This is a list of governors and colonial administrators of the Dutch East Indies.[1]
| Dutch East India Company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | ||
| 1 | Pieter Both | 19 December 1610 | 6 November 1614 | ||
| 2 | Gerard Reynst | 6 November 1614 | 7 December 1615 | ||
| 3 | Laurens Reael | 7 December 1615 | 21 March 1619 | ||
| 4 | Jan Pieterszoon Coen | 30 April 1618 | 1 February 1623 | ||
| 5 | Pieter de Carpentier | 1 February 1623 | 30 September 1627 | ||
| 6 | Jan Pieterszoon Coen | 30 September 1627 | 21 September 1629 | ||
| 7 | Jacques Specx | 22 September 1629 | 27 September 1632 | ||
| 8 | Hendrik Brouwer | 27 September 1632 | 1 January 1636 | ||
| 9 | Anthony van Diemen | 1 January 1636 | 19 April 1645 | ||
| 10 | Cornelis van der Lijn | 19 April 1645 | 26 April 1650 | ||
| 11 | Carel Reyniersz | 26 April 1650 | 19 May 1653 | ||
| 12 | Joan Maetsuycker | 19 May 1653 | 4 January 1678 | ||
| 13 | Rijckloff van Goens | 4 January 1678 | 25 November 1681 | ||
| 14 | Cornelis Speelman | 25 November 1681 | 11 January 1684 | ||
| 15 | Johannes Camphuys | 11 January 1684 | 24 November 1691 | ||
| 16 | Willem van Outhoorn | 24 September 1691 | 15 August 1704 | ||
| 17 | Joan van Hoorn | 15 August 1704 | 30 October 1709 | ||
| 18 | Abraham van Riebeeck | 30 October 1709 | 17 November 1713 | ||
| 19 | Christoffel van Swoll | 17 November 1713 | 12 November 1718 | ||
| 20 | Hendrick Zwaardecroon | 13 November 1718 | 8 July 1725 | ||
| 21 | Mattheus de Haan | 8 July 1725 | 1 June 1729 | ||
| 22 | Diederik Durven | 1 June 1729 | 28 May 1732 | ||
| 23 | Dirck van Cloon | 28 May 1732 | 10 March 1735 | ||
| 24 | Abraham Patras | 11 March 1735 | 3 May 1737 | ||
| 25 | Adriaan Valckenier | 3 May 1737 | 6 November 1741 | ||
| 26 | Johannes Thedens | 6 November 1741 | 28 May 1743 | ||
| 27 | Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff | 28 May 1743 | 1 November 1750 | ||
| 28 | Jacob Mossel | 1 November 1750 | 15 May 1761 | ||
| 29 | Petrus Albertus van der Parra | 15 May 1761 | 28 December 1775 | ||
| 30 | Jeremias van Riemsdijk | 28 December 1775 | 3 October 1777 | ||
| 31 | Reynier de Klerck | 4 October 1777 | 1 September 1780 | ||
| 32 | Willem Arnold Alting | 1 September 1780 | 17 February 1797 | ||
| Dutch East Indies | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Monarch | ||
| 1 | Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten | 16 August 1796 | 22 August 1801 | Batavian Republic | ||
| 2 | Johannes Siberg | 22 August 1801 | 19 October 1804 | |||
| 3 | Albertus Henricus Wiese | 19 October 1804 | 5 June 1806 | |||
| French interregnum in the Dutch East Indies under the Kingdom of Holland | ||||||
| 3 | Albertus Henricus Wiese | 5 June 1806 | 14 January 1808 | Lodewijk I | ||
| 4 | Herman Willem Daendels | 14 January 1808 | 15 May 1811 | |||
Lodewijk II | ||||||
| 5 | Jan Willem Janssens | 15 May 1811 | 18 September 1811 | Napoleon I | ||
| British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies | ||||||
| — | Robert Rollo Gillespie | 9 August 1811 | 18 September 1811 | George III | ||
| 6 | Thomas Stamford Raffles | 18 September 1811 | 12 March 1816 | |||
| 7 | John Fendall | 12 March 1816 | 19 August 1816 | |||
| Netherlands regained full control with three commissioners-general | ||||||
| 8 | Cornelis Theodorus Elout | 19 August 1816 | 16 January 1819 | Willem I | ||
| Godert van der Capellen | ||||||
| Arnold Adriaan Buyskes | ||||||
| Cornelis Theodorus Elout and Arnold Adriaan Buyskes left | ||||||
| 9 | Godert van der Capellen | 16 January 1819 | 1 January 1826 | Willem I | ||
| 10 | Leonard du Bus de Gisignies | 2 January 1826 | 16 January 1830 | |||
| Hendrik Merkus de Kock | ||||||
| 11 | Johannes van den Bosch | 16 January 1830 | 2 July 1833 | |||
| 12 | Jean Chrétien Baud | 2 July 1833 | 29 February 1836 | |||
| 13 | Dominique Jacques de Eerens | 29 February 1836 | 30 May 1840 | |||
| — | Carel van Hogendorp | 30 May 1840 | 6 January 1841 | |||
| 14 | Pieter Merkus | 6 January 1841 | 2 August 1844 | Willem II | ||
| — | Joan Cornelis Reynst | 2 August 1844 | 30 September 1845 | |||
| 15 | Jan Jacob Rochussen | 30 September 1845 | 12 May 1851 | |||
| 16 | Albertus Duymaer van Twist | 15 May 1851 | 22 May 1856 | Willem III | ||
| 17 | Charles Ferdinand Pahud | 22 May 1856 | 2 September 1861 | |||
| — | Ary Prins | 2 September 1861 | 19 October 1861 | |||
| 18 | Ludolph Sloet van de Beele | 19 October 1861 | 25 October 1866 | |||
| — | Ary Prins | 25 October 1866 | 28 December 1866 | |||
| 19 | Pieter Mijer | 28 December 1866 | 1 January 1872 | |||
| 20 | James Loudon | 1 January 1872 | 26 March 1875 | |||
| 21 | Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge | 26 March 1875 | 12 April 1881 | |||
| 22 | Frederik s'Jacob | 12 April 1881 | 20 January 1884 | |||
| 23 | Otto van Rees | 20 January 1884 | 29 September 1888 | |||
| 24 | Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk | 29 September 1888 | 17 October 1893 | |||
| 25 | Carel Aart van der Wijck | 17 October 1893 | 3 October 1899 | Wilhelmina | ||
| 26 | Willem Rooseboom | 3 October 1899 | 1 October 1904 | |||
| 27 | Johannes van Heutsz | 1 October 1904 | 18 December 1909 | |||
| 28 | Alexander Idenburg | 18 December 1909 | 21 March 1916 | |||
| 29 | Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum | 21 March 1916 | 24 March 1921 | |||
| 30 | Dirk Fock | 24 March 1921 | 6 September 1926 | |||
| 31 | Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff | 6 September 1926 | 11 September 1931 | |||
| 32 | Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge | 12 September 1931 | 16 September 1936 | |||
| 33 | Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh | 16 September 1936 | 8 March 1942 | |||
| Japanese occupation and the Indonesian National Revolution | ||||||
| — | Hubertus Johannes van Mook | 8 March 1942 | 15 October 1948 | Wilhelmina | ||
| — | Louis Joseph Maria Beel | 29 October 1948 | 18 May 1949 | Juliana | ||
| — | Antonius Hermanus Lovink | 18 May 1949 | 27 December 1949 | |||
| Establishment of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union | ||||||
| — | Petrus Johannes Idenburg | 27 December 1949 | 15 February 1956 | Juliana | ||