The following is a list of governors of
Dutch Ceylon. 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
The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
on 12 May 1656. The first governor,
Willem Jacobszoon Coster
Willem Jacobszoon Coster ( – 21 August 1640) was a Dutch colonial governor who served as the first Governor of Dutch Ceylon from 13 March until 17 August 1640. He was succeeded by Jan Thyszoon Payart.
Ceylon
In 1637, the K ...
, was appointed on 13 March 1640.
List of governors
See also
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List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon
The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous ca ...
(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