Netherlands/ Indonesia: Herman Willem Daendels, the 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1808 –11), posthumously painted by Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh.

Herman Willem Daendels (1762 –1818) was a Dutch soldier who became Governor General of the Asian colonies. After heavy criticism of his leadership, he was replaced in 1811, and became an officer in the French army. King William I of the Netherlands then appointed Daendels Governor General of the Dutch Colonies on the west coast of Africa. He died of yellow fever there in 1818.

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