| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French rule of Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island by Chartered Companies | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | (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 | (2nd time) |
| Directors of the Compagnie du Sénégal | ||
| 1696 to 1709 | ||
| Mar 1696 - 4 Apr 1697 | Jean Bourguignon | (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. | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | (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 | (b. 1737 - d. 1802) |
| 8 Aug 1776 - 1776 | George Fall | (acting) (1st time) |
| 1776 - 18 Aug 1778 | William Lacy | (acting) |
| 18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779 | George Fall | (acting) (2nd time) |
| French Reclaiming of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island. | ||
| Royal government, then French First Republic, then French First Empire. From 1789 under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon. | ||
| French Governors | ||
| 1779 to 1809 | ||
| 11 Feb 1779 - Mar 1779 | Armand Louis de Gontaut | 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. | ||
| British Governors | ||
| 1809 to 1817 | ||
| 13 Jul 1809 - 1811 | Charles William Maxwell | (d. 1848) |
| 1811 - 1814 | Charles MacCarthy | (b. 1764 - d. 1824) |
| 1814 - 25 Jan 1817 | Thomas Brereton | |
| French Reclaim Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island. | ||
| 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 | |
| 1 Jul 1836 - Dec 1836 | Louis Malavoix | |
| Dec 1836 - 13 Sep 1837 | Louis Guillet | (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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 7 May 1842 - 5 Feb 1843 | Édouard Pageot Desnoutières | |
| 5 Feb 1843 - 24 May 1844 | Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez | (b. 1808 - d. 1871) |
| 24 May 1844 - Jul 1844 | Laborel | (acting) |
| Jul 1844 - 11 Dec 1845 | Pierre Thomas | (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 | (acting)(d. 1847) |
| 7 Sep 1847 - Nov 1847 | Léandre Bertin du Château | (acting) (b. 1804 - d. 1884) |
| Nov 1847 - Aug 1850 | Auguste Baudin | (b. 1800 - d. 1877) |
| Aug 1850 - 11 Oct 1850 | Aumont | (acting) |
| 11 Oct 1850 - 16 Dec 1854 | Auguste Léopold Protet | (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 | (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 | ||
| 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 | (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 | (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 | (b. 1827 - d. 1896) |
| 27 February 1880: Haut-Sénégal military region created as sub division. See Colonial heads of Mali | ||
| 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, later French Guinee. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 14 Apr 1886 - 29 Apr 1888 | Jules Genouille | (b. 1839 - d. 1923) |
| 29 Apr 1888 - 22 Sep 1890 | Léon Émile Clément-Thomas | |
| 18 August 1890: French Sudan Territory separated from Senegal. See: Colonial heads of Mali | ||
| 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 -- 16 June 1895 Command of French West Africa Handed to Governor General | ||
| 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 | (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 | (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 | (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 | ||
| 25 Nov 1958 - 20 Jun 1960 | Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami | |
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