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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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