List of colonial governors of the Comoros

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
25 March 1841 Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843
Colony of Mayotte
1841 to June 1843 , French Representative  
Subordinated to the governors of /Réunion
June 1843 to 11 March 1844 , Commandant-Superior 1st Term
11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844 , Commandant-Superior  
17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844 , acting Commandant-Superior  
22 October 1844 to January 1846 , acting Commandant-Superior  
January 1846 to August 1849 , Commandant-Superior 2nd Term
Subordinated to the governors of Réunion
11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851 , Commissioner  
13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853 , Commissioner  
18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854 , acting Commissioner  
13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857 , Commissioner  
15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860 , Commissioner  
14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864 , Commissioner  
14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868 , Commissioner 1st Term
8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869 , acting Commissioner  
15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869 , acting Commissioner  
21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871 , Commissioner 2nd Term
4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871 , acting Commissioner 1st Term
19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875 , Commissioner 1st Term
1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875 , acting Commissioner  
16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875 , acting Commissioner  
26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878 , Commissioner 2nd Term
2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878 , acting Commandant  
9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879 , acting Commandant  
7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879 Charles Bayet, acting Commandant  
16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879 , acting Commandant  
31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885 , Commandant  
3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886 , Commandant  
, , and French protectorates
24 June 1886 to August 1887 , Commandant (contd.)
19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887 , Commandant  
Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies (Colony de Mayotte et Dépendances)
5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888 , Commandant  
4 May 1887 to 1893 , Commandant 1st Term
1893 to 30 March 1896 , Commandant  
30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897 , Commandant  
5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899 , Commandant  
7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900 , Commandant 2nd Term
18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902 , Governor  
15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905 Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor  
28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906 , Governor  
3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908 Fernand Foureau, Governor  
Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies attached to Madagascar
9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908 Fernand Foureau, Governor (contd.)
8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911 , Administrator  
1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911 , Administrator  
28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912  
25 July 1912 Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies abolished and incorporated into Madagascar
Province of Comoros Under Madagascar; ratified 23 February 1914
25 July 1912 to 21 February 1913 , Administrator  
21 February 1913 to 1914 , Administrator  
23 February 1914 de jure subordinated to Madagascar
24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946 , Administrator-superior  
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948 , Administrator-superior  
31 December 1948 to December 1950 , acting Administrator-superior  
December 1950 to April 1956 , Administrator-superior  
April 1956 to 11 February 1958 , acting Administrator-superior  
11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959 , Administrator-superior  
30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960 , acting Administrator-superior  
14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961 , Administrator-superior  
Territory of Comoros Autonomous
(Territoire des Comores)
22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962 , Administrator-superior (contd.)
27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962 , High Commissioner  
22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963 Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner  
15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966 , High Commissioner  
26 July 1966 to November 1969 , High Commissioner  
November 1969 to July 1975 , High Commissioner  
6 July 1975 Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte

For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of the Comoros

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