Paulus de Roo ( – 9 August 1695) was a
Governor of Dutch Ceylon
The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon 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, Wi ...
during the
Dutch period in 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 ...
.
De Roo was appointed acting governor on 29 January 1695, and remained at his post until 9 August.
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1658 births
1695 deaths
17th-century Dutch colonial governors
Governors of Dutch Ceylon
Dutch East India Company people
People from Surat
Dutch India
Dutch expatriates in India