Pieter Woortman

Pieter Woortman
Director-General of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office
8 June 1767 – 11 April 1780
Preceded byJan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper
Succeeded byJacobus van der Puije
Personal details
Born(1700-03-23)23 March 1700
Soest, Brandenburg-Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died14 April 1780(1780-04-14) (aged 80)
Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast
Spouse(s)Elisabeth Carrier
Afodua

Pieter Woortman (born 23 March 1700 – 14 April 1780)[1] was a slave trader and an administrator of the Dutch West India Company. He was one of the longest-serving Director-General of the Dutch Gold Coast, in office between 1767 and 1769 (ad interim) and from 1769 until his death in 1780.[2]