# Claim 936

Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff took office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia on March 26, 1926.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff took office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia on March 26, 1926.
- Field: announced_by
- Value: De Graeff became Governor-General on March 26, 1926
- About: [incident 1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis)
- Source: Nobuto Yamamoto, Print Power and Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1914-1942 (Cornell University dissertation). https://ecommons.cornell.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe4bfdb2-a196-4b98-9706-23bf333c79f9/content
- Publisher: Nobuto Yamamoto, Print Power and Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1914-1942 (Cornell University dissertation)
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2011

## Quotation from the source

> the new Governor-General, Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, assumed his office in Batavia on March 26, 1926.

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