Pieter Merkus

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Pieter Merkus
Portrait by Jan Willem Pieneman

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 1841–1844
Preceded by	Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp
Succeeded by	Joan Cornelis Reynst

Personal details
Born	(1787-03-18)18 March 1787 Naarden, Dutch Republic
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Surabaya, Dutch East Indies

Pieter Merkus (18 March 1787 – 2 August 1844) was a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1841 to 1844.^[1] He also served as governor of the Molucca Islands.^[2]

References

↑ (Dutch) Mr. P. (Pieter) Merkus, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 17 January 2015.
↑ Accounts and papers, Volume 21; Volume 26 by Great Britain House of Commons pages 71, 72

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1841–1844	Succeeded by Joan Cornelis Reynst

v t e Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies (1610–1949)
Dutch East India Company (1610–1800)	Both (1610–14) Reynst (1614–15) Reael (1615–19) Coen (1619–23) De Carpentier (1623–27) Coen (1627–29) Specx (1629–32) Brouwer (1632–36) Van Diemen (1636–45) Van der Lijn (1645–50) Reyniersz (1650–53) Maetsuycker (1653–78) Van Goens (1678–81) Speelman (1681–84) Camphuys (1684–91) Van Outhoorn (1691–1704) Van Hoorn (1704–09) Van Riebeeck (1709–13) Van Swoll (1713–18) Zwaardecroon (1718–25) De Haan (1725–29) Durven (1729–32) Van Cloon (1732–35) Patras (1735–37) Valckenier (1737–41) Thedens (1741–43) Van Imhoff (1743–50) Mossel (1750–61) Van der Parra (1761–75) Van Riemsdijk (1775–77) De Klerck (1777–80) Alting (1780–96)
Dutch East Indies (1800–1948)	Van Overstraten (1796–1801) Siberg (1801–05) Wiese (1805–08) Daendels (1808–11) Janssens (1811) British occupation (1811–16) Van der Capellen (1816–26) Du Bus (1826–30) Van den Bosch (1830–33) Baud (1833–36) De Eerens (1836–40) Van Hogendorp (1840–41) Merkus (1841–44) Reynst (1844–45) Rochussen (1845–51) Van Twist (1851–56) Pahud (1856–61) Van de Beele (1861–66) Mijer (1866–72) Loudon (1872–75) Van Lansberge (1875–81) s'Jacob (1881–84) Van Rees (1884–88) Pijnacker Hordijk (1888–93) Van der Wijck (1893–99) Rooseboom (1899–1904) Van Heutsz (1904–09) Idenburg (1909–16) Van Limburg Stirum (1916–21) Fock (1921–26) De Graeff (1926–31) De Jonge (1931–36) Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1936–42) Van Mook (1942–48)
High Commissioners	Beel (1948–49) Lovink (1949)