Cornelis van der Lijn (1608 – 27 July 1679) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1646 until 1650.

One further year later he was made a full counsellor (Dutch: Raad ordinair); he followed Philips Lucasz (whose portrait was painted by Rembrandt)[2] as Director-General of the Indies.

Strenuous measures were taken to maintain the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Moluccas.

The rulers in the Netherlands allowed Van der Lijn, at his own request, to retire with honour on 7 October 1650.

In 1651, Cornelis van der Lijn left aboard the Prinses Royaal for the Netherlands.