List of Governors-General of French Indochina
List of Governors-General
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

List of Governors-General of French Indochina

Section Title: List of Governors-General
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

French Indochina

French Indochina formed (Cambodia, Annam, Tonkin, and Cochinchina, and from 3 October 1893, Laos)

16 November 1887 to April 1888	-	Jean Antoine Ernest Constans, Governor-General

April 1888 to 31 May 1889	Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud, Governor-General

31 May 1889 to April 1891	Jules Georges Piquet, Governor-General

April 1891 to June 1891	Bideau, acting Governor-General

June 1891 to 31 December 1894	-	Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, Governor-General

March 1894 to October 1894	Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, acting Governor-General	Acting for Lanessan

December 1894 to February 1895	François Pierre Rodier, acting Governor-General

February 1895 to 10 December 1896	Paul Armand Rosseau, Governor-General

December 1896 to 13 February 1897	Augustin Julien Fourès, acting Governor-General

13 February 1897 to October 1902	-	Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, Governor-General

October 1902 to February 1908	Jean Baptiste Paul Beau, Governor-General

18 February 1907 to September 1907	Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, acting Governor-General

September 1908 to January 1910	Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Governor-General

January 1910 to February 1911	Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié, acting Governor-General

February 1911 to November 1911	Paul Louis Luce, Governor-General

November 1911 to January 1914	-	Albert Sarraut, Governor-General	1st time

January 1914 to 7 April 1915	-	Joost van Vollenhoven, acting Governor-General

April 1915 to May 1916	Ernest Roume, Governor-General

May 1916 to January 1917	Jean Eugène Charles, acting Governor-General

January 1917 to May 1919	-	Albert Sarraut, Governor-General	2nd time

May 1919 to February 1920	Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, acting Governor-General	1st time

February 1920 to April 1922	-	Maurice Long, Governor-General

April 1922 to August 1922	François Marius Baudouin, acting Governor-General

August 1922 to April 1925	-	Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General

April 1925 to November 1925	Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, acting Governor-General	2nd time

18 November 1925 to January 1928	-	Alexandre Varenne, Governor-General

January 1928 to August 1928	Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, acting Governor-General	3rd time

22 August 1928 to 15 January 1934	Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier, Governor-General

15 January 1934 to September 1936	Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Governor-General

September 1936 to 23 August 1939	-	Jules Brévié, Governor-General

23 August 1939 to 25 June 1940	-	Georges Catroux, acting Governor-General

25 June 1940 to 9 March 1945	-	Jean Decoux, Governor-General	Continued to serve following the Japanese invasion; deposed in the Japanese coup d'état

Japanese Military Occupation

9 March 1945 to 28 August 1945	-	Yuitsu Tsuchihashi, Governor-General

9 March 1945 to 15 August 1945	Takeshi Tsukamoto, acting Governor-General	Acting for Tsuchihashi

Allied Military Administration

Above 16th parallel

9 September 1945 to 6 March 1946	-	Lu Han, Military Governor (Republic of China)

Below 16th parallel

6 September 1945 to 28 January 1946	-	Douglas Gracey, Military Governor (United Kingdom)

French Indochina

23 September 1945 to 5 October 1945	Jean Marie Arsène Cédile, acting High Commissioner

5 October 1945 to 31 October 1945	-	Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, acting High Commissioner

31 October 1945 to 1 April 1947	-	Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, High Commissioner

1 April 1947 to 20 October 1948	-	Émile Bollaert, High Commissioner

20 October 1948 to 17 December 1950	Léon Pignon, High Commissioner

17 December 1950 to 11 January 1952	-	Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, High Commissioner	Died in office

11 January 1952 to 1 April 1952	-	Raoul Salan, acting High Commissioner

1 April 1952 to 27 April 1953	Jean Letourneau, High Commissioner

27 April 1953 to 17 August 1953	Jean Letourneau, Commissioner-General

17 August 1953 to 10 April 1954	Maurice Dejean, Commissioner-General	Served at the time of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu

10 April 1954 to 2 June 1955	Paul Ély, Commissioner-General

June 1955 to 21 July 1956	Henri Hoppenot, Commissioner-General

Sentence(s)

In 1891, Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan was the governor of French Indochina.

final_sentence: In 1891, Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan was the governor of French Indochina.