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This is a list of Resident Commissioners of the New Hebrides .
Term
Incumbent
Notes
British Administration of New Hebrides
Subordinated to the High Commissioners for the Western Pacific (at Fiji to 1952, then at the Solomon Islands )
1887 to 1902
British Naval Commission
1902 to 1907
Ernest Goldfinch Rason , Resident Commissioner
December 1907 to 1924
Merton King , Resident Commissioner
1924 to 17 August 1927
Geoffrey Bingham Whistler Smith-Rewse , Resident Commissioner
1927 to 1940
George Andrew Joy , Resident Commissioner
1940 to 1950
Richard Denis Blandy , Resident Commissioner
1950 to 1955
Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman , Resident Commissioner
From 10 June 1954, Sir Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman
1955 to 1962
John Shaw Rennie , Resident Commissioner
1962 to 1966
Alexander Mair Wilkie , Resident Commissioner
1966 to 1973
Colin Hamilton Allan , Resident Commissioner
1973 to 1975
Roger William Houssemayne du Boulay , Resident Commissioner
1975 to October 1978
John Stuart Champion , Resident Commissioner
November 1978 to 1980
Andrew Christopher Stuart , Resident Commissioner
30 July 1980
Independence as Republic of Vanuatu
Term
Incumbent
Notes
French Administration of New Hebrides
Subordinated to the High Commissioners in the Pacific Ocean (from 22 March 1907 the Governors of New Caledonia )
1887 to 1901
French Naval Commission
1901 to 1904
Gaudence Charles Faraut , Resident Commissioner
1904 to January 1908
Charles Bord , Resident Commissioner
1908 to 1909
Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard , Resident Commissioner
1909 to 1911
Jules Martin , Resident Commissioner
1911 to 1913
Jules Vincent Repiquet , Resident Commissioner
1913 to 1916
Jacques Louis Miramende , Resident Commissioner
1st time
1916 to 1918
Edmond Lippmann , Resident Commissioner
1918 to 1919
Lucien Huques Arthur Nielly , Resident Commissioner
1919 to 1920
Alfred Solari , Resident Commissioner
1920 to 1921
Jacques Louis Miramende , Resident Commissioner
2nd time
1921 to 1923
Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier , Resident Commissioner
1st time
1923 to 1925
Auguste Adolphe Joseph Marie Raoul de la Vaissière , Resident Commissioner
1925 to 1929
Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier , Resident Commissioner
2nd time
1929 to 1930
Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly , Resident Commissioner
1930 to 1931
Maurice Georges Tronet , Resident Commissioner
1931 to 1933
Antoine Louis Carlotti , Resident Commissioner
1933 to 1935
Henri Camille Sautot , Resident Commissioner
1st time
1935 to 1937
Fernand Gaston Georges Émile Robert Casimir , Resident Commissioner
1937 to 1940
Henri Camille Sautot , Resident Commissioner
2nd time
1940 to 1947
Robert Charles Henri Kuter , Resident Commissioner
1947 to 1949
André Ménard , Resident Commissioner
1949 to 1958
Pierre Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Anthonioz , Resident Commissioner
1958 to 1960
Benjamin Marcel Favreau , Resident Commissioner
1960 to 1965
Maurice Charles Jules Delauney , Resident Commissioner
1965 to 1969
Jacques Mouradian , Resident Commissioner
1969 to 1974
Robert Jules Amédée Langlois , Resident Commissioner
1974 to 1978
Robert Gauger , Resident Commissioner
1978
Bernard Pottier , Resident Commissioner
1978 to 1980
Jean-Jacques Robert , Resident Commissioner
30 July 1980
Independence as Republic of Vanuatu
For continuation after independence, see: President of Vanuatu
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