List of Governors-General of French Equatorial Africa


This is a list of European colonial administrators 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

TenurePortraitIncumbentNotes
1 August 1886 to 28 September 1897Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza,
Commissioner-General
1 August 1886 to 1 October 1886Georges Élie Pradier,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Brazza
1 October 1886 to March 1887Charles de Chavannes,
acting Commissioner-General
1st time; acting for Brazza
16 January 1888 to May 1890Noël Ballay,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Brazza
25 November 1891 to March 1892Charles de Chavannes,
acting Commissioner-General
2nd time; acting for Brazza
April 1892 to May 1892Charles de Chavannes,
acting Commissioner-General
3rd time; acting for Brazza
June 1892 to March 1893Charles de Chavannes,
acting Commissioner-General
4th time; acting for Brazza
17 March 1893 to 6 October 1893Alphonse Edouard Lippmann,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Brazza
October 1893 to November 1893E. Gervais,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Brazza
December 1893 to May 1894Charles de Chavannes,
acting Commissioner-General
5th time; acting for Brazza
May 1894 to 1 June 1894Jean-Marie Le Divellec,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Brazza
1 June 1894 to November 1894',
acting Commissioner-General
1st time; acting for Brazza
January 1895 to January 1896',
acting Commissioner-General
2nd time; acting for Brazza
March 1897 to 28 September 1897',
acting Commissioner-General
3rd time; acting for Brazza
28 September 1897 to 28 April 1900',
Commissioner-General
June 1898 to October 1898',
acting Commissioner-General
4th time; acting for Lamothe
October 1898 to April 1899Martial Henri Merlin,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Lamothe
October 1899 to March 1900Jean-Baptiste Philémon Lemaire,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Lamothe
28 April 1900 to December 1900Jean-Baptiste Philémon Lemaire,
acting Commissioner-General
December 1900 to 1902Albert Grodet,
acting Commissioner-General
1902 to 1903',
acting Commissioner-General
1903 to 21 January 1904Arnaud,
acting Commissioner-General
21 January 1904 to 13 February 1908Émile Gentil,
Commissioner-General
17 August 1905 to 11 May 1906Édouard Émile Léon Telle,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Gentil
25 September 1906 to 5 April 1907Alfred Fourneau,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Gentil
5 April 1907 to 28 June 1908Alfred Albert Martineau,
acting Commissioner-General
Acting for Gentil
28 June 1908 to 15 May 1917Martial Henri Merlin,
Governor-General
28 June 1908 to 16 February 1909Alfred Albert Martineau,
acting Governor-General
Acting for Merlin
18 October 1909 to 1910Charles Amédée Rognon,
acting Governor-General
1st time; acting for Merlin
1910Adolphe Cureau,
acting Governor-General
Acting for Merlin
1910 to 6 March 1911Charles Amédée Rognon,
acting Governor-General
2nd time; acting for Merlin
6 March 1911 to 1911Édouard Dubosc-Taret,
acting Governor-General
Acting for Merlin
1911 to 11 May 1911Charles Henri Vergnes,
acting Governor-General
1st time; acting for Merlin
17 October 1912 to May 1913Charles Henri Vergnes,
acting Governor-General
2nd time; acting for Merlin
May 1913 to 17 November 1913Georges Virgile Poulet,
acting Governor-General
Acting for Merlin
17 November 1913 to 14 September 1914Frédéric Estèbe,
acting Governor-General
1st time; acting for Merlin
15 May 1917 to 16 May 1920Gabriel Louis Angoulvant,
Governor-General
17 June 1917 to 23 July 1918Frédéric Estèbe,
acting Governor-General
2nd time; acting for Angoulvant
August 1918 to 16 May 1920Frédéric Estèbe,
acting Governor-General
3rd time; acting for Angoulvant
16 May 1920 to 5 September 1920',
acting Governor-General
5 September 1920 to 21 August 1923Victor Augagneur,
Governor-General
21 August 1923 to 8 July 1924Robert Paul Marie de Guise,
acting Governor-General
1st time
8 July 1924 to 1924Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa,
acting Governor-General
1st time
1924 to 1 October 1924Robert Paul Marie de Guise,
acting Governor-General
2nd time
1 October 1924 to 16 October 1924Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa,
acting Governor-General
2nd time
16 October 1924 to 20 September 1934',
Governor-General
11 May 1925 to December 1925Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa,
acting Governor-General
3rd time; acting for Antonetti
22 January 1927 to 1927Jean Marchessou,
acting Governor-General
1st time; acting for Antonetti
1927 to 17 October 1927',
acting Governor-General
1st time; acting for Antonetti
November 1929 to August 1930Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa,
acting Governor-General
4th time; acting for Antonetti
27 November 1930 to 11 March 1931Adolphe Deitte,
acting Governor-General
Acting for Antonetti
December 1932 to 11 December 1933Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa,
acting Governor-General
5th time; acting for Antonetti
20 September 1934 to 16 October 1934Jean Marchessou,
acting Governor-General
2nd time
16 October 1934 to 15 March 1935Georges Édouard Alexandre Renard,
Governor-General
20 March 1935 to 5 April 1936Jean Marchessou,
acting Governor-General
3rd time
5 April 1936 to 21 April 1939',
Governor-General
2nd time
21 April 1939 to 3 September 1939Léon Solomiac,
acting Governor-General
3 September 1939 to 28 August 1940',
Governor-General
17 July 1940 to 28 August 1940Louis Husson,
acting Governor-General
Acting for Boisson
28 August 1940 to 12 November 1940Edgard de Larminat,
acting Governor-General
12 November 1940 to 30 December 1940',
acting Governor-General
30 December 1940 to 17 May 1944Félix Éboué,
Governor-General
Acting to 15 July 1944
August 1941 to July 1942',
High Commissioner of Free French Africa
15 February 1944 to 3 August 1946',
Governor-General
Acting to 2 October 1944
3 August 1946 to 5 June 1947',
acting Governor-General
1st time
5 June 1947 to 5 July 1947',
acting Governor-General
5 July 1947 to 17 September 1947',
Governor-General
17 September 1947 to 26 March 1948',
Governor-General
2nd time; acting to 15 November 1947
26 March 1948 to 21 September 1951Bernard Cornut-Gentille,
Governor-General
21 September 1951 to 4 April 1957',
Governor-General
4 April 1957 to 29 January 1958',
High Commissioner
29 January 1958 to 15 July 1958Pierre Messmer,
High Commissioner
15 July 1958 to 15 August 1960Yvon Bourges,
High Commissioner