| Tenure
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Incumbent
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Notes
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| French Suzerainty
|
| 25 March 1841 |
Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843
|
| Colony of Mayotte
|
| 1841 to June 1843 |
Pierre Passot, French Representative |
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| Subordinated to the governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion
|
| June 1843 to 11 March 1844 |
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior |
1st Term
|
| 11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844 |
Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior |
|
| 17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844 |
Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior |
|
| 22 October 1844 to January 1846 |
Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior |
|
| January 1846 to August 1849 |
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior |
2nd Term
|
| Subordinated to the governors of Réunion
|
| 11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851 |
Stanislas Fortune Livet, Commissioner |
|
| 13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853 |
Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner |
|
| 18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854 |
André Brisset, acting Commissioner |
|
| 13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857 |
Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner |
|
| 15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860 |
Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner |
|
| 14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864 |
Charles Gabrié, Commissioner |
|
| 14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868 |
Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner |
1st Term
|
| 8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869 |
Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner |
|
| 15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869 |
L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner |
|
| 21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871 |
Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner |
2nd Term
|
| 4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871 |
Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, acting Commissioner |
1st Term
|
| 19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875 |
Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner |
1st Term
|
| 1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875 |
Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner |
|
| 16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875 |
François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner |
|
| 26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878 |
Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner |
2nd Term
|
| 2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878 |
Jean Roblin, acting Commandant |
|
| 9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879 |
Charles Vassal, acting Commandant |
|
| 7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879 |
Charles Bayet, acting Commandant |
|
| 16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879 |
Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant |
|
| 31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885 |
François Marie Ferriez, Commandant |
|
| 3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886 |
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant |
|
| Ngazidja (Grande Comore), Ndzuwani (Anjouan), and Mwali (Mohéli) French protectorates
|
| 24 June 1886 to August 1887 |
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant |
(contd.)
|
| 19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887 |
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant |
|
| Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies (Colony de Mayotte et Dépendances)
|
| 5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888 |
Paul Celeron de Blainville, Commandant |
|
| 4 May 1887 to 1893 |
Clovis Papinaud, Commandant |
1st Term
|
| 1893 to 30 March 1896 |
Etinne Lacascade, Commandant |
|
| 30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897 |
Gentien Pereton, Commandant |
|
| 5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899 |
Louis Micon, Commandant |
|
| 7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900 |
Clovis Papinaud, Commandant |
2nd Term
|
| 18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902 |
Pierre Hunert Auguste Pascal, Governor |
|
| 15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905 |
Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor |
|
| 28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906 |
Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor |
|
| 3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908 |
Fernand Foureau, Governor |
|
| Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies attached to Madagascar
|
| 9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908 |
Fernand Foureau, Governor |
(contd.)
|
| 8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911 |
Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator |
|
| 1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911 |
Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator |
|
| 28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912 |
|
|
| 25 July 1912 |
Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies abolished and incorporated into Madagascar
|
| Province of Comoros |
Under Madagascar; ratified 23 February 1914
|
| 25 July 1912 to 21 February 1913 |
Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator |
|
| 21 February 1913 to 1914 |
Honoré Cartron, Administrator |
|
| 23 February 1914 |
de jure subordinated to Madagascar
|
| 24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946 |
Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior |
|
| French overseas territory
|
| 27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948 |
Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior |
|
| 31 December 1948 to December 1950 |
Marie Emmanuel Adolphe Roger Rémy, acting Administrator-superior |
|
| December 1950 to April 1956 |
Pierre Coudert, Administrator-superior |
|
| April 1956 to 11 February 1958 |
Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, acting Administrator-superior |
|
| 11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959 |
Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, Administrator-superior |
|
| 30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960 |
Gabriel Savignac, acting Administrator-superior |
|
| 14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961 |
Louis Saget, Administrator-superior |
|
| Territory of Comoros |
Autonomous
|
| (Territoire des Comores)
|
| 22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962 |
Louis Saget, Administrator-superior |
(contd.)
|
| 27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962 |
Louis Saget, High Commissioner |
|
| 22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963 |
Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner |
|
| 15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966 |
Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner |
|
| 26 July 1966 to November 1969 |
Antoine Colombani, High Commissioner |
|
| November 1969 to July 1975 |
Jacques Mouradian, High Commissioner |
|
| 6 July 1975 |
Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte
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