Burchard Joan Elias (12 July 1799 – 1 May 1871) was the last Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies, a colony that existed between 1828 and 1845 as a merger of Surinam and Curaçao and Dependencies.

After Elias left office, the colony was again split.

Before his governorship, Elias served as resident of Cirebon (1830–1838) and as Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Colonies (1838–1842).

In 1823, he married Cornelia Dorothea Adelheid Scholten van Aschat.

After her death in 1836, he married her sister Lidie Henriëtte Scholten van Aschat in 1837.