List of colonial governors of Suriname
List of Governors
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: President of Suriname

List of colonial governors of Suriname

Section Title: List of Governors
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: President of Suriname

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

English Suzerainty

English settlement at Willoughbyland

1650 to 1654	Anthony Rowse, Governor

1654 to 27 February 1667	William Byam, Governor

Dutch Suzerainty

Dutch colony

27 February 1667 to 18 October 1667	Maurits de Rama, Governor

18 October 1667 to 3 November 1667	-	John Harman, Governor

3 November 1667 to 1 February 1668	Samuel Barry, Governor

1668 to 18 June 1669	Abraham Crijnssen, acting Governor

1669 to 1671	Philip Julius Lichtenberg, Governor

1671 to 1677	Pierre Versterre, acting Governor

1677	Abel Thisso, acting Governor

1677 to 1678	Tobias Adriaensen, Governor

1678 to April 1680	Johannes Heinsius, Governor

1680	Everhard van Hemert, acting Governor

1680 to 1683	Laurens Verboom, acting Governor

1683 to 19 July 1688	-	Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, Governor

1688 to 1689	Abraham van Vredenburgh, acting Governor

1689 to 1696	Johan van Scharphuizen, Governor

14 May 1696 to 2 March 1707	Paulus van der Veen, Governor

2 March 1707 to 27 September 1707	William de Gruyter, Governor

27 September 1707 to 19 January 1710	Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor	1st time

19 January 1710 to 28 July 1715	Johan de Goyer, Governor

28 July 1715 to 22 January 1716	Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor	2nd time

22 January 1716 to 4 October 1717	Johan de Mahony, Governor

4 October 1717 to 2 March 1718	Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor	3rd time

2 March 1718 to 4 September 1721	Jan Coetier, Governor

4 September 1721 to 1 March 1722	Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor	4th time

1 March 1722 to 17 September 1727	Hendrik Temminck, Governor-General

17 September 1727 to 9 November 1728	Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor-General	5th time

9 November 1728 to 26 January 1734	Karel Emilius Henry de Cheusses, Governor-General

26 January 1734 to 11 December 1734	Johan Fredrik Cornelis de Vries, acting Governor-General	1st time

11 December 1734 to 26 January 1735	Jacob Alexander Henry de Cheusses, Governor-General

26 January 1735 to 4 March 1735	Johan Fredrik Cornelis de Vries, acting Governor-General	2nd time

4 March 1735 to 22 December 1735	Council

22 December 1735 to 11 August 1737	Johan Raye van Breukelerwaard, Governor-General

11 August 1737 to 15 October 1742	Gerrit van de Schepper, Governor-General

15 October 1742 to 23 April 1751	Johan Jacob Mauricius, Governor-General

23 April 1751 to 7 September 1752	Hendrik Ernst baron van Spörcke, acting Governor-General

7 September 1752 to 22 October 1754	Wigbold Crommelin, acting Governor-General	1st time

22 October 1754 to 24 August 1756	Pieter Albert van der Meer, Governor-General

24 August 1756 to 21 January 1757	Jan Nepveu, acting Governor-General	1st time

21 January 1757 to 22 November 1768	Wigbold Crommelin, Governor-General	Acting to 20 September 1757, 2nd time

22 November 1768 to 27 February 1779	Jan Nepveu, Governor-General	Acting to 8 March 1770, 2nd time

27 February 1779 to 23 September 1783	Bernard Texier, Governor-General

23 September 1783 to 24 December 1784	Wolphert Jacob Beeldsnijder Matroos, acting Governor-General

24 December 1784 to 15 June 1790	Jan Gerhard Wichers, Governor-General

15 June 1790 to 20 August 1799	Juriaan François Frederici, Governor-General	Acting to 24 August 1792

British Occupation

20 August 1799 to 4 December 1802	Juriaan François Frederici, Governor-General

Dutch Suzerainty

4 December 1802 to 9 December 1803	Willem Otto Blois van Treslong, acting Governor-General

9 December 1803 to 9 May 1804	Pierre de Berranger, Commissioner-General

British Occupation

9 May 1804 to 15 April 1805	Sir Charles Green, Governor-General

15 April 1805 to 27 September 1808	William Carlyon Hughes, Lieutenant Governor

27 September 1808 to 4 May 1809	Sir John Wardlau Bar, acting Governor-General

4 May 1809 to 8 November 1811	Charles Bentinck, Earl of Bentinck, Chief Commissioner

8 November 1811 to 27 February 1816	Pinson Bonham, acting Governor-General

Dutch Suzerainty

27 February 1816 to 18 July 1816	Willem Benjamin van Panhuys.jpeg	Willem Benjamin van Panhuys [nl], Governor-General

18 July 1816 to 1 April 1822	Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant, Governor-General

1 April 1822 to 12 October 1827	-	Abraham de Veer, Governor-General

12 October 1827 to 1 August 1828	Johannes van den Bosch.jpeg	Johannes van den Bosch, Commissioner-General

United with Curaçao and Dependencies as Dutch Caribbean

1 August 1828 to 19 December 1831	-	Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar, Governor-General

19 December 1831 to 5 June 1838	Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General	Acting to 6 May 1832

5 June 1838 to 16 July 1839	Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General	1st time

16 July 1839 to 31 March 1842	Julius Constantijn Rijk, Governor-General

31 March 1842 to 15 November 1842	Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General	2nd time

15 November 1842 to 16 July 1845	Burchard Joan Elias, Governor-General

16 July 1845 to 13 October 1845	Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General	3rd time

13 October 1845 to 27 January 1848	Reinier Frederik baron van Raders, Governor-General

Separate colony

27 January 1848 to 1 March 1852	Reinier Frederik baron van Raders, Governor-General

1 March 1852 to 14 June 1852	Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General	4th time

14 June 1852 to 22 June 1852	Coenrad Barends, acting Governor-General

22 June 1852 to 25 August 1855	-	Johann George Otto Stuart von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, Governor-General

25 August 1855 to 11 August 1859	Charles Pierre Schimpf, Governor-General

11 August 1859 to 29 June 1867	Reinhart Frans van Lansberge, Governor-General

29 June 1867 to 1 August 1873	-	Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga, Governor-General

1 August 1873 to 1 November 1882	-	Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Governor-General

1 November 1882 to 30 July 1885	KITLV - 33041 - John Herbert August Willem van Heerdt tot Eversberg, governor of Surinam (1882-1885) - circa 1885.tif	Johannes Herbert August Willem van Heerdt tot Eversberg [nl], Governor-General

30 July 1885 to 18 July 1888	-	Hendrik Jan Smidt, Governor-General

18 July 1888 to 30 January 1889	KITLV - 33045 - Warmolt Tonckens, governor of Surinam (1888-1889, 1896-1902) - circa 1900.tif	Warmolt Tonckens, acting Governor-General	1st time

30 January 1889 to 27 June 1891	KITLV - 33043 - Maurice Adriaan de Savornin Lohman, governor of Surinam (1889-1891) - circa 1890.tif	Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman, Governor-General

27 June 1891 to 12 May 1896	-	Titus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck, Governor-General

12 May 1896 to 4 October 1902	KITLV - 33045 - Warmolt Tonckens, governor of Surinam (1888-1889, 1896-1902) - circa 1900.tif	Warmolt Tonckens, Governor-General	2nd time

4 October 1902 to 12 September 1905	-	Cornelis Lely, Governor-General

12 September 1905 to 18 November 1905	David Hendrick Havelaar, acting Governor-General

18 November 1905 to 28 February 1908	-	Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Governor-General

28 February 1908 to 10 August 1908	Pieter Hofstede Crull, acting Governor-General	1st time

10 August 1908 to 30 June 1911	-	Dirk Fock, Governor-General

30 June 1911 to 14 July 1911	Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque, Governor-General

14 July 1911 to 17 October 1911	Pieter Hofstede Crull, acting Governor-General	2nd time

17 October 1911 to 25 November 1916	Willem Dirk Hendrik baron van Asbeck, Governor-General

25 November 1916 to 25 November 1919	Gerard Johan Staal, Governor-General	1st time

25 November 1919 to 15 July 1920	Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General	1st time

15 July 1920 to 16 December 1920	Gerard Johan Staal, Governor-General	2nd time

16 December 1920 to 23 May 1921	Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General	2nd time

23 May 1921 to 21 May 1924	-	Aarnoud van Heemstra, Governor-General	1st time

21 May 1924 to 18 September 1924	Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General	3rd time

18 September 1924 to 21 February 1925	Jan Luchies Nysingh, Governor-General

21 February 1925 to 1 April 1928	-	Aarnoud van Heemstra, Governor-General	2nd time

1 April 1928 to 16 August 1933	Abraham "Bram" Arnold Lodewijk Rutgers, Governor-General

16 August 1933 to 3 January 1944	Johannes Coenraad Kielstra, Governor-General

16 August 1935 to 12 April 1936	-	Johannes Cornelis Brons, acting Governor-General	Acting for Kielstra, 1st time

September 1938 to January 1939	-	Johannes Cornelis Brons, acting Governor-General	Acting for Kielstra, 2nd time

3 January 1944 to 2 August 1948	-	Johannes Cornelis Brons, Governor-General	3rd time

2 August 1948 to 2 December 1949	-	Willem Huender, Governor-General

2 December 1949 to 15 December 1954	-	Jan Klaasesz, Governor-General

Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; end of colonial status

15 December 1954 to 11 February 1956	-	Jan Klaasesz, Governor-General

11 February 1956 to 18 March 1963	-	Jan van Tilburg, Governor-General

19 March 1963 to 22 August 1964	-	Archibald Currie, Governor-General	Acting to 1 May 1963

22 August 1964 to 26 February 1965	François Haverschmidt, acting Governor-General

26 February 1965 to 12 August 1968	-	Henry Lucien de Vries, Governor-General

12 August 1968 to 25 November 1975	-	Johan Ferrier, Governor-General

25 November 1975	Independence as Republic of Suriname

Sentence(s)

Anthony Rowse was the first Colonial Governor of Suriname during English suzerainty.

final_sentence: Anthony Rowse was the first Colonial Governor of Suriname during English suzerainty.