The Opperhoofd of Mauritius was an official who ruled Dutch Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the Dutch colonial period between 1598 and 1718. The island was under the administration of the Dutch East India Company.
List of Opperhoofds (1598–1710) A list of Opperhoofd of Mauritius from 1598 to 1710.
#IncumbentPortraitTenureTook officeLeft officeDutch Expedition to Mauritius 1. Wybrant Warwijck 20 September 1598 1598Island abandoned1598 to 6 May 1638Dutch Mauritiusunder the Dutch East India Company 2. Cornelis Simonszoon Gooyer 6 May 1638 7 November 1639 3. Adriaan van der Stel 7 November 1639 1645 4. Jacob van der Meersch 1645 September 1648 5. Reinier Por 1648 1653 6. Joost van der Woutbeekr 1653 1654 7. Maximiliaan de Jongh 1654 1656 8. Abraham Evertszoon 1656 16 July 1658Abandoned16 July 1658 to 1664 9. Jacobus van Nieuwlant 1664 May 1665 10. Georg Frederick Wreede 1665 1667 11. Jan van Laar 1667 1668 12. Dirk Janszoon Smient 1668 1669 13. Georg Frederick Wreede 1669 1672 14. Swen Felleson 1672 15. Philip Col 1672 13 February 1673 16. Hubert Hugo 13 February 1673 4 October 1677 17. Isaac Johannes Lamotius 4 October 1677 22 October 1692 18. Roelof Deodati 22 October 1692 25 November 1703 19. Abraham Momber van de Velde 25 November 1703 17 February 1710Abandoned17 February 1710 to 6 September 1718
See also Governor of Mauritius
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