Jacob van Kittensteyn was the
Governor of Dutch Ceylon
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
during the
Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 26 February 1650 and was Governor until 11 October 1653. He was succeeded by
Adriaan van der Meyden.
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17th-century Dutch colonial governors
Governors of Dutch Ceylon