Offices of the Dutch Republic

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The Offices of the Dutch Republic were the various political and administrative positions that structured governance in the decentralized federal system of the Dutch Republic from the late 16th to the late 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Offices of the Dutch Republic canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative structure
political institution
appliesToPeriod 17th century
18th century
late 16th century
componentOf constitutional order of the Dutch Republic
country Dutch Republic
dissolvedWith Batavian Revolution
endTime late 18th century
governmentType decentralized republic
federal system
hasCharacteristic office-holding dominated by regent families
overlapping civil and military offices
power shared between provincial and central offices
strong role for provincial estates
hasKeyOffice Council Pensionary
Council of State member
Grand Pensionary
Raadpensionaris
Stadtholder
VOC director
VOC governor-general
WIC director
admiral-general
admiralty board member
admiralty lieutenant-admiral
admiralty treasurer
bailiff
burgomaster
church elder
college of curators member
colonial governor
deacon
dike reeve
envoy of the States General
griffier of the States General
guild master
land’s advocate of Holland
member of the States General
military captain-general
pensionary of Holland
provincial estates deputy
provincial pensionary
provincial secretary
provincial stadtholder
receiver-general
schepen
schout
thesaurier (treasurer)
town secretary
treasurer-general
university rector magnificus
vroedschap member
water board official

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Stadtholder of Zeeland category Offices of the Dutch Republic
Stadtholder of Utrecht category Offices of the Dutch Republic
Stadtholder of Drenthe category Offices of the Dutch Republic