List of colonial heads of Kamerun

List of Colonial Heads of German Cameroon (Kamerun)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
German Cameroon (Kamerun)
14 July 1884 to 19 July 1884	Gustav Nachtigal, Reichskommissare	Commissioner
19 July 1884 to 1 April 1885	Maximilian Buchner, acting Reichskommissare	acting Commissioner
1 April 1885 to 4 July 1885	Eduard von Knorr, acting Reichskommissare	acting Commissioner
4 July 1885 to 13 May 1887	Julius Freiherr von Soden, Governor
13 May 1887 to 4 October 1887	Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor	1st Term
4 October 1887 to 17 January 1888	Eugen von Zimmerer, Governor	1st Term
17 January 1888 to 26 December 1889	Julius Freiherr von Soden, Governor	2nd Term
26 December 1889 to 17 April 1890	Eugen von Zimmerer, acting Governor	2nd Term
17 April 1890 to 3 August 1890	Markus Graf Pfeil, Governor
3 August 1890 to 14 August 1890	… Kurz[disambiguation needed ], acting Governor
14 August 1890 to 2 December 1890	Jesko von Puttkamer, acting Governor	2nd Term
7 August 1891 to 5 January 1892	Bruno von Schuckmann, acting Governor
5 January 1892 to 27 June 1893	Eugen von Zimmerer, Governor	3rd Term
27 June 1893 to 24 February 1894	… Leist, acting Governor	2nd Term
24 February 1894 to 31 December 1894	Eugen von Zimmerer, Governor	4th Term
31 December 1894 to 27 March 1895	Jesko von Puttkamer, acting Governor	3rd Term
28 March 1895 to 4 May 1895	… von Lücke, acting Governor
5 May 1895 to 26 October 1895	Jesko von Puttkamer, acting Governor	4th Term
27 October 1895 to 10 September 1897	Theodor Seitz, Governor	1st Term
11 September 1897 to 12 January 1898	Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor	5th Term
12 January 1898 to 13 October 1898	Theodor Seitz, Governor	2nd Term
14 October 1898 to 17 January 1900	Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor	6th Term
17 January 1900 to 31 July 1900	August Köhler, acting Governor
1 August 1900 to 6 September 1900	… Diehl[disambiguation needed ], acting Governor
6 September 1900 to 15 November 1900	… von Kamptz, acting Governor
16 November 1900 to 3 February 1902	Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor	7th Term
3 February 1902 to 3 October 1902	… Plehn, acting Governor
2 October 1902 to 9 May 1904	Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor	8th Term
9 May 1904 to 31 January 1905	Otto Gleim, acting Governor	1st Term
31 January 1905 to January 1906	Jesko von Puttkamer, Governor	9th Term
January 1906 to November 1906	Oberst Müller, acting Governor
November 1906 to 1 July 1907	Otto Gleim, acting Governor	2nd Term
1 July 1907 to 10 February 1909	Theodor Seitz, Governor	3rd Term
10 February 1909 to October 1909	… Hansen[disambiguation needed ], acting Governor	1st Term
October 1909 to 27 August 1910	Theodor Seitz, Governor	4th Term
August 1910 to September 1910	… Steinhausen, acting Governor
September 1910 to 25 October 1910	… Hansen[disambiguation needed ], acting Governor	1st Term
25 October 1910 to October 1911	Otto Gleim, Governor	3rd Term
October 1911 to 29 March 1912	… Hansen[disambiguation needed ], acting Governor	2nd Term
29 March 1912 to 9 October 1913	Karl Ebermaier, Governor	1st Term
9 October 1913 to 1914	… Full[disambiguation needed ], acting Governor
1914 to 4 March 1916	Karl Ebermaier, Governor	2nd Term
(April 1914)	Occupation by Great Britain and France
4 March 1916	Germany surrenders territory to occupying powers

See also

• Cameroon
  • Politics of Cameroon

• • Colonial heads of French Cameroon (Cameroun)
  • Heads of government of French Cameroon (Cameroun)
  • Colonial heads of British Cameroon (Cameroons)
  • Heads of government of British Cameroon (Cameroons)
  • Colonial heads of Ambas Bay (Victoria Colony)
  • Heads of state of Cameroon
  • Heads of government of Cameroon
• Lists of office-holders