High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia
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List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of New Caledonia
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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French Suzerainty | ||
French colony | ||
24 September 1853 to 1 January 1854 | Auguste Febvrier Despointes, Commandant | |
1 January 1854 to 31 October 1854 | Louis Tardy de Montravel, Commandant | |
18 January 1855 to 28 October 1856 | Joseph Fidèle Eugène du Bouzet, Commandant | |
18 January 1855 to 21 December 1856 | Jules Marcelin Albert Testard, acting Commandant | Acting for Bouzet to 28 October 1856 |
25 May 1856 to 5 May 1857 | Le Bris, acting Commandant | acting for Testard to 21 December 1856 |
21 December 1858 to 20 March 1859 | Roussel, Commandant | |
20 March 1859 to 1 July 1860 | Jean Pierre Thomas Durand, Commandant | |
22 May 1859 to 2 April 1860 | Jean-Marie Saisset, acting Commandant | acting for Durand |
2 June 1862 to 13 March 1870 | Charles Guillain, Governor | |
13 March 1870 to 26 August 1870 | Jacques Eugène Barnabé Ruillier, Governor | |
26 August 1870 to 25 September 1874 | Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Governor | |
25 September 1874 to 27 February 1875 | Louis Eugène Alleyron, Governor | |
27 February 1875 to 11 April 1878 | Léopold Eberhard Ludovic de Pritzbuer, Governor | |
11 April 1878 to 8 August 1880 | Jean Baptiste Léon Olry, Governor | |
8 August 1880 to 29 September 1882 | Amédée Anatole Prosper Courbet, Governor | |
29 September 1882 to 22 July 1884 | Léopold Augustin Charles Pallu de la Barrière, Governor | |
22 July 1884 to 13 May 1886 | Adolphe Le Boucher, Governor | |
13 May 1886 to 5 June 1886 | Orius, Governor | |
5 June 1886 to 30 July 1888 | Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet, Governor | |
30 July 1888 to 20 December 1888 | Delphino Moracchini, Governor | |
20 December 1888 to 12 January 1889 | Pons, Governor | |
12 January 1889 to 14 April 1891 | Noël Pardon, Governor | |
14 April 1891 to 16 December 1892 | Émile Gustave Laffon, Governor | |
16 December 1892 to 21 February 1894 | Albert Jean Georges Marie Louis Picquié, Governor | |
21 February 1894 to 10 June 1894 | Gauharou, interim Governor | |
10 June 1894 to 18 October 1902 | Paul Théodore Ernest Marie Feillet, Governor | |
5 June 1896 to 2 June 1897 | Aristide Le Fol, acting Governor | Acting for Feillet |
10 February 1900 to 12 December 1900 | Colardeau, acting Governor | Acting for Feillet |
13 December 1900 to 2 May 1901 | Édouard Émile Léon Telle, acting Governor | 1st time, acting for Feillet |
22 October 1902 to 14 November 1902 | Édouard Émile Léon Telle, Governor | 2nd time |
14 November 1902 to 17 May 1905 | Édouard Picanon, acting Governor | |
17 May 1905 to 17 September 1905 | Charles Amédée Rognon, Governor | |
17 September 1905 to 18 March 1908 | Victor Théophile Liotard, Governor | |
18 March 1908 to 24 May 1908 | Brun, Governor | |
24 May 1908 to 6 June 1913 | Richard, Governor | |
16 September 1909 to 6 July 1910 | Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, acting Governor | Acting for Richard |
6 June 1913 to 27 July 1914 | Auguste Charles Désiré Emmanuel Brunet, Governor | |
27 July 1914 to 15 August 1923 | Jules Vincent Repiquet, Governor | |
23 May 1919 to 6 January 1921 | Joseph Marie Eugène Joulia, acting Governor | Acting for Repiquet |
12 September 1923 to 14 March 1925 | Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Governor | 1st time |
16 March 1925 to 2 July 1932 | Marie Casimir Joseph Guyon, Governor | |
29 May 1929 to 22 May 1930 | Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, acting Governor | 2nd time, acting for Guyon |
23 May 1930 to 20 December 1930 | Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, acting Governor | Acting for Guyon |
20 July 1932 to 6 April 1933 | Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor | 1st time |
3 May 1933 to 3 December 1936 | Bernard Jacques Victorin Siadous, Governor | |
6 December 1936 to July 1938 | Marcel Alix Jean Marchessou, Governor | |
July 1938 to 7 August 1939 | Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor | 2nd time |
7 August 1939 to 20 September 1939 | René Victor Marie Barthès, Governor | |
20 October 1939 to 4 September 1940 | Marie Marc Georges Pelicier, Governor | |
4 September 1940 to 19 September 1940 | Denis, Governor | |
19 September 1940 to 6 May 1942 | Henri Camille Sautot, Governor | |
29 July 1942 to 23 June 1943 | Marie Henri Ferdinand Auguste Montchamp, Governor | |
15 September 1943 to 13 February 1944 | Christian Robert Roger Laigret, Governor | |
14 February 1944 to 27 October 1946 | Jacques Victor François Tallec, Governor | |
French overseas territory | ||
27 October 1946 to 28 January 1947 | Jacques Victor François Tallec, Governor | |
29 January 1947 to 10 May 1948 | Georges Hubert Parisot, Governor | |
10 May 1948 to 5 July 1951 | Pierre Charles Cournarie, Governor | |
5 July 1951 to 21 October 1951 | Bordarier, Governor | |
21 October 1951 to 24 July 1954 | Raoul Eugène Angammare, Governor | |
30 September 1954 to 3 February 1956 | René Hoffherr, Governor | |
2 March 1956 to 1 December 1958 | Aimé Grimald, Governor | |
1 December 1958 to 9 January 1963 | Laurent Elisée Péchoux, Governor | |
18 March 1961 to 20 July 1961 | Georges Poulet, acting Governor | Acting for Pechoux |
9 January 1963 to 14 February 1965 | Marc Casimir Biros, Governor | |
14 February 1965 to 16 October 1969 | Jean Risterucci, Governor | |
20 October 1969 to 1 December 1973 | Louis Verger, Governor | |
9 January 1974 to 16 December 1978 | Jean Gabriel Ériau, Governor | |
16 December 1978 to 11 December 1981 | Claude Charbonniaud, Governor | |
19 December 1981 to 22 October 1982 | Christian Léon Colombo Nucci, High Commissioner | |
October 1982 to 23 November 1984 | Jacques Roynette, High Commissioner | |
Autonomy granted | ||
23 November 1984 to 5 December 1984 | Jacques Roynette, High Commissioner | |
January 1985 to 22 May 1985 | Edgard Pisani, High Commissioner | |
31 May 1985 to 1 August 1986 | Fernand Wibaux, High Commissioner | |
1 August 1986 to 12 August 1986 | Bernard Lemaire, acting High Commissioner | |
12 August 1986 to 28 November 1987 | Jean Montpezat, High Commissioner | |
1 December 1987 to 26 June 1988 | Clément Bouhin, High Commissioner | |
Matignon Accords increase territorial autonomy | ||
26 June 1988 to 15 July 1988 | Clément Bouhin, High Commissioner | |
15 July 1988 to 11 January 1991 | Bernard Grasset, High Commissioner | |
15 January 1991 to 29 July 1994 | Alain Christnacht, High Commissioner | |
29 July 1994 to 12 August 1994 | Thierry Lataste, acting High Commissioner | 1st time |
12 August 1994 to 16 August 1995 | Didier Cultiaux, High Commissioner | |
16 August 1995 to 18 August 1995 | Laurent Cayrel, acting High Commissioner | |
18 August 1995 to 20 July 1998 | Dominique Bur, High Commissioner | |
French sui generis collectivity | ||
20 July 1998 to 15 July 1999 | Dominique Bur, High Commissioner | |
19 July 1999 to 29 July 2002 | Thierry Lataste, High Commissioner | 2nd time |
29 July 2002 to 31 July 2002 | Alain Triolle, acting High Commissioner | |
31 July 2002 to 6 September 2005 | Daniel Constantin, High Commissioner | |
6 September 2005 to 9 September 2005 | Louis Le Franc, acting High Commissioner | |
9 September 2005 to 15 October 2007 | Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner | |
15 October 2007 to 25 October 2007 | Jean-Bernard Bobin, acting High Commissioner | |
25 October 2007 to 21 October 2010 | Yves Dassonville, High Commissioner | |
21 October 2010 to 2 November 2010 | Thierry Suquet, acting High Commissioner | 1st time |
2 November 2010 to 2 February 2013 | Albert Dupuy, High Commissioner | |
2 February 2013 to 27 February 2013 | Thierry Suquet, acting High Commissioner | 2nd time |
27 February 2013 to 23 July 2014 | Jean-Jacques Brot, High Commissioner | |
23 July 2014 to 18 August 2014 | Pascal Gauci, acting High Commissioner | |
18 August 2014 to 8? June 2016 | Vincent Bouvier, High Commissioner | |
8? June 2016 to 20 June 2016 | Laurent Cabrera, acting High Commissioner | |
20 June 2016 to present | Thierry Lataste, High Commissioner | 3rd time |