Aruba Passes Secession Legislation

Date: July 20, 1985 • Location: Municipio Los Taques, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.

Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is an island constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Curaçao. In 1986, Aruba became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and acquired the official name.