List of governors of Tanganyika
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Tanzania#Governor-General

List of governors of Tanganyika

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Tanzania#Governor-General

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

German East Africa

German East Africa Protectorate

27 May 1885 to 8 February 1888	-	Carl Peters, Administrator

8 February 1888 to 1 January 1891	-	Hermann von Wissmann, Reichskommissar	Imperial commissioner, 1st time

German East Africa Colony

1 January 1891 to 21 February 1891	-	Hermann von Wissmann, Reichskommissar	Imperial commissioner, 1st time

21 February 1891 to 15 September 1893	-	Julius von Soden, Governor

1891	Rüdiger, acting Governor	Acting for Soden

15 September 1893 to 25 April 1895	-	Friedrich von Schele, Governor

25 April 1895 to 3 December 1896	-	Hermann von Wissmann, Governor	2nd time

3 December 1896 to 12 March 1901	-	Eduard von Liebert, Governor

12 March 1901 to 15 April 1906	-	Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Governor

15 April 1906 to 22 April 1912	Albrecht von Rechenberg, Governor

22 April 1912 to 14 November 1918	-	Heinrich Schnee, Governor	From 9 October 1916 on the move in opposition to British forces, together with General d. Inf.

Occupation of German East Africa by United Kingdom

9 October 1916 to 22 July 1920	Horace Archer Byatt, Administrator	From 1918, Sir Horace Archer Byatt

22 July 1920 to 20 July 1922	Sir Horace Archer Byatt, Governor

Tanganyika

League of Nations Mandate (administered by United Kingdom)

20 July 1922 to 5 March 1925	Sir Horace Archer Byatt, Governor

1924 to 5 March 1925	John Scott, acting Governor	Acting for Byatt

5 March 1925 to January 1931	Donald Charles Cameron, Governor

1929	Sir Douglas James Jardine, acting Governor	Acting for Cameron

January 1931 to February 1934	-	George Stewart Symes, Governor

19 February 1934 to 8 July 1938	-	Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael, Governor

8 July 1938 to 19 June 1941	-	Sir Mark Aitchinson Young, Governor

19 June 1941 to 28 April 1945	Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, Governor

28 April 1945 to 11 December 1946	Sir William Denis Battershill, Governor

United Nations Trust Territory (administered by United Kingdom)

11 December 1946 to 18 June 1949	Sir William Denis Battershill, Governor

18 June 1949 to June 1958	-	Sir Edward Francis Twining, Governor

15 July 1958 to 9 December 1961	Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull, Governor

9 December 1961	Independence as Tanganyika

Sentence(s)

Sir Edward Twining from 1949 to 1958, was a Governor of Tanganyika.

final_sentence: Sir Edward Twining from 1949 to 1958, was a Governor of Tanganyika.