Jean Chrétien Baud

Jean Chrétien Baud
Portrait of Jean Chrétien Baud (1835) byRaden Saleh
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 1833–1836
Monarch	William I
Preceded by	Johannes van den Bosch
Succeeded by	Dominique Jacques de Eerens
Personal details
Born	(1789-10-23)23 October 1789 The Hague,Dutch Republic
Died	27 June 1859(1859-06-27)(aged 69) The Hague,Netherlands

Jean Chrétien, Baron Baud(1789–1859) wasGovernor-General of the Dutch East Indiesfrom 1833 until 1836.

He was born inThe Hagueon 23 October 1789. He was a civil servant and politician who served underWilliam IandWilliam II of the Netherlands.He sped through the ranks of the civil service until he reached the post of Vice President of theCouncil for the Dutch East Indies.FollowingJohannes van den Bosch,as acting Governor-General and, later,Minister for the Colonies,he was a strong defender of the Dutch Colonial policy, thecultuurstelsel,which required a certain amount of profitable crops to be dedicated to export.

He was succeed in 1836 byDominique Jacques de Eerens.He became Minister of the Marine in 1840 and Minister for the Colonies from that year until 1848. After 1848 he was for a few years aconservativemember forRotterdamof theHouse of Representatives.He died inThe Hagueon 27 June 1859.

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