List of governors of Suriname

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In the background you can see the presidential and former governor's palace . Most of the gentlemen listed below resided here.

This article lists the governors of Suriname in South America .

used abbreviations

a. i. = ad interim; lat .: "until further notice"
Year = Jonkheer : title of nobility
Mr. = title, master: completed law degree

Governors of Suriname until independence from the Netherlands in 1975

Colony of Francis, Lord Willoughby of Parham

(Royalist, see Charles I, King of England )

1650-1654: Anthony Rowse
1654-1667: William Byam

Abraham Crijnssen conquers Suriname for Zeeland

1667-1667: Maurits de Rama

Reoccupation by the English

1667-1668: Samuel Barry
1668–1668: James Bannister

Suriname, after the reconquest by Crijnssen (period 1668–1799)

1668–1669: Abraham Crijnssen (a. I.)
1669–1671: Philip Julius Lichtenberg
1671–1677: Pieter Versterre
1677–1677: Abel Thisso (a. I. )

1677–1678: Tobias Adriaenssen

1678–1678: Abel Thisso (a. I. )

1678–1680: Johannes Heinsius

1680–1680: Everard van Hemert (a. I.)

1680–1683: Laurens Verboom (a. I.)

1683–1688: Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk

1688–1689: Abraham van Vredenburgh (a. I.)

1689–1696: Johan van Scharphuizen

1696–1707: Mr. Paulus van der Veen

1707-1707: Mr. Willem de Gruyter

1707–1710: François Anthony de Rayneval (a. I. )

1710-1715: Johan de Goyer

1715–1716: François Anthony de Rayneval (a. I. )

1716-1717: Johan de Mahony

1717–1718: François Anthony de Rayneval (a. I. )

1718-1721: Jan Coetier

1721–1722: François Anthony de Rayneval (a. I. )

1722-1727: Mr. Hendrik Temming

1727–1728: François Anthony de Rayneval (a. I. )

1728–1734: Mr. Carel Emilius Henry de Cheusses

1734–1734: Johan Frederik Cornelis de Vries (a. I.)

1734-1735: Mr. Jacob Alexander Henry de Cheusses

1735–1735: Johan Frederik Cornelis de Vries (a. I.)

1735-1737: Mr. Joan Raye

1737-1742: Gerard van de Schepper

1742–1751: Mr. Johan Jacob Mauricius

1751–1752: Hendrik Ernst Baron van Spörcke (a. I. )

1752–1754: Wigbold Crommelin (a. I.)

1754–1756: Pieter Albert van der Meer

1756–1757: Jan Nepveu (a. I. )

1757–1768: Wigbold Crommelin

1768–1779: Jan Nepveu

1779–1783: Bernard Texier

1783–1784: Mr. Wolphert Jacob Beeldsnijder Matroos (a. I. )

1784–1790: Mr. Jan Gerhard Wichers

1790–1802: Jurriaan François de Friderici

British Protectorate (period 1799–1802)

1802–1803: Willem Otto Blois van Treslong (a. I.)
1803-1804: Pierre Berranger

British rule (period April 1804 - February 1816)

1804-1805: Sir Charles Green

1805-1808: William Carlyon Hughes

1808–1809: Sir John Wardlau (a. I. )

1809–1811: Charles, Count Bentinck

1811–1816: Pinson Bonham (a. I.)

see also Napoléon Bonaparte

Suriname is a Dutch colony (February 1816 - January 1950)

1816–1816: Willem Benjamin van Panhuys

1816–1822: Mr. Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant

1822–1828: Abraham de Veer

1828–1831: Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar

1831–1838: Mr. Evert Ludolph Baron van Heeckeren

1838–1839: Mr. Philippus de Kanter (a. I.)

1839–1842: Julius Constantijn Rijk

1842–1842: Mr. Philippus de Kanter (a. I.)

1842–1845: Burchard Jean Elias

1845–1845: Mr. Philippus de Kanter (a. I.)

1845–1852: Reinier Frederick Baron van Raders

1852–1852: Mr. Philippus de Kanter (a. I.)

1852–1852: Coenraad Barends (a. I.)

1852–1855: Jhr. Johann George Otto Stuart von Schmidt on Altenstadt

1855–1859: Charles Pierre Schimpf

1859–1867: Reinhart Frans van Lansberge

1867–1873: Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga

1873–1882: Jhr. Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn

1882–1885: Johannes Herbert AW Baron van Heerdt dead Eversberg

1885–1888: Mr. Hendrik Jan Smidt

1888–1889: Mr. Warmolt Tonckens J. Lz. ( A. I. )

1889-1891: Jhr. Mr. Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman

1891–1896: Jhr. Mr. Titus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck

1896–1902: Mr. Warmolt Tonckens J. Lz. ( A. I. )

1902-1905: Ir. Cornelis Lely

1905–1905: David Hendrik Havelaar (a. I.)

1905–1908: Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg

1908–1908: Mr. Pieter Hofstede Crull (a. I.)

1908-1911: Mr. Dirk Fock

1911–1911: Mr. Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque (a. I. )

1911–1911: Mr. Pieter Hofstede Crull (a. I.)

1911–1916: Willem Dirk Hendrik Baron van Asbeck

1916–1920: Gerard Johan Staal

1920–1921: Mr. Lambertus Johannes Rietberg (a. I.)

1921–1928: Mr. Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid Baron van Heemstra

1928–1928: Mr. Jan Luchies Nysingh (a. I. )

1928–1933: Dr. Abraham Arnold Lodewijk Rutgers

1933–1933: Mr. Dr. Franciscus Laurentius Josephus van Haaren (a. I.)

1933–1944: Prof. Dr. Johannes Coenraad Kielstra

1944–1948: Mr. Johannes Cornelis Brons

1948–1948: Mr. Maarten de Niet ( a.i. )

1948–1949: Dr. Willem Huender

1949–1949: Mr. Maarten de Niet ( a.i. )

Interim regulation (1950–1954) and autonomous land within the kingdom (October 1954 – November 1975)

Flag of the governor of Suriname from 1959 to 1975 (see also flag of Suriname )

1949–1956: Mr. Jan Klaasesz

1956–1956: Mr. Cornelis Nagtegaal (a. I. )

1956–1962: Jan van Tilburg

1962–1963: Archibald Currie (a. I.)

1963–1963: Mr. François Haverschmidt (a. I. )

1963-1964: Archibald Currie

1964–1965: Mr. François Haverschmidt (a. I. )

1965-1968: Mr. Henry Lucien de Vries

1968–1968: Mr. François Haverschmidt (a. I. )

1968–1975: Dr. Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier

Web links

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See also