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[[Image:Janvanriebeeck.jpg|right|thumb|Jan van Riebeeck]]
'''Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck''' ([[21 April]], [[1619]]–[[18 January]], [[1677]]), was a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] colonial administrator. He was born in [[Culemborg]] in the Netherlands as the son of a surgeon. He grew up in [[Schiedam]], where he married [[Maria van Riebeeck|Maria de la Quellerie]] on [[28 March]] [[1649]].
Joining the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC) in [[1639]], he served in a number of posts, including that of an assistant surgeon in the [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in the [[East Indies]]. He subsequently visited [[Japan]]. His most important position was that of head of the VOC trading post in [[Tonkin]], [[Vietnam]]. However, he was called back from this post as it was discovered that he was conducting trade for his own account.
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