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List of governors of the Dutch East Indies

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This is a list of governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch East Indies.[1][2]

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Governors

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Dutch East India Company rule

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Dutch East India Company
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office
1 Pieter Both
(1568–1615)
19 December 1610 6 November 1614
2 Gerard Reynst
(1568–1615)
6 November 1614 7 December 1615
3 Laurens Reael
(1583–1637)
7 December 1615 21 March 1619
4 Jan Pieterszoon Coen
(1587–1629)
30 April 1618 1 February 1623
5 Pieter de Carpentier
(1586–1659)
1 February 1623 30 September 1627
6 Jan Pieterszoon Coen
(1587–1629)
30 September 1627 21 September 1629
7 Jacques Specx
(1585–1652)
22 September 1629 17 April 1632
8 Hendrik Brouwer
(1581–1643)
18 April 1632 1 January 1636
9 Anthony van Diemen
(1593–1645)
1 January 1636 19 April 1645
10 Cornelis van der Lijn
(1608–1679)
19 April 1645 26 April 1650
11 Carel Reyniersz
(1604–1653)
26 April 1650 19 May 1653
12 Joan Maetsuycker
(1606–1678)
19 May 1653 4 January 1678
13 Rijckloff van Goens
(1619–1682)
4 January 1678 25 November 1681
14 Cornelis Speelman
(1628–1684)
25 November 1681 11 January 1684
15 Johannes Camphuys
(1634–1695)
11 January 1684 24 November 1691
16 Willem van Outhoorn
(1635–1720)
24 September 1691 15 August 1704
17 Joan van Hoorn
(1653–1711)
15 August 1704 30 October 1709
18 Abraham van Riebeeck
(1653–1713)
30 October 1709 17 November 1713
19 Christoffel van Swoll
(1668–1718)
17 November 1713 12 November 1718
20 Hendrick Zwaardecroon
(1667–1728)
13 November 1718 8 July 1725
21 Mattheus de Haan
(1663–1729)
8 July 1725 1 June 1729
22 Diederik Durven
(1676–1740)
1 June 1729 28 May 1732
23 Dirck van Cloon
(1684–1735)
28 May 1732 10 March 1735
24 Abraham Patras
(1671–1737)
11 March 1735 3 May 1737
25 Adriaan Valckenier
(1691–1751)
3 May 1737 6 November 1741
26 Johannes Thedens
(1680–1748)
6 November 1741 28 May 1743
27 Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff
(1705–1750)
28 May 1743 1 November 1750
28 Jacob Mossel
(1704–1761)
1 November 1750 15 May 1761
29 Petrus Albertus van der Parra
(1714–1775)
15 May 1761 28 December 1775
30 Jeremias van Riemsdijk
(1712–1777)
28 December 1775 3 October 1777
31 Reynier de Klerck
(1710–1780)
4 October 1777 1 September 1780
32 Willem Arnold Alting
(1724–1800)
1 September 1780 17 February 1797

Dutch government rule

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Dutch East Indies
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Monarch
1 Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten
(1755–1801)
16 August 1796 22 August 1801
Batavian Republic
(19 January 1795 – 5 June 1806)
2 Johannes Siberg
(1740–1817)
22 August 1801 19 October 1804
3 Albertus Henricus Wiese
(1761–1810)
19 October 1804 5 June 1806
French interregnum in the Dutch East Indies under the Kingdom of Holland
3 Albertus Henricus Wiese
(1761–1810)
5 June 1806 14 January 1808
Lodewijk I
(5 June 1806 – 1 July 1810)
House of Bonaparte
4 Herman Willem Daendels
(1762–1818)
14 January 1808 15 May 1811

Lodewijk II
(1 July 1810 – 9 July 1810)
House of Bonaparte
5 Jan Willem Janssens
(1762–1838)
15 May 1811 18 September 1811
Napoleon I
(9 July 1810 – 18 September 1811)
House of Bonaparte
British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
Robert Rollo Gillespie
(1766–1814)
Acting Governor
9 August 1811 18 September 1811
George III
(9 August 1811 – 19 August 1816)
House of Hanover
6 Thomas Stamford Raffles
(1781–1826)
18 September 1811 12 March 1816
7 John Fendall
(1762–1825)
12 March 1816 19 August 1816
Netherlands regained full control with three commissioners-general
8 Cornelis Theodorus Elout
(1767–1841)
19 August 1816 16 January 1819
Willem I
(19 August 1816 – 16 January 1819)
House of Orange-Nassau
Godert van der Capellen
(1778–1848)
Arnold Adriaan Buyskes
(1771–1838)
Cornelis Theodorus Elout and Arnold Adriaan Buyskes left
9 Godert van der Capellen
(1778–1848)
16 January 1819 1 January 1826
Willem I
(16 January 1819 – 7 October 1840)
House of Orange-Nassau
10 Leonard du Bus de Gisignies
(1780–1849)
De Jure Governor-General
2 January 1826 16 January 1830
Hendrik Merkus de Kock
(1779–1845)
Lieutenant Governor-General
11 Johannes van den Bosch
(1780–1844)
16 January 1830 2 July 1833
12 Jean Chrétien Baud
(1789–1859)
2 July 1833 29 February 1836
13 Dominique Jacques de Eerens
(1781–1840)
29 February 1836 30 May 1840
Carel van Hogendorp
(1788–1856)
Acting Governor-General
30 May 1840 6 January 1841
14 Pieter Merkus
(1787–1844)
6 January 1841 2 August 1844
Willem II
(7 October 1840 – 17 March 1849)
House of Orange-Nassau
Joan Cornelis Reynst
(1798–1871)
Acting Governor-General
2 August 1844 30 September 1845
15 Jan Jacob Rochussen
(1797–1871)
30 September 1845 12 May 1851
16 Albertus Duymaer van Twist
(1809–1887)
15 May 1851 22 May 1856
Willem III
(17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890)
House of Orange-Nassau
17 Charles Ferdinand Pahud
(1803–1873)
22 May 1856 2 September 1861
Ary Prins
(1816–1867)
Acting Governor-General
2 September 1861 19 October 1861
18 Ludolph Sloet van de Beele
(1806–1890)
19 October 1861 25 October 1866
Ary Prins
(1816–1867)
Acting Governor-General
25 October 1866 28 December 1866
19 Pieter Mijer
(1812–1881)
28 December 1866 1 January 1872
20 James Loudon
(1824–1900)
1 January 1872 26 March 1875
21 Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge
(1830–1905)
26 March 1875 12 April 1881
22 Frederik s'Jacob
(1822–1901)
12 April 1881 20 January 1884
23 Otto van Rees
(1823–1892)
20 January 1884 29 September 1888
24 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk
(1847–1908)
29 September 1888 17 October 1893
25 Carel Aart van der Wijck
(1840–1914)
17 October 1893 3 October 1899
Wilhelmina
(23 November 1890 – 8 March 1942)
House of Orange-Nassau
26 Willem Rooseboom
(1843–1920)
3 October 1899 1 October 1904
27 Johannes van Heutsz
(1851–1924)
1 October 1904 18 December 1909
28 Alexander Idenburg
(1861–1935)
18 December 1909 21 March 1916
29 Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum
(1873–1948)
21 March 1916 24 March 1921
30 Dirk Fock
(1858–1941)
24 March 1921 6 September 1926
31 Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff
(1872–1957)
6 September 1926 11 September 1931
32 Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge
(1875–1958)
12 September 1931 16 September 1936
33 Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh
(1888–1978)
16 September 1936 8 March 1942
Japanese occupation and the Indonesian National Revolution
Hubertus Johannes van Mook
(1894–1965)
Lieutenant Governor-General
8 March 1942 15 October 1948
Wilhelmina
(8 March 1942 – 4 September 1948)
House of Orange-Nassau
Louis Joseph Maria Beel
(1902–1977)
High Commissioner
29 October 1948 18 May 1949
Juliana
(4 September 1948 – 27 December 1949)
House of Orange-Nassau
Antonius Hermanus Lovink
(1902–1995)
High Commissioner
18 May 1949 27 December 1949
Establishment of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union
Petrus Johannes Idenburg
(1896–1976)
Director General of General Affairs
27 December 1949 15 February 1956
Juliana
(27 December 1949 – 15 February 1956)
House of Orange-Nassau

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Cribb & Kahin 2004, pp. 463–465.
  2. ^ Cahoon, B. "Indonesia". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

Sources

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