List of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Ancien regime and First Republic (1635-1794)[]
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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| French Suzerainty | ||
| French colony (under the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique) | ||
| 1635 | Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, Governor | |
| 1635 to 1636 | Jean Dupont, Governor | |
| 1636 to 1646 | Jacques Dyel du Parquet, Governor | 1st time |
| February 1646 to January 1647 | Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La Pierrière, interim Governor | |
| 1647 to 1650 | Jacques Dyel du Parquet, Governor | 2nd time |
| Granted to the Dyel du Parquet family | ||
| 1650 to 1658 | Jacques Dyel du Parquet, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1658 to 1659 | Marie Bonnard du Parquet, Governor | ? |
| 1659 to October 1662 | Adrien Dyel de Vaudroques, Governor | |
| 1662 to 1663 | Médéric Rolle de Goursolas, Governor | |
| 1663 to 1664 | Jean Dyel de Clermont, Governor | |
| Under the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales | ||
| 1664 to 1665 | Jean Dyel de Clermont, Governor | |
| February 1665 to December 1667 | Robert de Clodoré, Governor | |
| 1667 to 1672 | François Rolle de Laubière, acting Governor | |
| December 1672 to 1674 | Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe, Governor | |
| French crown colony | ||
| 1674 to December 1679 | Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe, Governor | |
| 1680 to 1687 | Jacques de Chambly, Governor | |
| 1687 to 1689 | Charles de Pechpeyrou-Comminges de Guitaut, Governor | |
| February 1689 to 31 March 1689 | Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent, interim Governor | |
| 1689 to June 1711 | Nicolas de Gabaret, Governor | |
| 1711 to 1716 | Jean-Pierre de Charitte, Governor | Did not take up post |
| 1716 | , Governor | |
| 7 January 1717 to 23 May 1717 | , Governor | |
| 1717(?) to 1720 | , Governor | Hanged by pirate Bartholomew Roberts |
| 1720 to 1727 | , Governor | |
| 1728 to March 1742 | Jean François Louis de Brach, Governor | |
| 1742 to 1744 | , Governor | |
| 1744 to 12 May 1750 | Charles de Tubières de Caylus, Governor | |
| 1750 to 1752 | Maximin de Bompart, Governor | Acting to 1752 |
| 1752 to 1757 | , Governor | |
| May 1757 to 7 February 1761 | François V de Beauharnais, Governor | |
| February 1761 to February 1762 | Louis-Charles Le Vassor de La Touche, Governor | |
| British Occupation | ||
| February 1762 to July 1763 | William Rufane, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| July 1763 to April 1764 | François Louis de Salignac, Governor | |
| 25 January 1765 to 1768 | Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, Governor | |
| Part of the French Antilles | ||
| 1768 to 1772 | Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, Governor | |
| 9 March 1772 to 15 March 1776 | , Governor | |
| 15 March 1776 to May 1777 | , Governor | |
| May 1777 to March 1783 | François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Governor | |
| Separate colony | ||
| March 1783 to March 1791 | , Governor | |
| July 1789 to April 1790 | Charles du Houx de Vioménil, acting Governor | Acting for Damas |
| 12 March 1791 to September 1792 | , Governor | |
| January 1793 to 22 May 1794 | Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, Governor | |
British occupation (1794–1814)[]
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| British Occupation | ||
| 1794 | Robert Prescott, Governor | |
| 1794 to 1795 | Sir John Vaughan, Governor | |
| 1795 to 1796 | Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Governor | |
| 1796 to 1802 | Sir William Keppel, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| May 1802 to 1804 | Charles-Henri Bertin, Colonial Prefect | |
| 1804 to 1809 | Pierre-Clément de Laussat, Colonial Prefect | |
| September 1802 to 21 February 1809 | Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, Captain-General | |
| British Occupation | ||
| 21 February 1809 to 1809 | Sir George Beckwith, Captain-General | |
| 10 June 1809 to 1812 | Major-General John Brodrick, Captain-General | |
| 1812 to 1814 | Sir Charles Wale, Captain-General | |
| 1814 | , Captain-General | |
Restoration, Second Republic, Second Empire (1814–70)[]
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 1814 to 10 September 1817 | , Captain-General | |
| 10 September 1817 to 1818 | , Governor | |
| 1818 to 1826 | François Xavier, comte de Donzelot, Governor | |
| 1826 to 1829 | , Governor | |
| 1829 to 1830 | , Governor | |
| 1830 to 1834 | , Governor | |
| 1834 to 1836 | Emmanuel Halgan, Governor | |
| 1836 to January 1838 | Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau, Governor | |
| January 1838 to July 1838 | , acting Governor | 1st time |
| 1838 to 1840 | , Governor | |
| 1840 to 1844 | , Governor | |
| 1844 to March 1848 | , Governor | |
| March 1848 to 3 June 1848 | , acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 3 June 1848 to November 1848 | , Governor | |
| 1848 to 1851 | Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor | |
| 11 April 1851 to 1853 | Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant, Governor | |
| 1853 | , acting Governor | |
| 15 June 1853 to September 1856 | Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor | |
| 1856 | Louis André Lagrange, acting Governor | 1st time |
| August 1856 to 1859 | Armand Louis Joseph Denis, comte Fitte de Soucy, Governor | |
| 1859 | Louis André Lagrange, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 1859 to 1864 | Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé, Governor | |
| 1864 to 1867 | François Théodore de Lapelin, Governor | |
| 1867 | André César Vérand, acting Governor | |
| 1867 to 1869 | Charles Bertier, Governor | |
| 1869 to 1870 | , acting Governor | |
Third Republic (1870–1940)[]
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1870 to 1871 | , Governor | |
| 1871 | , acting Governor | |
| 1871 to 1874 | Georges Charles Cloué, Governor | |
| 1874 | , acting Governor | |
| 1875 to 1877 | , Governor | |
| 1877 to 1879 | , Governor | |
| 1879 | , acting Governor | |
| 1879 to 1881 | Hyacinthe Laurent Théophile Aube, Governor | |
| 1881 | J. C. Morau, acting Governor | |
| 1881 to 1887 | Vincent Gaëtan Allègre, Governor | |
| 1887 | Coridon, acting Governor | |
| 1887 to 1889 | Louis Albert Grodet, Governor | |
| 20 October 1889 – 1 September 1890 | Germain Casse, Governor | |
| 4 February 1891 to June 1895 | Delphino Moracchini, Governor | |
| 1895 to 1898 | Noël Pardon, Governor | |
| 1898 to 1901 | , Governor | |
| 16 July 1901 to 8 May 1902 | Louis Mouttet, Governor | |
| May 1902 to 1902 | , acting Governor | |
| 1902 to 1904 | , Governor | |
| 1904 to 1906 | , Governor | |
| 10 March 1906 to 1908 | , Governor | |
| 1908 to 1913 | Fernand Foureau, Governor | |
| 1913 to 1914 | , Governor | |
| 1914 to 1915 | , Governor | |
| 1915 to 1920 | , Governor | |
| 1920 to 1921 | , Governor | |
| 1921 to 1922 | , Governor | |
| 1922 to 1923 | ,[1] interim Governor | |
| 1923 to 1926 | , Governor | |
| 1926 to 1928 | Robert Paul Marie de Guise, Governor | |
| 14 February 1928 to 15 July 1932 | Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis, Governor | 1st time |
| 15 July 1932 to 23 August 1932 | Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 23 August 1932 to 4 June 1933 | Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis, Governor | 2nd time |
| 4 June 1933 to 7 January 1934 | Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 7 January 1934 to 1934 | Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis, Governor | 3rd time |
| 1934 | , Governor | |
| 1934 to 1935 | , Governor | |
| 1935 to 1936 | , Governor | |
| 1936 | , Governor | |
| 22 October 1936 to 7 January 1938 | , Governor | |
| 1938 | , acting Governor | |
| 1938 to 1939 | , Governor | |
| 1939 to 1940 | , Governor | |
| 1940 to March 1941 | , Governor | |
| March 1941 to July 1943 | , Governor | |
| 14 July 1943 to 31 July 1944 | , Governor | Acting to 17 September 1943 |
| 1944 to January 1945 | , Governor |
Fourth and Fifth Republics (1945-present)[]
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 14 January 1945 to 1946 | , Governor | |
| French overseas département | ||
| 1946 to 1947 | , Governor | |
| 18 July 1947 to 27 July 1950 | , Prefect | |
| 25 August 1950 to 1 November 1954 | , Prefect | |
| 1 November 1954 to 16 June 1957 | , Prefect | |
| 1 August 1957 to 1 January 1960 | , Prefect | |
| 1 January 1960 to 25 April 1961 | , Prefect | |
| 25 April 1961 to 8 November 1963 | , Prefect | |
| 21 November 1963 to 16 September 1966 | , Prefect | |
| 16 September 1966 to 1 August 1967 | , Prefect | |
| 7 August 1967 to 20 June 1969 | , Prefect | |
| 1 September 1969 to 15 June 1970 | , Prefect | |
| 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1973 | , Prefect | |
| 1 July 1973 to 15 November 1975 | , Prefect | |
| 15 November 1975 to 20 May 1978 | , Prefect | |
| 20 May 1978 to 3 May 1979 | , Prefect | |
| 3 May 1979 to 27 July 1981 | , Prefect | |
| 27 July 1981 to 10 May 1982 | , Prefect | |
| 10 May 1982 to 6 March 1985 | , Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 6 March 1985 to 4 November 1987 | Édouard Lacroix, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 4 November 1987 to 24 February 1988 | , Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 24 February 1988 to 12 April 1989 | , Prefect | |
| 12 April 1989 to 4 September 1991 | , Prefect | |
| 4 September 1991 to 6 January 1995 | Michel Morin, Prefect | |
| 6 January 1995 to 24 August 1998 | , Prefect | |
| 31 August 1998 to 21 June 2000 | Dominique Bellion, Prefect | |
| 24 July 2000 to 28 March 2003 | , Prefect | |
| French overseas region | ||
| 28 March 2003 to 9 February 2004 | , Prefect | |
| 9 February 2004 to 20 June 2007 | Yves Dassonville, Prefect | |
| 20 June 2007 to 2 August 2007 | Patrice Latron, interim Prefect | |
| 2 August 2007 to Present | Ange Mancini, Prefect | |
See also[]
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