| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| German Cameroon (Kamerun) |
| 14 July 1884 to 19 July 1884 |
Gustav Nachtigal, Reichskommissare |
Commissioner |
| 19 July 1884 to 1 April 1885 |
Maximilian Buchner, acting Reichskommissare |
acting Commissioner |
| 1 April 1885 to 4 July 1885 |
Eduard von Knorr, acting Reichskommissare |
acting Commissioner |
| 4 July 1885 to 13 May 1887 |
Julius Freiherr von Soden, Governor |
|
| 13 May 1887 to 4 October 1887 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor |
1st Term |
| 4 October 1887 to 17 January 1888 |
Eugen von Zimmerer, Governor |
1st Term |
| 17 January 1888 to 26 December 1889 |
Julius Freiherr von Soder, Governor |
2nd Term |
| 26 December 1889 to 17 April 1890 |
Eugen von Zimmerer, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| 17 April 1890 to 3 August 1890 |
Markus Graf Pfeil, Governor |
|
| 3 August 1890 to 14 August 1890 |
… Kurz, acting Governor |
|
| 14 August 1890 to 2 December 1890 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| 7 August 1891 to 5 January 1892 |
Bruno von Schuckmann, acting Governor |
|
| 5 January 1892 to 27 June 1893 |
Eugen von Zimmerer, Governor |
3rd Term |
| 27 June 1893 to 24 February 1894 |
… Leist, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| 24 February 1894 to 31 December 1894 |
Eugen von Zimmerer, Governor |
4th Term |
| 31 December 1894 to 27 March 1895 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, acting Governor |
3rd Term |
| 28 March 1895 to 4 May 1895 |
… von Lücke, acting Governor |
|
| 5 May 1895 to 26 October 1895 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, acting Governor |
4th Term |
| 27 October 1895 to 10 September 1897 |
Theodor Seitz, Governor |
1st Term |
| 11 September 1897 to 12 January 1898 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor |
5th Term |
| 12 January 1898 to 13 October 1898 |
Theodor Seitz, Governor |
2nd Term |
| 14 October 1898 to 17 January 1900 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor |
6th Term |
| 17 January 1900 to 31 July 1900 |
August Köhler, acting Governor |
|
| 1 August 1900 to 6 September 1900 |
… Diehl, acting Governor |
|
| 6 September 1900 to 15 November 1900 |
… von Kamptz, acting Governor |
|
| 16 November 1900 to 3 February 1902 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor |
7th Term |
| 3 February 1902 to 3 October 1902 |
… Plehn, acting Governor |
|
| 2 October 1902 to 9 May 1904 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor |
8th Term |
| 9 May 1904 to 31 January 1905 |
Otto Gleim, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| 31 January 1905 to January 1906 |
Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor |
9th Term |
| January 1906 to November 1906 |
Oberst Müller, acting Governor |
|
| November 1906 to 1 July 1907 |
Otto Gleim, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| 1 July 1907 to 10 February 1909 |
Theodor Seitz, Governor |
3rd Term |
| 10 February 1909 to October 1909 |
… Hansen, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| October 1909 to 27 August 1910 |
Theodor Seitz, Governor |
4th Term |
| August 1910 to September 1910 |
… Steinhausen, acting Governor |
|
| September 1910 to 25 October 1910 |
… Hansen, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| 25 October 1910 to October 1911 |
Otto Gleim, Governor |
3rd Term |
| October 1911 to 29 March 1912 |
… Hansen, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| 29 March 1912 to 9 October 1913 |
Karl Ebermaier, Governor |
1st Term |
| 9 October 1913 to 1914 |
… Full, acting Governor |
|
| 1914 to 4 March 1916 |
Karl Ebermaier, Governor |
2nd Term |
| (April 1914) |
Occupation by Great Britain and France |
| 4 March 1916 |
Germany surrenders territory to occupying powers |
