aruba, with its own constitution, is a representative parliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state. its administration consists of the governor, who represents the monarch, and the (aruban) council of ministers, headed by a prime minister. the sovereign people of aruba are represented by 21 parliamentarians in the parliament of aruba. the governor of aruba is alfonso boekhoudt, and the prime minister is evelyn wever-croes. it has its own central bank and currency, the aruban florin, linked to the u.s. dollar; the u.s. dollar is accepted almost everywhere on the island. aruba has two official languages: its own national language papiamento and the kingdom of the netherlands' dutch language.