Dutch Empire/Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies

This is a list of the Governors-General of the Dutch east Indies. From 1610-1796 it was under control of the Dutch East India Company.

	Name	In Office	Notes
1	Pieter Both	1610–1614	First Governor-General of the East Indies, after relenquishing his position he drowned on his way back to the Netherlands.
2	Gerard Reynst	1614–1615	Died from dysentery
3	Laurens Reael	1615–1619	Reael resigned following a dispute with the VOC's leadership.
4 and 6	Jan Pieterszoon Coen	1619–1623, 1627–1629	Returned to the Netherlands in 1623, but was reapointed a few years later. He died in 1629.
5	Pieter de Carpentier	1623–1627	Left after being named head of the VOC. The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is named after him.
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	Rijkloff 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	From 1709 until his death in 1713, he was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was a keen explorer, who undertook several smaller and a few larger voyages in the Indies.
19	Christoffel van Swoll	1713–1718
20	Hendrick Zwaardecroon	1718–1725
21	Mattheus de Haan	1725–1729
22	Diederik Durven	1729–1732
23	Dirk van Cloon	1732–1735
24	Abraham Patras	1735–1737
25	Adriaan Valckenier	1737–1741
26	Johannes Thedens	1741–1743
27	Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff	1742–1750
28	Jacob Mossel	1750–1761
29	Petrus Albertus van der Parra	1761–1775
30	Jeremias van Riemsdijk	1775–1777
31	Reinier de Klerk	1777–1780
32	Willem Alting	1780–1796
33	Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten	1796–1801
34	Johannes Siberg	1801–1805
35	Albertus Wiese	1805–1808
36	Herman Willem Daendels	1808–1811
37	Jan Willem Janssens	1811
-	Under British rule	1811–1816
38	G.A.G.Ph. Baron van der Capellen	1816–1826
39	L.P.J. Burggraaf du Bus de Gisignies / Hendrik Merkus de Kock	1826–1830
40	Graaf van den Bosch	1830–1833
41	J.C. Baud	1833–1836
42	D.J. de Eerens	1836–1840
43	C.S.W. Graaf van Hogendorp	1840–1841
44	P. Merkus	1841–1844
45	jhr J.C. Reijnst	1844–1845
46	J.J. Rochussen	1845–1851
47	A.J. Duijmaer van Twist	1851–1856
48	C.F. Pahud	1856–1861
49	L.A.J.W. Baron Sloet van de Beele	1861–1866
50	P. Mijer	1866–1872
51	J. Loudon	1872–1875
52	J.W. van Lansberge	1875–1881
53	F. s'Jacob	1881–1883
54	O. van Rees	1883–1888
55	C. Pijnacker Hordijk	1888–1893
56	jhr. C.H.A. van Wijck	1893–1899
57	W. Rooseboom	1899–1904
58	Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz	1904–1909
59	A.F.W. Idenburg	1909–1916
60	J.P. Graaf van Limburg Stirum	1916–1921
61	D. Fock	1921–1926
62	jhr. A.C.D. de Graeff	1926–1931
63	jhr. B.C. de Jonge	1931–1936
64	Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer	1936–1942	On September 16, 1936, he became Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies. When the Netherlands surrendered to Germany on May 10, 1940, Jhr. van Starkenborgh declared martial law in the East Indies. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese after their conquest.
65	Hubertus Johannes van Mook	1942, 1945–1948
66	Louis Beel	1948–1949	Went on to become the Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
67	A.H.J. Lovink	1949

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