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During the tenure of governors-general who were proponents of the ethical policy a people's council called the Volksraad for the Dutch East Indies was installed in 1918. The Volksraad , an infant form of democratic council, was limited to an advisory role and only a small portion of the population were able to vote for its members.
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Lieutenant Governor-General. 1942 1948 — Louis Joseph Maria Beel. High Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies. 1948 1949 Juliana House of Orange-Nassau (4 September 1948 – 27 December 1949) — Antonius Hermanus Johannes Lovink. High Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies. 1949 1949
No.PortraitNameFrom116101614216141615316151619416191623Dutch East Indies. During World War II the entire Dutch East Indies, excepting a part of southern Netherlands New Guinea, was occupied by Japan. The years 1945–49 formed a transition period in which the Netherlands unsuccessfully tried to regain control of the islands. The islands achieved independence as the new nation of Indonesia in 1949.
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Apr 15, 2024 · Anthony van Diemen (born 1593, Culemborg, Neth.—died April 19, 1645, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a colonial administrator who, as governor-general of the Dutch East Indian settlements (1636–45), consolidated the Dutch interests in Southeast Asia. After an unsuccessful business career in Amsterdam, van Diemen joined the Dutch East India ...
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Apr 18, 2024 · From 1828 to 1833, he was governor-general in the Dutch East Indies, and, from 1834 to 1839, minister of the colonies. He instituted a “Culture System” that made Indonesian noblemen semiautonomous rulers, exacted compulsory labour from villagers, and required each village to devote at least one-fifth of its land to export crops.
On September 16, 1936, he became Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies. When the Netherlands surrendered to Germany on May 10, 1940, Jhr. van Starkenborgh declared martial law in the East Indies. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese after their conquest. 65 Hubertus Johannes van Mook 1942, 1945–1948 66 Louis Beel 1948–1949
