- List of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion
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List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of Réunion
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Term Incumbent Notes French Suzerainty Annexed for France, named Île Bourbon; under the French East India Company rule December 1649 to 5 August 1665 No central administration 5 August 1665 to 8 May 1671 Étienne Regnault, Commandant 11 May 1671 to 22 November 1674 Jacques de La Heure dit La Hure, Commandant 22 November 1674 to 1 December 1674 Jacob de la Haye, de facto Commandant French colony; under the French East India Company rule 1 December 1674 to 17 June 1678 Henry Esse d'Orgeret, Commandant 18 June 1678 to January 1680 Germain de Fleurimont Moulinier, Commandant January 1680 to 30 November 1686 F. Bernardin de Quimper, Commandant 2 December 1686 to 9 December 1689 Jean-Baptiste Drouillard, Commandant 11 December 1689 to 26 November 1690 Henry Habert de Vauboulon, Commandant 4 March 1691 to 29 April 1694 Michel Firélin, Commandant 1694 Prades + Lemayeur, acting Commandants May 1694 to 2 July 1696 Directory of Saint Paul Athanase Touchard, President; leader "naturel de l'île" Louis Caron René Hoarau François Mussard François Mussard Antoine Payet 1 August 1696 to 6 June 1698 Joseph Bastide, Commandant 21 October 1699 to 13 May 1701 Jacques de La Cour de La Saulais, Commandant 12 June 1701 to 5 March 1709 Jean-Baptiste de Villers, Commandant 7 March 1709 to 24 March 1710 François Michel Des Bordes, sieur de Charanville, Commandant 22 April 1710 to 14 November 1715 Pierre Antoine Parat de Chaillenest, Commandant 4 December 1715 to 14 February 1718 Henri de Justamond, Commandant 6 September 1718 to 22 August 1723 Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant, Commandant 23 August 1723 to 1 December 1725 Antoine Labbé dit Desforges-Boucher, Commandant 2 December 1725 to 28 May 1727 Hélie Dioré de Périgny, Commandant 21 July 1727 to 11 July 1735 Pierre Benoît Dumas, Commandant 12 July 1735 to 1 October 1735 Bertrand François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais, Commandant Part of the French Mascarene Islands colony; under French East India Company rule 2 October 1735 to 30 September 1739 Charles L'Emery Dumont, Commandant 11 November 1739 to 12 December 1743 Pierre-André d'Héguerty, Commandant 13 December 1743 to 8 May 1745 Didier de Saint-Martin, Commandant 1st time 15 May 1745 to 31 October 1745 Jean-Baptiste Azéma, Commandant 1 November 1745 to 18 December 1745 Didier de Saint-Martin, Commandant 2nd time Separate colony; under French East India Company rule 29 December 1745 to 28 March 1747 Gérard Gaspard de Ballade, Governor 1st time 14 April 1747 to 11 November 1748 Didier de Saint-Martin, Governor 3rd time 22 November 1748 to 17 March 1749 Gérard Gaspard de Ballade, Governor 2nd time 24 May 1749 to 23 August 1749 Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher, Governor 1st time 6 September 1749 to 16 October 1750 Joseph Brénier, Governor 1st time 16 October 1750 to 14 December 1752 Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Governor 1st time 14 December 1752 to 14 January 1756 Joseph Brénier, Governor 2nd time 12 July 1757 to 15 October 1757 Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher, Governor 2nd time 19 October 1757 to 6 September 1763 Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Governor 2nd time 7 September 1763 to 14 October 1763 Jean Sentuary, Governor 5 November 1763 to 1764 François Jacques Bertin d'Avesnes, Governor French crown colony 1764 to 30 March 1767 François Jacques Bertin d'Avesnes, Governor 31 March 1767 to 4 November 1767 Martin Adrien Bellier, Governor 4 November 1767 to 4 October 1773 Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe, Governor 15 December 1773 to 15 October 1776 Jean Guillaume Steinauer, Governor 26 October 1776 to 30 April 1779 François de Souillac, Governor 25 May 1779 to 22 August 1781 Joseph Murinay, comte de Saint-Maurice, Governor 25 August 1781 to 21 April 1785 André Joseph François Chalvet, baron de Souville, Governor 2 May 1785 to 15 February 1788 Claude Élie Dioré de Périgny, Governor 21 February 1788 to 15 August 1790 David Charpentier de Cossigny, Governor 8 September 1790 to 18 October 1792 Dominique Prosper de Chermont, Governor 19 October 1792 to 19 March 1793 Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis, Governor Île Bourbon renamed Île de la Réunion (sometimes called Réunion des Patriotes) 19 March 1793 to 11 April 1794 Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis, Governor 12 April 1794 to 1 November 1795 Pierre Alexandre Roubaud, Governor 2 November 1795 to 3 February 1803 Philippe Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy, Governor Part of the French colony of Indes-Orientales 3 February 1803 to 7 October 1803 Philippe Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy, Governor 10 November 1803 to 31 December 1805 François Louis Magallon, comte de la Morlière, Governor 9 January 1806 to 15 August 1806 Nicolas Ernault de Regnac des Brulys, Governor Île de la Réunion renamed Île Bonaparte 15 August 1806 to 25 September 1809 Nicolas Ernault de Regnac des Brulys, Governor 9 October 1809 to 8 July 1810 Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne, Governor Occupation of Île Bonaparte by United Kingdom 9 July 1810 to 7 August 1810 Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor 1st time Île Bonaparte renamed Île Bourbon 7 August 1810 to 20 December 1810 Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor 1st time 20 December 1810 to 26 April 1811 Henry Sheehy Keating, Governor 1st time 26 April 1811 to 10 July 1811 Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor 2nd time 10 July 1811 to 5 April 1815 Henry Sheehy Keating, Governor 2nd time French Suzerainty 6 April 1815 to 30 June 1817 Athanase Hyacinthe Bouvet de Lozier, Governor 1 July 1817 to 9 September 1818 Hilaire Urbain Lafitte de Courteil, Governor 13 September 1818 to 14 February 1821 Pierre Bernard de Milius, Governor 15 February 1821 to 14 October 1826 Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet, Governor 20 October 1826 to 4 July 1830 Achille Guy Marie de Penfentenio, comte de Cheffontaines, Governor 5 July 1830 to 7 November 1832 Étienne-Henri Mengin du Valdailly, Governor 8 November 1832 to 4 May 1838 Jacques Philippe Cuvillier, Governor 5 May 1838 to 14 October 1841 Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell, Governor 15 October 1841 to 4 June 1846 Charles Louis Joseph Bazoche, Governor 5 June 1846 to 6 September 1848 Emmanuel François Joseph Graeb, Governor Île Bourbon renamed Réunion 6 September 1848 to 13 October 1848 Emmanuel François Joseph Graeb, Governor 13 October 1848 to 7 March 1850 Joseph Napoléon Sarda-Garriga, Governor 9 March 1850 to 14 February 1851 Marie-Bon-Ézéchial Barolet de Puligny, Governor 15 February 1851 to 8 August 1852 Louis Isaac Pierre Hilaire Doret, Governor 8 August 1852 to 8 January 1858 Louis Henri Hubert Delisle, Governor 11 January 1858 to 27 March 1858 Lefevre, Governor 28 March 1858 to 19 September 1864 Rodolphe Augustin, baron Darricau, Governor 4 January 1865 to 23 September 1869 Marie Jules Dupré, Governor 27 September 1869 to 18 September 1875 Louis Hippolyte de Lormel, Governor 19 November 1875 to 29 April 1879 Pierre Aristide Faron, Governor 6 May 1879 to 23 March 1886 Pierre Étienne Cuinier, Governor 23 March 1886 to 11 October 1886 Jean Baptiste Antoine Lougnon, interim Governor 1st time 11 October 1886 to 16 December 1887 Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud, Governor 16 December 1887 to 21 August 1888 Jean Baptiste Antoine Lougnon, Governor 2nd time 22 August 1888 to 10 July 1893 Louis Evenor Édouard Manès, Governor 11 July 1893 to 21 June 1895 Henri Eloi Danel, Governor 22 June 1895 to 12 August 1895 Henri Charles Roberdeau, Governor 13 August 1895 to 19 May 1896 Benedict Jacob de Cordemoy, Governor 19 May 1896 to 30 October 1900 Laurent Marie Émile Beauchamp, Governor 30 October 1900 to 19 February 1901 Charles Albert Madre, Governor 19 February 1901 to 29 July 1905 Paul Samary, Governor 29 July 1905 to 30 August 1906 Fernand Theron, Governor 30 August 1906 to 7 November 1906 Marius Verignon, Governor 8 November 1906 to 27 December 1907 Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor 1 January 1908 to 19 March 1908 Henri Cor, Governor 19 March 1908 to 18 January 1910 Camille Lucien Xavier Guy, Governor 18 January 1910 to 17 September 1910 Philippe Émile Jullien, Governor 18 September 1910 to 28 July 1912 François Pierre Rodier, Governor 30 August 1912 to 22 November 1913 Hubert Auguste Garbit, Governor 23 November 1913 to 1 June 1919 Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat, Governor 2 June 1919 to 26 July 1920 Victor Jean Brochard, Governor 27 July 1920 to 5 September 1922 Frédéric Estèbe, Governor 6 September 1922 to 21 August 1923 Henri Cleret de Langavant, Governor 22 August 1923 to 2 October 1924 Maurice Pierre Lapalud, Governor 31 March 1925 to 28 November 1932 Jules Vincent Repiquet, Governor 29 November 1932 to 13 June 1934 Louis Fabre, Governor 14 June 1934 to 29 May 1936 Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau, Governor 29 May 1936 to 16 August 1936 Charles Victor Allard, interim Governor 17 August 1936 to 27 October 1938 Léon Hippolyte Truitard, Governor 28 October 1938 to 29 December 1939 Joseph Urbain Court, Governor 30 December 1939 to 1 December 1942 Pierre Émile Aubert, Governor Deposed after liberation of Réunion by the Free French Forces 1 December 1942 to 19 March 1946 Jean Charles André Capagorry, Governor French overseas département 19 March 1946 to 17 July 1947 Jean Charles André Capagorry, Governor 16 August 1947 to 1 June 1950 Paul Demange, Prefect 1 June 1950 to 4 July 1952 Roland Luc Béchoff, Prefect 4 July 1952 to 14 May 1956 Pierre Philip, Prefect 12 June 1956 to 1 March 1963 Jean François Pierre Perreau-Pradier, Prefect 1 March 1963 to 1 September 1966 Alfred Diefenbacher, Prefect 11 September 1966 to 22 October 1969 Jean Vaudeville, Prefect 29 October 1969 to 21 August 1972 Paul Cousseran, Prefect 28 August 1972 to 14 April 1975 Claude Edmond Vieillescazes, Prefect 14 April 1975 to 12 May 1977 Robert Lamy, Prefect 16 May 1977 to 22 May 1980 Bernard Landouzy, Prefect 29 May 1980 to 1 August 1981 Jacques Seval, Prefect 1 August 1981 to 10 May 1982 Michel Francis Levallois, Prefect 10 May 1982 to 15 March 1984 Michel Francis Levallois, Commissioner of the Republic 26 March 1984 to 9 April 1986 Michel Blangy, Commissioner of the Republic 9 April 1986 to 25 April 1986 Jean-Marc Rebière, acting Commissioner of the Republic 25 April 1986 to 24 February 1988 Jean Anciaux, Commissioner of the Republic 24 February 1988 to 11 September 1989 Jean Anciaux, Prefect 11 September 1989 to 18 July 1991 Daniel Constantin, Prefect 18 July 1991 to December 1992 Jacques Dewatre, Prefect 2 December 1992 to 2 January 1995 Hubert Fournier, Prefect 9 January 1995 to 27 November 1995 Pierre Steinmetz, Prefect 27 November 1995 to 29 November 1995 Yves Dassonville, acting Prefect 1st time 29 November 1995 to 15 July 1998 Robert Pommies, Prefect 15 July 1998 to 5 August 1998 Yves Dassonville, acting Prefect 2nd time 5 August 1998 to 2 July 2001 Jean Daubigny, Prefect 2 July 2001 to 31 July 2001 Vincent Bouvier, acting Prefect 31 July 2001 to 28 March 2003 Gonthier Friederici, Prefect French overseas region 28 March 2003 to 13 August 2004 Gonthier Friederici, Prefect 13 August 2004 to 16 August 2004 Franck-Olivier Lachaud, acting Prefect 1st time 16 August 2004 to 4 June 2005 Dominique Vian, Prefect 4 June 2005 to 16 July 2005 Franck-Olivier Lachaud, acting Prefect 2nd time 16 July 2005 to 22 August 2006 Laurent Cayrel, Prefect 22 August 2006 to 28 August 2006 Franck-Olivier Lachaud, acting Prefect 3rd time 28 August 2006 to Present Pierre-Henry Maccioni, Prefect See also
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