This is a list of colonial and departmental heads of Mayotte. Mayotte is a French overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity with a population of about 300,000 located in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Mozambique, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The chief of state is the French President, who is represented by a Prefect. The president of the General Council acts as head of the government. Elections held in Mayotte include the French presidential vote. A prefect is appointed by the president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior. The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by members of those councils.
(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 1843 | Pierre Passot, Representative | 1st time | |
| Subordinated to the Governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion | |||
| 13 June 1843 to 11 March 1844 | Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior | 1st time | |
| 11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844 | Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior | ||
| 17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844 | Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior | ||
| 22 October 1844 to January 1846 | Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior | ||
| January 1846 to August 1849 | Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851 | Stanislas Fortunat Livet, Commissioner | ||
| 13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853 | Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner | ||
| 18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854 | André Brisset, acting Commissioner | ||
| 13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857 | Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner | ||
| 15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860 | Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner | ||
| 14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864 | Charles Gabrié, Commissioner | ||
| 14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868 | Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner | 1st time | |
| 8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869 | Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner | ||
| 15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869 | L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner | ||
| 21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871 | Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner | 2nd time | |
| 4 March 1871 to 1 March 1875 | Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner | Acting to 19 December 1871, 1st time | |
| 1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875 | Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner | ||
| 16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875 | François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner | 1st time | |
| 26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878 | Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner | 2nd time | |
| 2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878 | Jean Roblin, acting Commandant | ||
| 9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879 | Charles Vassal, acting Commandant | ||
| 7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879 | Charles Bayet, acting Commandant | ||
| 16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879 | Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant | ||
| 31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885 | François Marie Ferriez, Commandant | 2nd time | |
| 3 March 1885 to August 1887 | Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant | ||
| 19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887 | Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant | ||
| 5 September 1887 to 1888 | Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Governor | ||
| 4 May 1888 to 1893 | Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor | 1st time | |
| 25 April 1893 to 30 March 1896 | Étienne Théodore Lacascade, Governor | ||
| Mayotte Protectorate (Subordinated to Madagascar) | |||
| Subordinated to the Governors-General of Madagascar | |||
| 30 March 1896 to 1897 | Auguste Pereton, acting Administrator-Superior | ||
| 5 August 1897 to 11 March 1899 | Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, Administrator-Superior | ||
| March 1899 to 8 July 1900 | Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor | 2nd time | |
| 18 September 1900 to 1902 | Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor | ||
| 1902 | Louis Lemaire, acting Governor | ||
| 15 October 1902 to May 1904 | Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor | ||
| 1 June 1904 to 1905 | Jules Martin, acting Governor | ||
| 1905 to 1906 | Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor | ||
| 3 March 1906 to 1907 | Fernand Foureau, Governor | ||
| 26 December 1907 to 1908 | Paul Patté, acting Governor | ||
| 8 September 1908 to 1909 | Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator | ||
| 31 March 1909 to 1910 | Ernest Bonneval, Administrator | ||
| 24 February 1910 to 1911 | Michel Astor, Administrator | ||
| 1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911 | Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator | ||
| 28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912 | Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator | ||
| 25 July 1912 to 21 July 1975 | Part of the Comoros | ||
| Separate colony | |||
| 21 July 1975 to 1976 | Younoussa Bamana, Prefect | Proclaimed by pro-French demonstrators | |
| 23 June 1976 to 24 December 1976 | Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect | ||
| French collectivité territoriale (reaffirmed 22 December 1979) | |||
| 24 December 1976 to 30 April 1978 | Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect | ||
| 30 April 1978 to 15 April 1980 | Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard, Prefect | ||
| 15 April 1980 to 24 January 1981 | Philippe Jacques Nicolas Kessler, Prefect | ||
| 24 January 1981 to 25 January 1982 | Pierre Sevellec, Prefect | ||
| 25 January 1982 to 10 May 1982 | Yves Bonnet, Prefect | ||
| 10 May 1982 to 25 November 1982 | Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic | ||
| 5 January 1983 to 1984 | Christian Pellerin, Commissioner of the Republic | ||
| 1984 to 1986 | François Bonnelle, Commissioner of the Republic | ||
| 1986 | Guy Dupuis, Commissioner of the Republic | ||
| 1986 to 24 February 1988 | Akli Khider, Commissioner of the Republic | ||
| 24 February 1988 to 23 November 1988 | Akli Khider, Prefect | ||
| 23 November 1988 to 17 October 1990 | Daniel Limodin, Prefect | ||
| 17 October 1990 to 24 February 1993 | Jean-Paul Coste, Prefect | ||
| 9 March 1993 to 17 January 1994 | Jean-Jacques Debacq, Prefect | ||
| 17 January 1994 to 20 February 1996 | Alain Weil, Prefect | ||
| 20 February 1996 to 15 July 1998 | Philippe Boisadam, Prefect | ||
| 31 August 1998 to 8 October 2001 | Pierre Bayle, Prefect | ||
| 8 October 2001 to 4 July 2002 | Philippe de Mester, Prefect | ||
| 4 July 2002 to 28 March 2003 | Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect | ||
| French overseas collectivité (with the designation collectivité départementale) | |||
| 28 March 2003 to 17 January 2005 | Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect | ||
| 17 January 2005 to 1 February 2007 | Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect | ||
| 1 February 2007 to September 2008 | Vincent Bouvier, Prefect | ||
| 12 September 2008 to 13 July 2009 | Denis Robin, Prefect | ||
| 13 July 2009 to 17 August 2009 | Christophe Peyrel, acting Prefect | ||
| 17 August 2009 to 4 July 2011 | Hubert Derache, Prefect | ||
| French overseas department | |||
| 4 July 2011 to 21 July 2011 | Patrick Duprat, acting Prefect | ||
| 21 July 2011 to 30 January 2013 | Thomas Degos, Prefect | ||
| 30 January 2013 to 30 July 2014 | Jacques Witkowski, Prefect | ||
| 31 July 2014 to 5 May 2016 | Seymour Morsy, Prefect | ||
| 6 May 2016 to 27 March 2018 | Frédéric Veau, Prefect | ||
| 28 March 2018 to 9 July 2019 | Dominique Sorain, Prefect | ||
| 10 July 2019 to 23 June 2021 | Jean-François Colombet,[1] Prefect | ||
| 23 June 2021 to 14 February 2024 | Thierry Suquet,[2] Prefect | ||
| 14 February 2024 to present | François-Xavier Bieuville, Prefect | ||