Rulers: Netherlands Antilles
Islands
Aruba (until 1986): see main entry on Aruba.
Bonaire
1642 Dutch colony
Jan 1807 - 27 May 1815 British occupation
Commanders
1690 - 1695 Jan Burggraeff (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1714)
1695 - 1699 Isaac Lamont
1699 - 1705 Jan Burggraeff (2nd time) (s.a.)
1705 - 1712 Pieter Born (1st time)
1712 - 1714 Hans Jurgen Cramer
1714 - 1719 Pieter Born (2nd time)
1 Dec 1719 - 30 Jul 1723 Pieter Scholten (provisional) (b. 16... - d. 1723)
1723 - 1738 Jan Hendrik Geerkens (b. 16... - d. 1738)
(provisional to 1729)
31 May 1738 - 1750 Frederik Zaunslifer
(provisional to 17...)
15 Aug 1750 - 2 Feb 1756 Johannes Philippus Eijlbracht (b. ... - d. 1756)
2 Feb 1756 - 12 Nov 1768 Theunis Dirkszoon Kock (b. ... - d. 1782)
12 Nov 1768 - 1780 Andreas Daal (b. 1733 - d. ...)
1780 - 1795 Christiaan Gerard Dammers
(provisional to 1784)
11 Aug 1795 - 4 Jun 1796 Barent Dirkszoon Kock (1st time)
(acting)
4 Jun 1796 - 30 Sep 1797 Michiel de Groot (provisional)
30 Sep 1797 - 29 Oct 1805 Barent Dirkszoon Kock (2nd time)
29 Oct 1805 - 27 May 1815 Johannes Palm Hzn. (interim)
Jan 1807 - 27 May 1815 Jean François du Briel
(British superintendent)
27 May 1815 - 11 Oct 1817 Samuel Bartholomeus van den Broek (b. 17... - d. 1817)
11 Oct 1817 - 23 Mar 1827 Isaac Debrot (b. 1771 - d. 18...)
23 Mar 1827 - 21 Mar 1840 Claas Schotborgh (b. 1775 - d. 1840)
24 Mar 1840 - Jun 1848 Jan Schotborgh Claaszoon (b. 1800? - d. 1876)
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
Jun 1848 - 1 Apr 1854 Jan Schotborgh Claaszoon (s.a.)
Aug 1853 - 5 Jan 1859 Cornelis Boyé (b. 1805 - d. ...)
(acting for Schotborgh to 1 Apr 1854)
21 Jan 1859 - 14 Dec 1865 Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904)
14 Mar 1866 - 1 Jun 1871 Edouard Dénis Ernest van den
Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
1 Jun 1871 - 20 Feb 1873 Jan Helenus Ferguson (acting) (b. 1826 - d. 1908)
20 Feb 1873 - 20 Oct 1881 John George Louis Illidge van
Romondt (b. 1833 - d. 1896)
20 Oct 1881 - 10 Jul 1885 Johan Hendrik Waters Gravenhorst
10 Jul 1885 - 15 Mar 1890 Vincent Rogers van Romondt (b. 18... - d. 1899)
10 Aug 1890 - 13 Jun 1910 Arend Evert Johannes van den
Brandhof (b. 1861 - d. 1910)
20 Apr 1905 - 1 Jun 1907 Herman Statius Muller
(acting for Brandhof)
28 Jun 1910 - 16 Apr 1920 Jacob Achilles Petrus Thielen (b. 1871 - d. 1942)
(acting to 1 May 1911)
Acting for Thielen:
1 Dec 1918 - 1 Mar 1919 P.L. Gorsira
11 Apr 1919 - 16 Apr 1919 Carel Pieter de Haseth (b. 1882 - d. 1928)
27 Oct 1919 - 21 Nov 1919 Jan Louis Carel Monsanto
7 Mar 1920 - 13 Mar 1920 Julio Herrera
25 Apr 1920 - 20 Jul 1921 Carel Pieter de Haseth (s.a.)
20 Jul 1921 - 6 Sep 1923 Richard Johannes Beaujon, Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19...)
1 Oct 1923 - 20 Aug 1927 Johan Hendrik Perret Gentil Lz. (b. 1889 - d. 1950)
Acting for Perret Gentil:
6 Apr 1925 - 29 Apr 1925 William Rufus Plantz (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1984)
22 Nov 1925 - 17 Jan 1926 William Rufus Plantz (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Aug 1927 - 12 Aug 1927 William Rufus Plantz (3rd time) (s.a.)
20 Aug 1927 - 7 Feb 1928 William Rufus Plantz (s.a.)
11 Feb 1928 - 31 Dec 1934 Herman Bernard Cornelis Schotborgh (b. 1898 - d. ...)
1 Jan 1935 - 26 Oct 1939 Johan Marin Statius van Eps (b. 1894 - d. ...)
26 Oct 1939 - 7 Oct 1943 Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ...)
31 Dec 1943 - 9 Feb 1952 Xavier Henri Charles Marie Krugers (b. 1896 - d. ...)
9 Feb 1952 - 5 Nov 1956 Willem George Shon Weis de Haseth
(1st time)
12 Dec 1956 - 1957 Antonius Johannes van Hesteren
(1st time) (b. 1922)
1957 - 1958 Willem George Shon Weis de Haseth
(2nd time)
1958 - 1963 Antonius Johannes van Hesteren
(2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1963 - 6 Jan 1969 Elias José Morkos (b. 1919 - d. 1982)
23 Jun 1969 - 24 May 1973 Raymundo Pedro Saleh
24 May 1973 - 18 Dec 1985 Alfred Richard Wenseslau Sint Jago
1985?- 1986? A.J. Cecilia
12 Feb 1986 - 1 Feb 1992 George Albert Soliana
1 Feb 1992 - Jan 1998 Frits Goedgedrag (b. 1951)
Jan 1998 - 2 Dec 2003 Richard Nelson Hart (b. 1943)
2 Dec 2003 - Herbert Filomeno Domacassé (b. 1947?)
Curaçao
1634 Dutch colony
1800 - 1803 British rule
1807 - 1816 British rule
Directors
1692 - 1700 Bastiaan Bernagie (acting to 1694)
1700 - 1704 Nicolaas van Beek (acting to 1701)
1704 Jeremias van Collen (1st time)
(acting)
1704 Gerard Luls (acting)
1704 - 1709 Jacob Beck
1709 Jeremias van Collen (2nd time)
(acting)
1709 - 1710 Abraham Beck
1710 - 1715 Jeremias van Collen (3rd time)
(acting to 1711)
1715 - 1720 Jonathan van Beuningen
(acting to 1716)
1720 Jan van Beuningen
1720 - 1721 Cornelis Anderman van der Burgh
+ Juan Pedro van Collen (1st time)
+ Frederick Eck
(acting)
1721 - 1730 Jan Noach du Faij
1731 - 1738 Juan Pedro van Collen (2nd time)
1738 - 1740 Jan Gales
1740 - 1758 Isaäc Faesch
1758 - 1761 Jean Isai Claris Rodier de la
Bruguière (1st time) (acting)
1761 - 1762 Jacob van Bosveld
1762 - 1781 Jean Isai Claris Rodier de la
Bruguière (2nd time)
(acting to 1762)
1781 - 1782 Jan Lixraaven (lieutenant governor)
1782 - 1784 Johannes Abrahamszoon de Veer
1784 - 1796 Jan Jacob Beaujon
1796 - 1800 Johan Rudolf Lauffer (b. 17... - d. 1833)
Governors
1800 Hugh Seymour
1800 Johan Rudolf Lauffer
1800 - 1801 Walter Tremenheere
1801 William Carlyon Hughes (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 1808)
1801 - 1802 Arthur Whetham
1802 - 1803 William Carlyon Hughes (2nd time) (s.a.)
1803 Cornelis Berch
1803 C.H. Bushman (b. 17... - d. 1803)
1803 - 1804 Abraham de Veer
1804 - 1807 Pierre Jean Changuion (b. 1763 - d. 1820)
1807 Charles Brisbane
1807 Sir William Bolton
1807 David Baillie
1807 - 1808 Micaiah Malbon
1808 Robert Nicholas
1808 - 1809 Sir James Cockburn
1809 - 1811 John Thomas Layard
1811 - 1814 John Hodgson
1814 - 1816 John Le Couteur
Governors-general
1816 - 1819 Albert Kikkert
1819 - 1820 Petrus Bernardus van Starkenborgh
1820 Isaäc Johannes Rammelman Elsevier
Governor
1820 - 1828 Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (b. ... - d. 1831)
Director
1828 - 1833 Isaäc Johannes Rammelman Elsevier
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1833 - 1836 Isaäc Johannes Rammelman Elsevier
1836 - 1845 Reinier Frederik baron van Raders (b. 1794 - d. 1868)
19 Jul 1845 - 27 Jan 1848 Rutgers Hermanus Esser (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
Governors
27 Jan 1848 - 15 Apr 1951 the governors of the Netherlands Antilles
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
15 Apr 1951 - 1967 Michaël Gorsira (b. 1913 - d. 1994)
1967 - 1968 Willem George Shon Weis de Haseth
(acting)
1968 - 1969 Otto R.A. Beaujon (b. 1915 - d. 1984)
1969 - 1970 Elias José Morkos (b. 1919 - d. 1982)
1970 - 1976 Anno E. Kibbelaar
1976 - 1982 Ornelio Martina (b. 1930)
1982 - 1988 Ronald Anthony Casseres (b. 1939 - d. 1988)
*1989 - 199. Elmer Wilsoe (b. 1943)
1 Oct 1994 - 2000 Stanley M. Betrian
2000 - Lizanne Richards-Dindial (f) (b. 1957)
Saba
1640 Dutch colony
1781 British rule
1781 - 1784 French rule
1795 - 1801 French rule
1801 - 1803 British rule
1810 - 1816 British rule
1919 - 1983 subordinated to Sint Maarten
Vice-commanders
1698 - 1700 James Hassell
1700 - 170. Jacob Leverock
1705 - 1720 Jacobus Simmons
1720 - 1743 Charles Simmons
1743 - 1778 Pieter Simmons
1778 - 1781 Thomas Dinzey
Commander
1801 - 1803 Thomas Dinzey
Vice-governors
1803 - 1809 Thomas Dinzey
1810 - 1825 Edward Beaks, Sr.
1825 - 1829 Edward Beaks, Jr.
1829 - 1830 Richard Johnson
1830 Henry J. Hassell
5 May 1830 - 1833 Thomas Dinzey Winfield (b. ... - d. 1836)
Commanders
1833 - 15 Jun 1836 Thomas Dinzey Winfield (s.a.)
1836 - 1848 Edward Beaks, Jr.
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1848 - 1863 Edward Beaks, Jr.
1863 - 1875 Mozes Leverock (b. ... - d. 1875)
1875 - 1880 Jan Jacob Beaujon Quast (b. ... - d. 1880)
1880 Johan W. Hassell (1st time)
(acting)
1880 - 1881 Johan Hendrik Waters Gravenhorst
1882 - 1883 Marius Lodewijk Statius van Eps (b. ... - d. 1883)
1883 Johan W. Hassell (2nd time)
(acting)
1883 - 1885 Jacques Joseph Jonckheer
1885 - 1888 Jacob Thielen II (b. 1834 - d. 1915)
1888 - 1895 Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18... - d. 1919)
1895 - 1897 Johannes Adriaan de Veer (b. 1853 - d. 1899)
1897 - 1898 Gerard Raven Zeppenfeldt (b. 1863 - d. 19...)
1898 - 1899 Thomas Holm (1st time) (acting)
1899 - 1907 Hendrik Johannes Beaujon (b. 1870 - d. 19...)
1907 - 1908 Jacob Achilles Petrus Thielen (b. 1871 - d. 1942)
(acting)
1908 - 1917 Pieter Lourens Gorsira
1917 - 1918 Antoine Raven Beaujon (acting)
1918 - 1919 Willem Anne Constant Willemsen (b. 1868 - d. 19...)
(acting)
Deputy administrators (plaatsvervangende gezaghebbers)
1919 - 1920 Q.L. Rigaud
1920 - 1921 Johan Hendrik Peiliker Schrils
1921 - 1927 Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
1927 - 1930 Xavier Henri Charles Marie Krugers
(1st time) (b. 1896 - d. ...)
1930 - 1932 Hendrik Anthonius Hessling
1932 - 1933 Jonkheer Willem de Brauw (1st time)
1933 - 1935 Xavier Henri Charles Marie Krugers
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1935 Anthony Hendrik Marinus van Weel
(1st time)
1935 - 1936 Jonkheer Willem de Brauw (2nd time)
1936 - 1937 Anthony Hendrik Marinus van Weel
(2nd time)
Subadministrators (ondergezaghebbers)
1937 - 1939 Anthony Hendrik Marinus van Weel
1939 - 1943 Xavier Henri Charles Marie Krugers (s.a.)
1943 P.E. Nassy
1943 - 1950 Maximiliaan Joseph Huith
1950 - 1951 Pieter Dijkstra
Administrators (administrateurs)
1951 - 1952 Pieter Dijkstra
1952 L. de Hoop
1952 - 1955 Ludwig Reginals Carty
1955 - 1958 Walter Granville Buncamper
1958 - 1960 Edward Carl Labega
1960 - 1962 Henry Carlyle Every
1962 Reinier O. van Delden (1st time)
(acting)
1962 - 1964 Louis Meindert Overberg
1964 Reinier O. van Delden (2nd time)
(acting)
1964 - 1969 Gerardus van de Wal
1969 - 1971 Joseph E. Richardson
1971 John A. Amslijn (acting)
1971 - 1973 Eugenius A. Johnson (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1995)
1973 Laurens Rosema
1973 - 1974 Victor R. Abraham
1974 - 1975 John C. Woods (acting)
1975 - 1977 George R. Sleeswijk (1st time)
1977 William S. Johnson (1st time)
(acting)
1977 Eugenius A. Johnson (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1977 - 1978 William S. Johnson (2nd time)
(acting)
1978 - 1981 Thadeus G. Larmonie
1981 George R. Sleeswijk (2nd time)
(acting)
1981 - 1983 Raphaël A.M. Sorton
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1 Apr 1983 - 1 Nov 1983 Raphaël A.M. Sorton (acting)
1 Nov 1983 - Nov 1989 Wycliffe S. Smith (b. 1948)
Nov 1989 - 19 Nov 1998 Sydney A.E. Sorton (1st time) (b. 1947?)
1 May 1999 - 1 Apr 2006 Antoine J.M. Solagnier (b. 1964)
1 Apr 2006 - 2 Jul 2008 Sydney A.E. Sorton (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Jul 2008 - Jonathan G.A. Johnson
Sint Eustatius
1636 Dutch colony
1690 - 1696 British rule
1781 British rule
25 Nov 1781 - 7 Feb 1784 French rule
1801 - 1802 British rule
1810 - 1816 British rule
1919 - 1983 subordinated to Sint Maarten
Commandants
1693 - 1700 Johannes Salomonszoon
1700 - 1701 Jan Simonszoon Doncker (1st time)
1701 - 1704 Isaac Lamont (1st time)
1704 Johan Heijliger (1st time)
1704 - 1709 Jan Simonszoon Doncker (2nd time)
1709 Isaac Lamont (2nd time)
1709 - 1717 Jan Simonszoon Doncker (3rd time)
1717 Gerard de Mepsche
1717 - 1719 Johan Heijliger (2nd time)
1719 - 1720 Jacob Stalpert
1720 - 1721 Johan Heijliger (3rd time)
1721 - 1722 Jacobus Stevens
1722 - 1728 Johan Lindesaij
1728 - 1733 Everard Raecx
1733 - 1736 Johan Heijliger (4th time)
1736 - 1737 Johan Markoe
1737 - 1740 Isaac Faesch
1740 - 1741 Hendrik Coesveldt
1741 - 1743 Jasper Ellis
1743 - 1752 Johannes Heijliger Pzn.
1752 - 1775 Jan de Windt, Jr.
1775 - 1776 Abraham Heijliger
1776 - 1781 Johannes de Graaff
Governors
Feb 1781 - May 1781 George Brydges Rodney (b. 1718 - d. 1792)
May 1781 - Jun 1781 David Ogilvy
Jun 1781 - Nov 1781 James Cockburne
1781 - 1784 Charles Chabert
1784 - 1785 Olivier Oijen
1785 Abraham Heijliger
1785 - 1789 Johannes Runnels (1st time)
1789 - 1792 Pieter Anthony Godin
1792 - 1795 Johannes Runnels (2nd time)
Captain-commandant
1795 - 1801 Daniel Roda
Commandants
1801 - 1802 Richard Blunt
1802 Sir John Wardlaw
Governors
1802 - 1809 Albertus van Heyningen, Jr.
1809 - 1810 William Charles Mussenden
1810 - 1816 Charles Barrow
1816 - 1817 Reinier 't Hoen
1817 - 1822 Abraham de Veer
1822 - 1823 Diederik Johannes van Romondt
1823 - 1828 Willem Albert van Spengler
1828 - 1833 Willem Johan Leendert van Raders
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1833 - 1836 Willem Johan Leendert van Raders
1836 - 1837 Theophilus Georg Groebe (1st time) (b. 18... - d. 1919)
1837 - 1854 Johannes de Veer
1854 - 1860 Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896)
1860 - 1870 Nicolaas Albertus Rost van
Tonningen
1870 - 1877 Melville Wood Cruger
1877 - 1885 Theophilus Georg Groebe (2nd time) (s.a.)
1885 - 1888 Jacques Joseph Jonckheer
1888 - 1894 Paul Faarup
1894 Theophilus Georg Groebe (3rd time) (s.a.)
1894 - 1902 Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18... - d. 1919)
1902 Theophilus Georg Groebe (4th time) (s.a.)
1902 - 1919 Gerrit Johan van Grol (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
Deputy administrators (plaatsvervangende gezaghebbers)
1919 - 1924 B.I. Mussenden
1924 - 1926 R.F. Baay
1926 - 1927 E.D. van Exel
1927 - 1930 E.J.S. Kryuthoff
1930 - 1933 Xavier Henri Charles Marie Krugers (b. 1896 - d. ...)
1933 - 1935 A.M. Schütte
1935 - 1937 A.J. van Werkhoven
Subadministrators (ondergezaghebbers)
1937 - 1939 A.J. van Werkhoven
1939 1943 M.M.B.J. Erens
1943 - 1949 Charles Ernest Wilfred Voges
1949 - 1951 C.M. Vlaun
Administrators (administrateurs)
1951 - 1953 C.M. Vlaun
1953 - 1956 A.J.M. Poppe
1956 P.A. Vlaun (1st time)
1956 - 1957 A. Herding
1957 P.A. Vlaun (2nd time)
1957 - 1958 C.G. Buncamper (1st time)
1958 - 1961 Reinier O. van Delden (1st time)
1961 - 1962 M.J. Boekhoudt
1962 C.G. Buncamper (2nd time)
1962 - 1964 J. van Faassen
1964 - 1966 Laurens Rosema (1st time)
1966 - 1969 Jan Lens (1st time)
1969 Gerardus van der Wal
1969 - 1971 Jan Lens (2nd time)
1971 Laurens Rosema (2nd time)
1971 Jan Lens (3rd time)
1971 Wilfred E. Fortin
1971 - 1973 Carl D.M.P. Hassell
1973 Jan Lens (4th time) (acting)
1973 - 1974 Alberto A. Matthew
1974 - 1975 Jan Lens (5th time)
1975 - 1976 Charles A. Woodley (acting)
1976 Reinier O. van Delden (2nd time)
1976 - 1981 Oswald G. Bell
1981 Cedrick C. Lijfrock (acting)
1981 - 1983 Vacquelin M.W. Connor
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1 Apr 1983 - 19.. George R. Sleeswijk
19.. - 199. Irvin E. Temmer
*1996 - 1997* E.R. Locadia
*1998 - 1 Oct 2003 Eugene R. Abdul
1 Jan 2004 - Hyden C.I. Gittens
Sint Maarten
1631 Dutch colony
1633 - 1648 Spanish colony
23 Mar 1648 separate French and Dutch zones
1690 - 1699 English occupy entire island
1699 - 1702 French occupy entire island
1781 British occupy entire island
1781 - 1784 French occupy entire island
1795 - 1801 French occupy entire island
1801 - 1802 British occupy entire island
1810 - 1816 British occupy entire island
1816 French and Dutch zones resumed
Lieutenants
1699 Jean Dyel du Parquet
1701 - 1702 Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière
Vice-commanders
1705? Olivier Graval
1708?- 1710 Charles Devezaen
1710 - 1712 François Lemaire
1712 - 1713 Jean Buretel
1713 - 1718 Martinus Meyer (1st time)
1718 - 1720 Louis Guillaume Durepaire
1720 - 1721 Jan de Windt, Sr.
1721 - 1733 Martinus Meyer (2nd time)
1733 - 1735 Jacobus Barry
1735 - 1736 John Philips (1st time)
1736 - 1737 Pieter Hassell
1737 - 1746 John Philips (2nd time)
1746 - 1748 Jan de Wever
1748 - 1781 Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
Governors
1781 - 1783 Abraham Heijliger Pzn.
1783 - 1784 Charles Chabert, Jr.
Vice-commanders
1784 - 1785 Thomas Aertsen
1785 - 1786 John Salomons Gibbes
Commanders
1786 - 1790 John Salomons Gibbes
1790 - 1800 Willem Hendrik Rink (1st time)
1800 - 1801 Remt Folkerus Muller
1801 Willem Hendrik Rink (2nd time)
1801 - 1802 Robert Nicholson (commandant)
1802 - 1807 Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time)
1807 - 1810 Jan Verveer Jzn.
1810 - 1813 John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827)
1813 - 1814 James Alexander Farquharson
(1st time)
1814 - 1815 William McCaskill
1815 James Alexander Farquharson
(2nd time)
1815 Francis Edden
1815 - 1816 Robert Douglas
Administrators (gezaghebbers)
1816 - 1820 Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar
1820 - 1840 Diederik Johannes van Romondt
1840 - 1849 Johannes Willem van Romondt
1849 - 1850 Pieter Petersen
1850 - 1859 Johannes Didericus Crol
1859 - 1860 Lucas Percival
1860 - 1865 Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896)
1865 - 1866 Philogène Philippe Maillard
1866 - 1870 Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904)
1870 - 1871 Robert van Romondt (acting)
1871 - 1883 Edouard Dénis Ernest van den
Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
1883 Diederik Charles van Romondt
(1st time) (acting)
1883 - 1885 Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930)
1885 - 1889 Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18... - d. 1919)
1889 - 1891 Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899)
1891 - 1893 Frans Johannes Olivier
1893 - 1894 Diederik Charles van Romondt
(2nd time) (acting)
1894 - 1901 Joseph Möller
1901 - 1918 Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18... - d. 1919)
1918 - 1919 Frits Koenraad Thielen
1919 - 1920 G.J. Tijmstra (acting)
1920 A.W. de Haseth (acting)
1920 - 1923 J. van der Zee Rz.
1923 - 1927 Richard Johannes Beaujon, Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19...)
1927 C.F. Boskaljon (acting)
1927 - 1930 Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
(acting)
1930 - 1943 Johan Diderich Meiners
1943 - 1947 Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ...)
1947 - 1948 M.J. Huith
1948 - 1957 Johannes Christiaan Paap
1957 Walter Granville Buncamper
(1st time) (acting)
1957 - 1958 Hendrik Anthonius Hessling (acting)
1958 - 1959 Walter Granville Buncamper
(2nd time) (acting)
1959 - 1968 Jan Jacob Japa Beaujon
1968 - 1975 Reinier O. van Delden
(acting to 1969)
1975 - 1981 Theodore M. Pandt
1981 - 1992 Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937)
1992 - 1994 Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943)
1994 - 12 Sep 2000 Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946)
22 Sep 2000 - Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950)
Leaders of the government
199. - 1 Jul 1999 William Marlin
1 Jul 1999 - Sarah Wescott-Williams (f) (b. 1956)