Back لیست فرمانداران سیلان هلند Persian Liste des gouverneurs du Ceylan néerlandais French オランダ領セイロン総督 Japanese Lijst van gouverneurs van Nederlands-Ceylon Dutch இலங்கையின் ஒல்லாந்த ஆளுநர்கள் Tamil
The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administered by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.