List of colonial governors of Suriname
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This is a list of colonial governors of Suriname. Suriname is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. Suriname was first colonized by the British, and captured by the Dutch in 1667, who governed it as Dutch Guiana until 1954. The country of Suriname achieved independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 25 November 1975.
List of Colonial Heads of Suriname
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| English suzerainty | ||
| English settlement at Willoughby | ||
| 1650 – 1654 | Anthony Rowse, Governor | |
| 1654 – 27 February 1667 | William Byam, Governor | |
| Dutch suzerainty | ||
| Dutch colony | ||
| 27 February 1667 – 18 October 1667 | Maurits de Rama, Governor | |
| 18 October 1667 – 3 November 1667 | John Harman, Governor | |
| 3 November 1667 – 1 February 1668 | Samuel Barry, Governor | |
| 1668 – 18 June 1669 | Abraham Crijnssen, acting Governor | |
| 1669 – 1671 | Philip Julius Lichtenberg, Governor | |
| 1671 – 1677 | Pierre Versterre, acting Governor | |
| 1677 | Abel Thisso, acting Governor | |
| 1677 – 1678 | Tobias Adriaensen, Governor | |
| 1678 – April 1680 | Johannes Heinsius, Governor | |
| 1680 | Everhard van Hemert, acting Governor | |
| 1680 – 1683 | Laurens Verboom, acting Governor | |
| 1683 – 19 July 1688 | Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, Governor | |
| 1688 – 1689 | Abraham van Vredenburgh, acting Governor | |
| 1689 – 1696 | Johan van Scharphuizen, Governor | |
| 14 May 1696 – 2 March 1707 | Paulus van der Veen, Governor | |
| 2 March 1707 – 27 September 1707 | William de Gruyter, Governor | |
| 27 September 1707 – 19 January 1710 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 19 January 1710 – 28 July 1715 | Johan de Goyer, Governor | |
| 28 July 1715 – 22 January 1716 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 22 January 1716 – 4 October 1717 | Johan de Mahony, Governor | |
| 4 October 1717 – 2 March 1718 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 3rd time |
| 2 March 1718 – 4 September 1721 | Jan Coetier, Governor | |
| 4 September 1721 – 1 March 1722 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 4th time |
| 1 March 1722 – 17 September 1727 | Hendrik Temminck, Governor-General | |
| 17 September 1727 – 9 November 1728 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor-General | 5th time |
| 9 November 1728 – 26 January 1734 | Karel Emilius Henry de Cheusses, Governor-General | |
| 26 January 1734 – 11 December 1734 | Johan Fredrik Cornelis de Vries, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 11 December 1734 – 26 January 1735 | Jacob Alexander Henry de Cheusses, Governor-General | |
| 26 January 1735 – 4 March 1735 | Johan Fredrik Cornelis de Vries, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 4 March 1735 – 22 December 1735 | Council | |
| 22 December 1735 – 11 August 1737 | Johan Raye van Brenelerwaard, Governor-General | |
| 11 August 1737 – 15 October 1742 | Gerrit van de Schepper, Governor-General | |
| 15 October 1742 – 23 April 1751 | Johan Jacob Mauricius, Governor-General | |
| 23 April 1751 – 7 September 1752 | Hendrik Ernst baron van Spörcke, acting Governor-General | |
| 7 September 1752 – 22 October 1754 | Wigbold Crommelin, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 22 October 1754 – 24 August 1756 | Pieter Albert van der Meer, Governor-General | |
| 24 August 1756 – 21 January 1757 | Jan Nepveu, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 21 January 1757 – 22 November 1768 | Wigbold Crommelin, Governor-General | Acting – 20 September 1757, 2nd time |
| 22 November 1768 – 27 February 1779 | Jan Nepveu, Governor-General | Acting – 8 March 1770, 2nd time |
| 27 February 1779 – 23 September 1783 | Bernard Texier, Governor-General | |
| 23 September 1783 – 24 December 1784 | Wolphert Jacob Beeldsnijder Matroos, acting Governor-General | |
| 24 December 1784 – 15 June 1790 | Jan Gerhard Wichers, Governor-General | |
| 15 June 1790 – 20 August 1799 | Juriaan François Frederici, Governor-General | Acting – 24 August 1792 |
| British occupation | ||
| 20 August 1799 – 4 December 1802 | Juriaan François Frederici, Governor-General | |
| Dutch suzerainty | ||
| 4 December 1802 – 9 December 1803 | Willem Otto Blois van Treslong, acting Governor-General | |
| 9 December 1803 – 9 May 1804 | Pierre de Berranger, Commissioner-General | |
| British occupation | ||
| 9 May 1804 – 15 April 1805 | Sir Charles Green, Governor-General | |
| 15 April 1805 – 27 September 1808 | William Carlyon Hughes, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 27 September 1808 – 4 May 1809 | Sir John Wardlau Bar, acting Governor-General | |
| 4 May 1809 – 8 November 1811 | Charles Bentinck, Earl of Bentinck, Chief Commissioner | |
| 8 November 1811 – 27 February 1816 | Pinson Bonham, acting Governor-General | |
| Dutch suzerainty | ||
| 27 February 1816 – 18 July 1816 | Willem Benjamin van Panhuys, Governor-General | |
| 18 July 1816 – 1 April 1822 | Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant, Governor-General | |
| 1 April 1822 – 12 October 1827 | Abraham de Veer, Governor-General | |
| 12 October 1827 – 1 August 1828 | Johannes Graaf van den Bosch, Commissioner-General | |
| United with the Netherlands Antilles as the Dutch West Indies | ||
| 1 August 1828 – 19 December 1831 | Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar, Governor-General | |
| 19 December 1831 – 5 June 1838 | Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General | Acting – 6 May 1832 |
| 5 June 1838 – 16 July 1839 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 16 July 1839 – 31 March 1842 | Julius Constantijn Rijk, Governor-General | |
| 31 March 1842 – 15 November 1842 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 15 November 1842 – 16 July 1845 | Burchard Jean Elias, Governor-General | |
| 16 July 1845 – 13 October 1845 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 13 October 1845 – 27 January 1848 | Reinier Frederik baron van Raders, Governor-General | |
| Separate colony | ||
| 27 January 1848 – 1 March 1852 | Reinier Frederik baron van Raders, Governor-General | |
| 1 March 1852 – 14 June 1852 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 4th time |
| 14 June 1852 – 22 June 1852 | Coenrad Barends, acting Governor-General | |
| 22 June 1852 – 25 August 1855 | Johann George Otto Stuart von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, Governor-General | |
| 25 August 1855 – 11 August 1859 | Charles Pierre Schimpf, Governor-General | |
| 11 August 1859 – 29 June 1867 | Reinhart Frans van Lansberge, Governor-General | |
| 29 June 1867 – 1 August 1873 | Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga, Governor-General | |
| 1 August 1873 – 1 November 1882 | Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Governor-General | |
| 1 November 1882 – 30 July 1885 | Johannes Herbert August Willem baron van Heerdt tot Eversberg, Governor-General | |
| 30 July 1885 – 18 July 1888 | Hendrik Jan Smidt, Governor-General | |
| 18 July 1888 – 30 January 1889 | Warmolt Tonckens, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 30 January 1889 – 27 June 1891 | Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman, Governor-General | |
| 27 June 1891 – 12 May 1896 | Titus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck, Governor-General | |
| 12 May 1896 – 4 October 1902 | Warmolt Tonckens, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 4 October 1902 – 12 September 1905 | Cornelis Lely, Governor-General | |
| 12 September 1905 – 18 November 1905 | David Hendrick Havelaar, acting Governor-General | |
| 18 November 1905 – 28 February 1908 | Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Governor-General | |
| 28 February 1908 – 10 August 1908 | Pieter Hofstede Crull, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 10 August 1908 – 30 June 1911 | Dirk Fock, Governor-General | |
| 30 June 1911 – 14 July 1911 | Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque, Governor-General | |
| 14 July 1911 – 17 October 1911 | Pieter Hofstede Crull, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 17 October 1911 – 25 November 1916 | Willem Dirk Hendrik baron van Asbeck, Governor-General | |
| 25 November 1916 – 25 November 1919 | Gerard Johan Staal, Governor-General | 1st time |
| 25 November 1919 – 15 July 1920 | Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General | 1st time |
| 15 July 1920 – 16 December 1920 | Gerard Johan Staal, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 16 December 1920 – 23 May 1921 | Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 23 May 1921 – 21 May 1924 | Aarnoud van Heemstra, Governor-General | 1st time |
| 21 May 1924 – 18 September 1924 | Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 18 September 1924 – 21 February 1925 | Jan Luchies Nysingh, Governor-General | |
| 21 February 1925 – 1 April 1928 | Aarnoud van Heemstra, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 1 April 1928 – 16 August 1933 | Abraham "Bram" Arnold Lodewijk Rutgers, Governor-General | |
| 16 August 1933 – 3 January 1944 | Johannes Coenraad Kielstra, Governor-General | |
| 16 August 1935 – 12 April 1936 | Johannes Cornelis Brons, acting Governor-General | Acting for Kielstra, 1st time |
| September 1938 – January 1939 | Johannes Cornelis Brons, acting Governor-General | Acting for Kielstra, 2nd time |
| 3 January 1944 – 2 August 1948 | Johannes Cornelis Brons, Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 2 August 1948 – 20 September 1948 | Willem Huender, Governor-General | |
| New constitution | ||
| 20 September 1948 – 2 December 1949 | Willem Huender, Governor-General | |
| 2 December 1949 – 15 December 1954 | Jan Klaasesz, Governor-General | |
| Autonomous part of the Netherlands, end of colonial status | ||
| 15 December 1954 – 11 February 1956 | Jan Klaasesz, Governor-General | |
| 11 February 1956 – 18 March 1963 | Jan van Tilburg, Governor-General | |
| 19 March 1963 – 22 August 1964 | Archibald Currie, Governor-General | Acting – 1 May 1963 |
| 22 August 1964 – 26 February 1965 | François Haverschmidt, acting Governor-General | |
| 26 February 1965 – 12 August 1968 | Henri Lucien de Vries, Governor-General | |
| 12 August 1968 – 25 November 1975 | Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier, Governor-General | |
| 25 November 1975 | Independent Republic of Suriname | |
For the heads of state after independence, see: President of Suriname
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