Willem Rooseboom
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Willem Rooseboom | |
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![]() Willem Rooseboom in 1899 | |
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
In office 1899–1904 | |
Monarch | Wilhelmina |
Preceded by | Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck |
Succeeded by | Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz |
Personal details | |
Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 9 March 1843
Died | 6 March 1920 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 76)
Willem Rooseboom (9 March 1843 – 6 March 1920) was a Dutch Major General and politician. He was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1899 until 1904.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ 1899. Egbert Broer Kielstra. Willem Rooseboom, benoemd gouverneur generaal van Nederlands Indië. Eigen Haard. Pages 436-438.
External links
[edit]Media related to Willem Rooseboom at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1843 births
- 1920 deaths
- Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Royal Netherlands Army officers
- Liberal Union (Netherlands) politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- Military personnel from Amsterdam
- Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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- 20th-century Dutch East Indies people
- 19th-century Dutch East Indies people
- Politicians from Amsterdam