List of colonial governors of Mauritania

This is a list of colonial governors of Mauritania. The country of Mauritania had been a colony of France from 1903 to 1960.

List of former colonial heads of Mauritania

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
French protectorate of Mauritania
12 May 1903 to 18 October 1904 Xavier Coppolani, Commandant
French civil territory of Mauritania Incorporated into French West Africa
18 October 1904 November 1904 Xavier Coppolani, Commandant
November 1904 to 12 May 1905 Xavier Coppolani, Commissioner He was killed in Tidjikja.[1][2]
12 May 1905 to 27 May 1905 Louis Frèrejean, acting Commissioner
27 May 1905 to November 1907 Bernard Laurent Montané-Capdebosq, Commissioner
November 1907 to 1909 Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud, Commissioner
1909 to 1909 Claudel, acting Commissioner
1909 to 1909 Aubert, acting Commissioner
1 January 1910 to 1 March 1912 Henri Hippolyte Patey, Commissioner
1 March 1912 to April 1914 Charles Paul Isidore Mouret, Commissioner
April 1914 to 17 November 1916 Louis Jules Albert Obissier, Commissioner
17 November 1916 to 11 December 1920 Nicolas Jules Henri Gaden, Commissioner
11 December 1920 to 9 November 1926 Nicolas Jules Henri Gaden, Lieutenant Governor
9 November 1926 to 13 January 1928 Albéric Auguste Fournier, Lieutenant Governor
13 January 1928 to 21 November 1929 Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau, Lieutenant Governor
21 November 1929 to 19 June 1931 René Héctor Émile Chazal, Lieutenant Governor
19 June 1931 to 22 June 1933 Gabriel Omer Descemet, acting Lieutenant Governor 1st Term
22 June 1933 to 7 April 1934 Louis François Antonin, acting Lieutenant Governor
7 April 1934 to 5 July 1934 Gabriel Omer Descemet, Lieutenant Governor 2nd Term
5 July 1934 to August 1934 Adolphe Deitte, Lieutenant Governor
August 1934 to 1 November 1934 Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas, acting Lieutenant Governor 1st Term
1 November 1934 to 15 April 1935 Richard Edmond Maurice Édouard Brunot, Lieutenant Governor
15 April 1935 to 10 November 1935 Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas, acting Lieutenant Governor 2nd Term
10 November 1935 to 1 September 1936 Jules Marcel de Coppet, Lieutenant Governor
1 September 1936 to 24 October 1936 Jean Louis Beyries, acting Lieutenant Governor 1st Term
24 October 1936 to 7 August 1938 Oswald Durand, Lieutenant Governor
7 August 1938 to November 1938 Charles André Dumas, acting Lieutenant Governor
November 1938 to 28 August 1941 Jean Louis Beyries, acting Lieutenant Governor 1st Term
28 August 1941 to 4 May 1944 Jean Louis Beyries, Lieutenant Governor 2nd Term
28 August 1941 to 4 May 1944 Jean Louis Beyries, Lieutenant Governor 2nd Term; Jean Chalvet acting governor from April 1942
4 May 1944 to 31 July 1945 Christian-Robert-Roger Laigret, Lieutenant Governor
31 July 1945 to 30 April 1946 René Babin, acting Lieutenant Governor
30 April 1946 to 27 October 1946 Georges Poirier, acting Lieutenant Governor
Mauritania Overseas Territory of France
27 October 1946 to 19 July 1947 Georges Poirier, acting Lieutenant Governor
19 July 1947 to 31 December 1947 Lucien Eugène Geay, acting Lieutenant Governor
31 December 1947 to 7 August 1949 Henry Jean Marie de Mauduit, Lieutenant Governor
7 August 1949 to 27 September 1950 Édouard Louis Terrac, acting Lieutenant Governor
27 September 1950 to 25 April 1952 Jacques Camille Marie Rogué, Lieutenant Governor
25 April 1952 to 23 February 1953 Pierre Messmer, acting Lieutenant Governor
23 February 1953 to 6 April 1954 Pierre Messmer, Lieutenant Governor
6 April 1954 to 23 June 1955 Albert Jean Mouragues, Lieutenant Governor 1st Term
23 June 1955 to 14 May 1956 Jean Paul Parisot, Lieutenant Governor
14 May 1956 to 5 October 1958 Albert Jean Mouragues, Lieutenant Governor 2nd Term
5 October 1958 to February 1959 Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner
February 1959 to 28 November 1960 Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Pierre Anthonioz, High Commissioner
28 November 1960 Independence as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

For continuation after Independence, see: Heads of state of Mauritania.

See also

References

  1. ^ Frébourg, Cécile (1993). "Coppolani revisité". Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 80 (301): 615–626. doi:10.3406/outre.1993.3151.
  2. ^ "Mauritania's past doesn't want to go away". africasacountry.com. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2023-10-10.