List of colonial governors of Dahomey
Governors of French Dahomey
Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

List of colonial governors of Dahomey

Section Title: Governors of French Dahomey
Table Section Text: Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

French Suzerainty

French Protectorate of Porto-Novo Protectorate placed over the Porto-Novo (Hogbonu) Kingdom

25 February 1863 to 2 January 1865	Marius Daumas, Agent

Porto-Novo Kingdom

2 January 1865 to 14 April 1882	none

French Protectorate of Porto-Novo	Restored

14 April 1882 to June 1882

June 1882 to 1883	Bonaventure Colonna de Lecca, Resident

1883 to 1883	Henri Guilman, Resident

1883 to 1884	Daniel Germa, Resident

1884 to July 1884	Léopold Maignot, Resident

Ju1y 1884 to 1886	Charles Disnematin-Dorat, Resident

1886 to 1886	Émmanuel Roget, Resident

1886 to 1887	Jean-Marie Bayol, Resident

1887 to 16 June 1887	Gentian-Antonin-Maire Péréton, Resident

16 June 1887 to 11 July 1888	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Resident	1st Term

11 July 1888 to 1889	Paul-Alphonse-Frédéric-Mari de Beeckmann, Administrator

1889 to 19 October 1889	Louis-Frédéric-Émil Tautain, Resident

19 October 1889 to 22 December 1891	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Resident	2nd term

22 December 1891 to 22 June 1893	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor

Porto-Novo Colony

22 June 1893 to 20 January 1894	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor

Dahomey Colony

20 January 1894 to 22 June 1894	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor

22 June 1894 to 3 July 1899	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Governor

3 July 1899 to 8 October 1899	Jean-Baptiste Fonssagrives, acting Governor

8 October 1899 to 26 November 1900	Pierre-Hubert-Auguste Pascal, acting Governor

26 November 1900 to 5 May 1906	Victor-Théophile Liotard, Governor

5 May 1906 to 9 June 1906	Joseph-Étienne-Gabriel Lhuerre, acting Governor

9 June 1906 to 16 July 1906	Charles-Emmanuel-Joseph Marchal, acting Governor

16 July 1906 to 8 March 1908	Charles-Emmanuel-Joseph Marchal, Governor

8 March 1908 to 22 September 1908	Marie-Antoine Gaudart, acting Governor

22 September 1908 to 9 October 1908	Charles-Désiré-Auguste Brunet, acting Governor

9 October 1908 to 25 April 1909	Jean-Jules-Émile Peuvergne, Governor

25 April 1909 to 6 March 1911	Henri-Jules-Jean-Baptiste Malan, Governor

6 March 1911 to 24 June 1911	Raphaël-Velentin-Marius Antonetti, Governor

Dahomey Colony and Dependencies

24 June 1911 to 9 May 1912	Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor

9 May 1912 to 11 July 1912	Charles-Henri-Adrien Noufflard, acting Lieutenant-Governor

11 July 1912 to 7 April 1917	Charles-Henri-Adrien Noufflard, Lieutenant-Governor

7 April 1917 to July 1919	Gaston-Léon-Joseph Fourn, acting Lieutenant-Governor

July 1919 to 29 August 1928	Gaston-Léon-Joseph Fourn, Lieutenant-Governor

29 August 1928 to 4 April 1929	Lucien-Eugène Geay, acting Lieutenant-Governor

4 April 1929 to 8 February 1931	Dieudonné-François-Joseph-Marie Reste, Lieutenant-Governor

8 February 1931 to 7 January 1932	Théophile-Antione-Pascal Tellier, Lieutenant-Governor

7 January 1932 to 2 August 1932	Louis-Placide Blacher, Lieutenant-Governor

2 August 1932 to 22 July 1933	Louis Aujas, acting Lieutenant-Governor

22 July 1933 to 24 August 1934	Marcel de Coppet, Lieutenant-Governor

24 August 1934 to 15 February 1935	Jean Desanti, acting Lieutenant-Governor

15 February 1935 to 12 January 1937	Maurice-Léon Bourgine, Lieutenant-Governor

12 January 1937 to 7 August 1937	Henri-Étienne Martinet, acting Lieutenant-Governor	1st Term

7 August 1937 to 7 April 1938	Ernest Gayon, acting Lieutenant-Governor

7 April 1938 to 1 June 1938	Henri-Étienne Martinet, acting Lieutenant-Governor	2nd Term

1 June 1938 to 27 August 1940	Armand Léon Annet, Lieutenant-Governor

27 August 1940 to 18 September 1940	Pierre-Jean-André Paliceti, acting Lieutenant-Governor

18 September 1940 to 26 August 1943	Léon-Hippolyte Truitard, Lieutenant-Governor

26 August 1943 to 21 May 1946	Charles-André-Maurice-Assier de Pompignan, Lieutenant-Governor

Dahomey Overseas Territory

21 May 1946 to 14 January 1948	Robert Legendre, acting Governor

14 January 1948 to 13 January 1949	Jean-Georges Chambon, Governor

13 January 1949 to 19 September 1949	Jacques-Alphonse Boissier, Governor

19 September 1949 to November 1951	Claude Valluy, acting Governor

November 1951 to 21 June 1955	Charles-Henri Bonfils, Governor

21 June 1955 to 21 March 1958	Marc-Casimir Biros, Governor	In some sources Casimir-Marc Biros

21 March 1958 to 15 July 1958	Bernard Hepp, acting Governor

15 July 1958 to 4 December 1958	René Tirant, acting Governor

Republic of Dahomey	Autonomous

4 December 1958 to 1 August 1960	René Tirant, High Commissioner

1 August 1960	Independence as Republic of Dahomey

Sentence(s)

René Tirant was the acting Governor of Dahomey in 1958 when Dahomey became an autonomous republic, and remained High Commissioner till 1960.

final_sentence: René Tirant was the acting Governor of Dahomey in 1958 when Dahomey became an autonomous republic, and remained High Commissioner till 1960.