Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger

Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger
Portrait of Koningsberger, 1925
Born	(1867-01-17)17 January 1867 Hazerswoude, Netherlands
Died	19 March 1951(1951-03-19) (aged 84) Scheveningen, Den Haag, Netherlands
Occupation(s)	Botanist, politician
Spouses	Manuella Ursule Mariana Hellendoorn (1894–1899) Bertha Rosina Margaretha Lang (1902–his death)
Children	3, including Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger [nl] (son) Victor Jacob Koningsberger (son)
Minister of the Colonies of the Netherlands
In office 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929
Preceded by	Charles Welter
Succeeded by	Simon de Graaff

Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger (17 January 1867 – 19 March 1951) was a Dutch biologist and politician. He spent much of his life in the Dutch East Indies, where he wrote extensively about the flora and fauna of Java. He was extensively involved in the Lands Plantentuin in Buitenzorg (now the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor), serving as its director between 1910 and 1918. In politics, he served as the first chairman of the Volksraad (1918–1919), as well as Minister of the Colonies under Dirk Jan de Geer (1926–1929). An independent, he had liberal leanings and allowed more indigenous representation in governance.