List of colonial and departmental heads of French Guiana

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Politics of French Guiana
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French ancien regime[]

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
French colony
1643 to 1644 Charles Poncet de Brétigny, Governor
c. 1652 Huet de Navarre, Commander
Dutch Occupation
c. 1656 to 1664 Guerin Spranger, Commander
c. 1660 Jan Claessen Lagedijk or Jan Classen Langedijk, Governor
French Suzerainty
15 May 1664 to 1665 Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre, Governor 1st time
1665 Antoine de Noël de la Trompe d'Or, Acting Governor
1665 to 1668 Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy, Governor 1st time
1668 to 1670 Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre, Governor 2nd time
1670 to 1676 Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy, Governor 2nd time
Dutch Occupation
5 May 1676 to December 1676 Jacob Binckes, Commander
French Suzerainty
1676 to 1679 Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy, Governor 3rd time
1679 to October 1684 , Governor 1st time
1684 to 1687 , Governor
1687 to 1688 , Governor 2nd time
1688 to 1691 , Governor
1691 to January 1700 , Governor 3rd time
1700 to 1701 , Governor 1st time
1701 to 5 August 1705 , Governor 4th time
1705 to 15 September 1706 , Governor
1706 to July 1713 , Governor 2nd time
1713 , Governor
1713 to September 1716 , interim Governor
1716 to December 1720 , Governor 1st time
1720 to 1722 , Governor
1722 to September 1729 , Governor 2nd time
1729 to June 1730 , Governor
1730 to 2 August 1730 Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor 1st time
1730 to 30 August 1736 , Governor
1736 to December 1736 , Governor
1736 to 9 July 1738 Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor 2nd time
9 July 1738 to June 1743 Antoine Le Moyne de Chateauguay, Governor
1743 to June 1751 Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor 3rd time
1751 to May 1752 , Governor 1st time
1752 to July 1753 Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor 4th time
1753 to April 1757 , Governor 2nd time
1757 to May 1763 Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor 5th time
1763 to 2 January 1764 , Governor 1st time
1764 to 22 December 1764 Louis-Thomas Jacau de Fiedmont, Governor 1st time
22 December 1764 to April 1765 , acting Governor
April 1765 to 1765 Étienne-François Turgot, Governor
1765 to 28 January 1766 , Governor 2nd time
1766 to 15 December 1781 Louis-Thomas Jacau de Fiedmont, Governor 2nd time
1781 to 13 July 1785 , Governor
1785 to 16 August 1785 , interim Governor
1785 to 17 May 1787 , Governor
May 1787 to 22 October 1788 , Governor
1788 to 19 June 1789 , Governor
1789 to 5 January 1791 , Governor

French First Republic and Empire[]

Term Incumbent Notes
1791 to 26 September 1792 , acting Governor
1792 to May 1793 , Civil Commissioner
1793 to November 1794 , Civil Commissioner 1st time
November 1794 to April 1796 , Commissioner
April 1796 to 25 October 1797 , Agent Particulier 2nd time
25 October 1797 to 5 November 1798 , Agent Particulier 2nd time
November 1798 to 2 December 1799 , Agent Particulier
13 December 1799 to 8 January 1800 , President of the Departmental Administration
8 January 1800 to 1801 Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues, Agent
French colony
1801 to 1804 Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues, Agent
1804 to 12 January 1809 Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues, Imperial Commissioner
Portuguese Occupation
12 January 1809 to October 1809 , Governor
October 1809 to February 1812 , Governor
February 1812 to 8 November 1817 , Governor

Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy[]

Term Incumbent Notes
1817 to 25 July 1819 Jean-François Claude Carra de Saint-Cyr, Commandant
25 July 1819 to 12 March 1823 Pierre Clément de Laussat, Commandant
1823 to 1825 , Commandant
1825 to 1826 , interim Commandant
1826 to 1827 , interim Governor
1827 to 1829 , Governor
1 June 1829 to 11 April 1836 , Governor
1836 to 1837 , Governor
1837 to 1839 Paul de Nourquer du Camper, Governor
1839 to 1841 , Governor
1841 to 1843 , Governor
1843 to 1845 , Governor
1845 to 1846 , Governor
18 February 1846 to 16 May 1850 , Governor

Second Republic and Empire[]

Term Incumbent Notes
1850 to 6 January 1851 , Governor
1851 , acting Governor
May 1851 to May 1852  [fr], Governor
1852 to 1853 , Governor
1853 to 1854 , Governor
1854 to 1855 Louis Adolphe Bonard, Governor
1855 to January 1856 , acting Governor
January 1856 to 1859 , Governor
15 May 1859 to 1 May 1864 Louis-Marie-François Tardy de Montravel, Governor
1864 to 1865 Antoine Favre, acting Governor
1865 to 1870 Privat Antoine Agathon Hennique, Governor
1870 , acting Governor

Third Republic[]

Term Incumbent Notes
30 April 1870 to 14 May 1871 Jean-Louis Loubère, acting Governor
14 May 1871 to 29 September 1877 Jean-Louis Loubère, Governor
1877 , acting Governor
1877 to 1880 , Governor
1880 , acting Governor
1880 to 1883 , Governor
1883 to 1884 , Governor
1884 to 1885 , acting Governor
1885 to 1887 , Governor
1888 to 1891 , Governor
April 1891 to 1893 Louis Albert Grodet, Governor 1st time
1893 , Governor
24 April 1893 to 4 August 1895 , Governor
30 August 1895 to 13 June 1896 , Governor
1896 to 1898 , Governor
1898 to 1899 , Governor
1899 Louis Mouttet, Governor
1899 to 1903 , Governor
1903 to 1905 Louis Albert Grodet, Governor 2nd time
1905 , Governor
1905 to 1906 , Governor
1906 , Governor
20 January 1906 to 5 July 1907 , Governor
1907 to 1909 François Pierre Rodier, Governor
1909 to 1910 , Governor
1910 , Governor
1910 to 31 May 1911 , Governor
1911 , Governor
1911 to 1914 Pierre Jean Henri Didelot, Governor 1st time
1914 to 1916 , Governor
1916 Pierre Jean Henri Didelot, Governor 2nd time
1916 to 1917 , Governor
1917 , Governor
1917 to 1918 , Governor
1918 to 1923 , Governor
1923 , Governor
20 November 1923 to 1926 , Governor
1926 to 1927 , Governor
1927 François Adrien Juvanon, Governor
1927 to 1928 , Governor
1928 to 1929 , Governor
1929 to 6 July 1930 , Governor
French Guiana divided into two territories: French Guiana (Cayenne and the Atlantic coast) and Inini (inland area)
6 July 1930 to 1931 , Governor
27 May 1931 to 1933 , acting Governor
1933 to 1935 , Governor
2 June 1935 to 1936 , Governor
1936 , Governor
1936 to 1938 , Governor 1st time
1938 to 1942 , Governor
1942 to 18 March 1943 , Governor 2nd time
1943 to 1944 , Governor
1944 to 1946 , Governor
1946 , Governor

French overseas département or region[]

Term Incumbent Notes
16 August 1947 to 1 June 1955 , Prefect
1 June 1955 to 16 September 1957 , Prefect
1 October 1957 to 1 November 1958 , Prefect
13 October 1958 to 1 December 1960 , Prefect Acting for Voitellier to 1 November 1958
1 December 1960 to 1 December 1963 , Prefect
1 December 1963 to 16 August 1967 , Prefect
16 August 1967 to 16 July 1970 , Prefect
16 July 1970 to 1 February 1972 , Prefect
1 February 1972 to 8 February 1974 , Prefect
5 March 1974 to 20 May 1977 , Prefect
20 May 1977 to 10 February 1980 , Prefect
10 February 1980 to 27 July 1981 , Prefect
27 July 1981 to 10 May 1982 , Prefect
10 May 1982 to 22 July 1982 , Commissioner of the Republic
July 1982 to 1984 Claude Silberzahn, Commissioner of the Republic
1984 to 1986 Bernard Courtois, Commissioner of the Republic
1986 to 24 February 1988 , Commissioner of the Republic
24 February 1988 to August 1988 , Prefect
22 August 1988 to 16 May 1990 Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Prefect
19 June 1990 to May 1992 , Prefect
27 May 1992 to 6 January 1995 , Prefect
6 January 1995 to 3 February 1997 Pierre Dartout, Prefect
3 February 1997 to 2 August 1999 Dominique Vian, Prefect
2 August 1999 to 2 September 2002  [fr], Prefect
2 September 2002 to 28 March 2003 Ange Mancini, Prefect
French overseas region
28 March 2003 to August 2006 Ange Mancini, Prefect
28 August 2006 to February 2009 Jean-Pierre Laflaquière, Prefect
19 February 2009 to 1 May 2011 , Prefect
1 May 2011 to 10 June 2013 , Prefect
10 June 2013 to 11 January 2016 , Prefect
11 January 2016 to 5 August 2019 ,[1] Prefect
5 August 2019 to 25 November 2020 Marc Del Grande, [2] Prefect
25 November 2020 Thierry Queffelec,[3] Prefect

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Laurent Marot, "Retour en terre guyanaise pour le nouveau préfet Martin Jaeger", Guyane La 1ère, 12 January 2016
  2. ^ "Marc Del Grande, the new prefect of Guyane has started his functions (in French)". Guyane la 1ère. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Thierry QUEFFELEC - Nouveau préfet de la région Guyane". Government of French Guiana (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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