Governor-General of French Indochina

Governor-General of French Indochina

The Governor-General of French Indochina (French: "Gouverneur-général de l'Indochine Française") was the head of the French Indochina. The first Governor-General was Ernest Constans (1887–1888) and the last was Jean Decoux (1940–1945). During World War II, Japanese Governor-Generals briefly replaced the French until the position was abolished.

List of Leaders of French Indochina (1887-1954)

Governors-General

*Jean Antoine Ernest Constans (16 November 1887 - April 1888)
*Étienne Antione Guillaume Richaud (April 1888 - 31 May 1889)
*Jules Georges Piquet (31 May 1889 - April 1891)
*Bideau (April - June 1891) (acting)
*Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan (June 1891 - 31 December 1894)
*Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux (March - October 1894) (acting for Lanessan)
*François Pierre Rodier (December 1894 - February 1895) (acting)
*Paul Armand Rosseau (February 1895 - 10 December 1896)
*Augustin Juline Fourès (December 1896 - 13 February 1897) (acting)
*Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer (13 February 1897 - October 1902)
*Jean Baptiste Paul Beau (October 1902 - February 1908)
*Louis Alphonse Bonhoure (18 February - September 1908) (acting)
*Antony Wladislas Klobukowski (September 1908 - January 1910)
*Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié (January 1910 - February 1911) (acting)
*Paul Louis Luce (February - November 1911)
*Albert Pierre Sarraut (November 1911 - January 1914) (1st time)
*Joost van Vollenhouven (January 1914 - 7 April 1915) (acting)
*Ernest Nestor Roume (April 1915 - May 1916)
*Jean Eugène Charles (May 1916 - January 1917) (acting)
*Albert Pierre Sarraut (January 1917 - May 1919) (2nd time)
*Maurice Antoine François Montguillot (May 1919 - February 1920) (1st time, acting)
*Maurice Long (February 1920 - April 1922)
*François Marius Baudouin (April 1922 - August 1922) (acting)
*Martial Henri Merlin (August 1922 - April 1925)
*Maurice Antoine François Montguillot (April - November 1925) (2nd time)
*Alexandre Varenne (18 November 1925 - January 1928)
*Maurice Antoine François Montguillot (January - August 1928) (3rd time)
*Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier (22 August 1928 - 15 January 1934)
*Eugène Jean Louis René Robin (15 January 1934 - September 1936)
*Joseph Jules Brévié (September 1936 - 23 August 1939)
*Georges Catroux (23 August 1939 - 25 June 1940) (acting)
*Jean Decoux (25 June 1940 - 9 March 1945)

Japanese Governors-General

*Yuichi Tsuchihashi (9 March - 28 August 1945)
*Takeshi Tsukamoto (9 March - 15 August 1945) (acting for Tsuchihashi)

High Commissioners

*Jean Marie Arsène Cédile (23 September - 5 October 1945) (acting)
*Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (5 October - 31 October 1945) (acting)
*Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (31 October 1945 - 1 April 1947)
*Émile Bollaert (1 April 1947 - 20 October 1948)
*Léon Marie Adolphe Pascal Pignon (20 October 1948 - 17 December 1950)
*Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (17 December 1950 - 11 January 1952)
*Raoul Salan (11 January - 1 April 1952) (acting)
*Jean Letourneau (1 April 1952 - 27 April 1953)

Commissioners-General

*Jean Letourneau (27 April - 17 August 1953)
*Maurice Dejean (17 August 1953 - 10 April 1954)
*Paul Henri Romuald Ély (10 April 1954 - 2 June 1955)
*Henri Hoppenot (June 1955 - 21 July 1956)

External links

* [http://www.famv.com/biographie_indochine.htm Alexandre Varenne in Indochina]


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