| Tenure[a]
|
Portrait
|
Incumbent
|
Notes
|
| Obock
|
| 11 March 1862 |
French purchase of Obock. Remains unadministered and unoccupied until 1884.
|
| Territory of Obock and Dependencies (Territoire d'Obock et dépendances)
|
| 24 June 1884 to 7 August 1887 |
 |
Léonce Lagarde,
Commandant |
|
| 7 August 1887 to 20 May 1896 |
Léonce Lagarde,
Governor |
|
| French Somaliland (Côte française des Somalis)
|
| 20 May 1896 to 7 March 1899 |
|
Léonce Lagarde,
Governor |
|
| 7 March 1899 to 11 March 1899 |
 |
Antoine Mizon,
Governor |
|
| 28 March 1899 to 13 April 1900 |
 |
Alfred Albert Martineau,
Governor |
|
| 13 April 1900 to 6 December 1900 |
 |
Gabriel Louis Angoulvant,
acting Governor |
|
| 6 December 1900 to 7 September 1901 |
 |
Alphonse Bonhoure [fr],
Governor |
1st term
|
| 7 September 1901 to June 1902 |
|
Louis Ormiéres,
acting Governor |
1st term
|
| June 1902 to 23 May 1903 |
|
Alphonse Bonhoure [fr],
Governor |
2nd term
|
| 23 May 1903 to December 1903 |
|
Albert Dubarry,
acting Governor |
1st term
|
| December 1903 to 2 April 1904 |
|
Alphonse Bonhoure [fr],
Governor |
3rd term
|
| 2 April 1904 to 5 August 1904 |
|
Albert Dubarry,
acting Governor |
|
| 5 August 1904 to 9 September 1905 |
|
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal,
Governor |
1st term
|
| 9 September 1905 to 13 October 1905 |
 |
Raphaël Antonetti [fr],
acting Governor |
|
| 13 October 1905 to 19 May 1906 |
|
Louis Ormiéres,
acting Governor |
2nd term
|
| 19 May 1906 to 19 June 1906 |
|
Paul Patté,
acting Governor |
|
| 19 June 1906 to July 1908 |
|
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal,
Governor |
2nd term
|
| July 1908 to 5 July 1909 |
|
Jean Baptiste Castaing,
acting Governor |
1st term
|
| 5 January 1909 to June 1911 |
|
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal,
Governor |
3rd term
|
| June 1911 to December 1911 |
|
Jean Baptiste Castaing,
acting Governor |
2nd term
|
| December 1911 to April 1913 |
|
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal,
Governor |
4th term
|
| 25 April to May 1913 |
|
Henri Carreau,
acting Governor |
1st term
|
| May 1913 to 2 March 1914 |
 |
Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure,
Governor |
|
| 2 March 1914 to 7 February 1915 |
|
Fernand Deltel,
acting Governor |
|
| 7 February 1915 to 14 April 1915 |
|
Henri Carreau,
acting Governor |
2nd term
|
| 14 April 1915 to 19 September 1916 |
|
Paul Simoni,
Governor |
|
| 1916 to 1917 |
|
Victor Marie Fillon,
Governor |
|
| 28 August 1917 to 8 September 1918 |
|
Édouard Geffriaud,
acting Governor |
|
| 8 September 1918 to 3 May 1920 |
 |
Jules Lauret,
Governor |
1st term
|
| 3 May 1920 to 29 June 1920 |
|
M. Lassaigne,
acting Governor |
|
| 29 June 1920 to 29 November |
|
Edmond Lippman,
acting Governor |
1st term
|
| 29 November 1920 to 25 May 1922 |
|
Jules Lauret,
Governor |
2nd term
|
| 25 May 1922 to 8 January 1923 |
|
Edmond Lippman,
acting Governor |
2nd term
|
| 8 January 1923 to 22 February 1924 |
|
Jules Lauret,
Governor |
3rd term
|
| 1924 to 1934 |
 |
Pierre-Amable Chapon-Baissac [fr],
Governor |
|
| 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935 |
|
Jules Marcel de Coppet,
Governor |
|
| 18 July 1935 to 20 December 1935 |
|
Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre,
Governor |
|
| 20 December 1935 to 1 May 1937 |
|
Armand Léon Annet,
Governor |
|
| 1 May 1937 to 19 March 1938 |
 |
François Pierre-Alype,
acting Governor |
|
| 19 March 1938 to 27 April 1938 |
François Pierre-Alype,
Governor |
|
| 27 April 1938 to 2 May 1939 |
|
Hubert Jules Deschamps,
acting Governor |
|
| 2 May 1939 to 25 July 1940 |
Hubert Jules Deschamps,
Governor |
|
| 25 July 1940 to 7 August 1940 |
|
Gaetan Louis Elie Germain,
Governor |
|
| 7 August 1940 to 21 October 1942 |
 |
Pierre Nouailhetas,
Governor |
|
| 21 October 1942 to 4 December 1942 |
|
Auguste Charles Jules Truffert,
Governor |
|
| 4 December 1942 to 26 December 1942 |
|
Christian Raimond Dupont,
Governor |
|
| 30 December 1942 to 22 June 1943 |
|
André Bayardelle [fr],
Governor |
|
| 22 June 1943 to 7 January 1944 |
|
Michel Raphael Saller,
acting Governor |
|
| 7 January 1944 to 1 May 1944 |
Michel Raphael Saller,
Governor |
|
| 1 May 1944 to 30 April 1946 |
|
Jean Chalvet,
Governor |
|
| 30 April 1946 to 1 March 1950 |
|
Paul Henri Siriex,
Governor |
|
| 1 March 1950 to 6 April 1954 |
|
Numa François Henri Sadoul,
Governor |
|
| 6 April 1954 to 13 August 1954 |
|
Roland Pré,
Governor |
|
| 13 August 1954 to 7 August 1957 |
|
René Jean Albert Petitbon,
Governor |
|
| 7 August 1957 to 1958 |
|
Maurice Meker,
Governor |
|
| 1958 to 16 November 1962 |
|
Jacques Marie Julien Compain,
Governor |
|
| 16 November 1962 to 15 September 1966 |
|
René Tirant,
Governor |
|
| 15 September 1966 to 3 July 1967 |
 |
Louis Joseph Édouard Saget [fr],
Governor |
|
| French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (Territoire français des Afars et des Issas)
|
| 3 July 1967 to 5 February 1969 |
|
Louis Joseph Édouard Saget [fr],
High Commissioner |
|
| 5 February 1969 to 21 August 1971 |
|
Dominique Ponchardier,
High Commissioner |
|
| 21 August 1971 to 1 August 1974 |
|
Georges Thiercy,
High Commissioner |
|
| 1 August 1974 to 9 February 1976 |
|
Christian Dablanc,
High Commissioner |
|
| 9 February 1976 to 27 June 1977 |
|
Camille d'Ornano,
High Commissioner |
|
| 27 June 1977 |
Independence as Republic of Djibouti
|
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