Hendrik Doijer Jzn (born 14 September 1830 – 13 April 1906) was a Dutch politician, who first made a career in the administration on the
Dutch Gold Coast
The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch: ''Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea'') was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1612. ...
and who became interim governor during the European leave of governor
Henri Alexander Elias
Henri Alexander Elias (born 21 March 1829 – 26 February 1903) was a Dutch colonial administrator, who served as governor of the Dutch Gold Coast.
Biography
Henri Alexander Elias was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies to Burchard Joan Elia ...
on 13 June 1864, upon the death of his interim predecessor
Carel van Hien
Carel Hendrik David van Hien (born 20 September 1833 – 30 June 1864) was a Dutch colonial administrator, who made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast and who became interim governor during the European leave of governor H ...
. He later became
mayor
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of
Zoeterwoude
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Located to the southeast of Leiden and north of Zoetermeer, the municipality of Zoeterwoude consist ...
and
Woerden.
Biography
Doijer was born in
Amsterdam
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to painter
Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer and Petronella Evekink.
Hendrik Doijer established himself as a merchant on the Gold Coast in 1851, joining his brother Huibert, who had been an agent for H. van Rijckevorsel & Co. since 1849. In 1853, Hendrik and Huibert founded the company Doijer Brothers in
Elmina
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. Unlike his brother Huibert, who always remained a private merchant, Hendrik joined the Dutch colonial administration in 1856.
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1830 births
1906 deaths
Colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast