List of governors of La Réunion

The Governor of Bourbon or La Réunion was a French colonial role. When the island became a French overseas department in 1946, the role was replaced by a prefect.

French Revolution and British occupation

Start End Governor
8 September 1790 18 October 1792 Prosper de Chermont
19 October 1792 11 April 1794 Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis
12 April 1794 1 November 1795 Pierre Alexandre Roubaud
2 November 1795 7 October 1803 Pierre Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy
10 November 1803 31 December 1805 François-Louis Magallon
9 January 1806 25 September 1809 Nicolas Ernault des Bruslys
9 October 1809 8 July 1810 Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne
9 July 1810 20 December 1810 Robert Townsend Farquhar
20 December 1810 26 April 1811 Henry Sheehy Keating
26 April 1811 10 July 1811 Robert Townsend Farquhar
10 July 1811 5 April 1815 Henry Sheehy Keating

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