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Director-General of New Netherland

This is a list of Directors-General, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland in Dutch) in North America. The largest settlement in New Netherland was New Amsterdam, which became the city of New York when the English took control of and renamed the Dutch colony in 1664.

1624-1664

Cornelis May 1624-25  
Willem Verhulst 1625-26  
Peter Minuit 1626-33  
Wouter van Twiller 1633-38  
Willem Kieft 1638-47  
Petrus Stuyvesant 1647-64  

See also

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