# List of colonial governors of Saint-Domingue

Since 1659, Saint-Domingue (now the Republic of Haiti), was a French colony, recognized by Spain on September 20, 1697. From September 20, 1793, to October 1798 parts of the island were under British occupation.

## Governors (1691–1714)

* October 1, 1691 – July 1700 Jean du Casse
* July 1700 – December 16, 1703 Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (acting)
* December 16, 1703 – October 13, 1705 Charles Auger
* October 13, 1705 – December 28, 1707 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (acting)
* December 28, 1707 – 1710 François-Joseph, comte de Choiseul-Beaupré
* 1710 – February 7, 1711 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (2nd time)
* February 7, 1711 – May 24, 1711 Laurent de Valernod
* May 24, 1711 – August 29, 1712 Nicolas de Gabaret
* August 29, 1712 – 1713 Paul-François de La Grange, comte d'Arquian
* 1713 – 1714 Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac

## Governors-General (1714–1803)

* 1714 – 11 January 1717 Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac
* January 11, 1717 – July 10, 1719 Charles Joubert de La Bastide, marquis de Châteaumorand
* 10 July 1719 – 6 December 1723 Léon de Sorel
* December 6, 1723 – October 8, 1731 Gaspard-Charles de Goussé, chevalier de La Rochalar
* October 8, 1731 – February 4, 1732 Antoine-Gabriel, marquis de Vienne de Busserolles
* February 4, 1732 – October 8, 1732 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye (acting)
* October 8, 1732 – July 1737 Pierre, marquis de Fayet
* July 1737 – November 11, 1737 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye (2nd time) (acting)
* November 11, 1737 – November, 1746 Charles de Brunier, marquis de Larnage
* November 19, 1746 – August 12, 1748 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye (3rd time) (acting)
* August 12, 1748 – March 29, 1751 Hubert de Brienne-Conflans, comte de Conflans
* March 29, 1751 – May 31, 1753 Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideux du Bois de Lamothe
* May 31 – March 24, 1757 Joseph-Hyacinthe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil
* March 24, 1757 – July 30, 1762 Philippe-François Bart
* July 30, 1762 – March 7, 1763 Gabriel de Bory de Saint-Vincent
* March 7, 1763 – August 4, 1763 Armand, vicomte de Belzunce
* August 4, 1763 – April 23, 1764 Pierre-André de Gohin, comte de Montreuil (acting)
* April 23, 1764 – July 1, 1766 Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing
* July 1, 1766 – February 10, 1769 Louis-Armand-Constantin de Rohan, prince de Montbazon
* February 10, 1769 – January 15, 1772 Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos
* January 15, 1772 – April 30, 1772 De la Ferronays (acting)
* April 30, 1772 – April 15, 1775 Louis-Florent de Vallière
* May 12, 1775 – August 16, 1775 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (acting)
* August 16, 1775 – December 13, 1776 Victor-Thérèse Charpentier
* December 28, 1776 – May 22, 1777 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (acting)
* May 22, 1777 – March 7, 1780 Robert, comte d'Argout
* March 7, 1780 – April 25, 1780 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (2nd time) (acting)
* April 25, 1780 – July 28, 1781 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (2nd time)
* July 28, 1781 – February 14, 1782 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (3rd time) (acting)
* February 14, 1782 – July 3, 1785 Guillaume de Bellecombe
* July 3, 1785 – April 27, 1786 Gui-Pierre de Coustard (acting)
* April 27, 1786 – November 1787 César Henri, comte de La Luzerne
* November 1787 – December 22, 1788 Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (acting)
* December 22, 1788 – 1789 Marie-Charles du Chilleau
* 1789 – August 19, 1789 Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (2nd time) (acting)
* August 19, 1789 – November 1790 Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier
* November 9, 1790 – 1792 Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
* 1792 – June 1792 Adrien-Nicolas, marquis de la Salle, comte d'Offémont
* June 1792 – October 21, 1792 Jean-Jacques d'Esparbes
* October 21, 1792 – January 2, 1793 Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
* January 2, 1793 – June 19, 1793 Léger-Félicité Sonthonax (commissioner)
* June 19, 1793 – October 1793 François-Thomas Galbaud du Fort
* October 1793 – May 11, 1796 Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux
* May 11, 1796 – August 24, 1797 Léger-Félicité Sonthonax (2nd time) (commissioner)
* April 1, 1797 – May 5, 1802 Toussaint Louverture
* March 27, 1798 – October 23, 1798 Gabriel-Marie-Théodore-Joseph Hédouville (commissioner)
* February 5, 1802 – November 2, 1802 Charles Leclerc
* November 2, 1802 – November 30, 1803 Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (2nd time)
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Haiti

## British Governors (1793–1798)

* September 20, 1793 – October 1794 John Whitelocke
* October 1794 – October 1796 Adam Williamson
* October 1796 – January 1797 John Graves Simcoe
* January 1797 – March 1797 Nesbit
* March 1797 – October 1798 Thomas Maitland