List of colonial heads of the Comoros

List of colonial heads of the Comoros

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
25 March 1841 Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843
Mayotte Protectorate;
1841 to June 1843 Pierre Passot, French Representative  
Subordinated to the governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion
June 1843 to 11 March 1844 Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior 1st Term
11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844 Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior  
17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844 Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior  
22 October 1844 to January 1846 Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior  
January 1846 to August 1849 Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior 2nd Term
Subordinated to the governors of Réunion
11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851 Stanislas Fortune Livet, Commissioner  
13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853 Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner  
18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854 André Brisset, acting Commissioner  
13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857 Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner  
15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860 Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner  
14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864 Charles Gabrié, Commissioner  
14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868 Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner 1st Term
8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869 Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner  
15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869 L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner  
21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871 Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner 2nd Term
4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871 Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, acting Commissioner 1st Term
19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875 Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner 1st Term
1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875 Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner  
16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875 François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner  
26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878 Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner 2nd Term
2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878 Jean Roblin, acting Commandant  
9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879 Charles Vassal, acting Commandant  
7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879 Charles Bayet, acting Commandant  
16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879 Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant  
31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885 François Marie Ferriez, Commandant  
3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886 Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant  
Ngazidja Grande Comore, Ndzuwani Anjouan, and Mwali Mohéli French protectorates
24 June 1886 to August 1887 Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant (contd.)
19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887 Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant  
Protectorate of the Comoros (Protectorat des Comores)
5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888 Paul Celeron de Blainville, Commandant  
4 May 1887 to 1893 Clovis Papinaud, Commandant 1st Term
1893 to 30 March 1896 Etinne Lacascade, Commandant  
30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897 Gentien Pereton, Commandant  
5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899 Louis Micon, Commandant  
7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900 Clovis Papinaud, Commandant 2nd Term
18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902 Pierre Hunert Auguste Pascal, Governor  
15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905 Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor  
28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906 Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor  
3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908 Fernand Foureau, Governor  
Dependent Territory of Madagascar
9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908 Fernand Foureau, Governor (contd.)
8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911 Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator  
1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911 Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator  
28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912  
25 July 1912 Annexed by France
Mayotte and Dependencies Under Madagascar; ratified 23 February 1914
25 July 1912 to 21 February 1913 Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator  
21 February 1913 to 1914 Honoré Cartron, Administrator  
23 February 1914 de facto subordinated to Madagascar
24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946 Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior  
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948 Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior  
31 December 1948 to December 1950 Marie Emmanuel Adolphe Roger Rémy, acting Administrator-superior  
December 1950 to April 1956 Pierre Coudert, Administrator-superior  
April 1956 to 11 February 1958 Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, acting Administrator-superior  
11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959 Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, Administrator-superior  
30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960 Gabriel Savignac, acting Administrator-superior  
14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961 Louis Saget, Administrator-superior  
State of Comoros Autonomous
(Etat Comorien)
22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962 Louis Saget, Administrator-superior (contd.)
27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962 Louis Saget, High Commissioner  
22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963 Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner  
15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966 Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner  
26 July 1966 to November 1969 Antoine Colombani, High Commissioner  
November 1969 to July 1975 Jacques Mouradian, High Commissioner  
6 July 1975 Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte

For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of the Comoros

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