List of leaders of New Netherland
From Roses, Tulips, & Liberty
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 | Affiliation | Era |
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1 | Marÿn van der Beeke (1757–1811) |
1796–1811 | Foundation era | ||
2 | Isaac Kuyter (1762–1822) |
1811–1822 | |||
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 | Theodorus de Gelüs-Clérisseau (1866–1950) |
1900–1903 |
Grand Pensionaries: from 1903
Nº | Portrait | Name | Term | Affiliation | Era |
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1 | Mees van Haerst (1867–1936) |
1903–1911 | Unity Party | Haerst era | |
2 | Magnus Bartelsz (1870–1952) |
1911–1919 | Progressive Party | Golden era | |
3 | Johannes Karsen (1869–1930) |
1919–1923 | |||
4 | Maurits Thomas Hudson (1878–1949) |
1923–1927 | |||
5 | Christiaen Huysman (1885–1971) |
1927–1931 | Free Destiny Party | ||
6 | Jan Kaspar Knip (1897–1981) |
1931–1939 | |||
7 | Abraham Boot (1897–1963) |
1939–1943 | Post-war period | ||
8 | Frank Zuylen (1893–1949) |
1943–1947 | United Patriotic Front | ||
9 | Edgar Güman (1902–1973) |
1947–1955 | Güman Bloc | Güman era | |
10 | Marieke Güman (1913–1987) |
1955–1964 | |||
11 | S. S. de Haese (b. 1927) |
1964-1971 | Zeyven Party | Zeyven era | |
12 | Cornelis Holowatie |
1971-1974 | Zeyven Party |
Notes
- ^ Nicolaes Zacutto is the first New Netherland leader to have been born in the country. He is the descendant of Portuguese Jewish immigrants from the failed Dutch colony of New Holland (1630–1654, modern Pernambuco).