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
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