaire Patriotic Union (UPB) and as an independent. She was a leader in the UPB before leaving the party in protest of James Kroon. She provided support for a coalition for a Bonaire People's Movement government led by Elvis Tjin Asjoe from 2016 to 2017. She operated a clinic in Bonaire until her retirement in 2022.
Career
Bernabela ran a clinic in Bonaire until her retirement on 31 August 2022.[1]
In the 2015 election Bernabela was elected to one of the nine seats of the Island Council of Bonaire as a member of the Bonaire Patriotic Union (UPB).[2] She held a leadership position in the UPB and was one of multiple UPB leaders to leave the party in protest of James Kroon's leadership.[3]
On 29 April 2016, Bernabela left the UPB and sat on the Island Council as an independent.[4] In 2016, she provided support for a coalition government led by Elvis Tjin Asjoe, a member of the Bonaire People's Movement.[5][6] This coalition government lasted until 2017, when Asjoe formed a new coalition with independent councillors Clark Abraham and Jeanoushka Raphaela. Asjoe ended his coalition with Bernabela and Kroon stating that he was unable to work with them.[7]