Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
Apr 1814 - 25 Aug 1831 Petrus Hofstede (b. 1755 - d. 1839)
12 Apr 1832 - 1 Jan 1840 Daniël Jacob van Ewijck, heer van
Oostbroek en de Bilt (b. 1786 - d. 1858)
11 Feb 1840 - Oct 1840 Johan Derk graaf van Rechteren van
Ahnem (b. 1799 - d. 1886)
Oct 1840 - 5 May 1842 François van Harencarspel Eckhardt (b. 1784 - d. 1842)
1 Aug 1842 - 1 Apr 1846 Lodewijk Napoleon graaf van
Randwijck (b. 1807 - d. 1891)
1 Apr 1846 - 1 Oct 1866 Jan Arend Godert baron de Vos van
Steenwijk (b. 1799 - d. 1872)
1 Oct 1866 - 2 Feb 1868 Jonkheer Hubert Alexander Maurits
van Asch van Wijck (b. 1815 - d. 1868)
1 Mar 1868 - 12 May 1875 Joan Lodewijk Gerhard Grégory (b. 1808 - d. 1891)
12 May 1875 - 27 May 1885 Johannes van Kuyk (b. 1819 - d. 1885)
1 Jul 1885 - 1 Aug 1888 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
1 Sep 1888 - 1 Dec 1903 Petrus Johannes van Swinderen (b. 1842 - d. 1911)
1 Jan 1904 - 1 Oct 1917 Johannes Linthorst Homan (b. 1844 - d. 1926)
1 Oct 1917 - 1 Nov 1931 Jan Tijmen Linthorst Homan (b. 1873 - d. 1932)
1 Nov 1931 - 22 May 1943 Reint Hendrik baron de Vos van
Steenwijk (1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 1964)
1 Jun 1943 - 5 May 1945 Jan Liebbe Bouma (b. 1889 - d. 1971)
6 May 1945 - 16 Jul 1951 Reint Hendrik baron de Vos van
Steenwijk (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Jul 1951 - 1 Mar 1964 Jaap Cramer (b. 1899 - d. 1998)
1 Mar 1964 - 1 Oct 1974 Karel Hendrik Gaarlandt (b. 1909 - d. 1985)
1 Nov 1974 - 1 Oct 1982 Tineke Schilthuis (f) (b. 1921 - d. 2013)
1 Oct 1982 - 1 Dec 1988 Adriaan Pieter Oele (b. 1923 - d. 2017)
1 Jan 1989 - 1 Jan 1993 Wim Meijer (b. 1939)
1 Jan 1993 - 22 Aug 1994 Margreeth de Boer (f) (b. 1939)
1 Jan 1995 - 29 Sep 2008 Relus ter Beek (b. 1944 - d. 2008)
29 Sep 2008 - 1 May 2009 Anneke Haarsma (f) (acting) (b. 1953)
1 May 2009 - 1 Mar 2017 Jacques Tichelaar (b. 1953)
19 Apr 2017 - 1 Dec 2017 Jozias van Aartsen (acting) (b. 1947)
1 Dec 2017 - Jetta Klijnsma (f) (b. 1957)
1 Jan 1986 province created from parts of Overijssel (Noordoostpolder,
Urk) and four municipalities (see below)
King's/queen's commissioners
1 Jan 1986 - 1 Oct 1996 Han Lammers (b. 1931 - d. 2000)
16 Oct 1996 - 1 Oct 2008 Michel Jager (b. 1944 - d. 2023)
Oct 2008 - Nov 2008 Harry Dijksma (acting) (b. 1951)
13 Nov 2008 - 1 Nov 2023 Leen Verbeek (b. 1954)
1 Nov 2023 - Arjen Gerritsen (b. 1970)
28 Jul 1942 public body (Openbaar Lichaam) established (Noordoostelijke
Polder) on land reclaimed from the former Zuiderzee
20 Aug 1948 renamed Noordoostpolder
1 Jul 1962 part of Overijssel
1 Jan 1986 part of Flevoland
Landdrosten
28 Jul 1942 - 1954 Sikke Smeding (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
1 Oct 1954 - 1 Jul 1962 Arie Pieter Minderhoud (b. 1902 - d. 1980)
10 Nov 1955 public body (Openbaar Lichaam) established on land
reclaimed from the former Zuiderzee
1 Jan 1972 municipality of Dronten detached and placed under the
direct authority of the Ministry of the Interior
1 Jan 1980 municipality of Lelystad detached as above
1 Jan 1984 municipalities of Almere and Zeewolde detached as above
1 Jan 1986 the four municipalities become parts of Flevoland
1 Jan 1996 public body abolished (from 1984 it included no settled
territory, but continued to exist due to later aborted plans
to construct another polder)
Landdrosten
1 Dec 1955 - 1 Apr 1963 Arie Pieter Minderhoud (s.a.)
1963 - 1976 Will Marie Otto (b. 1919 - d. 2008)
Feb 1976 - Aug 1976 Jan Lindhout (acting) (b. 1931)
2 Aug 1976 - 1 Jan 1986 Han Lammers (s.a.)
1986 - 1988 Peter de Jonge (acting) (b. 1952)
1988 - 1 Jan 1996 Roelf Sietze Hofstee Holtrop (b. 1926 - d. 2014)
Dronten
Mayors
1 Jan 1972 - 1980 Eppo van Veldhuizen (b. 1933)
1980 - 16 Aug 1997 Kees Dekker (b. 1938)
Lelystad
Mayor
1 Jan 1980 - 1 Jul 1996 Hans Gruijters (b. 1931 - d. 2005)
Almere
Mayor
1 Jan 1984 - 1 Jan 1986 Han Lammers (s.a.)
Zeewolde
Mayor
1 Jan 1984 - 1990 Harm Jan Egbert Bruins Slot (b. 1948)
Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
1814 - 1826 Idsert Aebinga van Humalda (b. 1754 - d. 1834)
3 Nov 1826 - 29 Mar 1840 Jan Adriaan baron van Zuylen van
Nijevelt (b. 1776 - d. 1840)
12 Sep 1840 - 15 Jul 1848 Maurits Pico Diederik baron van
Sytzama (b. 1789 - d. 1848)
1 Dec 1848 - 9 Jun 1878 Jan Ernst van Panhuys (from 12 May
1874, Jan Ernst baron van Panhuys) (b. 1808 - d. 1878)
1 Sep 1878 - 1 Sep 1909 Binnert Philip baron van Harinxma
thoe Slooten (b. 1839 - d. 1923)
1 Sep 1909 - 19 Nov 1945 Pieter Albert Vincent baron van
Harinxma thoe Slooten (b. 1870 - d. 1954)
1945 A.W. Haan (acting)
1 Dec 1945 - 1 Jun 1970 Harry Linthorst Homan (b. 1905 - d. 1989)
16 Jun 1970 - 16 Jun 1982 Hedzer Rijpstra (b. 1919 - d. 2011)
16 Jun 1982 - 1 Feb 1994 Hans Wiegel (b. 1941 - d. 2025)
25 Apr 1994 - 2 Aug 1998 Loek Hermans (b. 1951)
1 Jan 1999 - 1 May 2008 Ed Nijpels (b. 1950)
16 May 2008 - 13 Sep 2016 John Jorritsma (b. 1956)
13 Sep 2016 - 1 Mar 2017 Joan Leemhuis-Stout (f) (acting) (b. 1946)
1 Mar 2017 - Arno Brok (b. 1968)
Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
1814 - 1825 Jan Carel Elias graaf van Lynden (b. 1770 - d. 1825)
1825 - 1846 Willem Hendrik Alexander Carel
baron van Heeckeren van Kell (b. 1774 - d. 1847)
1 Apr 1846 - Oct 1846 Lodewijk Napoleon graaf van
Randwijck (b. 1807 - d. 1891)
1846 - 1847 Derk Willem Gerhard Johan Hendrik
baron Brantsen van de Zijp (b. 1801 - d. ...)
(acting)
1 Oct 1847 - 1 Jan 1853 Willem Anne baron Schimmelpenninck
van der Oye (b. 1800 - d. 1872)
1 Jan 1853 - 1 Jun 1880 Louis Gaspard Adrien graaf van
Limburg Stirum (b. 1802 - d. 1884)
1 Jun 1880 - 5 Jan 1909 Johan Hendrik Mello baron Mollerus
van Westkerke (b. 1840 - d. 1909)
24 May 1909 - 16 Apr 1925 Schelto van Citters (b. 1865 - d. 1942)
16 Apr 1925 - 19 Sep 1944 Schelto baron van Heemstra
(1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
May 1945 - 1945 Gerardus Wilhelmus Josephus van
Koeverden (acting) (b. 1882 - d. 1962)
Jul 1945 - 1 Jan 1946 Schelto baron van Heemstra
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1946 - 1 Jan 1957 Cypriaan Gerard Carel Quarles van
Ufford (b. 1891 - d. 1985)
1 Apr 1957 - 1 Jun 1973 Hugo Willibrord Bloemers (b. 1908 - d. 2001)
1 Dec 1973 - 1 Nov 1983 Molly Geertsema (b. 1918 - d. 1991)
16 Nov 1983 - 29 May 1991 Matty de Bruijne (b. 1932 - d. 1991)
Nov 1990 - Apr 1991 Nicoline van den Broek-Laman
Trip (f) (acting for de Bruijne) (b. 1937)
1 Jun 1991 - 1 Nov 1991 Adriaan Pieter Oele (acting) (b. 1923 - d. 2017)
1 Nov 1991 - 1 Dec 1996 Jan Terlouw (b. 1931 - d. 2025)
1 Jan 1997 - 1 Jan 2005 Jan Kamminga (b. 1947)
31 Aug 2005 - 1 Feb 2019 Clemens Cornielje (b. 1958 - d. 2022)
1 Feb 2019 - John Berends (b. 1956)
Governors (from 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
1814 - 13 Feb 1830 Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff (b. 1767 - d. 1830)
Jun 1830 - 1 Aug 1850 Willem Frederik Lodewijk baron
Rengers (b. 1789 - d. 1859)
Sep 1850 - 1 Jan 1853 Louis Gaspard Adrien graaf van
Limburg Stirum (b. 1802 - d. 1884)
18 Jan 1853 - 1867 Isaäc Antoni Soetens van Roijen (b. 1800 - d. 1868)
9 Aug 1867 - 2 Nov 1882 Louis graaf van Heiden Reinestein (b. 1809 - d. 1882)
1 Jan 1883 - 9 Dec 1892 Johan Aemilius Abraham van Panhuys (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
9 Dec 1892 - 1 Oct 1917 Carel Coenraad Geertsema (b. 1843 - d. 1928)
1 Oct 1917 - 1925 Edzard Tjarda van Starkenborgh
Stachouwer (b. 1859 - d. 1936)
1 Jun 1925 - 1 Nov 1933 Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda
van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (b. 1888 - d. 1978)
1 Dec 1933 - 1 Apr 1937 Joachim Fockema Andreae (b. 1879 - d. 1949)
1 Jun 1937 - 9 Aug 1941 Johannes Linthorst Homan (b. 1903 - d. 1986)
1 Mar 1942 - 5 May 1945 Christiaan Frederik Staargaard (b. 1885 - d. 1951)
1 Dec 1945 - 1 Jul 1954 Edzo Hommes Ebels (b. 1889 - d. 1970)
1 Jul 1954 - 24 Nov 1961 Willem Augustijn Offerhaus (b. 1897 - d. 1961)
1 Apr 1962 - 1 Feb 1970 Cees Fock (b. 1905 - d. 1999)
1 Feb 1970 - 1 Nov 1980 Edzo Toxopeus (b. 1918 - d. 2009)
16 Dec 1980 - 1 Jul 1996 Henk Vonhoff (b. 1931 - d. 2010)
1 Sep 1996 - 1 Jul 2007 Hans Alders (b. 1952)
1 Sep 2007 - 1 Apr 2016 Max van den Berg (b. 1946)
18 Apr 2016 - René Paas (b. 1966)
Aug 1815 Netherlands province of Limburg established by the merger
of several territories that had been part of France from
1795 to 1814 (Meuse-Inférieure département)
4 Oct 1830 Belgian administration established (except in Maastricht)
19 Apr 1839 Final Act of the London Conference divides the province:
part becomes Belgian, the rest becomes the Duchy of Limburg,
in personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands
5 Sep 1839 Duchy of Limburg accepted as a member state of the German
Confederation
11 May 1867 following the dissolution of the German Confederation,
Limburg is incorporated into the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
Hertogdom Limburg continues in some official use to 1906,
while the style Hertog van Limburg remains incorporated
(tacitly, as part of enz., enz., enz.) into the royal style
Governors (from Jul 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
16 Sep 1815 - 1 Sep 1828 Charles de Brouckère (b. 1757 - d. 1850)
1 Sep 1828 - 1831 Maximilien baron de Beeckman de
Libersart (b. 1781 - d. 1834)
8 Apr 1831 - 27 Apr 1831 Pierre André Servais Kerèns (b. 1780 - d. 1862)
(acting)
27 Apr 1831 - 12 Jun 1839 Johan Eberhard Paul Ernst Gericke
van Herwijnen (b. 1785 - d. 1845)
(buitengewoon commissaris)
12 Jun 1839 - 12 Jan 1841 Johan Eberhard Paul Ernst Gericke
van Herwijnen (s.a.)
+ Anton Joseph Lambert Borret (b. 1782 - d. 1858)
(commissarissen voor de wederinbezitneming)
12 Jan 1841 - 19 Nov 1845 Johan Eberhard Paul Ernst Gericke
van Herwijnen (s.a.)
23 Dec 1845 - 19 Jan 1846 Pieter Daniël Eugenius MacPherson (b. 1792 - d. 1846)
1 Mar 1846 - 10 Sep 1856 Eduardus Johannes Petrus van
Meeuwen (b. 1802 - d. 1873)
1 Oct 1856 - 27 Aug 1874 Joseph van der Does de Willebois (b. 1816 - d. 1892)
1 Nov 1874 - 28 Nov 1893 Eduard Joseph Corneille Marie
de Kuyper (b. 1817 - d. 1893)
1 Nov 1893 - 16 May 1918 Gustave Ruijs van Beerenbroek
(from 21 Mar 1895, Gustave Ruijs
de Beerenbrouck) (b. 1842 - d. 1926)
16 May 1918 - 8 Sep 1918 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
1 Nov 1918 - 12 Feb 1936 Eduard Otto Joseph Maria baron
van Hövell tot Westerflier (b. 1877 - d. 1936)
1 Jun 1936 - 5 Feb 1941 Willem van Sonsbeeck (1st time) (b. 1877 - d. 1969)
Feb 1941 - 6 Sep 1944 Max graaf de Marchant et
d'Ansembourg (b. 1894 - d. 1975)
14 Sep 1944 - 1 Jan 1947 Willem van Sonsbeeck (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1947 - 1 Jan 1964 Frans Houben (b. 1898 - d. 1976)
1 Jan 1964 - 1 Feb 1977 Charles van Rooy (b. 1912 - d. 1996)
1 Aug 1977 - 16 May 1990 Sjeng Kremers (b. 1933)
29 Jun 1990 - 1 Jul 1993 Emiel Mastenbroek (b. 1930 - d. 2005)
1 Jul 1993 - 1 Jul 2005 Berend-Jan baron van Voorst tot
Voorst (b. 1944 - d. 2023)
1 Jul 2005 - 1 Oct 2011 Leon Frissen (b. 1950)
1 Oct 2011 - 19 Apr 2021 Theo Bovens (b. 1959)
19 Apr 2021 - 1 Dec 2021 Johan Remkes (acting) (b. 1951)
1 Dec 2021 - Emile Roemer (b. 1962)
1815 Brabant renamed Noord-Brabant
Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
1814 - 1820 Carel Gerard Hultman (b. 1752 - d. 1820)
1 Mar 1820 - 1 Dec 1822 Benedictus Josephus Holvoet (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
Jan 1823 - 1 Aug 1826 Ewoud van Vredenburch (b. 1779 - d. 1861)
(acting to 1 Apr 1823)
1826 - 1830 Alexandre François Ghislain
burggraaf van der Fosse (b. 1769 - d. 1840)
17 Feb 1830 - 15 May 1842 Andreas Johannes Ludovicus (from
10 Mar 1830, baron) Van den
Bogaerde van Terbrugge (b. 1787 - d. 1855)
19 May 1842 - 1 Sep 1856 Anton Joseph Lambert Borret (b. 1782 - d. 1858)
1 Oct 1856 - 25 May 1894 Paulus Jan Bosch van Drakestein (b. 1825 - d. 1894)
1894 L.A.N. Gerrits (acting)
16 Aug 1894 - 27 Jul 1928 Arthur Eduard Joseph baron van
Voorst tot Voorst (b. 1858 - d. 1928)
16 Sep 1928 - 1944 Augustinus Bernardus Gijsbertus
Maria van Rijckevorsel (b. 1882 - d. 1957)
1944 - 1946 J.Th.M. Smits van Oijen (acting)
1 Nov 1946 - 19 May 1959 Jan Eduard de Quay (b. 1901 - d. 1985)
1 Oct 1959 - 1 Aug 1973 Constant Kortmann (b. 1908 - d. 1997)
1 Dec 1973 - 1 Jun 1983 Jan Dirk van der Harten (b. 1918 - d. 1998)
16 Jun 1983 - 1 Apr 1987 Andreas van Agt (b. 1931 - d. 2024)
22 Apr 1987 - 1 Oct 2003 Frank Houben (b. 1939 - d. 2023)
1 Oct 2003 - 1 Oct 2009 Hanja Maij-Weggen (f) (b. 1943)
1 Oct 2009 - 1 Oct 2020 Wim van de Donk (b. 1962)
1 Oct 2020 - Ina Adema (f) (b. 1968)
Pensionaries of the Council (Raadpensionarissen, usually translated
Grand Pensionaries) of Holland en Westfriesland
27 May 1689 - 3 Aug 1720 Anthonie Heinsius (b. 1641 - d. 1720)
12 Sep 1720 - 17 Jun 1727 Isaäc van Hoornbeek (b. 1655 - d. 1727)
17 Jul 1727 - 1 Dec 1736 Simon van Slingelandt (b. 1664 - d. 1736)
4 Apr 1737 - 17 Jul 1746 Anthonie van der Heim (b. 1693 - d. 1746)
23 Sep 1746 - 18 Jun 1749 Jacob Gilles (b. 1695 - d. 1765)
18 Jun 1749 - 5 Nov 1772 Pieter Steyn (b. 1706 - d. 1772)
1 Dec 1772 - Nov 1787 Pieter van Bleiswijk (b. 1724 - d. 1790)
9 Nov 1787 - 4 Feb 1795 Laurens Pieter Laurenszoon van de
Spiegel (b. 1736 - d. 1800)
Governors (from 13 Jun 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
6 Apr 1814 - 10 Jun 1828 Arnold Willem Nicolaas van Tets
van Goudriaan (b. 1771 - d. 1837)
1828 - 1839 Jan Maximiliaan baron van Tuyll
van Serooskerken van Vleuten (b. 1771 - d. 1843)
1 Jan 1840 - 4 Aug 1855 Daniël Jacob van Ewijck, heer van
Oostbroek en de Bilt (b. 1786 - d. 1855)
4 Aug 1855 - 1 May 1860 Willem Boreel van Hogelanden (b. 1800 - d. 1883)
(acting to 1 Oct 1855)
1 May 1860 - 1 Oct 1879 Herman Hendrik Röell (from 12 May
1874, Herman Hendrik baron Röell) (b. 1806 - d. 1883)
15 Dec 1879 - 1 Feb 1897 Johan Willem Meinard Schorer (b. 1834 - d. 1903)
1 Feb 1897 - 1 Aug 1911 Gijsbert van Tienhoven (b. 1841 - d. 1914)
16 Sep 1911 - 16 Dec 1914 Wilhelmus Frederik van Leeuwen (b. 1860 - d. 1930)
16 Jan 1915 - 29 Nov 1940 Antonie Röell (from 18 Mar 1937,
Antonie baron Röell) (b. 1864 - d. 1940)
10 Feb 1941 - 5 May 1945 Albert Johan Backer (b. 1899 - d. ...)
16 Sep 1945 - 1 May 1954 Jacob Evert baron de Vos van
Steenwijk (b. 1889 - d. 1978)
1 Jul 1954 - 1 Feb 1964 Max Prinsen (b. 1899 - d. 1971)
1 Feb 1964 - 1 May 1976 Ferdinand Jan Kranenburg (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
16 Aug 1976 - 1 Apr 1992 Roel de Wit (b. 1927 - d. 2012)
1 May 1992 - 1 Apr 2002 Jos van Kemenade (b. 1937 - d. 2020)
24 Jun 2002 - 1 Dec 2009 Harry Borghouts (b. 1943)
1 Dec 2009 - 1 Jul 2010 Elisabeth Post (f) (acting) (b. 1965)
1 Jul 2010 - 1 Jan 2019 Johan Remkes (b. 1951)
1 Jan 2019 - Arthur van Dijk (b. 1963)
31 May 1937 public body (Openbaar Lichaam) established on land
reclaimed from the former Zuiderzee
1 Jul 1941 part of Noord-Holland
Landdrost
1937 - 30 Jun 1941 Sikke Smeding (b. 1889 - d. 1967)
Governors (from 10 Jul 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
11 May 1814 - 24 Sep 1830 Berend Hendrik baron Bentinck
tot Buckhorst (b. 1753 - d. 1830)
25 Sep 1830 - 26 Jan 1831 Jan ter Pelkwijk (acting) (b. 1769 - d. 1834)
26 Jan 1831 - 12 Oct 1840 Jacob Hendrik graaf van Rechteren
van Appeltern (b. 1787 - d. 1845)
15 Oct 1840 - 25 Sep 1847 Johan Derk graaf van Rechteren van
Ahnem (b. 1799 - d. 1886)
1 Nov 1847 - 24 Oct 1850 George Isaäc Bruce (b. 1803 - d. 1850)
1 Nov 1850 - 30 Jun 1864 Cornelis Backer (b. 1798 - d. 1864)
31 Jul 1864 - 18 Jul 1868 Eugène Jean Alexandre graaf van
Bylandt (b. 1807 - d. 1876)
30 Jan 1869 - 8 Jul 1878 Petrus Cornelis baron van Nahuys (b. 1803 - d. 1882)
8 Jul 1878 - 1 Jan 1893 Johan Herman Geertsema Carelszoon (b. 1816 - d. 1908)
1 Jan 1893 - 1 Jul 1893 Johan Aemilius Abraham van Panhuys (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1 Dec 1893 - 1 Aug 1909 Petrus Lycklama à Nijeholt (b. 1842 - d. 1913)
16 Oct 1909 - 1 May 1925 Adolf Frederik Lodewijk graaf van
Rechteren Limpurg Almelo (b. 1865 - d. 1935)
1 Jun 1925 - 9 Aug 1941 Alexander Eppo baron van Voorst
tot Voorst (1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1965)
10 Aug 1941 - 26 Feb 1943 Egon Lodewijk Maria Theresia Jozef
von Bönninghausen (b. 1899 - d. 1943)
11 Aug 1943 - May 1945 Wilhelmus de Rijke (b. 1896 - d. 1971)
May 1945 - 6 May 1946 Alexander Eppo baron van Voorst
tot Voorst (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 May 1946 - 1 Feb 1964 Johannes Baptista Gerardus Maria
ridder de van der Schueren (b. 1899 - d. 1990)
16 Feb 1964 - 1 May 1972 Jonkheer Otto Frans Antoine Hubert
van Nispen tot Pannerden (b. 1907 - d. 1992)
15 May 1972 - 1 Jul 1988 Jan Niers (b. 1925 - d. 2005)
1 Jul 1988 - 1 Jun 2002 Jan Hendrikx (b. 1941 - d. 2024)
1 Jun 2002 - 1 Jan 2011 Geert Jansen (b. 1946)
1 Jan 2011 - 26 Oct 2017 Ank Bijleveld (f) (b. 1962)
26 Oct 2017 - 19 Dec 2017 Eddy van Hijum (acting) (b. 1972)
19 Dec 2017 - 11 Jul 2018 Boele Staal (acting) (b. 1947)
11 Jul 2018 - Andries Heidema (b. 1962)
Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
1 May 1814 - Aug 1828 Jan Maximiliaan baron van Tuyll
van Serooskerken van Vleuten (b. 1771 - d. 1843)
1 Sep 1828 - 25 Oct 1830 Florent Joseph ridder van Ertborn (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
22 Oct 1831 - 5 Jan 1840 Lodewijk van Toulon (b. 1767 - d. 1840)
1 Oct 1840 - 1 Sep 1850 Frederik van de Poll (b. 1780 - d. 1853)
1 Sep 1850 - 31 Mar 1858 Schelto baron van Heemstra (b. 1807 - d. 1864)
1 Jun 1858 - 12 Apr 1860 Herman Hendrik Röell (b. 1806 - d. 1883)
12 Apr 1860 - 22 Mar 1880 Elisa Cornelis Unico van Doorn (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
(acting to 1 May 1860)
1 May 1880 - 1 Jan 1882 Jan Arend Godert baron de Vos van
Steenwijk (b. 1818 - d. 1905)
1 Jan 1882 - 1 Oct 1888 Eduard Herman s'Jacob (b. 1827 - d. 1912)
15 Oct 1888 - 1 Aug 1905 Alex baron Schimmelpenninck
van der Oye (b. 1839 - d. 1918)
1 Aug 1905 - 1 Aug 1914 Francis David graaf
Schimmelpenninck (b. 1854 - d. 1924)
1 Aug 1914 - 1 Apr 1924 Frederik Alexander Carel graaf
van Lynden van Sandenburg (b. 1873 - d. 1932)
1 May 1924 - 1 Mar 1934 Herman Theodoor s'Jacob (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
1 Jun 1934 - 5 Feb 1941 Lodewijk Hendrik Nicolaas Bosch
ridder van Rosenthal (1st time) (b. 1884 - d. 1953)
5 Feb 1941 - 20 Oct 1941 Frederik Ernst Müller (b. 1889 - d. 1960)
Oct 1941 - May 1945 Willem Bernard Engelbrecht (b. 1881 - d. 1955)
6 May 1945 - 1 Nov 1946 Lodewijk Hendrik Nicolaas Bosch
ridder van Rosenthal (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Apr 1947 - 1 Jul 1954 Marius Antoon Reinalda (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
1 Jul 1954 - 1 Mar 1970 Constant Theodore Emo graaf van
Lynden van Sandenburg (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
11 Mar 1970 - 1 Mar 1980 Pieter Verdam (b. 1915 - d. 1998)
1 Mar 1980 - 1 Oct 1985 Pieter van Dijke (b. 1920 - d. 2003)
16 Oct 1985 - 1 Jan 1998 Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (b. 1932 - d. 2021)
1 Jan 1998 - 7 Jun 2007 Boele Staal (b. 1947)
7 Jun 2007 - 7 Jun 2013 Roel Robbertsen (b. 1948)
15 Sep 2013 - 1 Feb 2019 Willibrord van Beek (b. 1949)
(acting to 1 Jan 2015)
1 Feb 2019 - Hans Oosters (b. 1962)
Pensionaries of the Council (Raadpensionarissen, usually translated
Grand Pensionaries)
10 Oct 1687 - 16 Aug 1718 Jacob Verheije (b. 1640 - d. 1718)
28 Nov 1718 - 28 Sep 1734 Caspar van Citters (b. 1673 - d. 1734)
2 Nov 1734 - 23 Mar 1750 Dignus Dignuszoon Keetlaer (b. 1674 - d. 1750)
31 May 1751 - 31 Jan 1756 Johan Pieter Recxstoot (b. 1701 - d. 1756)
3 Jan 1757 - 1 Jun 1760 Jacob du Bon (b. 1695 - d. 1760)
15 Dec 1760 - 26 May 1766 Willem van Citters (b. 1723 - d. 1802)
26 May 1766 - 6 May 1770 Adriaan Nicolaaszoon Steengracht,
heer van Grijpskerke en
Poppendamme (b. 1731 - d. 1770)
13 Aug 1770 - 12 May 1785 Johan Marinus Johnszoon Chalmers (b. 1720 - d. 1796)
22 Sep 1785 - 3 Dec 1787 Laurens Pieter Laurenszoon van de
Spiegel (b. 1736 - d. 1800)
25 Apr 1788 - 17 Feb 1795 Willem Aarnout van Citters (b. 1741 - d. 1811)
Landdrost
1808 - 1810 Abraham van Doorn (b. 1760 - d. 1814)
Prefects
1810 - 1811 Patrice Charles Ghislain de
Coninck (b. 1770 - d. 1827)
1811 - 1814 Pierre Joseph baron Pycke (b. 1771 - d. 1820)
Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
16 May 1814 - 18 Sep 1817 Jacob Hendrik Schorer (b. 1760 - d. 1822)
16 Jul 1817 - 1 Aug 1826 Henri baron van Doorn van
Westcapelle (b. 1786 - d. 1853)
(acting [for Schorer to 18 Sep 1817] to 19 Mar 1818)
1 Aug 1826 - 1 Jan 1853 Ewoud (from 22 Aug 1847, baron)
van Vredenburch (b. 1779 - d. 1861)
1 Jan 1853 - 18 Mar 1858 Jacob George Hieronymus
van Tets van Goudriaan (b. 1812 - d. 1885)
31 Mar 1858 - 2 Mar 1860 Schelto baron van Heemstra (b. 1807 - d. 1864)
16 Mar 1860 - 19 Apr 1876 Rudolph Willem baron van Lynden
(from 12 May 1874, Rudolph Willem
graaf van Lynden) (b. 1808 - d. 1876)
9 May 1876 - 20 Aug 1879 Willem Six (b. 1829 - d. 1908)
15 Sep 1879 - 16 Jun 1884 Abraham Pieter Cornelis van
Karnebeek (b. 1836 - d. 1925)
16 Jun 1884 - 29 Jun 1897 Willem Maurits de Brauw (b. 1838 - d. 1898)
1 Jul 1897 - 1 May 1906 Albert Johan Roest (b. 1837 - d. 1920)
1 May 1906 - 1 May 1921 Herman Jacob Dijckmeester (b. 1847 - d. 1942)
1 May 1921 - 12 Sep 1940 Johan Willem Quarles van Ufford
(1st time) (b. 1882 - d. 1951)
Sep 1940 - Nov 1944 Petrus Dieleman (b. 1873 - d. 1961)
1944 - 1945 Guus de Casembroot (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1965)
(acting)
May 1945 - 1 May 1947 Johan Willem Quarles van Ufford
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Feb 1948 - 10 Feb 1965 Guus de Casembroot (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jun 1965 - 1 Oct 1974 Jan van Aartsen (b. 1909 - d. 1992)
16 Jan 1975 - 1 Aug 1992 Kees Boertien (b. 1927 - d. 2002)
16 Sep 1992 - 1 Feb 2007 Wim van Gelder (b. 1942)
1 Mar 2007 - 1 Mar 2013 Karla Peijs (f) (b. 1944)
1 Mar 2013 - Han Polman (b. 1963)
Governors (from 1 Aug 1850, king's/queen's commissioners)
1814 - 1817 Frederik A. van Leijden van
Westbarendrecht (b. 1768 - d. 1821)
Dec 1817 - 1 Mar 1844 Frans-Adam graaf van der Duyn
van Maasdam (b. 1771 - d. 1848)
1 Mar 1844 - 15 Feb 1846 Johan Adriaan ridder van der Heim
van Duivendijke (1st time) (b. 1791 - d. 1870)
1847 - 1848 Leonard Robert Gevaerts (acting) (b. 1774 - d. 1864)
7 Jun 1848 - 1 Jul 1853 Eugène Jean Alexandre graaf van
Bylandt (b. 1807 - d. 1876)
1 Jul 1853 - 11 Feb 1862 Johan Adriaan ridder van der Heim
van Duivendijke (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Feb 1862 - 1 Nov 1871 James Loudon (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
(acting to 1 Mar 1862)
1 Dec 1871 - Mr/Ap 1900 Cornelis Fock (b. 1828 - d. 1910)
Mr/Ap 1900 - 27 Mar 1911 Jacob Gerard Patijn (b. 1836 - d. 1911)
18 Apr 1911 - 3 Jan 1928 Emile Claude baron Sweerts de
Landas Wyborgh (b. 1852 - d. 1928)
(acting to 1 May 1911)
1 Mar 1928 - 29 Apr 1942 Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (b. 1874 - d. 1942)
1943 Robert van Genechten (b. 1895 - d. 1945)
1943 - 1945 Emanuel Johannes Matheus Hubertus
Bolsius (acting) (b. 1886 - d. 1952)
May 1945 - 15 Sep 1945 Bram Rutgers (acting) (b. 1884 - d. 1966)
16 Sep 1945 - Sep 1955 Lodewijk Albert Kesper (b. 1892 - d. 1963)
1956 - 1 Mar 1972 Jan Klaasesz (b. 1907 - d. 1997)
1 Apr 1972 - 1 Jun 1984 Maarten Vrolijk (b. 1919 - d. 1994)
16 Jun 1984 - 1 Jun 1994 Schelto Patijn (b. 1936 - d. 2007)
1 Sep 1994 - 16 Oct 1999 Joan Leemhuis-Stout (f) (b. 1946)
16 Oct 1999 - 3 May 2000 David Luteijn (acting) (b. 1943)
3 May 2000 - 1 Jan 2014 Jan Franssen (b. 1951)
1 Jan 2014 - Jaap Smit (b. 1957)
23 Apr 1949 Dutch administration begins in two frontier areas of
Germany, as authorized by Treaty of Paris as compensation
for the 1940-45 German occupation of the Netherlands;
two Drostambten come into existence
26 Sep 1951 the areas are annexed to neighbouring Dutch provinces:
Elten to Gelderland, Tudderen to Limburg; the landdrosten
continue in office
1 Aug 1963 the areas are returned to West Germany in exchange for the
payment of a war indemnity
Landdrosten
23 Apr 1949 - 28 Oct 1961 Adriaan Blaauboer (b. 1906 - d. 1961)
5 Nov 1961 - 1 Aug 1963 Hans Georg Inundat baron van Tuyll
van Serooskerken (b. 1917 - d. 1988)
Landdrost 23 Apr 1949 - 1 Aug 1963 Hubert Michiel Jozef Dassen (b. 1909 - d. 1978)