Status aparte (Latin for "separate state") refers to the special status of Aruba between 1986 and 2010 as a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, separate from the Netherlands Antilles to which it belonged until 1986. With the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October 2010, the term status aparte was no longer used, as the status of Aruba was no longer separate, but rather the norm for all countries within the Kingdom.[1]
- ^ Piet Hein Donner (21 July 2011). "De Toekomst van het Koninkrijk" (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 January 2022.
... en verloor Aruba haar «status aparte»; haar positie was niet langer apart maar de norm voor alle landen van het Koninkrijk.