(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| English Suzerainty | ||
| English settlement at Willoughby | ||
| 1650 to 1654 | Anthony Rowse, Governor | |
| 1654 to 27 February 1667 | William Byam, Governor | |
| Dutch Suzerainty | ||
| Dutch colony | ||
| 27 February 1667 to 18 October 1667 | Maurits de Rama, Governor | |
| 18 October 1667 to 3 November 1667 | John Harman, Governor | |
| 3 November 1667 to 1 February 1668 | Samuel Barry, Governor | |
| 1668 to 18 June 1669 | Abraham Crijnssen, acting Governor | |
| 1669 to 1671 | Philip Julius Lichtenberg, Governor | |
| 1671 to 1677 | Pierre Versterre, acting Governor | |
| 1677 | Abel Thisso, acting Governor | |
| 1677 to 1678 | Tobias Adriaensen, Governor | |
| 1678 to April 1680 | Johannes Heinsius, Governor | |
| 1680 | Everhard van Hemert, acting Governor | |
| 1680 to 1683 | Laurens Verboom, acting Governor | |
| 1683 to 19 July 1688 | Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, Governor | |
| 1688 to 1689 | Abraham van Vredenburgh, acting Governor | |
| 1689 to 1696 | Johan van Scharphuizen, Governor | |
| 14 May 1696 to 2 March 1707 | Paulus van der Veen, Governor | |
| 2 March 1707 to 27 September 1707 | William de Gruyter, Governor | |
| 27 September 1707 to 19 January 1710 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 19 January 1710 to 28 July 1715 | Johan de Goyer, Governor | |
| 28 July 1715 to 22 January 1716 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 22 January 1716 to 4 October 1717 | Johan de Mahony, Governor | |
| 4 October 1717 to 2 March 1718 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 3rd time |
| 2 March 1718 to 4 September 1721 | Jan Coetier, Governor | |
| 4 September 1721 to 1 March 1722 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor | 4th time |
| 1 March 1722 to 17 September 1727 | Hendrik Temminck, Governor-General | |
| 17 September 1727 to 9 November 1728 | Francis Anthonie de Rayneval, acting Governor-General | 5th time |
| 9 November 1728 to 26 January 1734 | Karel Emilius Henry de Cheusses, Governor-General | |
| 26 January 1734 to 11 December 1734 | Johan Fredrik Cornelis de Vries, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 11 December 1734 to 26 January 1735 | Jacob Alexander Henry de Cheusses, Governor-General | |
| 26 January 1735 to 4 March 1735 | Johan Fredrik Cornelis de Vries, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 4 March 1735 to 22 December 1735 | Council | |
| 22 December 1735 to 11 August 1737 | Johan Raye van Brenelerwaard, Governor-General | |
| 11 August 1737 to 15 October 1742 | Gerrit van de Schepper, Governor-General | |
| 15 October 1742 to 23 April 1751 | Johan Jacob Mauricius, Governor-General | |
| 23 April 1751 to 7 September 1752 | Hendrik Ernst baron van Spörcke, acting Governor-General | |
| 7 September 1752 to 22 October 1754 | Wigbold Crommelin, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 22 October 1754 to 24 August 1756 | Pieter Albert van der Meer, Governor-General | |
| 24 August 1756 to 21 January 1757 | Jan Nepveu, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 21 January 1757 to 22 November 1768 | Wigbold Crommelin, Governor-General | Acting to 20 September 1757, 2nd time |
| 22 November 1768 to 27 February 1779 | Jan Nepveu, Governor-General | Acting to 8 March 1770, 2nd time |
| 27 February 1779 to 23 September 1783 | Bernard Texier, Governor-General | |
| 23 September 1783 to 24 December 1784 | Wolphert Jacob Beeldsnijder Matroos, acting Governor-General | |
| 24 December 1784 to 15 June 1790 | Jan Gerhard Wichers, Governor-General | |
| 15 June 1790 to 20 August 1799 | Juriaan François Frederici, Governor-General | Acting to 24 August 1792 |
| British Occupation | ||
| 20 August 1799 to 4 December 1802 | Juriaan François Frederici, Governor-General | |
| Dutch Suzerainty | ||
| 4 December 1802 to 9 December 1803 | Willem Otto Blois van Treslong, acting Governor-General | |
| 9 December 1803 to 9 May 1804 | Pierre Beranger, Commissioner-General | |
| British Occupation | ||
| 9 May 1804 to 15 April 1805 | Sir Charles Green, Governor-General | |
| 15 April 1805 to 27 September 1808 | William Carlyon Hughes, Lieutenant Governor | |
| 27 September 1808 to 4 May 1809 | Sir John Wardlau Bar, acting Governor-General | |
| 4 May 1809 to 8 November 1811 | Charles Bentinck, Earl of Bentinck, Chief Commissioner | |
| 8 November 1811 to 27 February 1816 | Pinson Bonham, acting Governor-General | |
| Dutch Suzerainty | ||
| 27 February 1816 to 18 July 1816 | Willem Benjamin van Panhuys, Governor-General | |
| 18 July 1816 to 1 April 1822 | Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant, Governor-General | |
| 1 April 1822 to 12 October 1827 | Abraham de Veer, Governor-General | |
| 12 October 1827 to 1 August 1828 | Johannes Graaf van den Bosch, Commissioner-General | |
| United with Netherlands Antilles as Dutch West Indies | ||
| 1 August 1828 to 19 December 1831 | Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar, Governor-General | |
| 19 December 1831 to 5 June 1838 | Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General | Acting to 6 May 1832 |
| 5 June 1838 to 16 July 1839 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 16 July 1839 to 31 March 1842 | Julius Constantijn Rijk, Governor-General | |
| 31 March 1842 to 15 November 1842 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 15 November 1842 to 16 July 1845 | Burchard Jean Elias, Governor-General | |
| 16 July 1845 to 13 October 1845 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 13 October 1845 to 27 January 1848 | Reinier Frederik baron van Raders, Governor-General | |
| Separate colony | ||
| 27 January 1848 to 1 March 1852 | Reinier Frederik baron van Raders, Governor-General | |
| 1 March 1852 to 14 June 1852 | Philippus de Kanter, acting Governor-General | 4th time |
| 14 June 1852 to 22 June 1852 | Coenrad Barends, acting Governor-General | |
| 22 June 1852 to 25 August 1855 | Johann George Otto Stuart von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, Governor-General | |
| 25 August 1855 to 11 August 1859 | Charles Pierre Schimpf, Governor-General | |
| 11 August 1859 to 29 June 1867 | Reinhart Frans van Lansberge, Governor-General | |
| 29 June 1867 to 1 August 1873 | Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga, Governor-General | |
| 1 August 1873 to 1 November 1882 | Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Governor-General | |
| 1 November 1882 to 30 July 1885 | Johannes Herbert August Willem baron van Heerdt tot Eversberg, Governor-General | |
| 30 July 1885 to 18 July 1888 | Hendrik Jan Smidt, Governor-General | |
| 18 July 1888 to 30 January 1889 | Warmolt Tonckens, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 30 January 1889 to 27 June 1891 | Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman, Governor-General | |
| 27 June 1891 to 12 May 1896 | Titus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck, Governor-General | |
| 12 May 1896 to 4 October 1902 | Warmolt Tonckens, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 4 October 1902 to 12 September 1905 | Cornelis Lely, Governor-General | |
| 12 September 1905 to 18 November 1905 | David Hendrick Havelaar, acting Governor-General | |
| 18 November 1905 to 28 February 1908 | Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Governor-General | |
| 28 February 1908 to 10 August 1908 | Pieter Hofstede Crull, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| 10 August 1908 to 30 June 1911 | Dirk Fock, Governor-General | |
| 30 June 1911 to 14 July 1911 | Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque, Governor-General | |
| 14 July 1911 to 17 October 1911 | Pieter Hofstede Crull, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 17 October 1911 to 25 November 1916 | Willem Dirk Hendrik baron van Asbeck, Governor-General | |
| 25 November 1916 to 25 November 1919 | Gerard Johan Staal, Governor-General | 1st time |
| 25 November 1919 to 15 July 1920 | Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General | 1st time |
| 15 July 1920 to 16 December 1920 | Gerard Johan Staal, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 16 December 1920 to 23 May 1921 | Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 23 May 1921 to 21 May 1924 | Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid baron van Reemstra, Governor-General | 1st time |
| 21 May 1924 to 18 September 1924 | Lambertus Johannes Rietberg, Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 18 September 1924 to 21 February 1925 | Jan Luchies Nysingh, Governor-General | |
| 21 February 1925 to 1 April 1928 | Aarnoud Jan Anne Aleid baron van Reemstra, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 1 April 1928 to 16 August 1933 | Abraham "Bram" Arnold Lodewijk Rutgers, Governor-General | |
| 16 August 1933 to 3 January 1944 | Johannes Coenraad Kielstra, Governor-General | |
| 16 August 1935 to 12 April 1936 | Johannes Cornelis Brons, acting Governor-General | Acting for Kielstra, 1st time |
| September 1938 to January 1939 | Johannes Cornelis Brons, acting Governor-General | Acting for Kielstra, 2nd time |
| 3 January 1944 to 2 August 1948 | Johannes Cornelis Brons, Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 2 August 1948 to 20 September 1948 | Willem Huender, Governor-General | |
| Renamed Surinam | ||
| 20 September 1948 to 2 December 1949 | Willem Huender, Governor-General | |
| 2 December 1949 to 15 December 1954 | Jan Klaasesz, Governor-General | |
| Autonomous part of The Netherlands, end of colonial status | ||
| 15 December 1954 to 11 February 1956 | Jan Klaasesz, Governor-General | |
| 11 February 1956 to 18 March 1963 | Jan van Tilburg, Governor-General | |
| 19 March 1963 to 22 August 1964 | Archibald Currie, Governor-General | Acting to 1 May 1963 |
| 22 August 1964 to 26 February 1965 | François Haverschmidt, acting Governor-General | |
| 26 February 1965 to 12 August 1968 | Henri Lucien de Vries, Governor-General | |
| 12 August 1968 to 25 November 1975 | Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier, Governor-General | |
| 25 November 1975 | Independence as Republic of Suriname | |
For continuation after independence, see: President of Suriname