List of colonial heads of French Sénégal
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| French rule of Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially estimated at 176,000 in 2005. Saint-Louis... and Gorée Island by Chartered Companies |
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| Expanding to small posts along West African Coast as Far as Gabon until 1850s | ||
| Governors of the Compagnie du Normande | ||
| 1626 to 1658 | ||
| 1626 - 1631 | Jacques Fumechon | |
| 1631 - 1641 | Thomas Lambert Thomas Lambert Thomas Lambert is a Swiss freestyle skier. He was born in Mettmenstetten. He participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he placed 14th in aearials, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he placed 12th in aerials.... |
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| 1641 - 1648 | Jean Caullier | |
| 1649 - 1650 | de Soussy | |
| 1651 - 1658 | Mésineau | |
| Governors of the Compagnie du Cap Vert et du Sénégal | ||
| 1658 to 1664 | ||
| 1658 - 1661 | Raguenet | |
| 1661 - 28 May 1664 | de Boulay | |
| Governors of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales | ||
| 1664 to 1672 | ||
| 28 May 1664 - 1668 | Jacquet | |
| 1668 - 9 Apr 1672 | de Richemont | |
| Governor of the Compagnie du Sénégal | ||
| 1672 to 1673 | ||
| 1672 - 1673 | Richemont Richemont Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A. is a Swiss luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by the South African businessman Johann Rupert. Richemont categorizes its businesses into four areas: jewellery, watch making, writing instruments and other, which encompasses clothing and firearms. The... |
(acting) |
| Director of the Compagnie du Sénégal | ||
| 1674 to 1682 | ||
| 1674 - 1682 | Jacques Fuméchon | |
| Director of the Compagnie d'Afrique | ||
| 1682 to 1684 | ||
| 1682 - 12 Sep 1684 | Denis Basset | |
| Directors of the Compagnie de Guinée | ||
| 1684 to 1696 | ||
| 12 Sep 1684 - 1689 | Louis Moreau de Chambonneau | (1st time) |
| 1689 - 1690 | Michel Jajolet de La Courbé | |
| 1690 - Jan 1693 | Louis Moreau de Chambonneau | (2nd time) |
| Jan 1693 - Jul 1693 | n/a | Vacant |
| Jul 1693 - Mar 1696 | Jean Bourguignon Jean Bourguignon Jean-Jules Bourguignon was a Belgian inventor. Having left school at the age of 16, he had a variety of jobs while developing his inventing skills.... |
(2nd time) |
| Directors of the Compagnie du Sénégal | ||
| 1696 to 1709 | ||
| Mar 1696 - 4 Apr 1697 | Jean Bourguignon Jean Bourguignon Jean-Jules Bourguignon was a Belgian inventor. Having left school at the age of 16, he had a variety of jobs while developing his inventing skills.... |
(acting) |
| 4 Apr 1697 - 1 May 1702 | André Brué | (b. 1654 - d. 1738) |
| 1702 - 1706 | Joseph Lemaitre | (b. 1654 - d. 1738) |
| 1706 - 1709 | Michel Jajolet de La Courbé | (b. 1654 - d. 1738) |
| Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen | ||
| 1710 to 1718 | ||
| 1710 - 15 Aug 1711 | Guillaume Joseph Mustellier | (d. 1711) |
| 1712 - 2 May 1713 | Pierre de Richebourg | |
| 20 Apr 1714 - 15 Dec 1718 | André Brué | |
| Directors of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales | ||
| 1718 to 1758 | ||
| 15 Dec 1718 - May 1720 | André Brué | |
| May 1720 - Apr 1723 | Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert | (d. 1725/26)(1st time) |
| 1723 - 1725 | Julien du Bellay | |
| 1725 | Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert | (2nd time) |
| 1725 - 1726 | Arnaud Plumet | |
| 1726 - 1733 | Jean Levens de la Rouquette | |
| 1733 - 7 Mar 1733 | Lejuge | (d. 1733) |
| 1733 - 1738 | Sebastian Devaulx | (acting to 1736) |
| 1738 - 1746 | Pierre Félix Barthélemy David | (b. 1711 - d. 1795) |
| 1746 - 30 Apr 1758 | Jean-Baptiste Estoupan de la Rué | |
| British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia The Gambia The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west.... . |
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| British Governors | ||
| 1758 to 1779 | ||
| 30 Apr 1758 - 10 Feb 1763 | Richard Alchorne Worge | |
| 10 Feb 1763 - 25 May 1765 | John Barnes | |
| 25 May 1765 - Nov 1775 | Charles O'Hara Charles O'Hara General Charles O'Hara was a British military officer who served in the Seven Years War, American War of Independence, and French Revolutionary War, and later served as Governor of Gibraltar... |
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| 25 May 1765 - Apr 1766 | Joseph Debat | (Gambia Superintendent of Trade) |
| Nov 1775 - 8 Apr 1777 | Matthias MacNamara | |
| 8 Apr 1777 - 18 Aug 1778 | John Clarke | |
| 18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779 | William Lacy William Lacy -Biography:William was born at "Hanton", Yorkshire ; suffered at York, 22 August 1582. He married a widow, named Cresswell, whose sons, Arthur and Joseph, became Jesuits. Little is related of his family by his biographers. He had a brother Ralph of Preston in Amounderness, a sister Barbara, and... |
(did not assume office) |
| 18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779 | George Fall | (acting) |
| British Lieutenant Governors | ||
| 1776 to 1779 | ||
| Apr 1776 - 24 Jan 1774 | Joseph Debat | |
| 24 Jan 1774 - Aug 1775 | William Myres | |
| Aug 1774 - Nov 1775 | Matthias MacNamara | |
| Nov 1775 - Dec 1775 | Thomas Sharpless | (acting) |
| Dec 1775 - 8 Aug 1776 | Joseph Wall Joseph Wall (colonial administrator) Joseph Wall , Irish statesman who was governor of Gorée and executed for the murder of one his soldiers.Wall was born in Dublin in 1737, a son of Garrett Wall of Derryknavin, near Abbeyleix in Queen's County, who is described as 'a respectable farmer on Lord Knapton's estates.' At the age of... |
(b. 1737 - d. 1802) |
| 8 Aug 1776 - 1776 | George Fall | (acting) (1st time) |
| 1776 - 18 Aug 1778 | William Lacy William Lacy -Biography:William was born at "Hanton", Yorkshire ; suffered at York, 22 August 1582. He married a widow, named Cresswell, whose sons, Arthur and Joseph, became Jesuits. Little is related of his family by his biographers. He had a brother Ralph of Preston in Amounderness, a sister Barbara, and... |
(acting) |
| 18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779 | George Fall | (acting) (2nd time) |
| French Reclaiming of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially estimated at 176,000 in 2005. Saint-Louis... and Gorée Island. |
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| Royal government, then French First Republic French First Republic The French First Republic was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I... , then French First Empire. From 1789 under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon. |
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| French Governors | ||
| 1779 to 1809 | ||
| 11 Feb 1779 - Mar 1779 | Armand Louis de Gontaut Armand Louis de Gontaut Armand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.-Early titles:Born in... |
duc de Lauzun (b. 1747 - d. 1793) |
| Mar 1779 - 7 Mar 1781 | Jacques Joseph Eyries | |
| 7 Mar 1781 - Jul 1782 | J.B. Bertrand | (acting) |
| Jul 1782 - Feb 1784 | Anne Gaston Dumontet | |
| Feb 1784 - Feb 1786 | Louis Legardeur | sieur de Repentigny (b. 1721 - d. 1786) |
| Feb 1786 - Dec 1787 | Stanislas Jean Boufflers | chevalier de Boufflers (b. 1738 - d. 1815) |
| Dec 1787 - Jan 1801 | François Blanchot de Verly | (b. 17.. - d. 1807)(1st time) |
| Jan 1801 - 2 Jul 1802 | Charbonnes | (acting) |
| 2 Jul 1802 - 27 Oct 1802 | Louis Henri Pierre Lasserre | |
| 27 Oct 1802 - 12 Sep 1807 | François Blanchot de Verly | (2nd time) |
| Sep 1807 - 13 Jul 1809 | Pierre Levasseur | |
| British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia The Gambia The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west.... . |
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| British Governors | ||
| 1809 to 1817 | ||
| 13 Jul 1809 - 1811 | Charles William Maxwell | (d. 1848) |
| 1811 - 1814 | Charles MacCarthy Charles MacCarthy (governor) Brigadier-General Sir Charles MacCarthy KCMG was an Irish-born soldier who served in the French, Dutch and British armies, and was a governor of various British territories in West Africa.... |
(b. 1764 - d. 1824) |
| 1814 - 25 Jan 1817 | Thomas Brereton Thomas Brereton Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Brereton was an Irish soldier who led the dragoons against the rioters during the Bristol Riots and was subsequently court-martialled for his leniency.He was the governor of Senegal by the time of the Méduse tragedy.... |
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| French Reclaim Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially estimated at 176,000 in 2005. Saint-Louis... and Gorée Island. |
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| Royal government restored by British. Under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon until 1850s. | ||
| French Commandants | ||
| 1817 to 1828 | ||
| 25 Jan 1817 - Dec 1817 | Julien Schmaltz | (1st time) |
| Dec 1817 - 13 Mar 1819 | Fleuriau | (acting) |
| 13 Mar 1819 - 14 Aug 1820 | Julien Schmaltz | (2nd time) |
| 14 Aug 1820 - 1 Mar 1821 | Louis Lecoupe de Montereau, baron Lecoupe | (acting) |
| 1 Mar 1821 - 18 May 1827 | Jacques François, baron Roger | (b. 1787 ) |
| 18 May 1827 - 7 Jan 1828 | Gerbidon | (acting) |
| French Governors | ||
| 7 Jan 1828 - 11 May 1829 | Jean-Guillaume Jubelin | (b. 1787 ) |
| 11 May 1829 - 24 May 1831 | Pierre de Brou | |
| 24 May 1831 - 18 Oct 1833 | Thomas Renault de Saint-Germain | (d. 1833) |
| 18 Oct 1833 - 13 Nov 1833 | Cadest | (acting) |
| 13 Nov 1833 - 10 May 1834 | Germain Quernel | |
| 10 May 1834 - 1 Jul 1836 | Louis Pujol Louis Pujol Louis Pujol was Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire during the last years of July Monarchy and during initial period of French Second Republic.-Titles Held:... |
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| 1 Jul 1836 - Dec 1836 | Louis Malavoix | |
| Dec 1836 - 13 Sep 1837 | Louis Guillet Louis Guillet Louis Guillet was a Quebec notary and political figure.He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan in 1788, apprenticed as a notary at Pointe-aux-Trembles and was admitted to the profession in 1809. He was named a justice of the peace in 1830... |
(acting) |
| 13 Sep 1837 - 12 Apr 1839 | Julien Soret | |
| 1839-1854: Posts from Gambia south under command of Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa. See Colonial heads of Gabon Colonial heads of Gabon See below for continuation 1886 to 17 August 1960For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Gabon-See also:*Gabon**Heads of State of Gabon*Lists of incumbents... |
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| 12 Apr 1839 - 19 May 1841 | Guillaume Charmasson de Puylaval | (b. 1780 ) |
| 19 May 1841 - 7 May 1842 | Jean-Baptiste Montagniés de la Roque | (b. 1761 |
| 1842-1860: For subdivision Colony of Gorée and Dependencies see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire -List of Colonial Heads of Côte d'Ivoire :For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire-See also:*Côte d'Ivoire**Heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire... |
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| 7 May 1842 - 5 Feb 1843 | Édouard Pageot Desnoutières | |
| 5 Feb 1843 - 24 May 1844 | Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez Louis Edouard Bouët-Willaumez Louis Edouard Bouët-Willaumez was a French admiral.He was born Louis Edouard Bouët, the son of a businessman in Maison-Lafitte, near Paris... |
(b. 1808 - d. 1871) |
| 24 May 1844 - Jul 1844 | Laborel Laborel Laborel is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.-Population:... |
(acting) |
| Jul 1844 - 11 Dec 1845 | Pierre Thomas Pierre Thomas Pierre Thomas, sieur du Fossé was a French scholar and author, and was the son of a master of accounts at Rouen. He was sent as a child to be educated to the Jansenists at Port-Royal des Champs. There he received his bent towards the life of a recluse, and even of a hermit, which drew him to... |
(acting) |
| 11 Dec 1845 - 20 Mar 1846 | François Ollivier | (d. 1846) |
| 20 Mar 1846 - 30 Aug 1846 | Hoube | (acting) |
| 30 Aug 1846 - 24 Aug 1847 | Ernest Bourdon, comte de Gramont | (b. 1805 - d. 1847) |
| 24 Aug 1847 - 7 Sep 1847 | Caille Caille Caille is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.-Geography:Caille is built on a rocky outcrop in a glacial peneplain. Near to Bauroux, one of the major summits of the Alps, the village is surrounded by coniferous forests... |
(acting)(d. 1847) |
| 7 Sep 1847 - Nov 1847 | Léandre Bertin du Château | (acting) (b. 1804 - d. 1884) |
| Nov 1847 - Aug 1850 | Auguste Baudin Auguste Baudin Auguste Laurent François Baudin was a French admiral and colonial administrator... |
(b. 1800 - d. 1877) |
| Aug 1850 - 11 Oct 1850 | Aumont Aumont -People:* Jean-Pierre Aumont , French actor* Aumont family, a family which played an important part in French history* Phillippe Aumont, Canadian pitcher drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft-France:... |
(acting) |
| 11 Oct 1850 - 16 Dec 1854 | Auguste Léopold Protet Auguste Léopold Protet Auguste Léopold Protet was a French Navy admiral. He founded Dakar, fought in the Second Opium War, and was killed in the Taiping Rebellion at the Fengxian District of Shanghai on the afternoon of May 17, 1862... |
(1st time) (b. 1808 - d. 1862) |
| May 1853 - 30 Jan 1854 | André César Vérand | (acting for Protet) |
| 31 Jan 1854 - 16 Dec 1854 | Auguste Léopold Protet Auguste Léopold Protet Auguste Léopold Protet was a French Navy admiral. He founded Dakar, fought in the Second Opium War, and was killed in the Taiping Rebellion at the Fengxian District of Shanghai on the afternoon of May 17, 1862... |
(2nd time) |
| 1854: all other West African possessions fall under subdivision of Senegal: Colony of Gorée and Dependencies. | ||
| 16 Dec 1854 - 1 Jun 1861 | Louis Léon César Faidherbe | (b. 1818 - d. 1889) |
| 4 Sep 1858 - 12 Feb 1859 | A. Robin | (acting for Faidherbe) |
| 4 October 1860: Ivory Coast territory moved to the Ivory Coast-Gabon colony see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire -List of Colonial Heads of Côte d'Ivoire :For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire-See also:*Côte d'Ivoire**Heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire... |
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| 1 Jun 1861 - 1 Dec 1861 | Léopold François Stephan | (acting) (b. 1815) |
| 1 Dec 1861 - 13 May 1863 | Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry | (b. 1815 - d. 1887) |
| 13 May 1863 - 14 Jul 1863 | Émile Pinet-Laprade Émile Pinet-Laprade -Biography:Succeeding Bernard Jauréguiberry, Pinet-Laprade was governor of Senegal from May 13, 1863 until July 14, 1863. Louis Faidherbe then took over until May 1, 1865, when Pinet-Laprade assumed the position again until July 14, 1863. Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos then succeeded him... |
(1st time)(b. 1822 - d. 1869)(acting) |
| 14 Jul 1863 - 1 May 1865 | Louis Léon César Faidherbe | (2nd time) |
| 1 May 1865 - 17 Aug 1869 | Émile Pinet-Laprade Émile Pinet-Laprade -Biography:Succeeding Bernard Jauréguiberry, Pinet-Laprade was governor of Senegal from May 13, 1863 until July 14, 1863. Louis Faidherbe then took over until May 1, 1865, when Pinet-Laprade assumed the position again until July 14, 1863. Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos then succeeded him... |
(2nd time) (acting to 12 Jul 1865) |
| 18 Aug 1869 - 17 Oct 1869 | Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos | (b. 1820 )(acting) |
| 17 Oct 1869 - 18 Jun 1876 | François-Xavier Michel Valière | (b. 1826 - d. 1886) |
| 18 Jun 1876 - Apr 1880 | Louis Briere de l'Isle Louis Brière de l'Isle Louis Alexandre Esprit Gaston Brière de l'Isle was a French Army general who achieved distinction firstly as Governor of Senegal , and then as general-in-chief of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps during the Sino-French War .-Military career to 1871:Louis Briere de l'Isle was born on 4 June 1827 in... |
(b. 1827 - d. 1896) |
| 27 February 1880: Haut-Sénégal military region created as sub division. See Colonial heads of Mali Colonial heads of Mali List of Colonial Heads of MaliFor continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Mali... |
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| Apr 1880 - 4 Aug 1881 | Louis Ferdinand de Lanneau | (b. 1822 ) |
| 4 Aug 1881 - Oct 1881 | Marie Auguste Deville de Perière | (b. 1825 ) (acting) |
| Oct 1881 - 28 Jun 1882 | Henri Philibert Canard | (b. 1824 - d. 1894) |
| 1882: Costal sections of Guinea separated from Senegal, become Rivières du Sud Rivières du Sud Rivières du Sud was a French colonial division in West Africa, roughly corresponding to modern coastal sections of Guinea... , later French Guinee. |
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| 28 Jun 1882 - 16 Nov 1882 | Aristide Louis Antoine Vallon | (b. 1826 - d. 1897) |
| 16 Nov 1882 - 28 Jun 1883 | René Servatius | |
| 28 Jun 1883 - 25 Jul 1883 | Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher | (b. 1837 - d. 1896) (acting) |
| 25 Jul 1883 - 15 Apr 1884 | Henry Bourdiaux | (acting) (b. 1838 - d. 1899) |
| 15 Apr 1884 - 14 Apr 1886 | Alphonse Seignac-Lesseps | |
| 1886: Gabon and Eastern coastal possessions separated from Senegal, become French Congo French Congo The French Congo was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic... |
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| 14 Apr 1886 - 29 Apr 1888 | Jules Genouille | (b. 1839 - d. 1923) |
| 29 Apr 1888 - 22 Sep 1890 | Léon Émile Clément-Thomas Léon Émile Clément-Thomas Léon Émile Clément-Thomas was Governor General for various colonies in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic.-Titles Held:... |
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| 18 August 1890: French Sudan French Sudan French Sudan was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1960, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.-Colonial establishment:... Territory separated from Senegal. See: Colonial heads of Mali Colonial heads of Mali List of Colonial Heads of MaliFor continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Mali... |
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| 22 Sep 1890 - 19 May 1895 | Henri Félix de Lamothe | (b. 1843 - d. 1926) |
| 19 May 1895 - 28 Jun 1895 | Louis Mouttet | (acting)(b. 1857 - d. 1902) |
| Incorporated into French West Africa French West Africa French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan , French Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Upper Volta , Dahomey and Niger... -- 16 June 1895 Command of French West Africa Handed to Governor General |
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| Governors of Sénégal now subortdonate to Governor General of l'AOF | ||
| 28 Jun 1895 - 1 Nov 1900 | Jean Baptiste Émile Louis | (b. 1853 - d. 19..) |
| 1 Nov 1900 - 26 Jan 1902 | Noël Eugène Ballay | (b. 1847 - d. 1902) |
| 26 Jan 1902 - 15 Mar 1902 | Pierre Paul Marie Capest | (b. 1857 - d. 19..) |
| 15 Mar 1902 - 11 Nov 1902 | Ernest Roume | (b. 1858 - d. 1934) |
| 11 Nov 1902 - 26 Aug 1907 | Camille Lucien Xavier Guy | (b. 1860 - d. 1929) |
| 26 Aug 1907 - 15 Dec 1907 | Joost van Vollenhoven Joost van Vollenhoven Joost van Vollenhoven was a Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator. Van Vollenhoven died in the Second Battle of the Marne.-Early life:... |
(acting) (b. 1877 - d. 1918) |
| 15 Dec 1907 - 10 Jun 1908 | Martial Henri Merlin | (b. 1860 - d. 1935) |
| 10 Jun 1908 - 17 Oct 1908 | Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne | (b. 1849 - d. 19..)(1st time) |
| 17 Oct 1908 - 23 Feb 1909 | Maurice Gourbeil | |
| 23 Feb 1909 - 2 May 1909 | Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudard (acting) | |
| 2 May 1909 - 5 Feb 1911 | Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne | (2nd time) |
| 5 Feb 1911 - 13 May 1914 | Henri François Charles Core | |
| 13 May 1914 - 1916 | Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti | (b. 1872 - d. 1938) |
| 20 Mar 1917 - 23 Sep 1920 | Fernand Émile Levêque | |
| 23 Sep 1920 - 17 Sep 1921 | Théophile Antoine Pascal | (acting) |
| 17 Sep 1921 - 4 Jul 1925 | Pierre Jean Henri Didelot Pierre Jean Henri Didelot Pierre Jean Henri Didelot was born on 12 May 1870 in Paris. He was a Governor General in the French Colonial Empire.-Titles held:... |
(b. 1870 - d. 19..) |
| 4 Jul 1925 - 23 May 1926 | Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet | (1st time) (acting) |
| 23 May 1926 - 23 Oct 1926 | Joseph Zébédée Olivier Cadier | (acting) |
| 23 Oct 1926 - 12 Mar 1929 | Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore | (b. 1882 - d. 1975) |
| 12 Mar 1929 - 4 Jul 1930 | Maurice Beurnier (1st time) | (b. 1878 - d. 19..) |
| 4 Jul 1930 - 15 Aug 1931 | Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet | (2nd time) |
| 15 Aug 1931 - 14 Oct 1931 | Benoît Louis Rebonne | (acting) |
| 14 Oct 1931 - Dec 1936 | Maurice Beurnier | (2nd time) |
| Dec 1936 - 25 Oct 1938 | Louis Lefebvre | |
| 25 Oct 1938 - 1940 | Jean Paul Parisot | |
| 1 Jan 1941 - 22 Dec 1942 | Georges Pierre Rey | |
| 22 Dec 1942 - 2 Dec 1943 | Hubert Jules Deschamps | (b. 1900 - d. 1979) |
| 2 Dec 1943 - Jun 1945 | Charles Jean Dagain | (b. 1885 - d. 1969) |
| Jun 1945 - Apr 1946 | Pierre Louis Maestracci | |
| Apr 1946 - 20 May 1947 | Oswald Durand Oswald Durand Oswald Durand was a Haitian poet and politician. Durand is said to be "to Haiti what Shakespeare is to England and Dante to Italy." Among his most famous works are Choucoune, a lyrical poem praising the beauty of a Haitian woman, and Chant National, a lyrical historic poem which became as popular... |
(b. 1888 - d. 1982) |
| 20 May 1947 - 19 Oct 1950 | Laurent Marcel Wiltord | |
| 19 Oct 1950 - 25 Apr 1952 | Camille Victor Bailly | (b. 1907 - d. 1984) |
| 25 Apr 1952 - 19 Feb 1954 | Lucien Eugène Geay | (b. 1900) |
| 19 Feb 1954 - 31 Oct 1955 | Maxime Marie Antoine Jourdain | |
| 31 Oct 1955 - 10 Feb 1957 | Jean Colombani | (b. 1903) |
| 10 Feb 1957 - 25 Nov 1958 | Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami | (b. 1909) |
| African High Commissioner of the French Union French Union The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" and to abolish its "indigenous" status.-History:... |
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| 25 Nov 1958 - 20 Jun 1960 | Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami | |