Jacob van der Meersch was

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

from 1644 to 1648. He was succeeded by

Reinier Por Reinier or Reiner Por (died 7 January 1653 at Fort Frederik Hendrik, near Mahébourg) was the Dutch opperhoofd or governor of Mauritius from 1648 to 1653. Five years after his death the first Dutch colony was briefly abandoned, to be re-establishe ...

. Before van der Meersch, the governor was Adriaen van der Stel. During his time as governor, progress was made in the domain of wood-cutting and a 5 kilometer road was built.

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*http://www.farelli.info/pages_colonies/africa/mauritius.htm Dutch Governors of Mauritius 17th-century Dutch colonial governors Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Netherlands-politician-stub