this article lists the colonial governors of the dutch gold coast. during the dutch presence on the gold coast, which lasted from 1598 to 1872, the title of the head of the colonial government changed several times: *1675-1798: director-general (dutch: directeur-generaal) *1798-1810: governor-general (dutch: gouverneur-generaal) *1810-1815: commandant-general (dutch: commandant-generaal) *1815-1819: governor-general (dutch: gouverneur-generaal) *1819-1838: commander (dutch: kommandeur) *1838-1872: governor (dutch: gouverneur) ==list== dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. ===direct dutch rule (1612-1621)=== before the establishment of the dutch west india company on 3 june 1621, dutch traders nominally were at the direct control of the dutch government. initially, the regulation of trade was left to the traders themselves, but after the building of fort nassau at mouri in 1612, a general was installed to administrate the new colony. {| class=wikitable ! name ! title ! took office ! left office ! notes |- | jacob adriaensz clantius | general of the coast | 1612 | 1614 | |- | a.j. roest | general of the coast | 1614 | ? | |- | arent jacobzen van amersfoort | general of the coast | ? | ? | |} ===dutch west india company rule (1621-1791)=== {| class=wikitable ! 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 wilrÃ© | 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 wilrÃ© | director-general | 12 december 1668 | 12 june 1675 | 2nd term |- | johan root | director-general | 12 june 1675 | 13 septem
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