List of leaders of New Netherland

Since New Netherland's Autumn War of the late 18th century, the colonial leadership position of Director-General was replaced with the office of the Stadtholder, modeled after that of the pre-Augustine United Provinces. They were appointed by the Patroon Council, a body of the country's elites and landowners. The Republican Revolution in 1903 ushered in democracy, ousting the Stadtholder and installing the Grand Pensionary (Amerikaens: Raedpensionaris) as the popularly elected head of state of the nation.

Director–Generals: 1624–1796

Stadtholders: 1796–1903

Nº	Portrait	Name	Term	Era
1		Marÿn van der Beeke (1757–1811)	1796–1811	Foundation era
2		Isaac Kuyter (1762–1822)	1811–1822	Foundation era
3		Hendrick I (1765–1836)	1822–1836	Ackerhuys regime
4		Hendrick II (1789–1867)	1836–1855
5		Lodewÿck (1812–1870)	1855–1870
6		Herman de Carpentier (1826–1894)	1870–1874	Second Constitution
7		Jan-Maryn de Boetsselaer (1831–1883)	1874–1876
8		Johan de Kleyn (1840–1913)	1876–1880
9		Albertus May (1816–1884)	1880–1884
10		Carel van Twiller (1852–1928)	1884–1888
11		Quincey van Moock (1841–1925)	1888–1900
12	Jan Theodorus de Gelüs-Clérisseau	Theodorus de Gelüs-Clérisseau (1866–1950)	1900–1903

Grand Pensionaries: from 1903

№	Portrait	Name	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Revolutionary era (1903–1911)
1	Jan Theodorus de Gelüs-Clérisseau	Bartelmeeus van Haerst (1867–1936)	1903	24 July 1903	6 August 1911	8 years, 14 days	Unity Party
1	Jan Theodorus de Gelüs-Clérisseau	Bartelmeeus van Haerst (1867–1936)	1908	24 July 1903	6 August 1911	8 years, 14 days	Unity Party
Golden era (1911–1939)
2		Magnus Bartelsz (1870–1952)	1911	6 August 1911	20 July 1919	7 years, 350 days	Progressive Party
2		Magnus Bartelsz (1870–1952)	1915	6 August 1911	20 July 1919	7 years, 350 days
3		Johannes Karsen (1869–1930)	1919	20 July 1919	2 August 1923	4 years, 2 weeks
4		Maurits Thomas Hudson (1878–1949)	1923	2 August 1923	4 August 1927	4 years, 2 days
5		Christiaen Huysman (1885–1971)	1927	4 August 1927	27 July 1931	3 years, 358 days	Free Destiny Party
6		Jan Kaspar Knip (1897–1981)	1931	27 July 1931	31 July 1939	8 years, 5 days
6		Jan Kaspar Knip (1897–1981)	1935	27 July 1931	31 July 1939	8 years, 5 days
Postwar period (1939–1947)
7		Abraham Boot (1897–1963)	1939	31 July 1939	24 July 1943	3 years, 359 days	Free Destiny Party
8		Frank Zuylen (1893–1949)	1943	24 July 1943	1 August 1947	4 years, 9 days	United Patriotic Front
Gümaniteyt (1947–1975)
9		Edgar Güman (1902–1973)	1947	1 August 1947	27 July 1955	7 years, 361 days	Güman Bloc
9		Edgar Güman (1902–1973)	1951	1 August 1947	27 July 1955	7 years, 361 days
10		Marieke Güman (1913–1987)	1955	27 July 1955	26 February 1963	7 years, 215 days
10		Marieke Güman (1913–1987)	1959	27 July 1955	26 February 1963	7 years, 215 days
11		Samuel Sybrandt de Haese (b. 1927)	1963	26 February 1963	28 February 1971	8 years, 3 days	New Zeyven Congress
11		Samuel Sybrandt de Haese (b. 1927)	1968	26 February 1963	28 February 1971	8 years, 3 days
12		Cornelis Holowatie (1923–2006)	1971	28 February 1971	24 July 1975	4 years, 147 days
Gilded Age (1975–present)
13		George von Valkenstein (1917–1992)	1975	24 July 1975	28 July 1979	4 years, 5 days	United Patriotic Front
14		Russell d'Foreest (b. 1932)	1979	28 July 1979	26 July 1987	7 years, 364 days	Progressive Party
14		Russell d'Foreest (b. 1932)	1983	28 July 1979	26 July 1987	7 years, 364 days	Progressive Party