List of governors of the Dutch East Indies

This is a list of governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch East Indies.^[1]^[2]

Governors

Appointed by the Dutch East India Company

Dutch East India Company (VOC)
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Pieter Both (1568–1615)	19 December 1610	6 November 1614
2		Gerard Reynst (1568–1615)	6 November 1614	7 December 1615
3		Laurens Reael (1583–1637)	7 December 1615	21 March 1619
4		Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629)	30 April 1618	1 February 1623
5		Pieter de Carpentier (1586–1659)	1 February 1623	30 September 1627
6		Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629)	30 September 1627	21 September 1629
7		Jacques Specx (1585–1652)	22 September 1629	27 September 1632
8		Hendrik Brouwer (1581–1643)	27 September 1632	1 January 1636
9		Anthony van Diemen (1593–1645)	1 January 1636	19 April 1645
10		Cornelis van der Lijn (1608–1679)	19 April 1645	26 April 1650
11		Carel Reyniersz (1604–1653)	26 April 1650	19 May 1653
12		Joan Maetsuycker (1606–1678)	19 May 1653	4 January 1678
13		Rijckloff van Goens (1619–1682)	4 January 1678	25 November 1681
14		Cornelis Speelman (1628–1684)	25 November 1681	11 January 1684
15		Johannes Camphuys (1634–1695)	11 January 1684	24 November 1691
16		Willem van Outhoorn (1635–1720)	24 September 1691	15 August 1704
17		Joan van Hoorn (1653–1711)	15 August 1704	30 October 1709
18		Abraham van Riebeeck (1653–1713)	30 October 1709	17 November 1713
19		Christoffel van Swoll (1668–1718)	17 November 1713	12 November 1718
20		Hendrick Zwaardecroon (1667–1728)	13 November 1718	8 July 1725
21		Mattheus de Haan (1663–1729)	8 July 1725	1 June 1729
22		Diederik Durven (1676–1740)	1 June 1729	28 May 1732
23		Dirck van Cloon (1684–1735)	28 May 1732	10 March 1735
24		Abraham Patras (1671–1737)	11 March 1735	3 May 1737
25		Adriaan Valckenier (1691–1751)	3 May 1737	6 November 1741
26		Johannes Thedens (1680–1748)	6 November 1741	28 May 1743
27		Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff (1705–1750)	28 May 1743	1 November 1750
28		Jacob Mossel (1704–1761)	1 November 1750	15 May 1761
29		Petrus Albertus van der Parra (1714–1775)	15 May 1761	28 December 1775
30		Jeremias van Riemsdijk (1712–1777)	28 December 1775	3 October 1777
31		Reynier de Klerck (1710–1780)	4 October 1777	1 September 1780
32		Willem Arnold Alting (1724–1800)	1 September 1780	17 February 1797

Appointed by the Dutch government

Dutch East Indies
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Monarch
1		Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755–1801)	16 August 1796	22 August 1801	Batavian Republic (19 January 1795 – 5 June 1806)
2		Johannes Siberg (1740–1817)	22 August 1801	19 October 1804
3		Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761–1810)	19 October 1804	5 June 1806
French interregnum in the Dutch East Indies under the Kingdom of Holland
3		Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761–1810)	5 June 1806	14 January 1808	Louis I House of Bonaparte (5 June 1806 – 1 July 1810)
4		Herman Willem Daendels (1762–1818)	14 January 1808	16 May 1811	Louis I House of Bonaparte (5 June 1806 – 1 July 1810)
					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 (1762–1838)	16 May 1811	18 September 1811
British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
—		Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766–1814) Acting General	9 August 1811	18 September 1811	George III House of Hanover (9 August 1811 – 19 August 1816)
6		Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826)	18 September 1811	12 March 1816
7		John Fendall (1762–1825)	12 March 1816	19 August 1816
Netherlands regained full control with three commissioners-general
8		Cornelis Theodorus Elout (1767–1841)	19 August 1816	16 January 1819	William I Willem I House of Orange-Nassau (19 August 1816 – 16 January 1819)
		Godert van der Capellen (1778–1848)
		Arnold Adriaan Buyskes (1771–1838)
Cornelis Theodorus Elout and Arnold Adriaan Buyskes left
9		Godert van der Capellen (1778–1848)	16 January 1819	1 January 1826	William I Willem I House of Orange-Nassau (16 January 1819 – 7 October 1840)
10		Leonard du Bus de Gisignies (1780–1849) De Jure Governor-General	2 January 1826	16 January 1830
10		Hendrik Merkus de Kock (1779–1845) Lieutenant Governor-General	2 January 1826	16 January 1830
11		Johannes van den Bosch (1780–1844)	16 January 1830	2 July 1833
12		Jean Chrétien Baud (1789–1859)	2 July 1833	29 February 1836
13		Dominique Jacques de Eerens (1781–1840)	29 February 1836	30 May 1840
—		Carel van Hogendorp (1788–1856) Acting Governor-General	30 May 1840	6 January 1841
14		Pieter Merkus (1787–1844)	6 January 1841	2 August 1844	William II Willem II House of Orange-Nassau (7 October 1840 – 17 March 1849)
—		Joan Cornelis Reynst (1798–1871) Acting Governor-General	2 August 1844	30 September 1845
15		Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797–1871)	30 September 1845	12 May 1851
16		Albertus Duymaer van Twist (1809–1887)	15 May 1851	22 May 1856	William III Willem III House of Orange-Nassau (17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890)
17		Charles Ferdinand Pahud (1803–1873)	22 May 1856	2 September 1861
—		Ary Prins (1816–1867) Acting Governor-General	2 September 1861	19 October 1861
18		Ludolph Sloet van de Beele (1806–1890)	19 October 1861	25 October 1866
—		Ary Prins (1816–1867) Acting Governor-General	25 October 1866	28 December 1866
19		Pieter Mijer (1812–1881)	28 December 1866	1 January 1872
20		James Loudon (1824–1900)	1 January 1872	26 March 1875
21		Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge (1830–1905)	26 March 1875	12 April 1881
22		Frederik s'Jacob (1822–1901)	12 April 1881	20 January 1884
23		Otto van Rees (1823–1892)	20 January 1884	29 September 1888
24		Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk (1847–1908)	29 September 1888	17 October 1893
25		Carel Aart van der Wijck (1840–1914)	17 October 1893	3 October 1899	Wilhelmina House of Orange-Nassau (23 November 1890 – 8 March 1942)
26		Willem Rooseboom (1843–1920)	3 October 1899	1 October 1904
27		Johannes van Heutsz (1851–1924)	1 October 1904	18 December 1909
28		Alexander Idenburg (1861–1935)	18 December 1909	21 March 1916
29		Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum (1873–1948)	21 March 1916	24 March 1921
30		Dirk Fock (1858–1941)	24 March 1921	6 September 1926
31		Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (1872–1957)	6 September 1926	11 September 1931
32		Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge (1875–1958)	12 September 1931	16 September 1936
33		Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh (1888–1978)	16 September 1936	8 March 1942
Japanese occupation and the Indonesian National Revolution
—		Hubertus Johannes van Mook (1894–1965) Lieutenant Governor-General	8 March 1942	15 October 1948	Wilhelmina House of Orange-Nassau (8 March 1942 – 4 September 1948)
—		Louis Joseph Maria Beel (1902–1977) High Commissioner	29 October 1948	18 May 1949	Juliana House of Orange-Nassau (4 September 1948 – 27 December 1949)
—		Antonius Hermanus Lovink (1902–1995) High Commissioner	18 May 1949	27 December 1949
Establishment of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union
—		Petrus Johannes Idenburg (1896–1976) Director General of General Affairs	27 December 1949	15 February 1956	Juliana House of Orange-Nassau (27 December 1949 – 15 February 1956)