List of colonial and departmental heads of Mayotte
List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of Mayotte
Table:
Term

Incumbent

Notes

French Suzerainty

Annexed by France (annexation ratified 13 June 1843)

Mayotte Protectorate (subordinated to Île de Bourbon/Réunion)

1841 to 13 June 1843
Pierre Passot, Representative
1st time

Subordinated to the Governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion

13 June 1843 to 11 March 1844
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior
1st time

11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844
Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior

17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844
Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior

22 October 1844 to January 1846
Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior

January 1846 to August 1849
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior
2nd time

11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851
Stanislas Fortunat Livet, Commissioner

13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853
Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner

18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854
André Brisset, acting Commissioner

13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857
Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner

15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860
Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner

14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864
Charles Gabrié, Commissioner

14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868
Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner
1st time

8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869
Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner

15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869
L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner

21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871
Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner
2nd time

4 March 1871 to 1 March 1875
Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner
Acting to 19 December 1871, 1st time

1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875
Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner

16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875
François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner
1st time

26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878
Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner
2nd time

2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878
Jean Roblin, acting Commandant

9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879
Charles Vassal, acting Commandant

7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879
Charles Bayet, acting Commandant

16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879
Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant

31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885
François Marie Ferriez, Commandant
2nd time

3 March 1885 to August 1887
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant

19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant

5 September 1887 to 1888
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Governor

4 May 1888 to 1893
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor
1st time

25 April 1893 to 30 March 1896
Étienne Théodore Lacascade, Governor

Mayotte Protectorate (Subordinated to Madagascar)

Subordinated to the Governors-General of Madagascar

30 March 1896 to 1897
Auguste Pereton, acting Administrator-Superior

5 August 1897 to 11 March 1899
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, Administrator-Superior

March 1899 to 8 July 1900
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor
2nd time

18 September 1900 to 1902
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor

1902
Louis Lemaire, acting Governor

15 October 1902 to May 1904
Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor

1 June 1904 to 1905
Jules Martin, acting Governor

1905 to 1906
Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor

3 March 1906 to 1907
Fernand Foureau, Governor

26 December 1907 to 1908
Paul Patté, acting Governor

8 September 1908 to 1909
Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator

31 March 1909 to 1910
Ernest Bonneval, Administrator

24 February 1910 to 1911
Michel Astor, Administrator

1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911
Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator

28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912
Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator

25 July 1912 to 21 July 1975
Part of the Comoros

Separate colony

21 July 1975 to 1976
Younoussa Bamana, Prefect
Proclaimed by pro-French demonstrators

23 June 1976 to 24 December 1976
Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect

French collectivité territoriale (reaffirmed 22 December 1979)

24 December 1976 to 30 April 1978
Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect

30 April 1978 to 15 April 1980
Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard, Prefect

15 April 1980 to 24 January 1981
Philippe Jacques Nicolas Kessler, Prefect

24 January 1981 to 25 January 1982
Pierre Sevellec, Prefect

25 January 1982 to 10 May 1982
Yves Bonnet, Prefect

10 May 1982 to 25 November 1982
Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic

5 January 1983 to 1984
Christian Pellerin, Commissioner of the Republic

1984 to 1986
François Bonnelle, Commissioner of the Republic

1986
Guy Dupuis, Commissioner of the Republic

1986 to 24 February 1988
Akli Khider, Commissioner of the Republic

24 February 1988 to 23 November 1988
Akli Khider, Prefect

23 November 1988 to 17 October 1990
Daniel Limodin, Prefect

17 October 1990 to 24 February 1993
Jean-Paul Coste, Prefect

9 March 1993 to 17 January 1994
Jean-Jacques Debacq, Prefect

17 January 1994 to 20 February 1996
Alain Weil, Prefect

20 February 1996 to 15 July 1998
Philippe Boisadam, Prefect

31 August 1998 to 8 October 2001
Pierre Bayle, Prefect

8 October 2001 to 4 July 2002
Philippe de Mester, Prefect

4 July 2002 to 28 March 2003
Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect

French overseas collectivité (with the designation collectivité départementale)

28 March 2003 to 17 January 2005
Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect

17 January 2005 to 1 February 2007
Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect

1 February 2007 to September 2008
Vincent Bouvier, Prefect

12 September 2008 to 13 July 2009
Denis Robin, Prefect

13 July 2009 to 17 August 2009
Christophe Peyrel, acting Prefect

17 August 2009 to 4 July 2011
Hubert Derache, Prefect

French overseas department

4 July 2011 to 21 July 2011
Patrick Duprat, acting Prefect

21 July 2011 to 30 January 2013
Thomas Degos, Prefect

30 January 2013 to 30 July 2014
Jacques Witkowski, Prefect

31 July 2014 to 5 May 2016
Seymour Morsy, Prefect

6 May 2016 to 27 March 2018
Frédéric Veau, Prefect

28 March 2018 to Present
Dominique Sorain, Prefect

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