Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

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The Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies was the highest colonial official representing the Dutch Crown, wielding executive, military, and administrative authority over the territories that now comprise Indonesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office
executive office
political position
appliesToJurisdiction Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
appointedBy Dutch monarch
States General of the Netherlands
country Dutch East Indies
dissolvedFollowing Indonesian National Revolution
transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia
hasAuthorityOver civil administration in the Dutch East Indies
colonial bureaucracy in the Dutch East Indies
executive power in the Dutch East Indies
military command in the Dutch East Indies
hasPower appoint and dismiss colonial officials in the Dutch East Indies
command colonial armed forces in the Dutch East Indies
issue ordinances with force of law in the colony
oversee colonial finances in the Dutch East Indies
officeCreatedBy Dutch East India Company
Dutch colonial authorities
Kingdom of the Netherlands
officeHolderOf head of colonial administration in the Dutch East Indies
officeScope all Dutch possessions in the Indonesian archipelago
partOf colonial government of the Dutch East Indies
positionHeldBy Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
surface form: Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer

Anthony van Diemen
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge
Cornelis Theodorus Elout
Gerard Reynst
Godert van der Capellen
Hendrik Brouwer
Herman Willem Daendels
Hubertus van Mook
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Joan Maetsuycker
Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum
Johannes van den Bosch
Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff
Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck
Pieter Both
Reinier de Klerk
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
replacedBy Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs
surface form: High Representative of the Crown in Indonesia

sovereign government of Indonesia
represents United Kingdom of the Netherlands
surface form: Dutch Crown

Kingdom of the Netherlands
residence Batavia
Jakarta
seatOfGovernment Batavia
Jakarta
subordinateTo Dutch government in The Hague
Dutch monarch

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Batavia governedBy Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies governedBy Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Dutch colonial government maintainedInstitution Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Hendrik Brouwer nobleTitle Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck notableOffice Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Johannes van den Bosch officeContested Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Anthony van Diemen positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Cornelis Theodorus Elout positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Gerard Reynst positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Godert van der Capellen positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Hendrik Brouwer positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Herman Willem Daendels positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Hubertus van Mook positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Jan Pieterszoon Coen positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Joan Maetsuycker positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Johannes van den Bosch positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Pieter Both positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Reinier de Klerk positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies replacedBy Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: High Representative of the Crown in Indonesia
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army subordinateTo Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies