List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia
Colonial and Departmental Heads of French Polynesia
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia

Section Title: Colonial and Departmental Heads of French Polynesia
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term	Incumbent	Notes

French Polynesia

Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands cede sovereignty to France; other islands are annexed until 1900 (Colony of Oceania)

1843 to 1847	Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor

1847 to 1849	Charles François Lavaud, Governor

1849 to 1850	Charles François Lavaud, Commandant

1850 to 1852	Louis Adolphe Bonard, Commandant

1852 to 1854	Théogène François Page, Commandant

1854 to 1858	Joseph Fidèl Eugène du Bouzet, Governor

1858	Jean-Marie Joseph Théodore Saisset de Mars [fr], Governor

1858 to 1860	Louis Eugène Gaultier de La Richerie [fr], Governor

1860 to 1864	Louis Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Commandant

1864 to 1869	Émile François Guillaume Clément, comte de la Roncière [fr], Commandant

1869 to 1871	Michel Louis Isidore de Jouslard, Commandant

1871 to 1873	Hippolyte Auguste Girard, Commandant

1873 to 1876	Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre, Commandant

1876 to 1877	Antoine-Léonce Michaux, Commandant

1877	Joseph Henri Brunet-Millet, Commandant

1877 to 1878	Auguste Marie Édouard d'Oncieu de la Bâthie, Commandant

1878 to 1880	Jacques Ferdinand Planche [fr], Commandant

Tahiti annexed by France (effective 30 December 1880)

1880 to 1881	Henri Isidore Chessé, Commandant

1881 to 1883	Frédéric Jean Dordolot des Essarts, Governor

1883 to 1885	Marie Nicolas François Auguste Morau, Governor

1885 to 1886	Delphino Moracchini, acting Governor

1886 to 1893	Étienne Théodore Mondésir Lacascade [fr], Governor

1893	Adolphe Jean Granier de Cassagnac, acting Governor

1893	Lucien Bommier, acting Governor

1893	Jean Ours, acting Governor

1893 to 1896	Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud [fr], Governor

1896 to 1901	Gustave Pierre Théodore Gallet, Governor

1901	Victor François Ferdinand Rey, acting Governor

1901 to 1903	Édouard Georges Théophile Petit [fr], Governor

Colony of Oceania renamed French Establishments in Oceania

1903 to 1904	Édouard Georges Théophile Petit [fr], Governor

1904	Victor Louis Marie Lanrezac, Governor

1904 to 1905	Henri François Charles Cor [fr], acting Governor

1905 to 1907	Philippe Émile Jullien [fr], Governor

1907 to 1908	Élie Adrien Édouard Charlier, acting Governor

1908 to 1910	Joseph Pascal François, Governor

1910 to 1912	Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor

1912	Charles Hostein, acting Governor

1912 to 1913	Baptiste Léon Géraud, acting Governor

1913 to 1915	William Maurice Fawtier, Governor

October 1915 to 1919	Gustave Jacques Henri Julien, Governor

1919 to April 1919	Simoneau, acting Governor

April 1919 to January 1921	Jocelyn Robert, acting Governor

January 1921 to April 1921	Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, acting Governor

April 1921 to November 1921	Auguste André Marius Guédès, Governor

September 1922 to January 1927	Louis Félix Marie Édouard Rivet, Governor

January 1927 to February 1928	Jean Baptiste Dominique Solari, acting Governor

February 1928 to June 1930	Joseph Louis Bouge [fr], acting Governor

21 June 1930 to 18 June 1932	Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor

June 1932 to June 1933	Alfred Léon Bouchet, acting Governor

June 1933 to May 1935	Michel Lucien Montagné, Governor

May 1935 to March 1937	Henri Sautot [fr], acting Governor

March 1937 to 4 September 1940	Frédéric Marie Jean Baptiste Chastenet de Géry, Governor

4 September 1940 to 12 September 1940	Provisional Government

Édouard Ahnne [fr]

Georges Lagarde

Émile Martin

Georges Bambridge

Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai [fr]

12 September 1940 to 5 November 1940	Edmond Mansard, Governor

5 November 1940 to 18 June 1941	Émile de Curton, Governor

18 June 1941 to November 1941	Richard Brunot, Governor

November 1941 to 1945	Georges Louis Joseph Orselli [fr], Governor

1945 to 27 October 1946	Jean-Camille Haumant, Governor

French overseas territory (French Settlements in Oceania)

27 October 1946 to 1947	Jean-Camille Haumant, Governor

1947 to 1949	Pierre Louis Maestracci, Governor

1949 to 1950	Armand Anziani, Governor

1950	Louis Girault, acting Governor

1950 to 1954	Jean Albert René Petitbon, Governor

September 1954 to 22 July 1957	Jean-François Toby [fr], Governor

French Settlements in Oceania renamed French Polynesia

22 July 1957 to 1958	Jean-François Toby, Governor

1958	Camille Victor Bailly, acting Governor

1958 to 1961	Pierre Sicaud, Governor

December 1961 to January 1965	Aimé Grimald, Governor

14 January 1965 to 4 February 1969	Jean Charles Sicurani, Governor

February 1969 to 1973	Pierre Louis Angeli, Governor

1973 to 1975	Daniel Videau, Governor

4 December 1975 to 13 July 1977	Charles Schmitt, Governor

Limited autonomy

13 July 1977 to 31 October 1977	Charles Schmitt, High Commissioner

18 December 1977 to 27 July 1981	Paul Cousseran [fr], High Commissioner

27 July 1981 to 15 January 1983	Paul Noirot-Cosson, High Commissioner

15 January 1983 to 29 June 1984	Alain Robert Ohrel, High Commissioner

Autonomy

29 June 1984 to 28 March 1985	Alain Robert Ohrel, High Commissioner

March 1985 to 1986	Bernard Gérard, High Commissioner

April 1986 to 10 November 1987	Pierre Louis Angéli, High Commissioner

28 November 1987 to 3 January 1992	Jean Montpezat, High Commissioner

31 January 1992 to 8 August 1994	Michel Jau, High Commissioner

8 August 1994 to 27 August 1997	Paul Roncière, High Commissioner

27 August 1997 to 8 October 1997	Michel Jeanjean, acting High Commissioner

8 October 1997 to 24 October 2001	Jean Aribaud, High Commissioner

24 October 2001 to 17 November 2001	Christian Massinon, acting High Commissioner

17 November 2001 to 28 March 2003	Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner

French overseas collectivity

28 March 2003 to 27 February 2004	Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner

Designation (but not status) changed to overseas country

27 February 2004 to 30 July 2005	Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner

30 July 2005 to 10 September 2005	Jacques Michaut, acting High Commissioner

10 September 2005 to 29 June 2008	Anne Boquet, High Commissioner	♀

29 June 2008 to 7 July 2008	Eric Spitz, acting High Commissioner

7 July 2008 to 7 January 2011	Adolphe Colrat, High Commissioner

7 January 2011 to 24 January 2011	Alexandre Rochatte, acting High Commissioner

24 January 2011 to 3 September 2012	Richard Didier, High Commissioner

3 September 2012 to 23 August 2013	Jean-Pierre Laflaquière, High Commissioner

23 August 2013 to 16 September 2013	Gilles Cantal, acting High Commissioner

16 September 2013 to 25 May 2016	Lionel Beffre, High Commissioner

25 May 2016 to 30 May 2016	Marc Tschiggfrey, acting High Commissioner

30 May 2016 to present	René Bidal, High Commissioner

Sentence(s)

Lionel Beffre was the High Commissioner in French Polynesia from 2013 to 2016.

final_sentence: Lionel Beffre was the High Commissioner in French Polynesia from 2013 to 2016.