List of colonial and departmental heads of New Caledonia

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List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of New Caledonia

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
French colony
24 September 1853 to 1 January 1854Auguste Febvrier Despointes, Commandant
1 January 1854 to 31 October 1854Louis Tardy de Montravel, Commandant
18 January 1855 to 28 October 1856Joseph Fidèle Eugène du Bouzet, Commandant
18 January 1855 to 21 December 1856Jules Marcelin Albert Testard, acting CommandantActing for Bouzet to 28 October 1856
25 May 1856 to 5 May 1857Le Bris, acting Commandantacting for Testard to 21 December 1856
21 December 1858 to 20 March 1859Roussel, Commandant
20 March 1859 to 1 July 1860Jean Pierre Thomas Durand, Commandant
22 May 1859 to 2 April 1860Jean-Marie Saisset, acting Commandantacting for Durand
2 June 1862 to 13 March 1870Charles Guillain, Governor
13 March 1870 to 26 August 1870Jacques Eugène Barnabé Ruillier, Governor
26 August 1870 to 25 September 1874Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Governor
25 September 1874 to 27 February 1875Louis Eugène Alleyron, Governor
27 February 1875 to 11 April 1878Léopold Eberhard Ludovic de Pritzbuer, Governor
11 April 1878 to 8 August 1880Jean Baptiste Léon Olry, Governor
8 August 1880 to 29 September 1882Amédée Anatole Prosper Courbet, Governor
29 September 1882 to 22 July 1884Léopold Augustin Charles Pallu de la Barrière, Governor
22 July 1884 to 13 May 1886Adolphe Le Boucher, Governor
13 May 1886 to 5 June 1886Orius, Governor
5 June 1886 to 30 July 1888Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet, Governor
30 July 1888 to 20 December 1888Delphino Moracchini, Governor
20 December 1888 to 12 January 1889Pons, Governor
12 January 1889 to 14 April 1891Noël Pardon, Governor
14 April 1891 to 16 December 1892Émile Gustave Laffon, Governor
16 December 1892 to 21 February 1894Albert Jean Georges Marie Louis Picquié, Governor
21 February 1894 to 10 June 1894Gauharou, interim Governor
10 June 1894 to 18 October 1902Paul Théodore Ernest Marie Feillet, Governor
5 June 1896 to 2 June 1897Aristide Le Fol, acting GovernorActing for Feillet
10 February 1900 to 12 December 1900Colardeau, acting GovernorActing for Feillet
13 December 1900 to 2 May 1901Édouard Émile Léon Telle, acting Governor1st time, acting for Feillet
22 October 1902 to 14 November 1902Édouard Émile Léon Telle, Governor2nd time
14 November 1902 to 17 May 1905Édouard Picanon, acting Governor
17 May 1905 to 17 September 1905Charles Amédée Rognon, Governor
17 September 1905 to 18 March 1908Victor Théophile Liotard, Governor
18 March 1908 to 24 May 1908Brun, Governor
24 May 1908 to 6 June 1913Richard, Governor
16 September 1909 to 6 July 1910Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, acting GovernorActing for Richard
6 June 1913 to 27 July 1914Auguste Charles Désiré Emmanuel Brunet, Governor
27 July 1914 to 15 August 1923Jules Vincent Repiquet, Governor
23 May 1919 to 6 January 1921Joseph Marie Eugène Joulia, acting GovernorActing for Repiquet
12 September 1923 to 14 March 1925Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Governor1st time
16 March 1925 to 2 July 1932Marie Casimir Joseph Guyon, Governor
29 May 1929 to 22 May 1930Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, acting Governor2nd time, acting for Guyon
23 May 1930 to 20 December 1930Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, acting GovernorActing for Guyon
20 July 1932 to 6 April 1933Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor1st time
3 May 1933 to 3 December 1936Bernard Jacques Victorin Siadous, Governor
6 December 1936 to July 1938Marcel Alix Jean Marchessou, Governor
July 1938 to 7 August 1939Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor2nd time
7 August 1939 to 20 September 1939René Victor Marie Barthès, Governor
20 October 1939 to 4 September 1940Marie Marc Georges Pelicier, Governor
4 September 1940 to 19 September 1940Denis, Governor
19 September 1940 to 6 May 1942Henri Camille Sautot, Governor
29 July 1942 to 23 June 1943Marie Henri Ferdinand Auguste Montchamp, Governor
15 September 1943 to 13 February 1944Christian Robert Roger Laigret, Governor
14 February 1944 to 27 October 1946Jacques Victor François Tallec, Governor
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to 28 January 1947Jacques Victor François Tallec, Governor
29 January 1947 to 10 May 1948Georges Hubert Parisot, Governor
10 May 1948 to 5 July 1951Pierre Charles Cournarie, Governor
5 July 1951 to 21 October 1951Bordarier, Governor
21 October 1951 to 24 July 1954Raoul Eugène Angammare, Governor
30 September 1954 to 3 February 1956René Hoffherr, Governor
2 March 1956 to 1 December 1958Aimé Grimald, Governor
1 December 1958 to 9 January 1963Laurent Elisée Péchoux, Governor
18 March 1961 to 20 July 1961Georges Poulet, acting GovernorActing for Pechoux
9 January 1963 to 14 February 1965Marc Casimir Biros, Governor
14 February 1965 to 16 October 1969Jean Risterucci, Governor
20 October 1969 to 1 December 1973Louis Verger, Governor
9 January 1974 to 16 December 1978Jean Gabriel Ériau, Governor
16 December 1978 to 11 December 1981Claude Charbonniaud, Governor
19 December 1981 to 22 October 1982Christian Léon Colombo Nucci, High Commissioner
October 1982 to 23 November 1984Jacques Roynette, High Commissioner
Autonomy granted
23 November 1984 to 5 December 1984Jacques Roynette, High Commissioner
January 1985 to 22 May 1985Edgard Pisani, High Commissioner
31 May 1985 to 1 August 1986Fernand Wibaux, High Commissioner
1 August 1986 to 12 August 1986Bernard Lemaire, acting High Commissioner
12 August 1986 to 28 November 1987Jean Montpezat, High Commissioner
1 December 1987 to 26 June 1988Clément Bouhin, High Commissioner
Matignon Accords increase territorial autonomy
26 June 1988 to 15 July 1988Clément Bouhin, High Commissioner
15 July 1988 to 11 January 1991Bernard Grasset, High Commissioner
15 January 1991 to 29 July 1994Alain Christnacht, High Commissioner
29 July 1994 to 12 August 1994Thierry Lataste, acting High Commissioner1st time
12 August 1994 to 16 August 1995Didier Cultiaux, High Commissioner
16 August 1995 to 18 August 1995Laurent Cayrel, acting High Commissioner
18 August 1995 to 20 July 1998Dominique Bur, High Commissioner
French sui generis collectivity
20 July 1998 to 15 July 1999Dominique Bur, High Commissioner
19 July 1999 to 29 July 2002Thierry Lataste, High Commissioner2nd time
29 July 2002 to 31 July 2002Alain Triolle, acting High Commissioner
31 July 2002 to 6 September 2005Daniel Constantin, High Commissioner
6 September 2005 to 9 September 2005Louis Le Franc, acting High Commissioner
9 September 2005 to 15 October 2007Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner
15 October 2007 to 25 October 2007Jean-Bernard Bobin, acting High Commissioner
25 October 2007 to 21 October 2010Yves Dassonville, High Commissioner
21 October 2010 to 2 November 2010Thierry Suquet, acting High Commissioner1st time
2 November 2010 to 2 February 2013Albert Dupuy, High Commissioner
2 February 2013 to 27 February 2013Thierry Suquet, acting High Commissioner2nd time
27 February 2013 to 23 July 2014Jean-Jacques Brot, High Commissioner
23 July 2014 to 18 August 2014Pascal Gauci, acting High Commissioner
18 August 2014 to 8? June 2016Vincent Bouvier, High Commissioner
8? June 2016 to 20 June 2016Laurent Cabrera, acting High Commissioner
20 June 2016 to presentThierry Lataste, High Commissioner3rd time

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