# List of administrators of the French protectorate of Annam

The position of Resident-Superior of Annam (French: Résident supérieur de l'Annam; Vietnamese: Khâm sứ Trung Kỳ; chữ Hán: 欽使中圻) was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Annam and a separate one for Tonkin. Although the emperors of the Nguyễn dynasty were still nominally in control of the protectorates of Annam and Tonkin, the resident-superior of Annam gradually gained more influence over the imperial court in Huế. In 1897 the resident-superior was granted the power to appoint the Nguyễn dynasty emperors and presided over the meetings of the Viện cơ mật. These moves incorporated French officials directly into the administrative structure of the Imperial Huế Court and further legitimised French rule in the legislative branch of the Nguyễn government. From this period onwards any imperial edicts issued by the emperors of Đại Nam had to be confirmed by the resident-superior of Annam giving him both legislative and executive power over the Nguyễn government.
In 1898 the federal government of French Indochina took over the financial and property management duties of the Nguyễn dynasty's imperial court, meaning that the Nguyễn dynasty emperor (at the time Thành Thái) became a salaried employee of the Indochinese colonial structure, reducing their power to being only a civil servant of the protectorate government. The resident-superior of Annam also took over the management of provincial mandarins and was a member of the Supreme Council (Conseil supérieur) of the Government-General of French Indochina.

## List

List of administrators of the French protectorate of Annam
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
| French Suzerainty |||
| 8 April 1886 to 1888 | Charles Dillon, Resident-Superior | In Huế; the city became permanent administrative seat |
| 1888 to 1889 | Séraphin Hector, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time |
| May 1889 | Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Acting Resident-Superior |
| 10 May 1889 to 27 October 1891 | Séraphin Hector, Resident-Superior | 2nd time |
| 27 October 1891 to 11 April 1894 | Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior | 1st time |
| 11 April 1894 to 27 November 1894 | Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time |
| 28 November 1894 to 26 April 1895 | Charles-Frédéric Baille, Acting Resident-Superior |
| 27 April 1895 to 1 January 1897 | Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior | 2nd time |
| 1 February 1897 to 7 March 1898 | Jean Calixte Alexis Auvergne, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time |
| 7 March 1898 to 1900 | Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Resident-Superior | 2nd time |
| 22 February 1900 to 1902 | Jean Calixte Alexis Auvergne, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time, acting to 9 May 1901 |
| 1902 to 1903 | Louis Paul Luce, Acting Resident-Superior |
| 1903 to August 1904 | Jean Calixte Alexis Auvergne, Resident-Superior | 3rd time |
| 1904 to 1906 | Jean-Ernest Moulié, Interim Resident-Superior |
| 1906 to July 1908 | Ernest Fernand Lévecque, Resident-Superior |
| July 1908 to 1910 | Élie Jean-Henri Groleau, Resident-Superior |
| 1910 to 1 January 1912 | Henri Victor Sestier, Resident-Superior |
| 1 January 1912 to 15 May 1913 | Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Resident-Superior |
| 16 May 1913 to 16 May 1916 | Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Resident-Superior | 1st time, acting to 17 May 1914 |
| 16 May 1916 to 27 January 1917 | Henri Le Marchant de Trigon, Interim Resident-Superior |
| 27 January 1917 to May 1919 | Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Resident-Superior | 2nd time |
| 8 May 1919 to 5 May 1921 | Honoré Louis Joseph Tissot, Interim Resident-Superior |
| 5 May 1921 to 1927 | Pierre Marie Antonie Pasquier, Resident-Superior |
| 20 May 1922 to 11 September 1922 | Jules Friès, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Pasquier |
| 13 January 1924 to 28 September 1924 | Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Pasquier |
| 4 October 1926 to 13 February 1927 | Jean Charles Joseph d'Elloy, Interim Resident-Superior |
| 13 February 1927 to 1929 | Jules Friès, Resident-Superior |
| 5 January 1929 to 1931 | Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Resident-Superior |
| 23 May 1929 to 28 February 1930 | Pierre Charles Edmond Jabouille, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Le Fol |
| 11 June 1931 to 25 February 1933 | Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior | Acting to 21 November 1931 |
| 25 February 1933 to 27 June 1934 | Léon Emmanuel Thibaudeau, Interim Resident-Superior |
| 27 July 1934 to June 1941 | Maurice Fernand Graffeuil, Resident-Superior |
| 15 May 1936 to 16 April 1937 | Eugène Guillemain, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Graffeuil |
| 18 June 1941 to August 1944 | Émile Louis François Grandjean, Resident-Superior |
| 23 August 1944 to 9 March 1945 | Jean Maurice Norbert Haelewyn, Resident-General | Japanese prisoner 9 March 1945 - 23 August 1945 |
| Japanese Suzerainty ||
| March 1945 to August 1945 | Yokoyama Masayuki, Supreme Adviser |
| French Suzerainty ||
| 24 August 1945 to 1947 | Jean Henri Arsène Cédile, Commissioner |
| 1947 | Georges Edouard Jules Marie Saint-Mleux, Acting Commissioner |
| 20 May 1947 to 1949 | Henri Pierre Joseph Marie Lebris, Interim Commissioner |
| 8 August 1949 to 22 August 1949 | Claude Léon Raoul Vally, Acting Commissioner |
| 22 August 1949 to 1951 | Général Lorillon, Commissioner |
| 1951 to 27 April 1953 | Georges Émile LeBlanc, Commissioner |
| 27 April 1953 to 1954? | Georges Armand Léon Gautier, High Commissioner in Vietnam |