List of colonial heads of Algeria

In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France, the conquest of Algeria was initiated by Charles X as an attempt to increase his popularity amongst the French people. The invasion began on 5 July 1830. Afterwards Algeria would become a French territory from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems.

List of rulers of Ottoman Algeria

List of rulers of French Algeria

French colony of Algeria (1830–1848)

Tenure Incumbent Notes Pictures
5 July 1830 to 12 August 1830Louis-Auguste-Victor, Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont, Military Commander 
12 August 1830 to 21 February/21 March? 1831General Bertrand Clausel, comte Clausel, Military Commander 
21 February/21 March 1831 to ?6/21 December 1831General Pierre Bertheéne, Baron Berthezéne 
?6/21 December 1831 to 29 April 1833Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duc de Rovigo, Military Commander 
29 April 1833 to 27 July 1834Théophile Voirol, Baron Voirol, interim Military Commander  
27 July 1834 to 8 July 1835Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa 
8 July 1835 to 12 February 1837Bertrand, comte Clauzel, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa 
12 February 1837 to 12/13 October 1837Charles Marie Denys, comte de Damrémont, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa  
12/13 October 1837 to 11 November 1837   
11 November/1 December 1837 to 18 December 1840 Sylvain Charles, comte Valée, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa 
22 February 1841 to 27 September 1847Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa (22 Feb. 1841 to Feb. 1842) then Governor-General of Algeria (Feb. 1842 to 27 Sept. 1847)  
  1 September 1845 to 6 July 1847  Christophe Juchault de Lamoricière, acting Governor-General of AlgeriaFor Bugeaud
  6 July 1847 to 27 September 1847  Marie Alphonse Bedeau, acting Governor-General of AlgeriaFor Begeaud
27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d'Orleans, duc d'Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria 
24 February 1848 to 29 April 1848Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Governor-General of Algeria 
29 April 1848 to 9 September 1848Nicolas Théodule Changarnier, Governor-General of Algeria 
  20 June 1848 to 9 September 1848  Guillaume Stanislas Marey-Monge, acting Governor-General of AlgeriaFor Changarnier
9 September 1848 to 4 November 1848Viala, Baron Charon, Governor-General of Algeria 

French departments of Algeria (1848–1962)

Shortly after the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I was overthrown in the Revolution of 1848, the new government of the Second Republic ended Algeria's status as a colony and declared it in the 1848 Constitution an integral part of France. Three civil departements — Alger, Oran, and Constantine — were organized under a civilian government.

Tenure Incumbent Notes Pictures
4 November 1848 to 22 October 1850Viala, Baron Charon, Governor-General of Algeria 
22 October 1850 to 10 May 1851Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul, Governor-General of Algeria 
10 May 1851 to 11 December 1851Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, Governor-General of Algeria1st Term
11 December 1851 to 31 August 1858Jacques Louis Randon, Governor-General of Algeria 
24 June 1858 to 21 March 1859Prince Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul Bonaparte, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies 
21 March 1859 to 24 November 1860Prosper, comte de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies 
24 November 1860 to 22 May 1864Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies2nd Term
22 May 1864 to 1 September 1864Édmond de Martimprey, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies 
1 September 1864 to 27 July 1870Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, Governor-General of Algeris 
27 July 1870 to 23 October 1870Louis, Baron Durieu, Governor-General of Algeris 
23 October 1870 to 24 October 1870Jean Walsin-Esterhazy, Governor-General of Algeris  
24 October 1870 to 16 November 1870Henri-Gabriel Didier, Governor-General of Algeris  
16 November 1870 to 8 February 1871Charles de Bouzet, Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic  
c. November 1870 to March 1871Benoît-François-Désiré-Romuald Vuillermoz, Mayor of Algiers and Head of the Committee of DefenceIn rebellion 
8 February 1871 to 21 March 1871Alexis Lambert, Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic  
21 March 1871 to 10 June 1873Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria 
10 June 1873 to 15 March 1879Antoine-Eugène-Alfred Chanzy, Governor-General of Algeria 
15 March 1879 to 26 November 1881Albert Grévy, acting Governor-General of Algeria 
26 November 1881 to 18 April 1891Louis Tirman, Governor-General of Algeria  
18 April 1891 to 28 September 1897Jules Cambon, Governor-General of Algeria 
28 September 1897 to 1 October 1897Auguste Loze, Governor-General of Algeria  
1 October 1897 to 26 July 1898Louis Lépine, Governor-General of Algeria 
26 July 1898 to 3 October 1900Edouard Lafferrièr, Governor-General of Algeria  
3 October 1900 to 18 June 1901Célestin-Charles Jonnart, acting Governor-General of Algeria
(Charles Célestin Jonnart)		1st term;
18 June 1901 to 11 April 1903Paul Révoil, Governor-General of Algeria
(Amédee Revoil)		 
11 April 1903 to 5 May 1903Maurice Varnier, acting Governor-General of Algeria  
5 May 1903 to 22 May 1911Célestin-Charles Jonnart, acting Governor-General of Algeria2nd term
22 May 1911 to 29 January 1918Charles Lutaud, Governor-General of Algeria 
29 January 1918 to 29 August 1919Célestin-Charles Jonnart, acting Governor-General of Algeria3rd term
29 August 1919 to 28 July 1921Jean-Baptiste Eugène Abel, Governor-General of Algeria  
28 July 1921 to 17 April 1925Théodore Steeg, Governor-General of Algeria 
17 April 1925 to 12 May 1925Henri Dubief, acting Governor-General of Algeria   
12 May 1925 to 20 November 1927Maurice Viollette, Governor-General of Algeria 
20 November 1927 to 3 October 1930Pierre-Louis Bordes, Governor-General of Algeria 
3 October 1930 to 21 September 1935Jules-Gaston Henri Carde, Governor-General of Algeria 
21 September 1935 to 19 July 1940Georges le Beau, Governor-General of Algeria  
19 July 1940 to 16 July 1941Jean-Charles Abrial, Governor-General of Algeria  
16 July 1941 to 20 September 1941Maxime Weygand, Governor-General of Algeria 
20 September 1941 to 20 January 1943Yves-Charles Chatel, acting Governor-General of Algeria  
20 January 1943 to 3 June 1943Bernard-Marcel-Edmond Peyrouton, Governor-General of Algeria 
3 June 1943 to 8 September 1944Georges Albert Julien Catroux, Governor-General of Algeria 
8 September 1944 to 11 February 1948Yves Chataigneau, Governor-General of Algeria  
11 February 1948 to 9 March 1951Marcel-Edmond Naegelen, Governor-General of Algeria  
12 April 1951 to 26 January 1955Roger Léonard, Governor-General of Algeria  
26 January 1955 to 1 February 1956Jacques Soustelle, Governor-General of Algeria 
1 February 1956 to 9 February 1956Georges Albert Julien Catroux, Governor-General of Algeria 
9 February 1956 to 13 May 1958Robert Lacoste, Governor-General of Algeria 
13 May 1958 to 1 June 1958André Mutter, Governor-General of Algeria   
13 May 1958 to 23 May 1958Jacques Massu, President of the Committee of Public SafetyIn rebellion
23 May 1958 to 7 June 1958Committee of Public Safety:-In rebellion
Jacques Massu, President of the Central Committee of Public Safety
Sid Cara, President of the Central Committee of Public Safety
7 June 1958 to 12 December 1958Raoul-Albin-Louis Salan, Delegate-general of Algeria 
12 December 1958 to 23 November 1960Paul-Albert-Louis Delouvrier, Delegate-general of Algeria  
23 November 1960 to 19 March 1962Jean Morin, Delegate-general of Algeria   
21 April 1961 to 25 April 1961Directorate:-In rebellion
Maurice Challe
André Zeller
Edmond Jouhaud
Raoul Salan
19 March 1962 to 3 July 1962Christian Fouchet, High Commissioner   
3 July 1962 to 25 September 1962Abdur Rahman Farès, High Commissioner, chairman of the Provisional Executive 

For continuation after independence, see: Presidents of Algeria

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