List of governors of the Dutch East Indies

First Flag of the Dutch East India Company

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

Second Flag of the Dutch East India Company
Flag of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East Indies Company
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Governors

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Appointed by the Dutch East India Company

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Dutch East India Company (VOC)
No. Portrait Name From Until
1 Pieter Both 1610 1614
2 Gerard Reynst 1614 1615
3 Laurens Reael 1615 1619
4 Jan Pieterszoon Coen 1619 1623
5 Pieter de Carpentier 1623 1627
6 Jan Pieterszoon Coen 1627 1629
7 Jacques Specx 1629 1632
8 Hendrik Brouwer 1632 1636
9 Anthony van Diemen 1636 1645
10 Cornelis van der Lijn 1645 1650
11 Carel Reyniersz 1650 1653
12 Joan Maetsuycker 1653 1678
13 Rijckloff van Goens 1678 1681
14 Cornelis Speelman 1681 1684
15 Johannes Camphuys 1684 1691
16 Willem van Outhoorn 1691 1704
17 Joan van Hoorn 1704 1709
18 Abraham van Riebeeck 1709 1713
19 Christoffel van Swoll 1713 1718
20 Hendrick Zwaardecroon 1718 1725
21 Mattheus de Haan 1725 1729
22 Diederik Durven 1729 1732
23 Dirck van Cloon 1732 1735
24 Abraham Patras 1735 1737
25 Adriaan Valckenier 1737 1741
26 Johannes Thedens 1741 1743
27 Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff 1743 1750
28 Jacob Mossel 1750 1761
29 Petrus Albertus van der Parra 1761 1775
30 Jeremias van Riemsdijk 1775 1777
31 Reynier de Klerck 1777 1780
32 Willem Arnold Alting 1780 1796

Appointed by the Dutch government

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Dutch East Indies
No. Portrait Name From Until Monarch
1 Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten 1796 1801
Batavian Republic
(19 January 1795 – 5 June 1806)
2 Johannes Siberg 1801 1805
3 Albertus Henricus Wiese 1805 1806
French interregnum in the Dutch East Indies under the Kingdom of Holland (1806–1811)
3 Albertus Henricus Wiese 1806 1808
Louis I
House of Bonaparte
(5 June 1806 – 1 July 1810)
4 Herman Willem Daendels 1808 1811

Louis II
House of Bonaparte
(1 July 1810 – 9 July 1810)

Napoleon I
House of Bonaparte
(9 July 1810 – 18 September 1811)
5 Jan Willem Janssens 1811 1811
British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies (1811–1816)
Robert Rollo Gillespie
Acting General
1811 1811
George III
House of Hanover
(9 August 1811 – 19 August 1816)
6 Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811 1816
7 John Fendall 1816 1816
Dutch regained full control of Dutch East Indies with three commissioners-general
8 Cornelis Theodorus Elout 1816 1819
William I
Willem I
House of Orange-Nassau
(19 August 1816 – 16 January 1819)
Godert van der Capellen
Arnold Adriaan Buyskes
Cornelis Theodorus Elout and Arnold Adriaan Buyskes left
9 Godert van der Capellen 1819 1826
William I
Willem I
House of Orange-Nassau
(16 January 1819 – 7 October 1840)
10 Leonard du Bus de Gisignies
De Jure Governor-General
1826 1830
Hendrik Merkus de Kock
Lieutenant Governor-General
11 Johannes van den Bosch 1830 1833
12 Jean Chrétien Baud 1833 1836
13 Dominique Jacques de Eerens 1836 1840
Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp
Acting Governor-General
1840 1841
14 Pieter Merkus 1841 1844
William II
Willem II
House of Orange-Nassau
(7 October 1840 – 17 March 1849)
Joan Cornelis Reynst
Acting Governor-General
1844 1845
15 Jan Jacob Rochussen 1845 1851
16 Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist 1851 1856
William III
Willem III
House of Orange-Nassau
(17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890)
17 Charles Ferdinand Pahud 1856 1861
Ary Prins
Acting Governor-General
1861 1861
18 Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele 1861 1866
Ary Prins
Acting Governor-General
1866 1866
19 Pieter Mijer 1866 1872
20 James Loudon 1872 1875
21 Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge 1875 1881
22 Frederik s'Jacob 1881 1884
23 Otto van Rees 1884 1888
24 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk 1888 1893
25 Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck 1893 1899
Wilhelmina
House of Orange-Nassau
(23 November 1890 – 4 September 1948)
26 Willem Rooseboom 1899 1904
27 Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz 1904 1909
28 Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg 1909 1916
29 Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum 1916 1921
30 Dirk Fock 1921 1926
31 Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff 1926 1931
32 Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge 1931 1936
33 Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh 1936 1942
Vacancy of the governor-general title under the Japanese occupation
Hubertus Johannes van Mook
Lieutenant Governor-General
1942 1948
Wilhelmina
House of Orange-Nassau
(23 November 1890 – 4 September 1948)
Louis Joseph Maria Beel
High Commissioner
1948 1949
Juliana
House of Orange-Nassau
(4 September 1948 – 27 December 1949)
Antonius Hermanus Johannes Lovink
High Commissioner
1949 1949
Establishment of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union
Petrus Johannes Abram Idenburg
Director General of General Affairs
1949 1956
Juliana
House of Orange-Nassau
(27 December 1949 – 15 February 1956)

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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