# List of administrators of the Comédie-Française

The following is a list of administrators of the Comédie-Française, from 1799, date of the merger between the Théâtre de la Nation and the Théâtre de la République.
| From | To | Name | Title and notes |
| 7 February 1799 | June 1806 | Jean-François-René Mahérault (1764–1833) | government commissioner of the Théâtre de la République |
| June 1806 | June 1806 | Nicolas Bernard | provisional imperial commissioner during the illness of Mahérault |
| June 1806 | 3 February 1813 | Jean-François-René Mahérault | imperial commissioner |
| 3 February 1813 | 11 June 1814 | Nicolas Bernard | imperial commissioner |
| 24 March 1815 | 28 June 1815 | Nicolas Bernard | imperial commissioner during the Hundred Days |
| 1821 | 9 July 1825 | François Chéron (1764–1829) | government commissioner |
| 9 July 1825 | 27 July 1830 | I.-J.-S., baron Taylor (1789–1879) | government commissioner of the Théâtre-Français until the July Revolution |
| 11 July 1827 | July 1830 | Hyacinthe Albertin (died in 1840) | royal commissioner by interim |
| 24 September 1830 | 5 April 1831 | E.-J.-E. Mazères (1796–1886) | provisional royal commissioner |
| 6 April 1831 | 17 October 1838 | Isidore-Justin-Séverin, baron Taylor | royal commissioner |
| 8 June 1833 | 31 July 1837 | Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle (1797–1863) | director-manager |
| 28 January 1837 | 17 October 1838 | Hygin-Auguste Cavé (1794–1852) | royal commissioner by interim |
| 1 March 1837 | 8 March 1840 | Alexandre-Louis Poulet, dit Vedel (1783–1873) | director-manager |
| 17 October 1838 | 29 August 1847 | François Buloz (1803–1877) | royal commissioner |
| 29 August 1847 | 2 March 1848 | François Buloz | administrator |
| 2 March 1848 | 11 October 1848 | J.-Ph. Simon, known as Lockroy (1803–1895) | provisional commissioner of the Théâtre de la République |
| 20 October 1848 | 15 November 1849 | Eugène Bazenerye | provisional commissioner of the Théâtre de la République |
| 13 October 1848 | 15 November 1849 | Sébastien Edmond, dit Sevestre (1799–1852) | manager general taking on the function of administrator |
| 15 November 1849 | 27 April 1850 | Arsène Housset, dit Houssaye (1815–1896) | government commissioner of the Théâtre-Français |
| 27 April 1850 | 29 January 1856 | Arsène Housset, dit Houssaye | administrator of the Théâtre de la République, then of the Théâtre-Français (resigned) |
| 30 January 1856 | 21 October 1859 | Adolphe Simonis, dit Empis (1795–1868) | administrator general |
| 22 October 1859 | 8 July 1871 | Édouard Thierry (1813–1894) | general administrator |
| 8 July 1871 | 8 October 1885 | Émile-César-Victor Perrin (1814–1885) | general administrator |
| 30 May 1885 | 20 October 1885 | Albert Kaempfen (1826–1907) | provisional administrator |
| 20 October 1885 | 23 December 1913 | Jules Claretie (1840–1913) | general administrator |
| 1 January 1914 | au 30 November 1915 | Albert Carré (1852–1938) | general administrator |
| 2 December 1915 | 15 October 1918 | Émile Fabre (1869–1955) | general administrator "for the duration of war" |
| 15 October 1918 | 15 October 1936 | Émile Fabre | general administrator |
| 3 February 1934 | 3 February 1934 | Georges-Paul-Maurice Thome | general administrator (does not take on the functions) |
| 15 October 1936 | 27 December 1940 | Édouard Bourdet (1887–1945) | general administrator |
| 15 May 1940 | 27 December 1940 | Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) | general administrator by interim |
| 27 December 1940 | 7 January 1941 | Jacques Copeau | general administrator (resigned) |
| 13 January 1941 | 7 March 1941 | Léon Lamblin | government commissioner |
| 4 March 1941 | 23 March 1944 | Jean-Louis Vaudoyer (1883–1963) | general administrator (resigned) |
| 24 March 1944 | 28 July 1944 | André Brunot (1879–1973) | provisional general administrator |
| July 1944 | July 1944 | Jean Sarment (1897–1976) | general administrator (does not take on the functions) |
| 1 September 1944 | 1 July 1945 | Pierre Dux (1908–1990) | general administrator (resigned) |
| 1 July 1945 | début October 1945 | Joseph Denis, dit Denis d'Inès (1885–1968) | general administrator by interim |
| October 1945 | 6 April 1946 | André Obey (1892–1975) | provisional general administrator |
| 6 April 1946 | 5 February 1947 | André Obey | general administrator (resigned) |
| 5 April 1947 | 5 April 1953 | Pierre-Aimé Touchard (1903–1987) | general administrator |
| 5 April 1953 | 5 April 1959 | Pierre Descaves (1896–1966) | general administrator |
| 20 April 1959 | 30 January 1960 | Claude Bréart de Boisanger (1899–1999) | general administrator |
| 1 June 1960 | 31 July 1970 | Maurice Escande (1892–1973) | general administrator |
| 1 August 1970 | 31 July 1979 | Pierre Dux | general administrator |
| 1 September 1979 | 31 July 1983 | Jacques Toja (1929–1996) | general administrator |
| 1 August 1983 | 31 July 1986 | Jean-Pierre Vincent | general administrator |
| 1 August 1986 | March 1988 | Jean Le Poulain (1924–1988) | general administrator |
| 1 April 1988 | 15 June 1988 | Claude Winter | dean by interim |
| 15 June 1988 | 30 April 1990 | Antoine Vitez (1930–1990) | general administrator |
| 1 May 1990 | 5 July 1990 | Catherine Samie | dean by interim |
| 15 July 1990 | 5 August 1993 | Jacques Lassalle | general administrator |
| 5 August 1993 | 3 August 2001 | Jean-Pierre Miquel | general administrator |
| 4 August 2001 | 3 August 2006 | Marcel Bozonnet | general administrator |
| 4 August 2006 | 3 August 2014 | Muriel Mayette | general administrator |
| 4 August 2014 | | Éric Ruf | general administrator |