List of Governors-General of French Equatorial Africa

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
French Equatorial Africa protectorate     (Afrique Equatoriale Français (AEF))
1883 to 28 September 1897[1]Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Commissioner-General 
28 September 1897 to 1898[1]Henri-Félix de Lamothe, Commissioner-General 
?Jean-Baptiste Philémon Lemaire, acting Commissioner-General 
1898 to 1901[1]Louis Albert Grodet, Commissioner-General 
1901 to 28 June 1908[1]Émile Gentil, acting Commissioner-General 
28 June 1908 to 1919[1]Martial Merlin, Governor-General 
1919 to 16 May 1920[1]Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, Governor-General 
16 May 1920 to 5 September 1920Maurice Pierre Lapalud, acting Governor-General 
5 September 1920 to 1924[1]Victor Augagneur, Governor-General 
21 August 1923 to 8 July 1924Robert Paul Marie de Guise, acting Governor-General  
8 July 1924 to 16 October 1924Matteo-Mathieu-Maurice Alfassa, acting Governor-General 
16 October 1924[1] to 17 November 1934Raphaël Antonetti, Governor-General  
17 November 1934 to 15 March 1935Georges Édouard Alexandre Renard, Governor-General  
20 March 1935 to 5 April 1936Marcel Marchessou, acting Governor-General 
5 April 1936 to 21 April 1939Dieudonné Reste, Governor-General  
21 April 1939 to 3 September 1939Léon Solomiac, acting Governor-General 
3 September 1939 to 28 August 1940Pierre Boisson, Governor-General 
17 July 1940 to 28 August 1940Louis Husson, acting Governor-GeneralFor Boisson
28 August 1940 to 11 August 1941Edgard de Larminat, acting Governor-General 
11 August 1941 to 15 February 1944Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué, Governor-General 
15 February 1944 to 2 October 1944André Bayardelle, acting Governor-General 
2 October 1944 to 3 August 1946André Bayardelle, Governor-General 
3 August 1946 to 5 June 1947Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux, acting Governor-General 1st Term
5 June 1947 to 5 July 1947Laurent Péchoux, acting Governor-General 
5 July 1947 to 17 September 1947Charles Luizet, Governor-General 
15 November 1947 to 26 March 1948Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux, Governor-General2nd Term
26 March 1948 to 21 September 1951Bernard Cornut-Gentille, Governor-General 
21 September 1951 to 4 April 1957Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, Governor-General 
4 April 1957 to 29 January 1958Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, High-Commissioner 
29 January 1958 to 15 July 1958Pierre Messmer, High-Commissioner 
15 July 1958 to 15 August 1960Yvon Bourges, High-Commissioner  

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Histoire militaire des colonies, pays de protectorat et pays sous mandat. 7. "Histoire militaire de l'Afrique Équatoriale française". 1931. Accessed 9 October 2011. (French)

See also

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