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This is a list of governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch East Indies.[1][2]
Governors
[edit]Dutch East India Company rule
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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 | 27 September 1632 | |
8 | Hendrik Brouwer (1581–1643) |
27 September 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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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)
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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
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Cribb & Kahin 2004, pp. 463–465.
- ^ Cahoon, B. "Indonesia". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
Sources
[edit]- Cribb, R. C.; Kahin, A. R. (2004). Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849358.