List of the colonial governors of French Ivory Coast−Côte d'Ivoire, a colony in former French West Africa.
Colonial governors
- Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.
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|colspan="3"|French Suzerainty
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|<small>1842</small>||colspan="2"|French protectorates declared over the Kingdoms of Nzima and Sanwi, part of the Colony of Gorée and Dependencies
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|<small>1843 to 1843</small>||Charles-Marie Philippes de Kerhallet, <small>Commandant-Superior </small>||
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|<small>1843 to 1844</small>||Thomas Jules Séraphin Besson, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1844 to 1845</small>||Joseph Pellegrin, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1845 to 1847</small>||Conjard, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1847 to 1848</small>||Camille-Adolphe Pigeon, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1848 to 1850</small>||Jean-Jules-Charles Boulay, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1851 to 1853</small>||Charles-Gabriel-Felicité Martin des Pallières, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1853 to 1854</small>||François Chirat, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1854 to 1855</small>||Pierre-Alexandre Mailhetard, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1855 to 1856</small>||Noël Bruyas, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1857 to 1857</small>||Charles-Praul Brossard de Corbigny, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1858 to 1859</small>||Pierre-Alexandre Maihetard, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1859 to 4 October 1860</small>||..., <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|colspan="3"|Ivory Coast territory of the Ivory Coast-Gabon colony
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|<small>4 October 1860 to 10 November 1860</small>||..., <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>10 November 1860 to July 1862</small>||Charles-René-Gabriel Liébault, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>28 August 1862 to 14 January 1863</small>||Joseph Alem, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>29 April 1863 to 1863</small>||Jean-Antione-Léonard-Eudore Noyer, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1863 to 1864</small>||Jacques-Bertrand-Osacar Desnouy, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1864 to 1866</small>||Jean-Auguste Martin, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1866 to 1867</small>||Léon Noël, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1867 to 1869</small>||Alfred Pouzols, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1869 to 1871</small>||Jean-Louis Vernet, <small>Commandant-Superior</small>||
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|<small>1871 to 10 November 1878</small>||Arthur Verdier, <small>Resident (of Arthur Verdier & Company)</small>||<small>Warden of the French Flag to 1878</small>
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|colspan="3"|Arthur Verdier & Company administration Recognised by France
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|<small>10 November 1878 to 1881</small>||Arthur Verdier, <small>Resident (of Arthur Verdier & Company)</small>||
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|colspan="3"|Under the Superior Commandant of Gabon and the Gulf of Guinea Settlements
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|<small>1881 to 16 December 1883</small>||Arthur Verdier, <small>Resident (of Arthur Verdier & Company)</small>||<small>Administration under private traders; protectorates maintained by France</small>
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|colspan="3"|Under French Guinea
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|<small>16 December 1883 to 1885</small>||Arthur Verdier, <small>Resident (of Arthur Verdier & Company)</small>||
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|colspan="3"|Direct French rule
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|<small>1885 to 1886</small>||Charles Bour, <small>Commandant-particular</small>||
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|colspan="3"|Under the Lieutenant Governors of Guinea
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|<small>1886 to 10 January 1889</small>||Marcel Treich-Leplène, <small>Resident</small>||
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|French Protectorate of Ivory Coast||colspan="2"|Direct French rule under the Lieutenant Governors of Guinea
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|<small>10 January 1889 to 9 March 1890</small>||Marcel Treich-Leplène, <small>Resident</small>||
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|<small>9 March 1890 to 14 June 1890</small>||Jean-Joseph-Étienne-Octave Péan, <small>acting Resident </small>||
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|<small>14 June 1890 to 1892</small>||Jean-Auguste-Henri Desailles, <small>Resident</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1892 to 1892</small>||Eloi Bricard, <small>acting Resident </small>||
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|<small>1892 to 12 November 1892</small>||Julien Voisin, <small>acting Resident </small>||
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|<small>12 November 1892 to 10 March 1893</small>||Paul Alphonse Frédéric Heckman, <small>Resident</small>||
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|colspan="3"|French Colony of Ivory Coast
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|<small>10 March 1893 to 1895</small>||Louis-Gustave Binger, <small>Governor</small>||
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|16 June 1885||colspan="2"|Incorporated into French West Africa
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|<small>1895 to 1895</small>||Paul Cousturier, <small>acting Governor </small>||
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|<small>1895 to 1896</small>||Joseph Lemaire, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1896 to 25 February 1896</small>||Pierre-Hubert-Auguste Pascal, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>25 February 1896 to 13 May 1896</small>||Eugène Bertin, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>13 May 1896 to 14 May 1896</small>||Jean-Baptiste Castaing, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>14 May 1896 to 19 March 1898</small>||Louis Mouttet, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1898 to 1898</small>||Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1898 to 1898</small>||Jean Penel, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1898 to 1898</small>||Pierre-Paul-Marie Capest, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1898 to 11 September 1898</small>||... Ribes, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>11 September 1898 to 5 November 1902</small>||Henri-Charles-Victor-Amédée Roberdeau, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>5 November 1902 to 25 November 1902</small>||Albert Anatole Nebout, <small>acting Governor</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>25 November 1902 to 19 November 1905</small>||Marie-François-Joseph Clozel, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>19 November 1905 to 27 October 1906</small>||Albert Anatole Nebout, <small>acting Governor </small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>27 October 1906 to 25 April 1908</small>||Marie-François-Joseph Clozel, <small>Governor</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>25 August 1907 to 1908</small>||Albert Anatole Nebout, <small>acting Governor</small>||<small>3rd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>25 April 1908 to 28 April 1909</small>||Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, <small>Governor</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>28 April 1908 to August 1908</small>||Pierre Brun, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>August 1909 to 12 May 1911</small>||Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, <small>Governor</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>12 May 1911 to 9 March 1912</small>||Casimir Guyon, <small>acting Governor </small>||<small>1st Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>9 March 1912 to 22 May 1913</small>||Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, <small>Governor</small>||<small>3rd Term</small>
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|<small>22 March 1913 to 29 October 1913</small>||Casimir Guyon, <small>acting Governor </small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>29 October 1913 to 4 September 1914</small>||Gustave Julien, <small>acting Governor</small>||
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|<small>4 September 1914 to 16 June 1916</small>||Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, <small>Governor</small>||<small>4th Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>16 June 1916 to 1 December 1916</small>||Maurice-Pierre Lapalud, <small>acting Governor</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1 December 1916 to 27 December 1916</small>||Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, <small>Governor</small>||<small>5th Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>27 December 1916 to January 1918</small>||Maurice-Pierre Lapalud, <small>acting Governor</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>January 1918 to June 1919</small>||Raphaël-Valentin-Marius Antonetti, <small>Governor</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>June 1919 to 22 September 1919</small>||Maurice Beurnier, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>22 September 1919 to 24 January 1922</small>||Raphaël-Valentin-Marius Antonetti, <small>Governor</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>24 January 1922 to 28 September 1922</small>||Pierre Chapon-Baissac, <small>acting Governor </small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>28 September 1922 to 2 April 1924</small>||Raphaël-Valentin-Marius Antonetti||<small>3rd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>2 April 1924 to 2 July 1925</small>||Richard-Édmond-Maurice-Édouard Brunot, <small>acting Governor </small>||
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|<small>2 July 1925 to 25 August 1930</small>||Maurice-Pierre Lapalud, <small>Governor</small>||<small>3rd Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>25 August 1930 to 28 October 1930</small>||Joseph Jules Brévié, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>28 October 1930 to 16 January 1931</small>||Jean Paul Boutonnet, <small>acting Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>16 January 1931 to 7 May 1935</small>||Dieudonné François Joseph Marie Reste, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>7 May 1935 to 28 June 1935</small>||Marie Alphonse Flotte de Pouzols, <small>acting Governor</small>||
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|<small>28 June 1935 to 7 March 1936</small>||Adolphe Deitte, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>7 March 1936 to 28 November 1936</small>||Julien Georges Lamy, <small>acting Governor</small>||
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|<small>28 November 1936 to 16 July 1938</small>||Gaston-Charles-Julien Mondon, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>16 July 1938 to 27 January 1939</small>||Louis Bressolles, <small>acting Governor</small>||
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|<small>27 January 1939 to 1 January 1941</small>||Horace-Valentin Crocicchia, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>1 January 1941 to 29 September 1942</small>||Hubert-Jules Deschamps, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>29 September 1942 to 3 August 1943</small>||Georges-Pierre Rey, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>3 August 1943 to 26 August 1943</small>||Jean-François Toby, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>26 August 1943 to 16 August 1945</small>||André-Jean-Gaston Latrille, <small>Governor</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>16 August 1945 to April 1946</small>||Henry Jean Marie de Mauduit, <small>Governor</small>||
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|Ivory Coast Territory||colspan="2"|Overseas territory of France
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|April 1946 <small>to 20 February 1947</small>||André-Jean-Gaston Latrille, <small>Governor</small>||<small>2nd Term (contd.)</small>
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>20 February 1947 to 29 January 1948</small>||Oswald-Marcellin-Maurice-Maruis Durand, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>29 January 1948 to 10 November 1948</small>||Georges-Louis-Joseph Orselli, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>10 November 1948 to 25 April 1952</small>||Laurent Élisée Péchoux, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>25 April 1952 to 10 July 1952</small>||Pierre-François Pelieu, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>10 July 1952 to 19 February 1954</small>||Camille-Victor Bailly, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>19 February 1954 to 18 February 1956</small>||Pierre-Joseph-Auguste Messmer, <small>Governor</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>18 February 1956 to 23 February 1957</small>||Pierre-Auguste-Michel-Marie Lami, <small>Governor </small>||
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|Republic of Ivory Coast||colspan="2"|Autonomous
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|<small>23 February 1957 to 15 July 1960</small>||Ernest de Nattes, <small>Governor, High Commissioner</small>||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|<small>15 July 1960 to 7 August 1960</small>||Yves-René-Henri Guéna, <small>High Commissioner</small>||
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|7 August 1960||colspan="2"|Independence as Republic of Ivory Coast
|}
See also
- For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire