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	Governor-general's Palace, Batavia
Appointer	VOC (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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