| French Polynesia |
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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| French Polynesia | ||
| Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands cede sovereignty to France; other islands are annexed until 1900 (Colony of Oceania) | ||
| 1843 to 1847 | Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor | |
| 1847 to 1849 | Charles François Lavaud, Governor | |
| 1849 to 1850 | Charles François Lavaud, Commandant | |
| 1850 to 1852 | Louis Adolphe Bonard, Commandant | |
| 1852 to 1854 | Théogène François Page, Commandant | |
| 1854 to 1858 | Joseph Fidèl Eugène du Bouzet, Governor | |
| 1858 | Jean-Marie Joseph Théodose Saisset de Mars, Governor | |
| 1858 to 1860 | Louis Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Governor | |
| 1860 to 1864 | Louis Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Commandant | |
| 1864 to 1869 | Émile François Guillaume Clément, comte de la Roncière, Commandant | |
| 1869 to 1871 | Michel Louis Isidore de Jouslard, Commandant | |
| 1871 to 1873 | Hippolyte Auguste Girard, Commandant | |
| 1873 to 1876 | Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre, Commandant | |
| 1876 to 1877 | Antoine Léonce Michaux, Commandant | |
| 1877 | Joseph Henri Brunet-Millet, Commandant | |
| 1877 to 1878 | Auguste Marie Édouard d'Oncieu de la Bâthie, Commandant | |
| 1878 to 1880 | Jacques Ferdinand Planche, Commandant | |
| Tahiti annexed by France (effective 30 December 1880) | ||
| 1880 to 1881 | Henri Isidore Chessé, Commandant | |
| 1881 to 1883 | Frédéric Jean Dordolot des Essarts, Governor | |
| 1883 to 1885 | Marie Nicolas François Auguste Morau, Governor | |
| 1885 to 1886 | Delphino Moracchini, acting Governor | |
| 1886 to 1893 | Étienne Théodore Lacascade, Governor | |
| 1893 | Adolphe Jean Granier de Cassagnac, acting Governor | |
| 1893 | Lucien Bommier, acting Governor | |
| 1893 | Jean Ours, acting Governor | |
| 1893 to 1896 | Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor | |
| 1896 to 1901 | Gustave Pierre Théodore Gallet, Governor | |
| 1901 | Victor François Ferdinand Rey, acting Governor | |
| 1901 to 1903 | Édouard Georges Théophile Petit, Governor | |
| Colony of Oceania renamed French Establishments in Oceania | ||
| 1903 to 1904 | Édouard Georges Théophile Petit, Governor | |
| 1904 | Victor Louis Marie Lanrezac, Governor | |
| 1904 to 1905 | Henri François Charles Cor, acting Governor | |
| 1905 to 1907 | Philippe Émile Jullien, Governor | |
| 1907 to 1908 | Élie Adrien Édouard Charlier, acting Governor | |
| 1908 to 1910 | Joseph Pascal François, Governor | |
| 1910 to 1912 | Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor | |
| 1912 | Charles Hostein, acting Governor | |
| 1912 to 1913 | Baptiste Léon Géraud, acting Governor | |
| 1913 to 1915 | William Maurice Fawtier, Governor | |
| October 1915 to 1919 | Gustave Jacques Henri Julien, Governor | |
| 1919 to April 1919 | Simoneau, acting Governor | |
| April 1919 to January 1921 | Jocelyn Robert, acting Governor | |
| January 1921 to April 1921 | Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, acting Governor | |
| April 1921 to November 1921 | Auguste André Marius Guédès, Governor | |
| September 1922 to January 1927 | Louis Félix Marie Édouard Rivet, Governor | |
| January 1927 to February 1928 | Jean Baptiste Dominique Solari, acting Governor | |
| February 1928 to June 1930 | Joseph Louis Bouge, acting Governor | |
| 21 June 1930 to 18 June 1932 | Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor | |
| June 1932 to June 1933 | Alfred Léon Bouchet, acting Governor | |
| June 1933 to May 1935 | Michel Lucien Montagné, Governor | |
| May 1935 to March 1937 | Henri Sautot, acting Governor | |
| March 1937 to 4 September 1940 | Frédéric Marie Jean Baptiste Chastenet de Géry, Governor | |
| 4 September 1940 to 12 September 1940 | Provisional Government | |
| Édouard Ahnne | ||
| Georges Lagarde | ||
| Émile Martin | ||
| Georges Bambridge | ||
| 12 September 1940 to 5 November 1940 | Edmond Mansard, Governor | |
| 5 November 1940 to 18 June 1941 | Émile de Curton, Governor | |
| 18 June 1941 to November 1941 | Richard Brunot, Governor | |
| November 1941 to 1945 | Georges Louis Joseph Orselli, Governor | |
| 1945 to 27 October 1946 | Jean-Camille Haumant, Governor | |
| French overseas territory (French Settlements in Oceania) | ||
| 27 October 1946 to 1947 | Jean-Camille Haumant, Governor | |
| 1947 to 1949 | Pierre Louis Maestracci, Governor | |
| 1949 to 1950 | Armand Anziani, Governor | |
| 1950 | Louis Girault, acting Governor | |
| 1950 to 1954 | Jean Albert René Petitbon, Governor | |
| September 1954 to 22 July 1957 | Jean-François Toby, Governor | |
| French Settlements in Oceania renamed French Polynesia | ||
| 22 July 1957 to 1958 | Jean-François Toby, Governor | |
| 1958 | Camille Victor Bailly, acting Governor | |
| 1958 to 1961 | Pierre Sicaud, Governor | |
| December 1961 to January 1965 | Aimé Grimald, Governor | |
| 14 January 1965 to 4 February 1969 | Jean Charles Sicurani, Governor | |
| February 1969 to 1973 | Pierre Louis Angeli, Governor | |
| 1973 to 1975 | Daniel Videau, Governor | |
| 4 December 1975 to 13 July 1977 | Charles Schmitt, Governor | |
| Limited autonomy | ||
| 13 July 1977 to 31 October 1977 | Charles Schmitt, High Commissioner | |
| 18 December 1977 to 27 July 1981 | Paul Cousseran, High Commissioner | |
| 27 July 1981 to 15 January 1983 | Paul Noirot-Cosson, High Commissioner | |
| 15 January 1983 to 29 June 1984 | Alain Robert Ohrel, High Commissioner | |
| Autonomy | ||
| 29 June 1984 to 28 March 1985 | Alain Robert Ohrel, High Commissioner | |
| March 1985 to 1986 | Bernard Gérard, High Commissioner | |
| April 1986 to 10 November 1987 | Pierre Louis Angéli, High Commissioner | |
| 28 November 1987 to 3 January 1992 | Jean Montpezat, High Commissioner | |
| 31 January 1992 to 8 August 1994 | Michel Jau, High Commissioner | |
| 8 August 1994 to 27 August 1997 | Paul Roncière, High Commissioner | |
| 27 August 1997 to 8 October 1997 | Michel Jeanjean, acting High Commissioner | |
| 8 October 1997 to 24 October 2001 | Jean Aribaud, High Commissioner | |
| 24 October 2001 to 17 November 2001 | Christian Massinon, acting High Commissioner | |
| 17 November 2001 to 28 March 2003 | Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner | |
| French overseas collectivity | ||
| 28 March 2003 to 27 February 2004 | Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner | |
| Designation (but not status) changed to overseas country | ||
| 27 February 2004 to 30 July 2005 | Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner | |
| 30 July 2005 to 10 September 2005 | Jacques Michaut, acting High Commissioner | |
| 10 September 2005 to 29 June 2008 | Anne Boquet, High Commissioner | ♀ |
| 29 June 2008 to 7 July 2008 | Eric Spitz, acting High Commissioner | |
| 7 July 2008 to 7 January 2011 | Adolphe Colrat, High Commissioner | |
| 7 January 2011 to 24 January 2011 | Alexandre Rochatte, acting High Commissioner | |
| 24 January 2011 to Present | Richard Didier, High Commissioner | |