15 Facts About Jaime Saleh

Jaime Mercelino Saleh was born on 20 April 1941 and is a Dutch Antillean politician and former judge.

Jaime Saleh was a judge on the Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles from 1974 to 1990 and was its president from 1979.

Jaime Saleh was the youngest child in a family of Lebanese immigrants and had eleven siblings.

Jaime Saleh's father worked as a trader and eventually the family became wealthier, which allowed Saleh to study in the Netherlands.

Jaime Saleh then started studying law at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and obtained his degree four years later.

Jaime Saleh subsequently worked shortly as a substitute prosecutor in the Netherlands.

In 1968, Jaime Saleh returned to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and started working as deputy public prosecutor.

In 1974, Jaime Saleh was appointed as judge on the Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles.

Jaime Saleh served as Vice President of the Dutch Navy Military Court for the Netherlands Antilles between 1978 and 1979.

Jaime Saleh was inaugurated as Governor of the Netherlands Antilles on 16 January 1990.

Jaime Saleh had already been thought of by Governor Bernadito M Leito as his successor in 1983.

In September 1995, after Hurricane Luis struck Sint Maarten and looting occurred, Jaime Saleh authorized the first use of Dutch military forces since the 1969 Curacao uprising.

Jaime Saleh was appointed Minister of State of the Dutch Caribbean in 2004.

At the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander on 30 April 2013, Jaime Saleh was the carrier of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Jaime Saleh was President of the Court when it was still known as Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles.