The following is a list of governors of
Dutch Ceylon
Dutch Ceylon ( Sinhala: Tamil: ) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kandyan ...
. The Dutch arrived on the island of
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administrated by the
Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor,
Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.
List of governors
See also
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List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1698)
Sources
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17th-century establishments in Sri Lanka
18th-century disestablishments in Sri Lanka
1640 establishments in Asia
1794 disestablishments in Asia
Dutch Empire-related lists
Lists of Dutch colonial governors and administrators
Lists of governors
Lists of office-holders in Sri Lanka