List of governors-general of French Equatorial Africa

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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, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Chad.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
1 August 1886 to 28 September 1897 File:Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza by Paul Nadar.jpg Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza,
Commissioner-General
1 August 1886 to 1 October 1886 Georges Élie Pradier,
acting Commissioner-General		 Acting for Brazza
1 October 1886 to March 1887 File:Charles-chavannes-congo.jpg Charles de Chavannes,
acting Commissioner-General		 1st time; acting for Brazza
16 January 1888 to May 1890 File:Noël Ballay par Nadar.jpg Noël Ballay,
acting Commissioner-General		 Acting for Brazza
25 November 1891 to March 1892 File:Charles-chavannes-congo.jpg 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 File:Charles-chavannes-congo.jpg 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 Template:Ill,
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 File:Henri de Lamothe.jpg Template:Ill,
Commissioner-General
June 1898 to October 1898 Template:Ill,
acting Commissioner-General		 4th time; acting for Lamothe
October 1898 to April 1899 File:Martial Merlin.jpg 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 File:Grodet, Albert (Monde illustré, 1893-12-02).jpg Albert Grodet,
acting Commissioner-General
1902 to 1903 File:CharlesNoufflard.jpg Template:Ill,
acting Commissioner-General
1903 to 21 January 1904 Arnaud,
acting Commissioner-General
21 January 1904 to 13 February 1908 File:Émile Gentil, 1901.jpg Émile Gentil,
Commissioner-General
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 File:Alfred Martineau 1910-1920.jpg Alfred Albert Martineau,
acting Commissioner-General		 Acting for Gentil
28 June 1908 to 15 May 1917 File:Martial Merlin.jpg Martial Henri Merlin,
Governor-General
28 June 1908 to 16 February 1909 File:Alfred Martineau 1910-1920.jpg 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
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c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 File:Gabriel Angoulvant.jpg Gabriel Louis Angoulvant,
Governor-General
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 Template:Ill,
acting Governor-General
5 September 1920 to 21 August 1923 File:Jean-Victor Augagneur-1914.jpg Victor Augagneur,
Governor-General
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 File:Raphaël Antonetti-1933.jpg Template:Ill,
Governor-General
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 Template:Ill,
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
20 March 1935 to 5 April 1936 Jean Marchessou,
acting Governor-General		 3rd time
5 April 1936 to 21 April 1939 Template:Ill,
Governor-General		 2nd time
21 April 1939 to 3 September 1939 Léon Solomiac,
acting Governor-General
3 September 1939 to 28 August 1940 Pierre Boisson,
Governor-General
17 July 1940 to 28 August 1940 Louis Husson,
acting Governor-General		 Acting for Boisson
28 August 1940 to 12 November 1940 File:DeLarminat.png Edgard de Larminat,
acting Governor-General		 Deposed in the Battle of Gabon
12 November 1940 to 30 December 1940 File:Adolphe Sicé.png Template:Ill,
acting Governor-General
30 December 1940 to 17 May 1944 File:Félix Éboué.jpg Félix Éboué,
Governor-General		 Acting to 15 July 1944
August 1941 to July 1942 File:Adolphe Sicé.png Template:Ill,
High Commissioner of Free French Africa
15 February 1944 to 3 August 1946 Template:Ill,
Governor-General		 Acting to 2 October 1944 (for Éboué to 17 May 1944)
3 August 1946 to 5 June 1947 Template:Ill,
acting Governor-General		 1st time
5 June 1947 to 5 July 1947 Template:Ill,
acting Governor-General
5 July 1947 to 17 September 1947 File:Luizet Charles.jpg Template:Ill,
Governor-General
17 September 1947 to 26 March 1948 Template:Ill,
Governor-General		 2nd time; acting to 15 November 1947
26 March 1948 to 21 September 1951 Bernard Cornut-Gentille,
Governor-General
21 September 1951 to 4 April 1957 File:Paul Chauvet.jpg Template:Ill,
Governor-General
4 April 1957 to 29 January 1958 Template:Ill,
High Commissioner
29 January 1958 to 15 July 1958 File:Pierre Messmer01 (cropped 2).JPG Pierre Messmer,
High Commissioner
15 July 1958 to 15 August 1960 File:Yvon Bourges (cropped).jpg Yvon Bourges,
High Commissioner

See also

External links

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