Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
French Suzerainty |
25 March 1841 |
Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843 |
Mayotte Protectorate; |
1841 to June 1843 |
Pierre Passot, French Representative |
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Subordinated to the governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion |
June 1843 to 11 March 1844 |
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior |
1st Term |
11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844 |
Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior |
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17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844 |
Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior |
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22 October 1844 to January 1846 |
Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior |
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January 1846 to August 1849 |
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior |
2nd Term |
Subordinated to the governors of Réunion |
11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851 |
Stanislas Fortune Livet, Commissioner |
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13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853 |
Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner |
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18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854 |
André Brisset, acting Commissioner |
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13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857 |
Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner |
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15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860 |
Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner |
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14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864 |
Charles Gabrié, Commissioner |
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14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868 |
Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner |
1st Term |
8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869 |
Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner |
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15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869 |
L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner |
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21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871 |
Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner |
2nd Term |
4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871 |
Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, acting Commissioner |
1st Term |
19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875 |
Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner |
1st Term |
1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875 |
Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner |
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16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875 |
François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner |
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26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878 |
Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner |
2nd Term |
2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878 |
Jean Roblin, acting Commandant |
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9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879 |
Charles Vassal, acting Commandant |
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7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879 |
Charles Bayet, acting Commandant |
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16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879 |
Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant |
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31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885 |
François Marie Ferriez, Commandant |
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3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886 |
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant |
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Ngazidja Grande Comore, Ndzuwani Anjouan, and Mwali Mohéli French protectorates |
24 June 1886 to August 1887 |
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant |
(contd.) |
19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887 |
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant |
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Protectorate of the Comoros (Protectorat des Comores) |
5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888 |
Paul Celeron de Blainville, Commandant |
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4 May 1887 to 1893 |
Clovis Papinaud, Commandant |
1st Term |
1893 to 30 March 1896 |
Etinne Lacascade, Commandant |
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30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897 |
Gentien Pereton, Commandant |
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5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899 |
Louis Micon, Commandant |
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7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900 |
Clovis Papinaud, Commandant |
2nd Term |
18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902 |
Pierre Hunert Auguste Pascal, Governor |
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15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905 |
Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor |
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28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906 |
Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor |
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3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908 |
Fernand Foureau, Governor |
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Dependent Territory of Madagascar |
9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908 |
Fernand Foureau, Governor |
(contd.) |
8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911 |
Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator |
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1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911 |
Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator |
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28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912 |
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25 July 1912 |
Annexed by France |
Mayotte and Dependencies |
Under Madagascar; ratified 23 February 1914 |
25 July 1912 to 21 February 1913 |
Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator |
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21 February 1913 to 1914 |
Honoré Cartron, Administrator |
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23 February 1914 |
de facto subordinated to Madagascar |
24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946 |
Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior |
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French overseas territory |
27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948 |
Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior |
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31 December 1948 to December 1950 |
Marie Emmanuel Adolphe Roger Rémy, acting Administrator-superior |
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December 1950 to April 1956 |
Pierre Coudert, Administrator-superior |
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April 1956 to 11 February 1958 |
Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, acting Administrator-superior |
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11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959 |
Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, Administrator-superior |
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30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960 |
Gabriel Savignac, acting Administrator-superior |
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14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961 |
Louis Saget, Administrator-superior |
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State of Comoros |
Autonomous |
(Etat Comorien) |
22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962 |
Louis Saget, Administrator-superior |
(contd.) |
27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962 |
Louis Saget, High Commissioner |
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22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963 |
Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner |
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15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966 |
Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner |
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26 July 1966 to November 1969 |
Antoine Colombani, High Commissioner |
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November 1969 to July 1975 |
Jacques Mouradian, High Commissioner |
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6 July 1975 |
Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte |
Tenure |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
French Suzerainty |
French overseas territory |
13 August 1957 to 1 January 1962 |
Mohamed Ahmed, Vice President of the Government Council |
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1 January 1962 to 16 March 1970 |
Said Mohamed Cheikh, President of the Government Council |
PV/UDC |
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2 April 1970 to 16 June 1972 |
Said Ibrahim Ben Ali, President of the Government Council |
PB/UDC |
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16 June 1972 to 26 December 1972 |
Said Mohamed Jaffar, President of the Government Council |
RDPC |
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26 December 1972 to 6 July 1975 |
Ahmed Abdallah, President of the Government Council |
PV/UDC |
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State of Comoros |
Independence from France |
(Etat Comorien) |
7 January 1976 to 24 May 1978 |
Abdallah Mohamed, Prime Minister |
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Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros |
(République Fédérale Islamique des Comores) |
(Jumhuriyat al-Qumur al-Itthadiyah al-Islamiyah) |
24 May 1978 to 22 December 1978 |
Abdallah Mohamed, Prime Minister |
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22 December 1978 to 8 February 1982 |
Salim Ben Ali, Prime Minister |
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8 February 1982 to 31 December 1984 |
Ali Mroudjae, Prime Minister |
UCP |
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31 December 1984 to 7 January 1992 |
vacant |
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7 January 1992 to 15 July 1992 |
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Prime Minister |
RND |
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15 July 1992 to 1 January 1993 |
vacant |
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1 January 1993 to 26 May 1993 |
Ibrahim Abderamane Halidi, Prime Minister |
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26 May 1993 to 19 June 1993 |
Said Ali Mohamed, Prime Minister |
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20 June 1993 to 2 January 1994 |
Ahmed Ben Cheikh Attoumane, Prime Minister |
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2 January 1994 to 14 October 1994 |
Mohamed Abdou Madi, Prime Minister |
RND |
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14 October 1994 to 29 April 1995 |
Halifa Houmadi, Prime Minister |
RND |
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29 April 1995 to 27 March 1996 |
Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed, Prime Minister |
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27 March 1996 to 27 December 1996 |
Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, Prime Minister |
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27 December 1996 to 9 September 1997 |
Ahmed Abdou, Prime Minister |
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7 December 1997 to 30 May 1998 |
Nourdine Bourhane, Prime Minister |
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30 May 1998 to 22 November 1998 |
vacant |
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22 November 1998 to 30 April 1999 |
Abbas Djoussouf, Prime Minister |
FNR |
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30 April 1999 to 7 December 1999 |
vacant |
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2 December 1999 to 29 November 2000 |
Bianrifi Tarmidi, Prime Minister |
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29 November 2000 to 23 December 2001 |
Hamada Madi, Prime Minister |
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Union of Comoros (Union des Comores) |
الاتحاد القمر (Udzima wa Komori) |
23 December 2001 to 15 April 2002 |
Hamada Madi, Prime Minister |
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(contd.) |
15 April 2002 to Present |
vacant |
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