The Staatsbewind was a governing council of the Batavian Republic

Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....

 between 1801 and 1805. The presidents of the Staatsbewind were acting heads of state of the Batavian Republic.

Reign of the Staatsbewind

The Staatsbewind came into power after a coup d'état against the Uitvoerend Bewind

Uitvoerend Bewind

The Uitvoerend Bewind was the name of the government of the Batavian Republic between 1798 and 1801. The president of the Uitvoerend Bewind was head of state of the Batavian Republic.-Unitarian Democrats:...

 on 17 October 1801. The reign of the Staatsbewind ended on 29 April 1805, when emperor Napoleon of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 appointed Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck , Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic and an investor in the Holland Land Company....

 as grand pensionary of the Batavian Republic.

Dutch heads of state 1801-1805

• Willem Aernout de Beveren 17 October 1801 - 31 January 1802
• Egbert Sjuck Gerrold Juckema van Burmania Rengers 1 February 1802 - 30 April 1802
• Samuel van Hoogstraten 1 May 1802 - 31 July 1802
• Gerrit Jan Pijman 1 August 1802 - 31 October 1802
• Johannes Baptista Verheyen 1 November 1802 - 31 January 1803
• Jacobus Spoors 1 February 1803 - 30 April 1803
• Campegius Hermannus Gockinga 1 May 1803 - 31 July 1803
• Daniël Cornelis de Leeuw 1 August 1803 - 31 October 1803
• Augustijn Gerhard Besier 1 November 1803 - 31 January 1804
• Anthonie Frederik Robbert Evert van Haersolte, Lord van Staverden 1 February 1804 - 30 April 1804
• Gerard Brantsen
  Gerard Brantsen
  Gerard Brantsen was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was one of the Dutch signatories to the treaty ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1783...
  
   1 May 1804 - 31 July 1804
• Willem Queysen 1 August 1804 - 31 October 1804
• Willem Aernout de Beveren 1 November 1804 - 31 January 1805
• Jan Bernd Bicker
  Jan Bernd Bicker
  Jan Bernd Bicker was a Dutch merchant, politician and a very powerful member of the Bicker family. He was a member of the Batavian Republic's executive organ, the Staatsbewind, from 1803 to 1805....
  
  1 February 1805 - 29 April 1805