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Dirk Fock

Dirk Fock
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Studioportret van Gouverneur-Generaal Mr. D. Fock TMnr 10018708.jpg
Dirk Fock in c. 1921
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office
24 March 1921 – 6 September 1926
Monarch Wilhelmina
Preceded by Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum
Succeeded by Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff
Personal details
Born (1858-06-19)19 June 1858
Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
Died 17 October 1941(1941-10-17) (aged 83)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political party Liberal

Dirk Fock (19 June 1858 – 17 October 1941) was a Dutch politician, Governor of Suriname (1908–1911), President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1917–1921) and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921–1926).

After attending Gymnasium Haganum, Fock studied law at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1875 to 1880.



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