| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| French rule of Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island by Chartered Companies |
| Expanding to small posts along West African Coast as Far as Gabon until 1850s |
| Governors of the Compagnie du Normande |
| 1626 to 1658 |
|
|
| 1626–1631 |
Jacques Fumechon |
|
| 1631–1641 |
Thomas Lambert |
|
| 1641–1648 |
Jean Caullier |
|
| 1649–1650 |
de Soussy |
|
| 1651–1658 |
Mésineau |
|
| Governors of the Compagnie du Cap Vert et du Sénégal |
| 1658 to 1664 |
|
|
| 1658–1661 |
Raguenet |
|
| 1661–28 May 1664 |
de Boulay |
|
| Governors of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales |
| 1664 to 1672 |
|
|
| 28 May 1664 – 1668 |
Jacquet |
|
| 1668– 9 April 1672 |
de Richemont |
|
| Governor of the Compagnie du Sénégal |
| 1672 to 1673 |
|
|
| 1672–1673 |
Richemont |
(acting) |
| Director of the Compagnie du Sénégal |
| 1674 to 1682 |
|
|
| 1674–1682 |
Jacques Fuméchon |
|
| Director of the Compagnie d'Afrique |
| 1682 to 1684 |
|
|
| 1682–12 September 1684 |
Denis Basset |
|
| Directors of the Compagnie de Guinée |
| 1684 to 1696 |
|
|
| 12 September 1684 – 1689 |
Louis Moreau de Chambonneau |
(1st time) |
| 1689–1690 |
Michel Jajolet de La Courbé |
|
| 1690 – Jan 1693 |
Louis Moreau de Chambonneau |
(2nd time) |
| Jan 1693 – Jul 1693 |
n/a |
Vacant |
| Jul 1693 – Mar 1696 |
Jean Bourguignon |
(2nd time) |
| Directors of the Compagnie du Sénégal |
| 1696 to 1709 |
|
|
| Mar 1696– 4 April 1697 |
Jean Bourguignon |
(acting) |
| 4 April 1697 – 1 May 1702 |
André Brüe |
(b. 1654–d. 1738) |
| 1702–1706 |
Joseph Lemaitre |
(b. 1654–d. 1738) |
| 1706–1709 |
Michel Jajolet de La Courbé |
(b. 1654–d. 1738) |
| Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen |
| 1710 to 1718 |
|
|
| 1710–15 August 1711 |
Guillaume Joseph Mustellier |
(d. 1711) |
| 1712– 2 May 1713 |
Pierre de Richebourg |
|
| 20 April 1714 – 15 December 1718 |
André Brué |
|
| Directors of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales |
| 1718 to 1758 |
|
|
| 15 December 1718 – May 1720 |
André Brué |
|
| May 1720 – Apr 1723 |
Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert |
(d. 1725/26)(1st time) |
| 1723–1725 |
Julien du Bellay |
|
| 1725 |
Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert |
(2nd time) |
| 1725–1726 |
Arnaud Plumet |
|
| 1726–1733 |
Jean Levens de la Rouquette |
|
| 1733– 7 March 1733 |
Lejuge |
(d. 1733) |
| 1733–1738 |
Sebastian Devaulx |
(acting to 1736) |
| 1738–1746 |
Pierre Félix Barthélemy David |
(b. 1711–d. 1795) |
| 1746–30 April 1758 |
Jean-Baptiste Estoupan de la Rué |
|
|
| British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia. |
| British Governors |
| 1758 to 1779 |
|
|
| 30 April 1758 – 10 February 1763 |
Richard Alchorne Worge |
|
| 10 February 1763 – 25 May 1765 |
John Barnes |
|
| 25 May 1765 – Nov 1775 |
Charles O'Hara |
|
| 25 May 1765 – Apr 1766 |
Joseph Debat |
(Gambia Superintendent of Trade) |
| Nov 1775– 8 April 1777 |
Matthias MacNamara |
|
| 8 April 1777 – 18 August 1778 |
John Clarke |
|
| 18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779 |
William Lacy |
(did not assume office) |
| 18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779 |
George Fall |
(acting) |
| British Lieutenant Governors |
| 1776 to 1779 |
|
|
| Apr 1776–24 January 1774 |
Joseph Debat |
|
| 24 January 1774 – Aug 1775 |
William Myres |
|
| Aug 1774 – Nov 1775 |
Matthias MacNamara |
|
| Nov 1775 – Dec 1775 |
Thomas Sharpless |
(acting) |
| Dec 1775– 8 August 1776 |
Joseph Wall |
(b. 1737–d. 1802) |
| 8 August 1776 – 1776 |
George Fall |
(acting) (1st time) |
| 1776–18 August 1778 |
William Lacy |
(acting) |
| 18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779 |
George Fall |
(acting) (2nd time) |
| French Reclaiming of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island. |
| Royal government, then French First Republic, then French First Empire. From 1789 under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon. |
| French Governors |
| 1779 to 1809 |
|
|
| 11 February 1779 – Mar 1779 |
Armand Louis de Gontaut |
duc de Lauzun (b. 1747–d. 1793) |
| Mar 1779– 7 March 1781 |
Jacques Joseph Eyries |
|
| 7 March 1781 – Jul 1782 |
J.B. Bertrand |
(acting) |
| Jul 1782 – Feb 1784 |
Anne Gaston Dumontet |
|
| Feb 1784 – Feb 1786 |
Louis Legardeur |
sieur de Repentigny (b. 1721–d. 1786) |
| Feb 1786 – Dec 1787 |
Stanislas Jean Boufflers |
chevalier de Boufflers (b. 1738–d. 1815) |
| Dec 1787 – Jan 1801 |
François Blanchot de Verly |
(b. 17..–d. 1807)(1st time) |
| Jan 1801– 2 July 1802 |
Charbonnes |
(acting) |
| 2 July 1802 – 27 October 1802 |
Louis Henri Pierre Lasserre |
|
| 27 October 1802 – 12 September 1807 |
François Blanchot de Verly |
(2nd time) |
| Sep 1807–13 July 1809 |
Pierre Levasseur |
|
|
| British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia. |
| British Governors |
| 1809 to 1817 |
|
|
| 13 July 1809 – 1811 |
Charles William Maxwell |
(d. 1848) |
| 1811–1814 |
Charles MacCarthy |
(b. 1764–d. 1824) |
| 1814–25 January 1817 |
Thomas Brereton |
|
| French Reclaim Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island. |
| Royal government restored by British. Under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon until the 1850s. |
| French Commandants |
| 1817 to 1828 |
|
|
| 25 January 1817 – Dec 1817 |
Julien Schmaltz |
(1st time) |
| Dec 1817–13 March 1819 |
Fleuriau |
(acting) |
| 13 March 1819 – 14 August 1820 |
Julien Schmaltz |
(2nd time) |
| 14 August 1820 – 1 March 1821 |
Louis Lecoupe de Montereau, baron Lecoupe |
(acting) |
| 1 March 1821 – 18 May 1827 |
Jacques François, baron Roger |
(b. 1787 ) |
| 18 May 1827 – 7 January 1828 |
Gerbidon |
(acting) |
| French Governors |
| 7 January 1828 – 11 May 1829 |
Jean-Guillaume Jubelin |
(b. 1787 ) |
| 11 May 1829 – 24 May 1831 |
Pierre de Brou |
|
| 24 May 1831 – 18 October 1833 |
Thomas Renault de Saint-Germain |
(d. 1833) |
| 18 October 1833 – 13 November 1833 |
Cadest |
(acting) |
| 13 November 1833 – 10 May 1834 |
Germain Quernel |
|
| 10 May 1834 – 1 July 1836 |
Louis Pujol |
|
| 1 July 1836 – Dec 1836 |
Louis Malavoix |
|
| Dec 1836–13 September 1837 |
Louis Guillet |
(acting) |
| 13 September 1837 – 12 April 1839 |
Julien Soret |
|
| 1839–1854: Posts from Gambia south under command of Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa. See Colonial heads of Gabon |
| 12 April 1839 – 19 May 1841 |
Guillaume Charmasson de Puylaval |
(b. 1780 ) |
| 19 May 1841 – 7 May 1842 |
Jean-Baptiste Montagniés de la Roque |
(b. 1761) |
| 1842–1860: For subdivision Colony of Gorée and Dependencies see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire |
| 7 May 1842 – 5 February 1843 |
Édouard Pageot Desnoutières |
|
| 5 February 1843 – 24 May 1844 |
Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez |
(b. 1808–d. 1871) |
| 24 May 1844 – Jul 1844 |
Laborel |
(acting) |
| Jul 1844–11 December 1845 |
Pierre Thomas |
(acting) |
| 11 December 1845 – 20 March 1846 |
François Ollivier |
(d. 1846) |
| 20 March 1846 – 30 August 1846 |
Hoube |
(acting) |
| 30 August 1846 – 24 August 1847 |
Ernest Bourdon, comte de Gramont |
(b. 1805–d. 1847) |
| 24 August 1847 – 7 September 1847 |
Caille |
(acting)(d. 1847) |
| 7 September 1847 – Nov 1847 |
Léandre Bertin du Château |
(acting) (b. 1804–d. 1884) |
| Nov 1847 – Aug 1850 |
Auguste Baudin |
(b. 1800–d. 1877) |
| Aug 1850–11 October 1850 |
Aumont |
(acting) |
| 11 October 1850 – 16 December 1854 |
Auguste Léopold Protet |
(1st time) (b. 1808–d. 1862) |
| May 1853–30 January 1854 |
André César Vérand |
(acting for Protet) |
| 31 January 1854 – 16 December 1854 |
Auguste Léopold Protet |
(2nd time) |
| 1854: all other West African possessions fall under subdivision of Senegal: Colony of Gorée and Dependencies. |
| 16 December 1854 – 1 June 1861 |
Louis Léon César Faidherbe |
(b. 1818–d. 1889) |
| 4 September 1858 – 12 February 1859 |
A. Robin |
(acting for Faidherbe) |
| 4 October 1860: Ivory Coast territory moved to the Ivory Coast-Gabon colony see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1 June 1861 – 1 December 1861 |
Léopold François Stephan |
(acting) (b. 1815) |
| 1 December 1861 – 13 May 1863 |
Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry |
(b. 1815–d. 1887) |
| 13 May 1863 – 14 July 1863 |
Émile Pinet-Laprade |
(1st time)(b. 1822–d. 1869)(acting) |
| 14 July 1863 – 1 May 1865 |
Louis Léon César Faidherbe |
(2nd time) |
| 1 May 1865 – 17 August 1869 |
Émile Pinet-Laprade |
(2nd time) (acting to 12 July 1865) |
| 18 August 1869 – 17 October 1869 |
Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos |
(b. 1820 )(acting) |
| 17 October 1869 – 18 June 1876 |
François-Xavier Michel Valière |
(b. 1826–d. 1886) |
| 18 June 1876 – Apr 1880 |
Louis Briere de l'Isle |
(b. 1827–d. 1896) |
| 27 February 1880: Haut-Sénégal military region created as sub division. See Colonial heads of Mali |
| Apr 1880– 4 August 1881 |
Louis Ferdinand de Lanneau |
(b. 1822 ) |
| 4 August 1881 – Oct 1881 |
Marie Auguste Deville de Perière |
(b. 1825 ) (acting) |
| Oct 1881–28 June 1882 |
Henri Philibert Canard |
(b. 1824–d. 1894) |
| 1882: Costal sections of Guinea separated from Senegal, become Rivières du Sud, later French Guinee. |
| 28 June 1882 – 16 November 1882 |
Aristide Louis Antoine Vallon |
(b. 1826–d. 1897) |
| 16 November 1882 – 28 June 1883 |
René Servatius |
|
| 28 June 1883 – 25 July 1883 |
Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher |
(b. 1837–d. 1896) (acting) |
| 25 July 1883 – 15 April 1884 |
Henry Bourdiaux |
(acting) (b. 1838–d. 1899) |
| 15 April 1884 – 14 April 1886 |
Alphonse Seignac-Lesseps |
|
| 1886: Gabon and Eastern coastal possessions separated from Senegal, become French Congo |
| 14 April 1886 – 29 April 1888 |
Jules Genouille |
(b. 1839–d. 1923) |
| 29 April 1888 – 22 September 1890 |
Léon Émile Clément-Thomas |
|
| 18 August 1890: French Sudan Territory separated from Senegal. See: Colonial heads of Mali |
| 22 September 1890 – 19 May 1895 |
Henri Félix de Lamothe |
(b. 1843–d. 1926) |
| 19 May 1895 – 28 June 1895 |
Louis Mouttet |
(acting)(b. 1857–d. 1902) |
| Incorporated into French West Africa – 16 June 1895 Command of French West Africa Handed to Governor General |
| Governors of Sénégal now subortdonate to Governor General of l'AOF |
| 28 June 1895 – 1 November 1900 |
Jean Baptiste Émile Louis |
(b. 1853–d. 19..) |
| 1 November 1900 – 26 January 1902 |
Noël Eugène Ballay |
(b. 1847–d. 1902) |
| 26 January 1902 – 15 March 1902 |
Pierre Paul Marie Capest |
(b. 1857–d. 19..) |
| 15 March 1902 – 11 November 1902 |
Ernest Roume |
(b. 1858–d. 1934) |
| 11 November 1902 – 26 August 1907 |
Camille Lucien Xavier Guy |
(b. 1860–d. 1929) |
| 26 August 1907 – 15 December 1907 |
Joost van Vollenhoven |
(acting) (b. 1877–d. 1918) |
| 15 December 1907 – 10 June 1908 |
Martial Henri Merlin |
(b. 1860–d. 1935) |
| 10 June 1908 – 17 October 1908 |
Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne |
(b. 1849–d. 19..)(1st time) |
| 17 October 1908 – 23 February 1909 |
Maurice Gourbeil |
|
| 23 February 1909 – 2 May 1909 |
Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudard (acting) |
|
| 2 May 1909 – 5 February 1911 |
Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne |
(2nd time) |
| 5 February 1911 – 13 May 1914 |
Henri François Charles Core |
|
| 13 May 1914 – 1916 |
Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti |
(b. 1872–d. 1938) |
| 20 March 1917 – 23 September 1920 |
Fernand Émile Levêque |
|
| 23 September 1920 – 17 September 1921 |
Théophile Antoine Pascal |
(acting) |
| 17 September 1921 – 4 July 1925 |
Pierre Jean Henri Didelot |
(b. 1870–d. 19..) |
| 4 July 1925 – 23 May 1926 |
Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet |
(1st time) (acting) |
| 23 May 1926 – 23 October 1926 |
Joseph Zébédée Olivier Cadier |
(acting) |
| 23 October 1926 – 12 March 1929 |
Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore |
(b. 1882–d. 1975) |
| 12 March 1929 – 4 July 1930 |
Maurice Beurnier (1st time) |
(b. 1878–d. 19..) |
| 4 July 1930 – 15 August 1931 |
Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet |
(2nd time) |
| 15 August 1931 – 14 October 1931 |
Benoît Louis Rebonne |
(acting) |
| 14 October 1931 – Dec 1936 |
Maurice Beurnier |
(2nd time) |
| Dec 1936–25 October 1938 |
Louis Lefebvre |
|
| 25 October 1938 – 1940 |
Jean Paul Parisot |
|
| 1 January 1941 – 22 December 1942 |
Georges Pierre Rey |
|
| 22 December 1942 – 2 December 1943 |
Hubert Jules Deschamps |
(b. 1900–d. 1979) |
| 2 December 1943 – Jun 1945 |
Charles Jean Dagain |
(b. 1885–d. 1969) |
| Jun 1945 – Apr 1946 |
Pierre Louis Maestracci |
|
| Apr 1946–20 May 1947 |
Oswald Durand |
(b. 1888–d. 1982) |
| 20 May 1947 – 19 October 1950 |
Laurent Marcel Wiltord |
|
| 19 October 1950 – 25 April 1952 |
Camille Victor Bailly |
(b. 1907–d. 1984) |
| 25 April 1952 – 19 February 1954 |
Lucien Eugène Geay |
(b. 1900) |
| 19 February 1954 – 31 October 1955 |
Maxime Marie Antoine Jourdain |
|
| 31 October 1955 – 10 February 1957 |
Jean Colombani |
(b. 1903) |
| 10 February 1957 – 25 November 1958 |
Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami |
(b. 1909) |
| African High Commissioner of the French Union |
| 25 November 1958 – 20 June 1960 |
Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami |
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