List of colonial and departmental heads of Guadeloupe


Note: currently, the prefect is not the true departmental head, which is the President of the General Council. The prefect is merely the representative of the national government.

Ancien regime

Governors under the Ancien Régime were:

Revolution and First Empire

TermIncumbentNotes
1792 to 1793René Marie, vicomte d'Arrot, interim Governor-
5 January 1793 to 18 March 1793Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, provisional Governor-
18 March 1793 to 20 April 1794Victor Collot, Governor-
British Suzerainty--
20 April 1794 to 3 June 1794Thomas Dundas, Governor-
French Suzerainty--
7 June 1794 to 6 January 1795Victor Hugues, Commissioner-
6 January 1795 to January 1796Victor Hugues, Co-Commissioner-
6 January 1795 to January 1796Lebas, Co-Commissioner-
6 January 1795 to June 1795Goyrand, Co-Commissioner-
January 1796 to 25 October 1797Victor Hugues, Agent of the French Executive Directory-
January 1796 to 25 October 1797Lebas, Agent of the French Executive Directory-
25 October 1797 to 19 April 1801Département-
25 October 1797 to 22 November 1798Victor Hugues, Agent of the French Executive DirectoryCo-Agent
25 October 1797 to 22 November 1798Lebas, Agent of the French Executive DirectoryCo-Agent
22 November 1798 to 3 October 1799Edme Étienne Borne-Desfourneaux, Agent of the French Executive Directory-
3 October 1799 to 11 December 1799Paris, provisional Agent of the French Executive Directory-
11 December 1799 to 30 May 1801Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin, Agent of the French Executive DirectoryCo-Agent
11 December 1799 to 30 December 1800René Gaston Baco de la Chapelle, Agent of the French Executive DirectoryCo-Agent
11 December 1799 to 28 February 1800Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux, Agent of the French Executive DirectoryCo-Agent
28 February 1800 to 30 May 1801BresseauCo-Agent
30 May 1801 to 14 May 1802Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, Captain-General1st Term
24 October 1801 to 6 May 1802Magloire Pélage, President of Provisional Council of GovernmentIn rebellion
14 May 1802 to 3 September 1802Antoine Richepance, Captain-General-
4 August 1802 to 8 May 1803Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, Captain-General-
4 August 1802 to 3 September 1802Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, Captain-General2nd Term
3 September 1802 to 8 May 1803Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse acting for Richepance, Captain-General-
8 May 1803 to 6 February 1810Jean Augustin Ernouf, Captain-General-
British Suzerainty--
6 February 1810 to 7 December 1814British occupation-
6 February 1810 to 26 June 1813Sir Alexander Cochrane, Governor-
26 June 1813 to December 1814John Skinner, Governor-
French Suzerainty--
7 December 1814 to 12 December 1814--
12 December 1814 to 10 August 1815Charles Durand, comte de Linois, Governor-
British Suzerainty--
10 August 1815 to 25 July 1816British occupation-
10 August 1815 to 24 April 1816Sir James Leith, Governor-
24 April 1816 to 25 July 1816--

Restoration, Second Republic, Second Empire

TermIncumbentNotes
French Suzerainty--
1816 to 1823Antoine Philippe de Lardenoy, Governor-
1823 to 1826Louis Léon Jacob, Governor-
31 May 1826 to 1830Jean Julien Angot des Rotours, Governor-
31 January 1830 to 8 July 1831Louis François Vatable, Governor-
1831 to 20 June 1837René Arnous des Saulsays, Governor-
1837 to 1841Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor-
1841 to 7 June 1845Augustin Gourbeyre, Governor-
24 August 1845 to 5 June 1848Jean-François Layrle, Governor-
5 June 1848 to 1848Alexandre Gatine, acting Governor-
1848 to 1849Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre. acting Governor-
1849 to 1849Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre-
9 September 1849 to 1851Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron-
1851 to 1851Chaumont, acting Governor-
15 September 1851 to 1853Tranquille Aubry-Bailleul, Governor-
30 September 1853 to 1856Philibert Augustin Bonfils, Governor-
1856 to 1857Guillet, acting Governor-
March 1857 to April 1859Philippe Victor Touchard, Governor-
1859 to January 1860Louis Bontemps, Governor-
January 1860 to 1864Charles Victor Frébault, Governor-
1864 to 1864Joseph Desmazes, acting Governor-
1864 to 1870Louis Hippolyte de Lormel, Governor-

Third, Fourth, Fifth republics

TermIncumbentNotes
1870 to 1880Gabriel Couturier, Governor-
1880 to 1881Mazé, acting Governor-
1881 to 1886Léonce Laugier, Governor-
1886 to 1886Sainte-Luce, acting Governor-
1886 to 1891Antoine Frédéric Henry Le Boucher, Governor-
1891 to 1894Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet, Governor-
1894 to 1895Noël Pardon, Governor-
1895 to 1901Delphino Moracchini, Governor-
1901 to 1903Martial Merlin, Governor-
1903 to 1905Paul Marie Armand de La Loyère, Governor-
1905 to 1907Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Governor-
1907 to 1909Victor Marie Louis Ballot, Governor-
1909 to 1910Henri Cor, Governor-
1911 to 1913Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne, Governor-
1913 to 1917Émile Merwart, Governor-
1917 to 1920Maurice Gourbeil, Governor-
1920 to 1924Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat, Governor-
1924 to 1924Jocelyn Robert, Governor-
1924 to 1926Maurice Beurnier, Governor-
1926 to 1929Louis Gerbinis, Governor-
1929 to 1931Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier, Governor-
1931 to 1934Alphonse Choteau, Governor-
1934 to 1936Louis Bouge, Governor-
1936 to 1938Félix Éboué, Governor-
29 November 1938 to 21 February 1940François Pierre-Alype, Governor-
30 April 1940 to 15 July 1943Constant Sorin, Governor-
1944 to 1946Maurice Pierre Eugène Bertaut, Governor-
19 March 1946French overseas département-
30 April 1946 to 12 October 1947Ernest de Nattes, Governor-
26 December 1947 to 24 November 1950Gilbert Eugène Félicien Marie Philipson, Prefect-
16 January 1951 to 18 May 1954Gaston Villéger, Prefect-
18 May 1954 to 18 December 1955Jacques Ravail, Prefect-
22 December 1955 to 22 May 1956Guy Malines, acting Prefect-
22 May 1956 to 6 March 1958Guy Malines, Prefect-
6 March 1958 to 1 October 1960Jean-Pierre Abeille, Prefect-
1 October 1960 to 1 August 1965Albert Bonhomme, Prefect-
1 August 1965 to 12 July 1967Pierre Bolotte, Prefect-
16 August 1967 to 16 December 1969Jean Deleplanque, Prefect-
16 December 1969 to 1 July 1973Pierre Mathieu Brunon, Prefect-
12 July 1973 to 15 November 1975Jacques Le Cornec, Prefect-
15 November 1975 to 15 October 1978Jean-Claude Aurousseau, Prefect-
15 October 1978 to 28 February 1982Guy Maillard, Prefect-
28 February 1982 to 10 May 1982Robert Miguet, Prefect-
10 May 1982 to 13 February 1984Robert Miguet, Commissioner of the Republic-
February 1984 to April 1986Maurice Saborin, Commissioner of the Republic-
9 April 1986 to 4 November 1987Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic-
4 November 1987 to 24 February 1988Bernard Sarazin, Commissioner of the Republic-
24 February 1988 to November 1989Bernard Sarazin, Prefect-
November 1989 to 18 July 1991Jean-Paul Proust, Prefect-
31 July 1991 to 6 October 1993Franck Perriez, Prefect-
6 October 1993 to 21 November 1994Alain Frouté, Prefect-
21 November 1994 to 16 October 1996Michel Diefenbacher, Prefect-
12 November 1996 to 16 August 1999Jean Fedini, Prefect-
16 August 1999 to 6 August 2002Jean-François Carenco, Prefect-
6 August 2002 to 7 July 2004Dominique Vian, Prefect-
7 July 2004 to 29 October 2009Paul Girot de Langlade, Prefect-
29 October 2009 to 24 August 2011Jean-Luc Michel Fabre, Prefect-
17 July 2011 to 11 September 2011Philippe Jaumouillé, Acting Prefect-
11 September 2011 to 23 January 2013Amaury de Saint-Quentin, Prefect-
23 January 2013 to 21 December 2014Marcelle Pierrot, Prefect-
21 December 2014 to presentJacques Billant, Prefect-