VOC Commanders and Governors of the Cape of Good Hope

During the 143 years of Dutch government at the Cape the term of office of the official who headed the government of the colony was sometimes very brief, while others remained in power for a long period.

Commanders

from

to

 

Commander

7.4.1652

6.5.1662

 

Jan Anthonisz van Riebeeck (initially called "opperhoof")

6.5.1662

27.9.1666

 

Zacharias Wagenaer

27.9.1666

18.6.1668

 

Cornelis van Quaelberg

18.6.1668

25.3.1670

 

Jacob Borghorst

25.3.1670

30.11.1671

 

Pieter Hackius

30.11.1671

April 1672

 

Politieke Raad (acting)

April 1672

2.10.1672

 

Albert van Breugel (sekunde; acting)

2.10.1672

14.3.1676

 

Isbrand Goske

14.3.1676

29.6.1678

 

Johan Bax dit van Herenthals

29.6.1678

12.10.1679

 

Hendrik Crudop (sekunde; acting)

12.10.1679

1.6.1691

 

Simon van der Stel

Governors

van

tot

 

Governor

1.6.1691

11.2.1699

 

Simon van der Stel

11.2.1699

3.6.1707

 

Willem Adriaan van der Stel

3.6.1707

1.2.1708

 

Johannes Cornelis d’Ableing (acting)

1.2.1708

27.12.1711

 

Louis van Assenburg

27.12.1711

28.3.1714

 

Willem Helot (acting)

28.3.1714

8.9.1724

 

Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes

8.9.1724

25.2.1727

 

Jan de la Fontaine (acting)

25.2.1727

23.4.1729

 

Pieter Gijsbert Noodt

23.4.1729

31.8.1737

 

Jan de la Fontaine (acting, governor from 8.3.1737)

31.8.1737

19.9.1737

 

Adriaan van Kervel (died after three weeks in office)

19.9.1737

14.4.1739

 

Daniël van den Henghel (fiskaal; acting)

14.4.1739

27.2.1751

 

Hendrik Swellengrebel

27.2.1751

11.8.1771

 

Ryk Tulbagh

11.8.1771

14.2.1785

 

Joachim van Plettenberg (acting, governor from 18.5.1774)

14.2.1785

24.6.1791

 

Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff

24.6.1791

3.7.1792

 

Johannes Izaac Rhenius (sekunde; acting)

3.7.1792

2.9.1793

 

Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frijkenius (Commissioners-General)

2.9.1793

16.9.1795

 

Abraham Josias Sluysken