Colonial and Departmental Heads of Martinique
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List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of Martinique
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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| French Suzerainty | ||
| French colony (under the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique) | ||
| 1635 | Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc thumb|220px|Pierre Belain d'EsnambucPierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc was a French trader and adventurer in the Caribbean, who established the first permanent French colony, Saint-Pierre, on the island of Martinique in 1635.... , Governor |
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| 1635 to 1636 | Jacques Du Pont, Governor | |
| 1636 to 1646 | Jacques Dyel du Parquet, Governor | 1st time |
| February 1646 to January 1647 | Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La Pierrière, interim Governor | |
| 1647 to 1650 | Jacques Dyel du Parquet, Governor | 2nd time |
| Granted to the Dyel du Parquet family | ||
| 1650 to 1658 | Jacques Dyel du Parquet, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1658 to 1659 | Marie Bonnard du Parquet, Governor | ♀ |
| 1659 to October 1662 | Adrien Dyel du Parquet, sieur de Vaudroques, Governor | |
| 1662 to 1663 | Médéric Roole, sieur de Gourselas, Governor | |
| 1663 to 1664 | Adrien Jacques Dyel du Parquet, sieur de Clermont, Governor | |
| Under the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales | ||
| 1664 to 1665 | Adrien Jacques Dyel du Parquet, sieur de Clermont, Governor | |
| February 1665 to December 1667 | Robert le Frichot des Friches, sieur de Clodoré, Governor | |
| 1667 to 1672 | François Roole de Laubière, acting Governor | |
| December 1672 to 1674 | Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande, chevalier de Sainte-Marthe, Governor | |
| French crown colony | ||
| 1674 to December 1679 | Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande, chevalier de Sainte-Marthe, Governor | |
| 1680 to 1687 | Jacques de Chambly Jacques de Chambly Jacques de Chambly was from a French military background and became a seigneur in the New World and a governor of Acadia.Chambly's arrival in New France took place in 1665 when he arrived as a captain in the Carignan-Salières Regiment. He immediately was in charge of the construction of Fort... , Governor |
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| 1687 to 1689 | Charles de Peychpeyrou-Comminge de Guitaut, chevalier de Guitaud, Governor | |
| February 1689 to 31 March 1689 | Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent, chevalier de Saint-Laurent, interim Governor | |
| 1689 to June 1711 | Nicolas de Gabaret, Governor | |
| 1711 to 1716 | Jean-Pierre de Charitte, Governor | Did not take up post |
| 1716 | Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne, Governor | |
| 7 January 1717 to 23 May 1717 | Antoine d'Arcy, sieur de La Varenne, Governor | |
| 1717 to 1720 | de Hurault, Governor | |
| 1720 to 1727 | Jacques Charles de Bochard de Noray de Champigny, Governor | |
| 1728 to March 1742 | Jean François Louis de Brach, Governor | |
| 1742 to 1744 | André Martin, sieur de Pointesable, Governor | |
| 1744 to 12 May 1750 | Charles de Tubières de Pastel de Levoy de Grimoire, marquis de Caylus, Governor | |
| 1750 to 1752 | Maximin, marquis de Bompar, Governor | Acting to 1752 |
| 1752 to 1757 | Alexandre Rouillé de Rocourt, Governor | |
| May 1757 to 7 February 1761 | François Beauharnais de Beaumont, marquis de La Ferté Beauharnais, Governor | |
| February 1761 to February 1762 | Louis Le Vassor de La Touche sieur de Tréville, Governor | |
| British Occupation | ||
| February 1762 to July 1763 | William Rufane, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| July 1763 to April 1764 | François Louis de Salignac, marquis de la Mothe Fénelon, Governor | |
| 25 January 1765 to 1768 | Victor Thérèse Charpentier, comte d'Ennery, Governor | |
| Part of the French Antilles | ||
| 1768 to 1772 | Victor Thérèse Charpentier, comte d'Ennery, Governor | |
| 9 March 1772 to 15 March 1776 | Vital Auguste, marquis de Grégoire, comte de Nozières, Governor | |
| 15 March 1776 to May 1777 | Robert d'Argout, Governor | |
| May 1777 to March 1783 | François Claude Amour du Chariol, marquis de Bouillé, Governor | |
| Separate colony | ||
| March 1783 to March 1791 | Claude Charles de Marillac, vicomte de Damas, Governor | |
| July 1789 to April 1790 | Charles Joseph Hyacinthe du Houx, marquis de Vioménil, acting Governor | Acting for Damas |
| 12 March 1791 to September 1792 | Jean Pierre Antoine, comte de Béhague, Governor | |
| January 1793 to 22 May 1794 | Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Governor | |
| British Occupation | ||
| 1794 | Sir Robert Prescott, Governor | |
| 1794 to 1795 | Sir John Vaughan John Vaughan (British army officer) Lieutenant-General Sir John Vaughan KB , styled The Honourable from 1741, was a British soldier and a Member of Parliament in both the British and Irish Parliaments.-Background and early career:... , Governor |
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| 1795 to 1796 | Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Governor | |
| 1796 to 1802 | Sir William Keppel, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| September 1802 tp 21 February 1809 | Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse was a French admiral.-Early career:Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse was born in Auch, in the heart of Gascony. The Villaret de Joyeuse family figured among the minor nobility from Languedoc... , Captain-General |
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| British Occupation | ||
| 21 February 1809 to 1809 | Sir George Beckwith George Beckwith (British Army officer) General Sir George Beckwith KB was a British Army officer.-Military career:Beckwith was commissioned into the 37th Regiment of Foot in 1771. He distinguished himself as a regimental officer in the American Revolutionary War, where he was assistant to Major Oliver Delancey responsible for British... , Captain-General |
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| 10 June 1809 to 1812 | Sir John Broderick, Captain-General | |
| 1812 to 1814 | Sir Charles Wales, Captain-General | |
| 1814 | Sir John Lindsay, Captain-General | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 1814 to 10 September 1817 | Pierre René Marie, comte de Vaugiraud, Captain-General | |
| 10 September 1817 to 1818 | Pierre René Marie, comte de Vaugiraud, Governor | |
| 1818 to 1826 | François Xavier, comte de Donzelot François-Xavier Donzelot Baron François-Xavier Donzelot was a French general and a Governor of the Ionian Islands and Martinique. He was the son of François Donzelot and Jeanne–Baptiste Maire and had a brother named Joseph. He became a general of the French army in March 1801. Months later, he signed the surrender... , Governor |
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| 1826 to 1829 | François Marie Michel de Bouillé, Governor | |
| 1829 to 1830 | Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet, Governor | |
| 1830 to 1834 | Jean Henri Joseph Dupôtet, Governor | |
| 1834 to 1836 | Emmanuel Halgan Emmanuel Halgan Emmanuel Halgan was a French Navy officer and admiral.- Biography :Born to the family of a bailiff, Halgan joined the French Royal Navy aged 16. He then served as a lieutenant and first officer on merchantmen.... , Governor |
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| 1836 to January 1838 | Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau Ange René Armand, Baron de Mackau was a French naval officer and politician.-Early History:Descendant of an ancient family of Ireland who followed King James II to France and grandson of the deputy governess of the sisters of Louis XVI, Ange de Mackau was raised in the same institution as Jérôme... , Governor |
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| January 1838 to July 1838 | Claude Rostoland, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 1838 to 1840 | Alphonse Louis Théodore de Mogès, Governor | |
| 1840 to 1844 | Étienne Henri Mengin Duval d'Ailly, Governor | |
| 1844 to March 1848 | Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu, Governor | |
| March 1848 to 3 June 1848 | Claude Rostoland, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 3 June 1848 to November 1848 | François Auguste Perrinon, Governor | |
| 1848 to 1851 | Armand Joseph Bruat Armand Joseph Bruat Armand Joseph Bruat was a French admiral.- Biography :Bruat joined the French Navy in 1811, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. His early career included far-ranging sea duties: in 1815, he served in Brazil and the West Indies. From 1817 to 1820 he was with French forces in the Levant... , Governor |
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| 11 April 1851 to 1853 | Auguste Napoléon Vaillant, Governor | |
| 1853 | Jacques Brunot, acting Governor | |
| 15 June 1853 to September 1856 | Louis Henri de Gueydon Louis Henri de Gueydon Louis Henri, comte de Gueydon was a vice admiral in the French Navy, and the first governor of Algeria under the Third Republic.-Family :De Gueydon was born in Granville, Manche. His family were nobles of Italian extraction... , Governor |
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| 1856 | Louis André Lagrange, acting Governor | 1st time |
| August 1856 to 1859 | Armand Louis Joseph Denis, comte Fitte de Soucy, Governor | |
| 1859 | Louis André Lagrange, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 1859 to 1864 | Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé, Governor | |
| 1864 to 1867 | François Théodore de Lapelin, Governor | |
| 1867 | André César Vérand, acting Governor | |
| 1867 to 1869 | Louis Auguste Bertier, Governor | |
| 1869 to 1870 | Marie Gabriel Couturier, acting Governor | |
| 1870 to 1871 | Charles Louis Constant Menche de Loisne, Governor | |
| 1871 | Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre, acting Governor | |
| 1871 to 1874 | Georges Charles Cloué, Governor | |
| 1874 | François Charles Michaux, acting Governor | |
| 1875 to 1877 | Thomas Louis Kirkland Le Normant de Kergrist, Governor | |
| 1877 to 1879 | Marie Bruno Ferdinand Grasset, Governor | |
| 1879 | Charles Alexandre Lacouture, acting Governor | |
| 1879 to 1881 | Hyacinthe Laurent Théophile Aube, Governor | |
| 1881 | Moreau Moreau -People:*Basil Anthony Marie Moreau , French priest*Charles Paul Narcisse Moreau French soldier and mathematician .*Christophe Moreau , French cyclist*Daniel Moreau Barringer , American politician... , acting Governor |
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| 1881 to 1887 | Vincent Gaëtan Allègre, Governor | |
| 1887 | Coridon, acting Governor | |
| 1887 to 1889 | Louis Albert Grodet, Governor | |
| 1889 to 1892 | Germain Casse, Governor | |
| 1892 to 1895 | Delphino Moracchini, Governor | |
| 1895 to 1898 | Noël Pardon, Governor | |
| 1898 to 1901 | Marie Louis Gustave Gabrié, Governor | |
| 16 July 1901 to 8 May 1902 | Louis Mouttet, Governor | |
| May 1902 to 1902 | Georges Lhuerre, acting Governor | |
| 1902 to 1904 | Jean Baptiste Philémon Lemaire, Governor | |
| 1904 to 1906 | Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, Governor | |
| 10 March 1906 to 1908 | Charles Louis Lepreux, Governor | |
| 1908 to 1913 | Fernand Foureau, Governor | |
| 1913 to 1914 | Joseph Henri Alfred Vacher, Governor | |
| 1914 to 1915 | Georges Virgile Poulet, Governor | |
| 1915 to 1920 | Camille Lucien Xavier Guy, Governor | |
| 1920 to 1921 | Jules Maurice Gourbeil, Governor | |
| 1921 to 1923 | Fernand Ernest Levecque, Governor | |
| 1923 to 1926 | Henri Marius Richard, Governor | |
| 1926 to 1928 | Robert Paul Marie de Guise Robert Paul Marie de Guise Robert Paul Marie de Guise was Governor General for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.-Titles Held:... , Governor |
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| 14 February 1928 to 15 July 1932 | Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis was born on 1871 at Toulon, France. He was Governor General for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.-Titles held:... , Governor |
1st time |
| 15 July 1932 to 23 August 1932 | Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 23 August 1932 to 4 June 1933 | Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis was born on 1871 at Toulon, France. He was Governor General for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.-Titles held:... , Governor |
2nd time |
| 4 June 1933 to 7 January 1934 | Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 7 January 1934 to 1934 | Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis was born on 1871 at Toulon, France. He was Governor General for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.-Titles held:... , Governor |
3rd time |
| 1934 | René Veber, Governor | |
| 1934 to 1935 | Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa, Governor | |
| 1935 to 1936 | Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, Governor | |
| 1936 | Marie Marc Georges Pelicier, Governor | |
| 22 October 1936 to 7 January 1938 | Jean-Baptiste Alberti, Governor | |
| 1938 | Léopold Arthur André Allys, acting Governor | |
| 1938 to 1939 | Maurice Xavier Joseph Dechartre, Governor | |
| 1939 to 1940 | Georges Aimé Spitz, Governor | |
| 1940 to March 1941 | Louis Henri François Denis Bressoles, Governor | |
| March 1941 to July 1943 | Yves Maurice Nicol, Governor | |
| 14 July 1943 to 31 July 1944 | Louis Georges André Ponton, Governor | Acting to 17 September 1943 |
| 1944 to January 1945 | Antoine Marie Angelini, Governor | |
| 14 January 1945 to 1946 | Georges Hubert Parisot, Governor | |
| French overseas département | ||
| 1946 to 1947 | Georges Louis Joseph Orselli, Governor | |
| 18 July 1947 to 27 July 1950 | Pierre Albert Trouillé, Prefect | |
| 25 August 1950 to 1 November 1954 | Christian Robert Roger Laigret, Prefect | |
| 1 November 1954 to 16 June 1957 | Gaston Claude Villéger, Prefect | |
| 1 August 1957 to 1 January 1960 | Jacques Alphonse Boissier, Prefect | |
| 1 January 1960 to 25 April 1961 | Jean Parsi, Prefect | |
| 25 April 1961 to 8 November 1963 | Michel Grollemund, Prefect | |
| 21 November 1963 to 16 September 1966 | Raphaël Roman Hubert Petit, Prefect | |
| 16 September 1966 to 1 August 1967 | Pierre Francis Lambertin, Prefect | |
| 7 August 1967 to 20 June 1969 | Jean Deliau, Prefect | |
| 1 September 1969 to 15 June 1970 | Pierre Béziau, Prefect | |
| 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1973 | Jean Benjamin Terrade, Prefect | |
| 1 July 1973 to 15 November 1975 | Christian Ernest Orsetti, Prefect | |
| 15 November 1975 to 20 May 1978 | Paul Noirot-Cosson, Prefect | |
| 20 May 1978 to 3 May 1979 | Raymond Raoul Émile Heim, Prefect | |
| 3 May 1979 to 27 July 1981 | Marcel Lucien Paul Julia, Prefect | |
| 27 July 1981 to 10 May 1982 | Jean Chevance, Prefect | |
| 10 May 1982 to 6 March 1985 | Jean Chevance, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 6 March 1985 to 4 November 1987 | Édouard Lacroix Édouard Lacroix -Background:He was born on January 6, 1889 in Sainte-Marie, Quebec. He made career in forestry and opened a lumber plant in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He was the grandfather of businessmen Marcel and Robert Dutil.-Member of Parliament:... , Commissioner of the Republic |
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| 4 November 1987 to 24 February 1988 | Jean Jouandet, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 24 February 1988 to 12 April 1989 | Jean Jouandet, Prefect | |
| 12 April 1989 to 4 September 1991 | Jean-Claude Roure, Prefect | |
| 4 September 1991 to 6 January 1995 | Michel Morin Michel Morin Michel Morin was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a three-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born on March 27, 1948 in Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and made career in education. Before he ran for office, he was a political activist with the Progressive... , Prefect |
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| 6 January 1995 to 24 August 1998 | Jean-François Cordet, Prefect | |
| 31 August 1998 to 21 June 2000 | Dominique Bellion, Prefect | |
| 24 July 2000 to 28 March 2003 | Michel Cadot, Prefect | |
| French overseas region | ||
| 28 March 2003 to 9 February 2004 | Michel Cadot, Prefect | |
| 9 February 2004 to 20 June 2007 | Yves Dassonville Yves Dassonville Yves Dassonville is a French civil servant and statistician. He served as the High Commissioner of New Caledonia from October 25, 2007, succeeding Michel Mathieu, who resigned following a disagreement with then Minister of Overseas France Christian Estrosi over general strikes and social problems... , Prefect |
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| 20 June 2007 to 2 August 2007 | Patrice Latron, interim Prefect | |
| 2 August 2007 to Present | Ange Mancini Ange Mancini Ange Mancini is the French intelligence national coordinator.-Biography:His father was a bricklayer from Italy. In 1963, he started a career in the National Police. In 1983, he served as the head of the Service Régional de Police Judiciaire of Ajaccio. In 1985, he created the Recherche Assistance... , Prefect |
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