List of colonial governors of Ubangi-Shari

List of the Colonial Heads of Upper Oubangui and the region becoming the Central African Republic

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
10 February 1894 to 13 July 1894 Eugène Decazes, Director  
Upper Oubangui (Haut-Oubangui)
13 July 1894 to 20 October 1894 Eugène Decazes, Commissioner  
20 October 1894 to 1897 Victor Liotard, Commissioner  
1897 to 1900 Victor Liotard, Lieutenant-Governor  
1900 to 29 December 1903 Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor  
Upper Oubangui (Oubangui-Chari)
29 December 1903 to May 1904 Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor (contd.)
May 1904 to 22 August 1905 Alphonse Iaeck, acting Governor-Delegate  
22 August 1905 to 16 February 1906 Victor Emmanuel Merlet, acting Governor-Delegate  
16 February 1906 to 4 April 1906 Louis Paul Émile Lamy, Governor-Delegate  
Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (constituent colony of Congo Français, renamed French Equatorial Africa in 1910)
April 4, 1906, to February 28, 1909 Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor  
February 28, 1909, to August 5, 1910 Lucien Fourneau, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
August 5, 1910, to June 10, 1911 Paul Adam, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
June 10, 1911, to October 12, 1916 Frederic Estebe, Lieutenant-Governor  
October 12, 1916, to July 17, 1917 Victor Merlet, Lieutenant-Governor  
July 17, 1917, to 16 May 1919 Auguste Lamblin, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
May 16, 1919 to August 31, 1920 Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor  
Oubangui-Chari (Oubangui-Chari and Chad are separated)
August 31, 1920 to December 1921 Alphonse Diret, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
December 1921 to August 7, 1923 Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor  
August 7, 1923 to November 1924 Pierre Frangois, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
November 1924 to July 1, 1926 Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor  
July 1, 1926, to July 1928 Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
July 1928 to October 22, 1929 Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor  
October 22, 1929, to October 30, 1930 Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
October 30, 1930, to March 8, 1933 Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor  
March 8, 1933, to February 1934 Pierre Bonnefont, acting Lieutenant-Governor  
February 1934 to August 17, 1934 Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor  
August 17, 1934 to May 21, 1935 Adolphe Deitte, Governor-Delegate  
May 21, 1935, to May 30, 1936 Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate  
May 30, 1935, to October 24, 1936 Pierre Bonnefont, acting Governor-Delegate  
October 24, 1936, to March 28, 1939 Max Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor-Delegate  
March 28, 1939, to July 15, 1941 Pierre de Saint-Mart, acting Governor  
July 15, 1941 to May 30, 1942 Pierre de Saint-Mart, Governor  
May 30, 1942, to July 30, 1942 André Latrille, acting Governor  
July 30, 1942, to April 3, 1946 Henri Sautot, Governor  
April 3, 1946, to May 24, 1946 Jean Chalvet, Governor  
May 24, 1946, to October 1946 Henri Latour, acting Governor  
French overseas territory
October 1946 to April 25, 1948 Jean Chalvet, Governor (contd.)
April 25, 1948, to December 1, 1948 Jean Mauberna, acting Governor  
December 1, 1948, to January 27, 1949 Auguste Even, acting Governor 1st Term
January 27, 1949, to January 4, 1950 Pierre Delteil, Governor  
January 4, 1950, to March 1, 1950 Auguste Even, acting Governor 2nd Term
March 1, 1950, to July 9, 1951 Ignace Colombani, Governor  
July 9, 1951, to October 19, 1951 Pierre Raynier, acting Governor  
October 19, 1951, to February 16, 1954 Aime Grimald, Governor  
February 16, 1954, to March 23, 1955 Louis Sanmarco, acting Governor  
March 23, 1957 to January 29, 1958 Louis Sanmarco, Governor  
January 29, 1958, to December 1, 1958 Paul Bordier, Governor  
Central African Republic autonomous
December 1, 1958 to August 14, 1960 Paul Bordier, High Commissioner
August 14, 1960 Independence as Central African Republic

For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)

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References

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  • Kalck, Pierre (2005). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Scarecrow Press. pp. 197–198. ISBN 0-8108-4913-5.