The Directors-General of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, 1624-1664. |-bgcolor=#cccccc| bgcolor=#cccccc | #| bgcolor=#cccccc | Name| bgcolor=#cccccc | Took Office| bgcolor=#cccccc | Left Office| bgcolor=#cccccc | Capital| bgcolor=#cccccc | Appointed By|-| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1| bgcolor=#ffdead | Cornelis May| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1624| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1625| bgcolor=#ffdead | New Amsterdam| bgcolor=#ffdead | Dutch West India Company|-| bgcolor=#ffdead | 2| bgcolor=#ffdead | Willem Verhulst| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1625| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1626| bgcolor=#ffdead | New Amsterdam| bgcolor=#ffdead | Dutch West India Company|-| bgcolor=#ffdead | 3| bgcolor=#ffdead | Peter Minuit| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1626| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1633| bgcolor=#ffdead | New Amsterdam| bgcolor=#ffdead | Dutch West India Company|-| bgcolor=#ffdead | 4| bgcolor=#ffdead | Wouter Van Twiller| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1633| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1638| bgcolor=#ffdead | New Amsterdam| bgcolor=#ffdead | Dutch West India Company|-| bgcolor=#ffdead | 5| bgcolor=#ffdead | Willem Kieft| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1638| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1647| bgcolor=#ffdead | New Amsterdam| bgcolor=#ffdead | Dutch West India Company|-| bgcolor=#ffdead | 6| bgcolor=#ffdead | Petrus Stuyvesant| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1647| bgcolor=#ffdead | 1664| bgcolor=#ffdead | New Amsterdam| bgcolor=#ffdead | Dutch West India Company New YorkNew JerseyGovernment of DelawarePennsylvania Source: [wikipedia: list of directors-general of new netherlands]