German military chief and governor of KamerunFor the German rocket engineer, see Jesco von Puttkamer. The Residence of von Puttkamer in Buea

Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer (2 July 1855 in Berlin – 23 July 1917 in Berlin) was a German colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun:

• 13 May 1887 – 4 October 1887
• 14 August 1890 – 2 December 1890
• 31 December 1894 – 27 March 1895
• 5 May 1895 – 26 October 1895
• 11 September 1897 – 12 January 1898
• 14 October 1898 – 17 January 1900
• 16 November 1900 – 3 February 1902
• 2 October 1902 – 9 May 1904
• 31 January 1905 – January 1906.

View of Von Puttkamer's Palace

He has left a splendid residential manor in Buea, Cameroon.

See also

• Colonial heads of German Cameroon

External links

Media related to Jesko von Puttkamer at Wikimedia Commons

• Newspaper clippings about Jesko von Puttkamer in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW