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]
Governors
Company appointed
Government-appointed
Dutch East Indies | |||||
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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) | |||||
— | Rollo Gillespie Acting General | 1811 | 1811 | George III House of Hanover (9 August 1811 – 19 August 1816) | |
6 | 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 | ||
18 | Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele | 1861 | 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 of the Dutch East Indies | 1948 | 1949 | Juliana House of Orange-Nassau (4 September 1948 – 27 December 1949) | |
— | Antonius Hermanus Johannes Lovink High Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies | 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
Footnotes
- ^ Cribb & Kahin 2004, pp. 463–465.
- ^ Cahoon, B. "Indonesia". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
Sources
- Cribb, R. C.; Kahin, A. R. (2004). Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849358.
External links
- Indonesia list of authority