- List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia
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List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of French Polynesia
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
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 Théodose Saisset de Mars, Governor 1858 to 1860 Louis Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Governor 1860 to 1864 Louis Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Commandant 1864 to 1869 Émile François Guillaume Clément, comte de la Roncière, 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, 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 Lacascade, 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, Governor 1896 to 1901 Gustave Pierre Théodore Gallet, Governor 1901 Victor François Ferdinand Rey, acting Governor 1901 to 1903 Édouard Georges Théophile Petit, Governor Colony of Oceania renamed French Establishments in Oceania 1903 to 1904 Édouard Georges Théophile Petit, Governor 1904 Victor Louis Marie Lanrezac, Governor 1904 to 1905 Henri François Charles Cor, acting Governor 1905 to 1907 Philippe Émile Jullien, 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, 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, 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 Georges Lagarde Émile Martin Georges Bambridge 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, 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, 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, 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 Present Richard Didier, High Commissioner See also
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