Director-General of New Netherland

This is a list of Directors-General, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland in Dutch) in North America. The largest settlement in New Netherland was New Amsterdam, which became the city of New York when the English took control of and renamed the Dutch colony in 1664.

1624-1664

Cornelis May	1624-25
Willem Verhulst	1625-26
Peter Minuit	1626-33
Wouter van Twiller	1633-38
Willem Kieft	1638-47
Petrus Stuyvesant	1647-64

See also

• Dutch colonization of the Americas
• List of mayors of New York City
• History of New York City