Majoor Tan Eng Goan | |||||||||||||||
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| Kapitein der Chinezen of Batavia | |||||||||||||||
| In office 1829–1837 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kapitein Ko Tiang Tjong | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Elevation to Majoor der Chinezen | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Batavia | ||||||||||||||
| Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia | |||||||||||||||
| In office 1837–1865 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | New creation | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Majoor Tan Tjoen Tiat | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Batavia | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1802 Batavia, Dutch East Indies | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 1872 Patoakan, Batavia, Dutch East Indies | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lie Pien Nio | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lim Soe Keng Sia (son-in-law) Kapitein Tan Jap Long (uncle) Tan Liok Tiauw (great-grandson) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | Kapitein Tan Soe Tjong (son) Tan Bit Nio (daughter) | ||||||||||||||
| Parent | Kapitein Tan Peeng Ko (father) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Majoor der Chinezen, bureaucrat | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 陳永元 | ||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Tân Éng Goân | ||||||||||||||
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Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen (Chinese: 陳永元; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Éng Goân; 1802 – 17 September 1872) was a high-ranking bureaucrat who served as the first Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia (now Jakarta), capital of colonial Indonesia.[1][2][3] This was the highest-ranking Chinese position in the civil administration of the Dutch East Indies.[2]
- ^ Almanak van Nederlandsch-Indië voor het jaar 1865 (in Dutch). Batavia: Lands Drukkery. 1865. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ a b Lohanda, Mona (1994). The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942. Jakarta: Djambatan. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Chen, Menghong (2011). De Chinese Gemeenschap van Batavia, 1843-1865: Een Onderzoek naar het Kong Koan Archief [The Chinese Community of Batavia: A Study of the Kong Koan Archives] (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. hdl:1887/14501. ISBN 9789087281335. Retrieved 10 February 2017.