Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Gouverneur-generaal van Nederlandsch-Indië
Coat of arms of the Dutch East Indies
First holder Pieter Both 19 December 1610 – 6 November 1614
Residence	Paleis te Koningsplein Paleis te Rijswijk
Seat	Batavia
Appointer	Dutch East India Company (1610–1800) Dutch government (1800–1949)
Formation	19 December 1610
First holder	Pieter Both
Final holder	Tony Lovink
Abolished	27 December 1949
Succession	President of Indonesia

The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (Dutch: gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949.^{[note 1]}
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