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Pieter Merkus
Pieter Merkus
	Portrait by Jan Willem Pieneman
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
	In office; 1841–1844
Preceded by	Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp
Succeeded by	Joan Cornelis Reynst
Personal details
Born	18 March 1787; Naarden, Dutch Republic
Died	2 August 1844 (aged 57); Surabaya, Dutch East Indies

Pieter Merkus (18 March 1787 – 2 August 1844) was a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1841 to 1844.^[1] He also served as governor of the Molucca Islands.^[2]

References

^ (in Dutch) Mr. P. (Pieter) Merkus, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 17 January 2015.
^ Accounts and papers, Volume 21; Volume 26 by Great Britain House of Commons pages 71, 72

External links

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Political offices
Preceded by Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1841–1844	Succeeded by Joan Cornelis Reynst

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[1] (in Dutch) Mr. P. (Pieter) Merkus, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 17 January 2015.

[2] Accounts and papers, Volume 21; Volume 26 by Great Britain House of Commons pages 71, 72

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