caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place imagesize office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
a -lrb- detail -rrb- painting of wouter van twiller by washington allston sebastiaen jansen krol willem kieft august 29 , 1654 nijkerk amsterdam 267 director-general of new netherland may 22 , 1606 5th 1633 wouter van twiller crop.jpg wouter van twiller
 1638 wouter van twiller
wouter van twiller

wouter van twiller -lrb- may 22 , 1606 -- buried august 29 , 1654 -rrb- was an employee of the dutch west india company and the director-general of new netherland from 1633 until 1638 .
he succeeded peter minuit , who was recalled by the dutch west india authorities in amsterdam for unknown reasons .
