In Curaçao politics Charles Fernandes Cooper has held several positions: Commissioner of Health and Social affairs of the island territory, island council member, Commissioner of Infrastructure and Public Transportation of the island territory, Member of Parliament, and currently Minister of Traffic, Transportation, and Urban Planning.
As minister, he focuses on improving the infrastructure with an ambitious multi-year maintenance plan. Other topics that have his attention are aviation, shipping, public transport, living, working, road safety, telecommunications, cyber security, and cyber management. His goal is to create a clear noticeable improvement for a sustainable, livable, and prosperous Curaçao.
After completing his vocational study in electrical engineering, he continued in the Netherlands where he obtained degrees in instrument engineering process techniques, and a bachelor chemical engineering at the university of applied sciences in Breda. In 1992, he received his master degree of chemical engineering at the university of Zulia with support of the Isla refinery.