Eugene Rhuggenaath was Prime Minister of Curaçao from May 2017 to June 2021, having previously served as Minister of Economic Development from 2015 to 2017. He was also a Member of Parliament from 2017 to 2021. Since November 2023 he has been an Executive Director at the World Bank Group. He holds an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a BBA from the University of Miami.
He gave the keynote address at the 2nd Mare Forum Curaçao (2018) and was a panellist at the 3rd Mare Forum Curaçao (2019).