List of governors-general of French Equatorial Africa
This is a list of European colonial administrators (French: Gouverneur général de l'Afrique équatoriale française) responsible for the territory of French Equatorial Africa, an area equivalent to modern-day Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Chad.
List
[edit](Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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| 1 August 1886 to 28 September 1897 |  |
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Commissioner-General |
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| 1 August 1886 to 1 October 1886 | Georges Élie Pradier, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Brazza | |
| 1 October 1886 to March 1887 |  |
Charles de Chavannes, acting Commissioner-General |
1st time; acting for Brazza |
| 16 January 1888 to May 1890 |  |
Noël Ballay, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Brazza |
| 25 November 1891 to March 1892 | |
Charles de Chavannes, acting Commissioner-General |
2nd time; acting for Brazza |
| April 1892 to May 1892 | 3rd time; acting for Brazza | ||
| June 1892 to March 1893 | 4th time; acting for Brazza | ||
| 17 March 1893 to 6 October 1893 | Alphonse Edouard Lippmann, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Brazza | |
| October 1893 to November 1893 | E. Gervais, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Brazza | |
| December 1893 to May 1894 | |
Charles de Chavannes, acting Commissioner-General |
5th time; acting for Brazza |
| May 1894 to 1 June 1894 | Jean-Marie Le Divellec, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Brazza | |
| 1 June 1894 to November 1894 | Albert Dolisie, acting Commissioner-General |
1st time; acting for Brazza | |
| January 1895 to January 1896 | 2nd time; acting for Brazza | ||
| March 1897 to 28 September 1897 | 3rd time; acting for Brazza | ||
| 28 September 1897 to 28 April 1900 |  |
Henri-Félix de Lamothe, Commissioner-General |
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| June 1898 to October 1898 | Albert Dolisie, acting Commissioner-General |
4th time; acting for Lamothe | |
| October 1898 to April 1899 |  |
Martial Henri Merlin, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Lamothe |
| October 1899 to March 1900 | Jean-Baptiste Philémon Lemaire, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Lamothe | |
| 28 April 1900 to December 1900 | |||
| December 1900 to 1902 | .jpg) |
Albert Grodet, acting Commissioner-General |
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| 1902 to 1903 |  |
Charles Noufflard, acting Commissioner-General |
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| 1903 to 21 January 1904 | Arnaud, acting Commissioner-General |
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| 21 January 1904 to 13 February 1908 |  |
Émile Gentil, Commissioner-General |
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| 17 August 1905 to 11 May 1906 | Édouard Émile Léon Telle, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Gentil | |
| 25 September 1906 to 5 April 1907 | Alfred Fourneau, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Gentil | |
| 5 April 1907 to 28 June 1908 |  |
Alfred Albert Martineau, acting Commissioner-General |
Acting for Gentil |
| 28 June 1908 to 15 May 1917 | |
Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General |
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| 28 June 1908 to 16 February 1909 | |
Alfred Albert Martineau, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Merlin |
| 18 October 1909 to 1910 | Charles Amédée Rognon, acting Governor-General |
1st time; acting for Merlin | |
| 1910 | Adolphe Cureau, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Merlin | |
| 1910 to 6 March 1911 | Charles Amédée Rognon, acting Governor-General |
2nd time; acting for Merlin | |
| 6 March 1911 to 1911 | Édouard Dubosc-Taret, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Merlin | |
| 1911 to 11 May 1911 | Charles Henri Vergnes, acting Governor-General |
1st time; acting for Merlin | |
| 17 October 1912 to c. May 1913 | 2nd time; acting for Merlin | ||
| c. May 1913 to 17 November 1913 | Georges Virgile Poulet, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Merlin | |
| 17 November 1913 to 14 September 1914 | Frédéric Estèbe, acting Governor-General |
1st time; acting for Merlin | |
| 15 May 1917 to 16 May 1920 |  |
Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, Governor-General |
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| 17 June 1917 to 23 July 1918 | Frédéric Estèbe, acting Governor-General |
2nd time; acting for Angoulvant | |
| August 1918 to 16 May 1920 | 3rd time; acting for Angoulvant | ||
| 16 May 1920 to 5 September 1920 | Maurice Lapalud, acting Governor-General |
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| 5 September 1920 to 21 August 1923 |  |
Victor Augagneur, Governor-General |
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| 21 August 1923 to 8 July 1924 | Robert Paul Marie de Guise, acting Governor-General |
1st time | |
| 8 July 1924 to 1924 | Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa, acting Governor-General |
1st time | |
| 1924 to 1 October 1924 | Robert Paul Marie de Guise, acting Governor-General |
2nd time | |
| 1 October 1924 to 16 October 1924 | Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa, acting Governor-General |
2nd time | |
| 16 October 1924 to 20 September 1934 |  |
Raphaël Antonetti, Governor-General |
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| 11 May 1925 to December 1925 | Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa, acting Governor-General |
3rd time; acting for Antonetti | |
| 22 January 1927 to 1927 | Jean Marchessou, acting Governor-General |
1st time; acting for Antonetti | |
| 1927 to 17 October 1927 | Joseph-François Reste, acting Governor-General |
1st time; acting for Antonetti | |
| November 1929 to August 1930 | Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa, acting Governor-General |
4th time; acting for Antonetti | |
| 27 November 1930 to 11 March 1931 | Adolphe Deitte, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Antonetti | |
| December 1932 to 11 December 1933 | Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa, acting Governor-General |
5th time; acting for Antonetti | |
| 20 September 1934 to 16 October 1934 | Jean Marchessou, acting Governor-General |
2nd time | |
| 16 October 1934 to 15 March 1935 | Georges Édouard Alexandre Renard, Governor-General |
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| 20 March 1935 to 5 April 1936 | Jean Marchessou, acting Governor-General |
3rd time | |
| 5 April 1936 to 21 April 1939 | Joseph-François Reste, Governor-General |
2nd time | |
| 21 April 1939 to 3 September 1939 | Léon Solomiac, acting Governor-General |
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| 3 September 1939 to 28 August 1940 | Pierre Boisson, Governor-General |
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| 17 July 1940 to 28 August 1940 | Louis Husson, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Boisson | |
| 28 August 1940 to 12 November 1940 |  |
Edgard de Larminat, acting Governor-General |
Deposed in the Battle of Gabon |
| 12 November 1940 to 30 December 1940 |  |
Adolphe Sicé, acting Governor-General |
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| 30 December 1940 to 17 May 1944 |  |
Félix Éboué, Governor-General |
Acting to 15 July 1944 |
| August 1941 to July 1942 | |
Adolphe Sicé, High Commissioner of Free French Africa |
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| 15 February 1944 to 3 August 1946 | André Bayardelle, Governor-General |
Acting to 2 October 1944 (for Éboué to 17 May 1944) | |
| 3 August 1946 to 5 June 1947 | Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux, acting Governor-General |
1st time | |
| 5 June 1947 to 5 July 1947 | Laurent Péchoux, acting Governor-General |
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| 5 July 1947 to 17 September 1947 |  |
Charles Luizet, Governor-General |
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| 17 September 1947 to 26 March 1948 | Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux, Governor-General |
2nd time; acting to 15 November 1947 | |
| 26 March 1948 to 21 September 1951 | Bernard Cornut-Gentille, Governor-General |
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| 21 September 1951 to 4 April 1957 |  |
Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, Governor-General |
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| 4 April 1957 to 29 January 1958 | Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, High Commissioner |
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| 29 January 1958 to 15 July 1958 | .JPG) |
Pierre Messmer, High Commissioner |
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| 15 July 1958 to 15 August 1960 | .jpg) |
Yvon Bourges, High Commissioner |
See also
[edit]- French Equatorial Africa
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Central African Republic
- Republic of the Congo
- Gabon
- Lists of office-holders
- List of French possessions and colonies
- French colonial empire
- French colonial flags
External links
[edit]- Ben Cahoon (2000). "French Equatorial Africa". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 15 January 2017.