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 |
William II Willem II House of Orange-Nassau (7 October 1840 – 17 March 1849) |
14 | | Pieter Merkus | 1841 | 1844 |
— | | Joan Cornelis Reynst Acting Governor-General | 1844 | 1845 |
15 | | Jan Jacob Rochussen | 1845 | 1851 |
William III Willem III House of Orange-Nassau (17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890) |
16 | | Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist | 1851 | 1856 |
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 |
Wilhelmina House of Orange-Nassau (23 November 1890 – 4 September 1948) |
25 | | Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck | 1893 | 1899 |
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) |