List of governors of French West Africa

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
French West Africa protectorate     (Afrique Occidentale Française (AOF))
16 June 1895 to 1 November 1900Jean Baptiste Émile Louis Barthélémy Chaudié, Governor-General 
1 November 1900 to 26 January 1902Noël Eugène Ballay, Governor-General 
26 January 1902 to 15 March 1902Pierre Paul Marie Capest, acting Governor-General 
15 March 1902 to 15 December 1907Ernest Roume, Governor-General 
15 December 1907 to 9 March 1908Martial Henri Merlin, acting Governor-General1st Term
9 March 1908 to 13 June 1915Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty, Governor-General 
January 1912 to August 1912Marie François Joseph Clozel, acting Governor-GeneralFor Ponty
14 June 1915 to 3 June 1917Marie François Joseph Clozel, Governor-General 
3 June 1917 to 22 January 1918Joost van Vollenhoven, Governor-General 
22 January 1918 to 30 July 1919Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting Governor-General 
30 July 1919 to 16 September 1919Charles Désiré Auguste Brunet, acting Governor-General 
16 September 1919 to 18 March 1923Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General2nd Term
18 March 1923 to 15 October 1930Jules Gaston Henri Carde, Governor-General  
15 October 1930 to 27 September 1936Joseph Jules Brévié, Governor-General 
27 September 1936 to 14 July 1938Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor-General 
14 July 1938 to 29 October 1938Léon Geismar, acting Governor-General 
29 October 1938 to 10 August 1939Pierre François Boisson, acting Governor-General1st Term
10 August 1939 to 25 June 1940Léon Henri Charles Cayla, Governor-General 
25 June 1940 to 13 July 1943Pierre François Boisson, Governor-General2nd Term
13 July 1943 to 2 April 1946Pierre Charles Cournarie, Governor-General 
May 1946 to 27 January 1948René Victor Marie Barthès, Governor-General 
27 January 1948 to 24 May 1951Paul Béchard, Governor-General 
24 May 1951 to 21 September 1952Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, acting Governor-General 
21 September 1952 to 5 July 1956Bernard Cornut-Gentille, Governor-General 
5 July 1956 to 4 April 1957Gaston Custin, Governor-General 
4 April 1957 to July 1958Gaston Custin, High Commissioner 
July 1958 to 22 December 1958Pierre Messmer, High Commissioner 

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