Esther Bernabela

Esther Bernabela is a doctor and politician from Bonaire. She is an independent member of the Island Council of Bonaire. In the 2017 election, Bernabela joined a coalition of elected members of the Bonaire Patriotic Union (UPB) and the Bonaire Democratic Party. This replaced the previous 2016 coalition that she was a member of. A former leader of the UPB, she declared herself an independent candidate in March 2016, and withdrew her support from the party in April. However by 2021 she had re-joined the party.

In 2020 she spoke out against the rise in prostitution in Bonaire. She has previously worked for the International University School of Medicine.