List of governors-general of French Indochina
This is a list of European (as well as Japanese and Chinese) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of French Indochina, an area equivalent to modern-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
List of colonial heads of French Indochina
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Indochina | ||
| French Indochina formed (Cambodia, Annam, Tonkin, and Cochinchina, and from 3 October 1893, Laos) | ||
| 16 November 1887 to April 1888 | Jean Antoine Ernest Constans, Governor-General | |
| April 1888 to 31 May 1889 | Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud, Governor-General | |
| 31 May 1889 to April 1891 | Jules Georges Piquet, Governor-General | |
| April 1891 to June 1891 | Bideau, acting Governor-General | |
| June 1891 to 31 December 1894 | Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, Governor-General | |
| March 1894 to October 1894 | Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, acting Governor-General | Acting for Lanessan |
| December 1894 to February 1895 | François Pierre Rodier, acting Governor-General | |
| February 1895 to 10 December 1896 | Paul Armand Rosseau, Governor-General | |
| December 1896 to 13 February 1897 | Augustin Julien Fourès, acting Governor-General | |
| 13 February 1897 to October 1902 | Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, Governor-General | |
| October 1902 to February 1908 | Jean Baptiste Paul Beau, Governor-General | |
| 18 February 1907 to September 1907 | Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, acting Governor-General | |
| September 1908 to January 1910 | Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Governor-General | |
| January 1910 to February 1911 | Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié, acting Governor-General | |
| February 1911 to November 1911 | Paul Louis Luce, Governor-General | |
| November 1911 to January 1914 | Albert Pierre Sarraut, Governor-General | 1st time |
| January 1914 to 7 April 1915 | Joost van Vollenhoven, acting Governor-General | |
| April 1915 to May 1916 | Ernest Roume, Governor-General | |
| May 1916 to January 1917 | Jean Eugène Charles, acting Governor-General | |
| January 1917 to May 1919 | Albert Pierre Sarraut, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| May 1919 to February 1920 | Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| February 1920 to April 1922 | Maurice Long, Governor-General | |
| April 1922 to August 1922 | François Marius Baudouin, acting Governor-General | |
| August 1922 to April 1925 | Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General | |
| April 1925 to November 1925 | Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 18 November 1925 to January 1928 | Alexandre Varenne, Governor-General | |
| January 1928 to August 1928 | Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 22 August 1928 to 15 January 1934 | Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier, Governor-General | |
| 15 January 1934 to September 1936 | Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Governor-General | |
| September 1936 to 23 August 1939 | Joseph Jules Brévié, Governor-General | |
| 23 August 1939 to 25 June 1940 | Georges Catroux, acting Governor-General | |
| 25 June 1940 to 9 March 1945 | Jean Decoux, Governor-General | Continued to serve following the Japanese invasion; deposed in the Japanese coup d'état |
| Japanese Military Occupation | ||
| 9 March 1945 to 28 August 1945 | Yuitsu Tsuchihashi, Governor-General | |
| 9 March 1945 to 15 August 1945 | Takeshi Tsukamoto, acting Governor-General | Acting for Tsuchihashi |
| Allied Military Administration | ||
| Above 16th parallel | ||
| 9 September 1945 to 6 March 1946 | Lu Han, Military Governor (Republic of China) | |
| Below 16th parallel | ||
| 6 September 1945 to 28 January 1946 | Douglas David Gracey, Military Governor (United Kingdom) | |
| French Indochina | ||
| 23 September 1945 to 5 October 1945 | Jean Marie Arsène Cédile, acting High Commissioner | |
| 5 October 1945 to 31 October 1945 | Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque, dit Leclerc, acting High Commissioner | |
| 31 October 1945 to 1 April 1947 | Georges Louis Marie Thierry d'Argenlieu, High Commissioner | |
| 1 April 1947 to 20 October 1948 | Émile Bollaert, High Commissioner | |
| 20 October 1948 to 17 December 1950 | Léon Marie Adolphe Pascal Pignon, High Commissioner | |
| 17 December 1950 to 11 January 1952 | Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny, High Commissioner | |
| 11 January 1952 to 1 April 1952 | Raoul Albin Louis Salan, acting High Commissioner | |
| 1 April 1952 to 27 April 1953 | Jean Letourneau, High Commissioner | |
| 27 April 1953 to 17 August 1953 | Jean Letourneau, Commissioner-General | |
| 17 August 1953 to 10 April 1954 | Maurice Dejean, Commissioner-General | Served at the time of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu |
| 10 April 1954 to 2 June 1955 | Paul Henri Romuald Ély, Commissioner-General | |
| June 1955 to 21 July 1956 | Henri Hoppenot, Commissioner-General | |
See also
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Olivier Wieviorka (2008). Normandy: the landings to the liberation of Paris. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02838-8.
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