List of governors of Dutch Ceylon

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administered by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.

List of governors

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No.	Governor		Term start	Term end	Notes
1	File:Governor Willem Jacobszn Coster 1640-tgallery big.jpg	Willem Jacobszoon Coster	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
2		Jan Thyszoon Payart	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
3	File:Joan Maetsuyker (1606-78). Gouverneur-generaal (1653-78) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3765.jpeg	Joan Maetsuyker	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
4		Jacob van Kittensteyn	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
5		Adriaan van der Meyden	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
6	File:Rijcklof.jpg	Rijckloff van Goens	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
7		Adriaan van der Meyden	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
8	File:Rijcklof.jpg	Rijckloff van Goens	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
9		Jacob Hustaert	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
10		Adriaen Roothaes	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
11	File:Rijcklof.jpg	Rijckloff van Goens	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
12		Ryklof van Goens de jonge	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
13		Laurens van Pyl	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
14		Thomas van Rhee	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
15		Paulus de Roo	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
16		Thomas van Rhee	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
17		Gerrit de Heere	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
18		Cornelis Jan Simonsz	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
19		Hendrik Becker	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
20		Isaak Augustijn Rumpf	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
21		Arnold Moll	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
22		Johannes Hertenberg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
23		Joan Paul Schaghen	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
24		Petrus Vuyst	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
25	File:Stephanus Versluys.jpg	Stephanus Versluys	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
26		Gualterus Woutersz	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
27		Jacob Christiaan Pielat	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
28		Diederik van Domburg	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
29		Jan Macaré	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
30	File:G. W. van Imhoff.jpg	Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
31		Willem Maurits Bruyninck	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
32		Daniel Overbeek	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
33		Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
34		Gerard Joan Vreeland	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
35		Jacob de Jong	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
36	File:JGLoten Portret.jpg	Joan Gideon Loten	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
37		Jan Schreuder	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
38		Lubbert Jan baron van Eck	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
39		Anthony Mooyart	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
40	File:Iman Willem Falck.jpg	Iman Willem Falck	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
41		Willem Jacob van de Graaf	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
42	File:Johan Gerard van Angelbeek.jpg	Johan van Angelbeek	Template:Dts	Template:Dts

See also

• List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1698)