List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia





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Colonial and Departmental Heads of French Polynesia


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Term
Incumbent
Notes

French Polynesia

Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands cede sovereignty to France; other islands are annexed until 1900 (Colony of Oceania)
1843 to 1847
Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor

1847 to 1849
Charles François Lavaud, Governor

1849 to 1850
Charles François Lavaud, Commandant

1850 to 1852
Louis Adolphe Bonard, Commandant

1852 to 1854
Théogène François Page, Commandant

1854 to 1858
Joseph Fidèl Eugène du Bouzet, Governor

1858
Jean-Marie Joseph Théodore Saisset de Mars [fr], Governor

1858 to 1860
Louis Eugène Gaultier de La Richerie [fr], Governor

1860 to 1864
Louis Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Commandant

1864 to 1869
Émile François Guillaume Clément, comte de la Roncière [fr], Commandant

1869 to 1871
Michel Louis Isidore de Jouslard, Commandant

1871 to 1873
Hippolyte Auguste Girard, Commandant

1873 to 1876
Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre, Commandant

1876 to 1877
Antoine-Léonce Michaux, Commandant

1877
Joseph Henri Brunet-Millet, Commandant

1877 to 1878
Auguste Marie Édouard d'Oncieu de la Bâthie, Commandant

1878 to 1880
Jacques Ferdinand Planche [fr], Commandant


Tahiti annexed by France (effective 30 December 1880)
1880 to 1881
Henri Isidore Chessé, Commandant

1881 to 1883
Frédéric Jean Dordolot des Essarts, Governor

1883 to 1885
Marie Nicolas François Auguste Morau, Governor

1885 to 1886
Delphino Moracchini, acting Governor

1886 to 1893
Étienne Théodore Mondésir Lacascade [fr], Governor

1893
Adolphe Jean Granier de Cassagnac, acting Governor

1893
Lucien Bommier, acting Governor

1893
Jean Ours, acting Governor

1893 to 1896
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud [fr], Governor

1896 to 1901
Gustave Pierre Théodore Gallet, Governor

1901
Victor François Ferdinand Rey, acting Governor

1901 to 1903
Édouard Georges Théophile Petit [fr], Governor


Colony of Oceania renamed French Establishments in Oceania
1903 to 1904
Édouard Georges Théophile Petit [fr], Governor

1904
Victor Louis Marie Lanrezac, Governor

1904 to 1905
Henri François Charles Cor [fr], acting Governor

1905 to 1907
Philippe Émile Jullien [fr], Governor

1907 to 1908
Élie Adrien Édouard Charlier, acting Governor

1908 to 1910
Joseph Pascal François, Governor

1910 to 1912
Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor

1912
Charles Hostein, acting Governor

1912 to 1913
Baptiste Léon Géraud, acting Governor

1913 to 1915
William Maurice Fawtier, Governor

October 1915 to 1919
Gustave Jacques Henri Julien, Governor

1919 to April 1919
Simoneau, acting Governor

April 1919 to January 1921
Jocelyn Robert, acting Governor

January 1921 to April 1921
Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, acting Governor

April 1921 to November 1921
Auguste André Marius Guédès, Governor

September 1922 to January 1927
Louis Félix Marie Édouard Rivet, Governor

January 1927 to February 1928
Jean Baptiste Dominique Solari, acting Governor

February 1928 to June 1930
Joseph Louis Bouge [fr], acting Governor

21 June 1930 to 18 June 1932
Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor

June 1932 to June 1933
Alfred Léon Bouchet, acting Governor

June 1933 to May 1935
Michel Lucien Montagné, Governor

May 1935 to March 1937
Henri Sautot [fr], acting Governor

March 1937 to 4 September 1940
Frédéric Marie Jean Baptiste Chastenet de Géry, Governor

4 September 1940 to 12 September 1940
Provisional Government
Édouard Ahnne [fr]
Georges Lagarde
Émile Martin
Georges Bambridge
Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai [fr]
12 September 1940 to 5 November 1940
Edmond Mansard, Governor

5 November 1940 to 18 June 1941
Émile de Curton, Governor

18 June 1941 to November 1941
Richard Brunot, Governor

November 1941 to 1945
Georges Louis Joseph Orselli [fr], Governor

1945 to 27 October 1946
Jean-Camille Haumant, Governor


French overseas territory (French Settlements in Oceania)
27 October 1946 to 1947
Jean-Camille Haumant, Governor

1947 to 1949
Pierre Louis Maestracci, Governor

1949 to 1950
Armand Anziani, Governor

1950
Louis Girault, acting Governor

1950 to 1954
Jean Albert René Petitbon, Governor

September 1954 to 22 July 1957
Jean-François Toby [fr], Governor


French Settlements in Oceania renamed French Polynesia
22 July 1957 to 1958
Jean-François Toby, Governor

1958
Camille Victor Bailly, acting Governor

1958 to 1961
Pierre Sicaud, Governor

December 1961 to January 1965
Aimé Grimald, Governor

14 January 1965 to 4 February 1969
Jean Charles Sicurani, Governor

February 1969 to 1973
Pierre Louis Angeli, Governor

1973 to 1975
Daniel Videau, Governor

4 December 1975 to 13 July 1977
Charles Schmitt, Governor


Limited autonomy
13 July 1977 to 31 October 1977
Charles Schmitt, High Commissioner

18 December 1977 to 27 July 1981
Paul Cousseran [fr], High Commissioner

27 July 1981 to 15 January 1983
Paul Noirot-Cosson, High Commissioner

15 January 1983 to 29 June 1984
Alain Robert Ohrel, High Commissioner


Autonomy
29 June 1984 to 28 March 1985
Alain Robert Ohrel, High Commissioner

March 1985 to 1986
Bernard Gérard, High Commissioner

April 1986 to 10 November 1987
Pierre Louis Angéli, High Commissioner

28 November 1987 to 3 January 1992
Jean Montpezat, High Commissioner

31 January 1992 to 8 August 1994
Michel Jau, High Commissioner

8 August 1994 to 27 August 1997
Paul Roncière, High Commissioner

27 August 1997 to 8 October 1997
Michel Jeanjean, acting High Commissioner

8 October 1997 to 24 October 2001
Jean Aribaud, High Commissioner

24 October 2001 to 17 November 2001
Christian Massinon, acting High Commissioner

17 November 2001 to 28 March 2003
Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner


French overseas collectivity
28 March 2003 to 27 February 2004
Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner


Designation (but not status) changed to overseas country
27 February 2004 to 30 July 2005
Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner

30 July 2005 to 10 September 2005
Jacques Michaut, acting High Commissioner

10 September 2005 to 29 June 2008
Anne Boquet, High Commissioner

29 June 2008 to 7 July 2008
Eric Spitz, acting High Commissioner

7 July 2008 to 7 January 2011
Adolphe Colrat, High Commissioner

7 January 2011 to 24 January 2011
Alexandre Rochatte, acting High Commissioner

24 January 2011 to 3 September 2012
Richard Didier, High Commissioner

3 September 2012 to 23 August 2013
Jean-Pierre Laflaquière, High Commissioner

23 August 2013 to 16 September 2013
Gilles Cantal, acting High Commissioner

16 September 2013 to 25 May 2016
Lionel Beffre, High Commissioner

25 May 2016 to 30 May 2016
Marc Tschiggfrey, acting High Commissioner

30 May 2016 to present
René Bidal, High Commissioner


See also


  • French Polynesia

  • Politics of French Polynesia


External links



  • Ben Cahoon (2000). "French Polynesia". WorldStatesman.org. Retrieved 2012-02-25..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em






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