List of governors of the Dutch East Indies

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First Flag of the Dutch East India Company

This is a list of governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch East Indies.

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Governors

Company appointed

Dutch East India Company (VOC)
No.	Portrait	Name	From	Until
1	107x107px	Pieter Both	1610	1614
2	105x105px	Gerard Reynst	1614	1615
3	141x141px	Laurens Reael	1615	1619
4	108x108px	Jan Pieterszoon Coen	1619	1623
5	100x100px	Pieter de Carpentier	1623	1627
6	108x108px	Jan Pieterszoon Coen	1627	1629
7	102x102px	Jacques Specx	1629	1632
8	100x100px	Hendrik Brouwer	1632	1636
9	109x109px	Anthony van Diemen	1636	1645
10	106x106px	Cornelis van der Lijn	1645	1650
11	110x110px	Carel Reyniersz	1650	1653
12	103x103px	Joan Maetsuycker	1653	1678
13	100x100px	Rijckloff van Goens	1678	1681
14	101x101px	Cornelis Speelman	1681	1684
15	100x100px	Johannes Camphuys	1684	1691
16	104x104px	Willem van Outhoorn	1691	1704
17		Joan van Hoorn	1704	1709
18	97x97px	Abraham van Riebeeck	1709	1713
19	103x103px	Christoffel van Swoll	1713	1718
20	102x102px	Hendrick Zwaardecroon	1718	1725
21	106x106px	Mattheus de Haan	1725	1729
22	103x103px	Diederik Durven	1729	1732
23	97x97px	Dirck van Cloon	1732	1735
24	98x98px	Abraham Patras	1735	1737
25		Adriaan Valckenier	1737	1741
26	94x94px	Johannes Thedens	1741	1743
27		Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff	1743	1750
28	93x93px	Jacob Mossel	1750	1761
29	101x101px	Petrus Albertus van der Parra	1761	1775
30	94x94px	Jeremias van Riemsdijk	1775	1777
31	93x93px	Reinier de Klerk	1777	1780
32	95x95px	Willem Arnold Alting	1780	1796

Government appointed

Dutch East Indies
No.	Portrait	Name	From	Until	Monarch
1	145x145px	Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten	1796	1801	150x150px Batavian Republic (19 January 1795 – 5 June 1806)
2	147x147px	Johannes Siberg	1801	1805
3	144x144px	Albertus Henricus Wiese	1805	1806
French Interregnum in the Dutch East Indies under the Kingdom of Holland (1806–1811)
3	144x144px	Albertus Henricus Wiese	1806	1808	Louis I House of Bonaparte (5 June 1806 – 1 July 1810)
4	145x145px	Herman Willem Daendels	1808	1811
					Louis II House of Bonaparte (1 July 1810 – 9 July 1810)
					107x107px Napoleon I House of Bonaparte (9 July 1810 – 1811)
5		Jan Willem Janssens	1811	1811
British Interregnum in the Dutch East Indies (1811–1816)
—	140x140px	Robert Rollo Gillespie Acting General	1811	1811	George III House of Hanover (1811 – 1816)
6		Stamford Raffles	1811	1816
7	202x202px	John Fendall Jr.	1816	1816
Dutch Regain Full Control of Dutch East Indies, with three joint Commissioners-General of the Dutch East Indies
8	169x169px	Cornelis Theodorus Elout	1816	1819	William I Willem I House of Orange-Nassau (1816 – 7 October 1840)
	139x139px	Godert van der Capellen
	148x148px	Arnold Adriaan Buyskes
Cornelis Theodorus Elout and Arnold Adriaan Buyskes leave
9	139x139px	Godert van der Capellen	1819	1826	William I Willem I House of Orange-Nassau (1816 – 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	148x148px	Jean Chrétien Baud	1833	1836
13	158x158px	Dominique Jacques de Eerens	1836	1840
—	145x145px	Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp Acting	1840	1841
					105x105px William II Willem II House of Orange-Nassau (7 October 1840 – 17 March 1849)
14		Pieter Merkus	1841	1844
—	120x120px	Joan Cornelis Reynst Acting	1844	1845
15		Jan Jacob Rochussen	1845	1851
					101x101px William III Willem III House of Orange-Nassau (17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890)
16		Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist	1851	1856
17	157x157px	Charles Ferdinand Pahud	1856	1861
18	154x154px	Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele	1861	1866
19	160x160px	Pieter Mijer	1866	1872
20	164x164px	James Loudon	1872	1875
21	167x167px	Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge	1875	1881
22	149x149px	Frederik s'Jacob	1881	1884
23		Otto van Rees	1884	1888
24	186x186px	Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk	1888	1893
					Wilhelmina House of Orange-Nassau (23 November 1890 – 4 September 1948)
25	168x168px	Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck	1893	1899
26	174x174px	Willem Rooseboom	1899	1904
27	167x167px	Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz	1904	1909
28	166x166px	Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg	1909	1916
29	178x178px	Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum	1916	1921
30	190x190px	Dirk Fock	1921	1926
31	193x193px	Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff	1926	1931
32	152x152px	Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge	1931	1936
33	181x181px	Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer	1936	1942
—	187x187px	Hubertus van Mook Acting	1942	1948
—	173x173px	Louis Beel High Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies	1948	1949	109x109px Juliana House of Orange-Nassau (4 September 1948 – 27 December 1949)
—	162x162px	A.H.J Lovink High Commissioner of the Crown in the Dutch East Indies	1949	1949

See also

• Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
• President of Indonesia
  • List of presidents of Indonesia
• Prime Minister of Indonesia

External links

• Indonesia list of authority