List of colonial heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland)

List of Colonial Heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
French Settlement at Obock
1858 to 4 June 1859	Henri Lambert, Agent
French Coast of Somalis
11 March 1862	French acquisition of Obock territory
29 December 1883 to 24 June 1884	Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Commissioner
Territory of Obock and Protectorate of Tadjoura
24 June 1884 to 5 September 1887	Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Commandant
5 September 1887 to 1888	Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Governor
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI)
1888 to 7 March 1899	Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Governor
7 March 1899 to 23 March 1899	Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, acting 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	Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor	1st Term
7 September 1901 to June 1902	Louis Ormiéres, acting Governor	1st Term
June 1902 to 23 May 1903	Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor	2nd Term
23 May 1903 to December 1903	Albert Dubarry, acting Governor	1st Term
December 1903 to 2 April 1904	Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor	3rd Term
2 April 1904 to 5 August 1904	Albert Dubarry, acting Governor
5 August 1904 to 9 September 1905	Raphaël Antonetti, acting Governor
13 October 1805 to 19 May 1906	Louis Ormiéres, acting Governor	2nd Term
19 May 1906 to 19 June 1906	Patte, 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	3rd Term
June 1911 to December 1911	Jean Baptiste Castaing, acting Governor	2nd Term
December 1911 to 1915	Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor	4th Term
1915 to 1916	Paul Simoni, Governor
1916 to 1918	Victor Marie Fillon, Governor
1918 to 1924	Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, Governor
1924 to 1932	Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac, Governor
1932 to 7 May 1934	Louis Placide Blacher, Governor
7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935	Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor
18 July 1935 to 20 December 1935	Gaetan Louis Elie Germain, Governor
7 August 1940 to 21 October 1942	Pierre Marie Elie Louis Nouailhetas, Governor
21 October 1942 to 4 December 1942	Truffert, Governor
4 December 1942 to 26 December 1942	Christian Raimond Dupont, Governor
30 December 1942 to 22 June 1943	Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, acting Governor
7 January 1944 to 1 May 1944	Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, Governor
1 May 1944 to 30 April 1946	Jean Victor Louis Joseph 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	Maurice Meker, Governor
1958 to 16 November 1962	René Tirant, Governor
15 September 1966 to 3 July 1967	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

For continuation after independence, see Heads of state of Djibouti