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List of the Colonial Heads of Upper Oubangui and the region becoming the Central African Republic

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
10 February 1894 to 13 July 1894	Eugène Decazes, Director
Upper Oubangui (Haut-Oubangui)
13 July 1894 to 20 October 1894	Eugène Decazes, Commissioner
20 October 1894 to 1897	Victor Liotard, Commissioner
1897 to 1900	Victor Liotard, Lieutenant-Governor
1900 to 29 December 1903	Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor
Upper Oubangui (Oubangui-Chari)
29 December 1903 to May 1904	Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor	(contd.)
May 1904 to 22 August 1905	Alphonse Iaeck, acting Governor-Delegate
22 August 1905 to 16 February 1906	Victor Emmanuel Merlet, acting Governor-Delegate
16 February 1906 to 4 April 1906	Louis Paul Émile Lamy, Governor-Delegate
Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (constituent colony of Congo Français, renamed French Equatorial Africa French Equatorial Africa French Equatorial Africa or the AEF was the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara Desert.-History:... in 1910)
April 4, 1906 to February 28, 1909	Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor
February 28, 1909 to August 5, 1910	Lucien Fourneau, acting Lieutenant-Governor
August 5, 1910 to June 10, 1911	Paul Adam, acting Lieutenant-Governor
June 10, 1911 to October 12, 1916	Frederic Estebe, Lieutenant-Governor
October 12, 1916 to July 17, 1917	Victor Merlet, Lieutenant-Governor
July 17, 1917 to 16 May 1919	Auguste Lamblin, acting Lieutenant-Governor
May 16, 1919 to August 31, 1920	Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor
Oubangui-Chari (Oubangui-Chari and Chad are separated)
August 31, 1920 to December 1921	Alphonse Diret, acting Lieutenant-Governor
December 1921 to August 7, 1923	Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor
August 7, 1923 to November 1924	Pierre Frangois, acting Lieutenant-Governor
November 1924 to July 1, 1926	Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor
July 1, 1926 to July 1928	Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor
July 1928 to October 22, 1929	Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor
October 22, 1929 to October 30, 1930	Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor
October 30, 1930 to March 8, 1933	Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor
March 8, 1933 to February 1934	Pierre Bonnefont, acting Lieutenant-Governor
February 1934 to August 17, 1934	Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor
August 17, 1934 to May 21, 1935	Adolphe Deitte Adolphe Deitte Adolphe Deitte was a French colonial administrator; from 1928 until 1929 he was lieutenant governor of Chad. He served as that colony's governor from 1934 until 1935. He was the lieutenant-governor of Mauritania from 5 July - August 1934 and governor of Côte d'Ivoire from 1935 until 1936,... , Governor-Delegate
May 21, 1935 to May 30, 1936	Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate
May 30, 1935 to October 24, 1936	Pierre Bonnefont, acting Governor-Delegate
October 24, 1936 to March 28, 1939	Max Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor-Delegate
March 28, 1939 to July 15, 1941	Pierre de Saint-Mart, acting Governor
July 15, 1941 to May 30, 1942	Pierre de Saint-Mart, Governor
May 30, 1942 to July 30, 1942	André Latrille, acting Governor
July 30, 1942 to April 3, 1946	Henri Sautot, Governor
April 3, 1946 to May 24, 1946	Jean Chalvet, Governor
May 24, 1946 to October 1946	Henri Latour, acting Governor
French overseas territory
October 1946 to April 25, 1948	Jean Chalvet, Governor	(contd.)
April 25, 1948 to December 1, 1948	Jean Mauberna, acting Governor
December 1, 1948 to January 27, 1949	Auguste Even, acting Governor	1st Term
January 27, 1949 to January 4, 1950	Pierre Delteil, Governor
January 4, 1950 to March 1, 1950	Auguste Even, acting Governor	2nd Term
March 1, 1950 to July 9, 1951	Ignace Colombani, Governor
July 9, 1951 to October 19, 1951	Pierre Raynier, acting Governor
October 19, 1951 to February 16, 1954	Aime Grimald, Governor
February 16, 1954 to March 23, 1955	Louis Sanmarco Louis Sanmarco Louis Sanmarco was a French colonial administrator of italian origin. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 1954 until 1957, and served as its High Commissioner from then until 1958. He was born in Martigues and died in Paris.-References:*... , acting Governor
March 23, 1957 to January 29, 1958	Louis Sanmarco Louis Sanmarco Louis Sanmarco was a French colonial administrator of italian origin. He served as the governor of the colony of Ubangi-Shari from 1954 until 1957, and served as its High Commissioner from then until 1958. He was born in Martigues and died in Paris.-References:*... , Governor
January 29, 1958 to December 1, 1958	Paul Bordier, Governor
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December 1, 1958 to August 14, 1960	Paul Bordier, High Commissioner
August 14, 1960	Independence as Central African Republic Central African Republic The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)

Heads of state of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)

This is a complete list of the heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire. There have been five heads of state in the history of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire since independence was obtained from the French on 13 August 1960...

List of the Colonial Heads of Upper Oubangui and the region becoming the Central African Republic

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