List of colonial governors of Gabon
Kamerun
lembaTenure | Portrait | Incumbent |
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14 July 1884 to 19 July 1884 | Gustav Nachtigal,
Kommissar | |
19 July 1884 to 1 April 1885 | Maximilian Buchner,
acting Kommissar | |
1 April 1885 to 4 July 1885 | Eduard von Knorr,
acting Kommissar | |
4 July 1885 to 14 February 1891 | Julius von Soden,
Governor | |
13 May 1887 to 4 October 1887 | Jesko von Puttkamer,
acting Governor | |
4 October 1887 to 17 January 1888 | Eugen von Zimmerer,
acting Governor | |
26 December 1889 to 17 April 1890 | ||
17 April 1890 to 3 August 1890 | Markus Graf von Pfeil,
acting Governor | |
3 August 1890 to 14 August 1890 | Kurz,
acting Governor | |
14 August 1890 to 2 December 1890 | Jesko von Puttkamer,
acting Governor | |
2 December 1890 to 15 April 1891 | Heinrich Leist ,
acting Governor | |
15 April 1891 to 13 August 1895 | Eugen von Zimmerer,
Governor | |
7 August 1891 to 5 January 1892 | Bruno von Schuckmann,
acting Governor | |
27 June 1893 to 24 February 1894 | Heinrich Leist ,
acting Governor | |
31 December 1894 to 27 March 1895 | Jesko von Puttkamer,
acting Governor | |
27 March 1895 to 4 May 1895 | von Lucke,
acting Governor | |
13 August 1895 to 9 May 1907 | Jesko von Puttkamer,
Governor | |
27 October 1895 to 10 September 1897 | Theodor Seitz,
acting Governor | |
12 January 1898 to 13 October 1898 | ||
17 January 1900 to 31 July 1900 | August Köhler ,
acting Governor | |
1 August 1900 to 6 September 1900 | Emil Diehl,
acting Governor | |
6 September 1900 to 15 November 1900 | Oltwig von Kamptz ,
acting Governor | |
3 February 1902 to 3 October 1902 | Albert Plehn ,
acting Governor | |
9 May 1904 to 8 November 1904 | Karl Ebermaier,
acting Governor | |
9 November 1904 to 31 January 1905 | Otto Gleim ,
acting Governor | |
January 1906 to November 1906 | Franz Ludwig Wilhelm Müller,
acting Governor | |
November 1906 to 9 May 1907 | Otto Gleim ,
acting Governor | |
9 May 1907 to 27 August 1910 | Theodor Seitz,
Governor | |
10 February 1909 to October 1909 | Wilhelm Peter Hansen,
acting Governor | |
28 August 1910 to 29 January 1912 | Otto Gleim ,
Governor | |
August 1910 to September 1910 | Theodor Steinhausen,
acting Governor | |
September 1910 to 25 October 1910 | Wilhelm Peter Hansen,
acting Governor | |
October 1911 to 29 January 1912 | ||
29 January 1912 to 4 March 1916 | Karl Ebermaier,
Governor | |
9 October 1913 to 1914 | August Full,
acting Governor | |
(26 September 1914) | Occupation by Great Britain and France begins | |
4 March 1916 | Germany surrenders territory to occupying powers |
Allied occupation of German Cameroon
lembaTenure | Portrait | Incumbent |
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26 August 1914 to 7 April 1916 | Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich,
Military Commander | |
7 April 1916 to 8 October 1916 | Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich,
Administrator | |
8 October 1916 to 6 March 1919 | Lucien Louis Fourneau,
Administrator | |
6 March 1919 to 28 June 1919 | Jules Carde,
Commissioner |
List
lembaTenure | Incumbent |
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1839 to 1844 | Louis Édouard Bouët, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1844 to 1845 | Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1845 to 1848 | Jean-Baptiste Montagniés de la Roque, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1848 to 1848 | Auguste Baudin, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1848 to 1850 | Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1850 to 1851 | Charles Pénaud, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1851 to 1854 | Auguste Baudin, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
Colony of Gorée and Dependencies | |
1854 to March 1856 | Jérôme Félix Monléon, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
March 1856 to 1859 | Auguste Léopold Protet, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1859 to 1861 | Auguste Bosse, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1861 to 1863 | Octave François Charles, baron Didelot, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1863 to 1866 | André Émile Léon Laffon de Ladébat, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1866 to 1868 | Alphonse Jean René, vicomte Fleuriot de Langle, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1868 to 1869 | Alexandre François Dauriac, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1869 to 1870 | Victor Auguste, baron Duperré, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1870 to 1872 | Siméon Bourgeois, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1872 to 1874 | Antoine Louis Le Couriault du Quilio, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1874 to 1875 | Charles Henri Jules Panon du Hazier, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1875 to 1877 | Amédée Louis Ribourt, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1877 to 1879 | François Hippolyte Allemand, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1879 to 1881 | Bernard Ernest Mottez, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1881 to 24 January 1883 | Richild, baron Grivel, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1884 to 1886 | Jules Marie Armand Cavelier de Cuverville, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa |
1886 | Incorporated into French Congo |
See below for continuation 1886 to 17 August 1960
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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French Suzerainty | ||
1843 to 1844 | Antoine Devoisins, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1844 to 1844 | Joseph Marie Millet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1844 to 1846 | André Brisset, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 1st Term |
1846 to 1846 | Méquet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1846 to 1846 | Clément Grosjean, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1846 to 1847 | Jean Carrilès, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1847 to 1848 | André Brisset, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 2nd Term |
25 March 1848 to 1848 | Alphonse Alexandre Sourdeaux, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
3 August 1848 to 1848 | Eugène Jean Antoine Desperles, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
December 1848 to 1849 | Étienne Charles Deschanel, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
10 August 1849 to 1850 | Jean-Auguste Martin, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
15 December 1850 to 1853 | Alexis Édouard Vignon, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 1st Term |
1853 to 1854 | Théophile Quillet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
Colony of Gorée and Dependencies | ||
1854 to 1857 | Théophile Quillet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1857 to 1859 | Alexis Édouard Vignon, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 2nd Term |
1859 to 1860 | Pierre Alexandre Mailhetard, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
4 August 1860 to 1861 | César Charles Joseph Pradier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1861 to 1863 | Paul Claude Nicolas Brue, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1863 to 1866 | Charles Ferdinand Eugène Baur, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1866 to 1867 | Joseph Henri Brunet-Millet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1867 to 1868 | Théophile Aube, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1868 to 1869 | Frédéric Amable Bourgarel, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1869 to 1871 | Hippolyte Adrien Bourgin, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1871 to 1873 | Gustave Aristide Léopold Garraud, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1873 to 1875 | Charles Henri Jules Panon du Hazier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1875 to 1876 | Félix Ambroise Clément, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1876 to 1879 | Paul-Michel-Frédéric Caudière, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1879 to 1880 | Augustin Ernest Dumont, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1880 to 1881 | Jules Émile Hanet-Cléry, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1881 to 1883 | Émile Masson, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1883 to 1885 | Jean Joseph Cornut-Gentille, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
1885 to 1886 | Georges Émile Pradier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
Incorporated into French Congo | ||
29 June 1886 to 12 March 1889 | Noël Ballay, Lieutenant Governor | |
12 March 1889 to 1 June 1894 | Charles de Chavannes, Lieutenant Governor | |
1 June 1894 to 22 January 1899 | Albert Dolisie, Lieutenant Governor | |
1 May 1899 to 1902 | Émile Gentil, Lieutenant Governor | |
21 January 1904 to 19 April 1905 | Louis Auguste Bertrand Ormières, Lieutenant Governor | |
19 April 1905 to 5 August 1905 | Paul Cousturier, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
5 August 1905 to 27 April 1906 | Alfred Fourneau, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
27 April 1906 to 23 April 1907 | Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
23 April 1907 to 26 April 1907 | Alfred Martineau, Lieutenant Governor | |
26 April 1907 to 20 January 1909 | Édouard Émile Léon Telle, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
20 January 1909 to 10 February 1909 | Frédéric Claude Weber, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
10 February 1909 to 9 November 1909 | Charles Amédée Rognon, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
9 November 1909 to 15 January 1910 | Léon Félix Richaud, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
Incorporated into French Equatorial Africa | ||
15 January 1910 to June 1911 | Léon Félix Richaud, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
June 1911 to 21 February 1912 | Georges Poulet, Lieutenant Governor | |
21 February 1912 to 18 April 1914 | Paul Pierre Adam, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
18 April 1914 to 1 June 1917 | Joseph Guyon, Lieutenant Governor | |
1 June 1917 to 12 June 1918 | Georges Thomann, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
12 June 1918 to 30 June 1919 | Maurice Pierre Lapalud, Lieutenant Governor | |
30 June 1919 to 13 April 1920 | Jean Henri Marchand, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
13 April 1920 to 29 May 1922 | Jean Henri Marchand, Lieutenant Governor | |
29 May 1922 to 15 June 1923 | Edmond Émilien Cadier, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
15 June 1923 to 29 July 1924 | Louis Nicolas Marie Cercus, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
29 July 1924 to 19 June 1931 | Marie Joseph Jules Pierre Bernard, Lieutenant Governor | |
19 June 1931 to November 1931 | Louis Vingarassamy, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
November 1931 to 26 September 1934 | Louis Bonvin, Lieutenant Governor | |
26 September 1934 to 24 October 1936 | Louis Bonvin, Administrator-Superior | |
24 October 1936 to 11 September 1937 | Louis Bonvin, Governor-Delegate | |
11 September 1937 to 29 August 1938 | Georges Parisot, Governor-Delegate | |
29 August 1938 to 2 November 1939 | Georges Pierre Masson, acting Governor-Delegate | |
2 November 1939 to 14 November 1940 | Georges Pierre Masson, Governor-Delegate | |
14 November 1940 to 15 March 1941 | André Parant, acting Governor-Delegate | |
26 March 1941 to 30 May 1942 | Victor Valentin Smith, Governor | |
30 May 1942 to 26 August 1943 | Charles André Maurice Assier de Pompignan, Governor | |
26 August 1943 to 19 November 1944 | Paul Vuillaume, Governor | |
19 November 1944 to 28 March 1946 | Numa Sadoul, acting Governor | 1st Term |
28 March 1946 to 31 December 1947 | Roland Pré, Governor | |
31 December 1947 to 6 April 1949 | Numa Sadoul, Governor | 2nd Term |
6 April 1949 to 4 January 1950 | Pierre François Pelieu, acting Governor | |
4 January 1950 to 19 October 1951 | Pierre François Pelieu, Governor | |
19 October 1951 to 25 April 1952 | Charles Hanin, acting Governor | |
25 April 1952 to 29 January 1958 | Yves Digo, Governor | |
29 January 1958 to 28 November 1958 | Louis Sanmarco, Governor | |
autonomous Gabonese Republic | ||
28 November 1958 to July 1959 | Louis Sanmarco, High Commissioner | |
July 1959 to 17 August 1960 | Jean Risterucci, High Commissioner | |
17 August 1960 | Independence as Republic of Gabon |
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Gabon