List of colonial and departmental heads of Mayotte

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List of Colonial and Departmental Heads of Mayotte

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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 1843Pierre Passot, Representative1st time
Subordinated to the Governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion
13 June 1843 to 11 March 1844Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior1st time
11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior
17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior
22 October 1844 to January 1846Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior
January 1846 to August 1849Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior2nd time
11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851Stanislas Fortunat Livet, Commissioner
13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner
18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854André Brisset, acting Commissioner
13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner
15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner
14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864Charles Gabrié, Commissioner
14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner1st time
8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner
15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner
21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner2nd time
4 March 1871 to 1 March 1875Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, CommissionerActing to 19 December 1871, 1st time
1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner
16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner1st time
26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner2nd time
2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878Jean Roblin, acting Commandant
9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879Charles Vassal, acting Commandant
7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879Charles Bayet, acting Commandant
16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant
31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885François Marie Ferriez, Commandant2nd time
3 March 1885 to August 1887Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant
19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant
5 September 1887 to 1888Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Governor
4 May 1888 to 1893Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor1st time
25 April 1893 to 30 March 1896Étienne Théodore Lacascade, Governor
Mayotte Protectorate (Subordinated to Madagascar)
Subordinated to the Governors-General of Madagascar
30 March 1896 to 1897Auguste Pereton, acting Administrator-Superior
5 August 1897 to 11 March 1899Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, Administrator-Superior
March 1899 to 8 July 1900Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor2nd time
18 September 1900 to 1902Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor
1902Louis Lemaire, acting Governor
15 October 1902 to May 1904Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor
1 June 1904 to 1905Jules Martin, acting Governor
1905 to 1906Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor
3 March 1906 to 1907Fernand Foureau, Governor
26 December 1907 to 1908Paul Patté, acting Governor
8 September 1908 to 1909Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator
31 March 1909 to 1910Ernest Bonneval, Administrator
24 February 1910 to 1911Michel Astor, Administrator
1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator
28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator
25 July 1912 to 21 July 1975Part of the Comoros
Separate colony
21 July 1975 to 1976Younoussa Bamana, PrefectProclaimed by pro-French demonstrators
23 June 1976 to 24 December 1976Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect
French collectivité territoriale (reaffirmed 22 December 1979)
24 December 1976 to 30 April 1978Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect
30 April 1978 to 15 April 1980Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard, Prefect
15 April 1980 to 24 January 1981Philippe Jacques Nicolas Kessler, Prefect
24 January 1981 to 25 January 1982Pierre Sevellec, Prefect
25 January 1982 to 10 May 1982Yves Bonnet, Prefect
10 May 1982 to 25 November 1982Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic
5 January 1983 to 1984Christian Pellerin, Commissioner of the Republic
1984 to 1986François Bonnelle, Commissioner of the Republic
1986Guy Dupuis, Commissioner of the Republic
1986 to 24 February 1988Akli Khider, Commissioner of the Republic
24 February 1988 to 23 November 1988Akli Khider, Prefect
23 November 1988 to 17 October 1990Daniel Limodin, Prefect
17 October 1990 to 24 February 1993Jean-Paul Coste, Prefect
9 March 1993 to 17 January 1994Jean-Jacques Debacq, Prefect
17 January 1994 to 20 February 1996Alain Weil, Prefect
20 February 1996 to 15 July 1998Philippe Boisadam, Prefect
31 August 1998 to 8 October 2001Pierre Bayle, Prefect
8 October 2001 to 4 July 2002Philippe de Mester, Prefect
4 July 2002 to 28 March 2003Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect
French overseas collectivité (with the designation collectivité départementale)
28 March 2003 to 17 January 2005Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect
17 January 2005 to 1 February 2007Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect
1 February 2007 to September 2008Vincent Bouvier, Prefect
12 September 2008 to 13 July 2009Denis Robin, Prefect
13 July 2009 to 17 August 2009Christophe Peyrel, acting Prefect
17 August 2009 to 4 July 2011Hubert Derache, Prefect
French overseas department
4 July 2011 to 21 July 2011Patrick Duprat, acting Prefect
21 July 2011 to 30 January 2013Thomas Degos, Prefect
30 January 2013 to 30 July 2014Jacques Witkowski, Prefect
31 July 2014 to 5 May 2016Seymour Morsy, Prefect
6 May 2016 to 27 March 2018Frédéric Veau, Prefect
28 March 2018 to 9 July 2019Dominique Sorain, Prefect
10 July 2019 to PresentJean-François Colombet,[1] Prefect

See also

References
  1. Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 10 juillet 2019 portant nomination du préfet de Mayotte - M. COLOMBET (Jean-François)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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