Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles

Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Gevolmachtigd Minister van de Nederlandse Antillen) represented the constituent country of the Netherlands Antilles in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Minister Plenipotentiary at the 2010 dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles was Marcel van der Plank. The Minister Plenipotentiary and his cabinet were seated in the "Antillenhuis" (Antilles House) in The Hague.

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