List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Limburg

The King's Commissioner of Limburg (Dutch: Commissaris van de Koning in Limburg) is the chairman of both the States of Limburg as well as the provincial executive.Commissarissen van de Koning(in) in Limburg sinds 1850 on Parlement.com (in Dutch)

In the Dutch province of Limburg, the King's Commissioner is usually called Gouverneur (governor), as in Belgium. Similarly, the Provinciehuis (Province Hall) in Maastricht is called Gouvernement (Governor's Residence). This local custom arose from the particular status of the current province in the nineteenth century.

In 1830, the whole of the province of Limburg, which at the time consisted of both the present Dutch and Belgian parts, joined in the Belgian Revolution, with the notable exception of the city of Maastricht. From then until 1839 Limburg was governed as part of Belgium. As per the 1839 Treaty of London, The Netherlands recognised Belgium's independence, but special provisions were made for Limburg (and Luxembourg). The province was divided into two, roughly taking river Meuse as the border, with most of the eastern half, although now an integral part of the Dutch territory, becoming a member of the German Confederacy as the "Duchy of Limburg" to appease Prussia, which had lost access to the Meuse after the Congress of Vienna. This peculiar arrangement, which excluded Maastricht and Venlo, lasted until the Confederation's dissolution in 1866.

The folklore custom to call the local King's Commissioner "Governor" dates from these times; nowadays it is used to underline the Limburgers' (self-)perceived otherness from "regular" Dutchmen.

List of King's and Queen's commissioners of Limburg +TermNameParty1815–1828Charles de BrouckèreOrangist1828–1831Maximilien Henri Ghislain, Baron de Beeckman1831Pierre André Servais Kerens (ad interim)Orangist1831–1845Johan Eberhard Paul Ernst Gericke van Herwijnen1845–1846Pieter Daniël Eugenius Macpherson1846–1856Eduardus Johannes Petrus van MeeuwenLiberal1856–1874Joseph van der Does de WilleboisModerate liberal1874–1893Eduard de Kuijper1893–1918Gustave Ruijs de BeerenbrouckRoman Catholic (conservative)1918Charles Ruijs de BeerenbrouckGeneral League1918–1936Eduard van Hövell tot WesterflierGeneral League / RKSP1936–1941Willem van SonsbeeckRKSP1941–1944Max de Marchant et d'AnsembourgNSB1944–1947Willem van SonsbeeckRKSP / KVP1947–1964François Joseph Marie Anne Hubert HoubenKVP1964–1978Charles van RooyKVP1978–1990Sjeng KremersKVP, CDA1990–1993Emile MastenbroekCDA1993–2005Berend-Jan van Voorst tot VoorstCDA2005–2011Léon FrissenCDA2011–2021Theo BovensCDA2021Johan Remkes (acting)VVD2021–presentEmile Roemer SP

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