List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast
Dutch West India Company rule (1621–1791)
There are many lists available of Director-Generals of the Gold Coast in service of the Dutch West India Company, all with slightly conflicting names and dates.

List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast

Section Title: Dutch West India Company rule (1621–1791)
Table Section Text: There are many lists available of Director-Generals of the Gold Coast in service of the Dutch West India Company, all with slightly conflicting names and dates.

Name	Title	Took Office	Left Office	Notes

Adriaen Jacobzoon	Director-General	1624	1629	Based at Fort Nassau, Mouri

Nikolaas van Ypren	Director-General	1629	18 July 1639	Based at Fort George, Elmina, from 1637

Arend Jacobszoon Montfort	Director-General	18 July 1639	6 January 1641

Jacob Ruyghaver	Director-General	6 January 1641	18 December 1645	1st term

Jacob van der Well	Director-General	18 December 1645	9 April 1650

Hendrik Doedens	Director-General	9 April 1650	11 June 1650

Arent Cocq	Governor	11 June 1650	15 March 1651

Jacob Ruyghaver	Director-General	15 March 1651	24 January 1656	2nd term

Johannes van Valkenburgh	Director-General	24 January 1656	27 April 1659	1st term

Casper van Heussen	Director-General	27 April 1659	7 April 1662

Dirck Wilré	Director-General	7 April 1662	23 December 1662	1st term

Johannes van Valkenburgh	Director-General	23 December 1662	2 June 1667	2nd term

Huybert van Ongerdonk	Governor	2 June 1667	12 December 1668

Dirck Wilré	Director-General	12 December 1668	12 June 1675	2nd term

Johan Root	Director-General	12 June 1675	13 September 1676

Abraham Meermans	Director-General	13 September 1676	26 March 1680

Daniël Verhoutert	Director-General	26 March 1680	1 August 1683

Thomas Ernsthuis	Director-General	1 August 1683	15 July 1685

Nikolas de Sweerts	Director-General	15 July 1685	29 January 1690

Joël Smits	Director-General	29 January 1690	25 March 1664

Jan Staphorst	Director-General	25 March 1694	9 June 1696

Joan van Sevenhuijsen	Director-General	9 June 1696	16 May 1702

Willem de la Palma	Director-General	16 May 1702	17 October 1705	Died in office

Pieter Nuyts	Director-General	23 October 1705	26 September 1708	Died in office

Henrico van Wesel	Governor	26 September 1708	13 July 1709

Adriaan Schoonheijd	Director-General	13 July 1709	15 March 1711	Died in office

Hieronimus Haring	Director-General	16 March 1711	12 May 1716

Abraham Engelgraaf-Robbertszoon	Director-General	12 May 1716	11 March 1718

Willem Butler	Director-General	12 March 1718	25 September 1722

Abraham Houtman	Director-General	25 September 1722	17 May 1723	Died in office

Mattheus de Crane	Governor	17 May 1723	14 December 1723

Pieter Valkenier	Director-General	14 December 1723	6-7 March 1727

Robert Norre	Director-General	7 March 1727	6 March 1730

Jan Pranger	Director-General	6 March 1730	13 March 1734

Antonius van Overbeke	Director-General	13 March 1734	2 April 1736	Died in office

Martinus François de Bordes	Director-General	7 April 1736	16 March 1740	Died in office

François Barovius	Governor	17 March 1740	8 March 1741

Baron Jacob de Petersen	Director-General	8 March 1741	10-12 April 1747

Jan van Voorst	Director-General	10-12 April 1747	14 July 1754

Nicolas Mattheus van der Nood de Gietere	Director-General	14 July 1754	24 October 1755	Died in office

Roelof Ulzen	Governor	24 October 1755	15 January 1758

Lambert Jacob van Tets	Director-General	15 January 1758	12 March 1758	Died in office

Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper	President of the Council	22 March 1758	5 October 1760	1st Term

David Pieter Erasmie	Director-General	5 October 1760	19 July 1763	Died in office

Hendrick Walmbeek	Governor	24 July 1763	10 September 1764

Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper	Director-General	10 September 1764	11 July 1767	2nd Term; died in office

Willem Sulyard van Leefdael and Cornelis Klok	President of the Council	11 July 1767	27 August 1767	Both acting ad interim until Woortman arrived at Elmina

Pieter Woortman	Director-General	27 August 1767	14 April 1780	Died in office

Jacobus van der Puije	President of the Council	10 May 1780	30 December 1780

Pieter Volkmar	Director-General	30 December 1780	12 March 1784

Gilles Servaas Galle	President of the Council	15 March 1784	14 February 1785	1st Term

Adolph Thierens	Director-General	14 February 1785	26 May 1786	Died in office

Gilles Servaas Galle	President of the Council	2 June 1786	24 August 1787	2nd Term; died in office

Lieve van Bergen van der Grijp	President of the Council	27 August 1787	11-14 March 1790	1st Term

Jacobus Adriaan de Veer	Director-General	11-14 March 1790	31 December 1791	Dutch West India Company liquidated 31 December 1791

Sentence(s)

Pieter Woortman served as Director-General of the Dutch Gold Coast from 1767 until his death in office in 1780.

final_sentence: Pieter Woortman served as Director-General of the Dutch Gold Coast from 1767 until his death in office in 1780.