Pieter Merkus

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Pieter Merkus

1851 portrait of Pieter Merkus
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 1841–1844
Preceded by	Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp
Succeeded by	Jan Cornelis Reijnst
Personal details
Born	(1787-03-18)18 March 1787 Naarden, Dutch Republic
Died	2 August 1844(1844-08-02) (aged 57) Surabaya, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia)

Pieter Merkus (18 March 1787 – 2 August 1844) was a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1841 to 1844.

v t e Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies (1610–1949)

Dutch East India Company (1610–1800)	Both (1610–14) · Reynst (1614–15) · Reael (1615–19) · Coen (1619–23) · De Carpentier (1623–27) · Coen (1627–29) · Specx (1629–32) · Brouwer (1632–36) · Van Diemen (1636–45) · Van der Lijn (1645–50) · Reyniersz (1650–53) · Maetsuycker (1653–78) · Van Goens (1678–81) · Speelman (1681–84) · Camphuys (1684–91) · Van Outhoorn (1691–1704) · Van Hoorn (1704–09) · Van Riebeeck (1709–13) · Van Swoll (1713–18) · Zwaardecroon (1718–25) · De Haan (1725–29) · Durven (1729–32) · Van Cloon (1732–35) · Patras (1735–37) · Valckenier (1737–41) · Thedens (1741–43) · Van Imhoff (1743–50) · Mossel (1750–61) · Van der Parra (1761–75) · Van Riemsdijk (1775–77) · De Klerck (1777–80) · Alting (1780–96)

Dutch East Indies (1800–1948)	Van Overstraten (1796–1801) · Siberg (1801–05) · Wiese (1805–08) · Daendels (1808–11) · Janssens (1811) · British occupation (1811–16) · Van der Capellen (1816–26) · Du Bus (1826–30) · Van den Bosch (1830–33) · Baud (1833–36) · De Eerens (1836–40) · Van Hogendorp (1840–41) · Merkus (1841–44) · Reijnst (1844–45) · Rochussen (1845–51) · Van Twist (1851–56) · Pahud (1856–61) · Van de Beele (1861–66) · Mijer (1866–72) · Loudon (1872–75) · Van Lansberge (1875–81) · s'Jacob (1881–84) · Van Rees (1884–88) · Pijnacker Hordijk (1888–93) · Van der Wijck (1893–99) · Rooseboom (1899–1904) · Van Heutsz (1904–09) · Idenburg (1909–16) · Van Limburg Stirum (1916–21) · Fock (1921–26) · De Graeff (1926–31) · De Jonge (1931–36) · Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1936–42) · Van Mook (1942–48)

High Commissioners	Beel (1948–49) · Lovink (1949)

Authority control	VIAF: 66896643

Persondata
Name	Merkus, Pieter
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch officer and administrator
Date of birth	18 March 1787
Place of birth	Naarden, Netherlands
Date of death	2 August 1844
Place of death	Surabaya, Indonesia

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