List of colonial governors in 1900 explained

Belgium

• Congo Free State
  • Théophile Wahis, Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1892–1908)
  • Émile Wangermée, acting Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1896–1900)

France

• French Indochina – Paul Doumer, Governor-General of French Indochina (1897–1902)
• French Somaliland –
  1. Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor of French Somaliland (1899 - 1900)
  2. Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting Governor of French Somaliland (1900)
  3. Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor of French Somaliland (1900 - 1901)
• Guinea –
  1. Paul Jean François Cousturier, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1898 - 1900)
  2. Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1900)
  3. Paul Jean François Cousturier, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1900 - 1904)

Japan

• Taiwan – Kodama Gentarō, Governor-General of Taiwan (26 February 1898-April 1906)

Portugal

• Angola –
  1. António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General of Angola (1897 - 1900)
  2. Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General of Angola (1900 - 1903)

United Kingdom

• Jamaica – Augustus William Lawson Hemming, Governor of Jamaica (1898–1904)
• Malta Colony – Francis Wallace Grenfell, Governor of Malta (1899–1903)
• Colony of Natal – Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1893–1901)
• New South Wales – William Lygon, Lord Beauchamp, Governor of New South Wales (1899  - 31 December 1900 then State Governor from 1 January 1901 on Australia's Federation to 1901)
• North-Eastern Rhodesia – Robert Edward Codrington, Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1898 - 1907)
• Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia – Robert Thorne Coryndon, Administrator of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia (1900 - 1907)
• Queensland – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, Governor of Queensland (1896  - 31 December 1900 then State Governor from 1 January 1901 on Australia's Federation to 1901)
• Tasmania – Jenico Preston, Lord Gormanston, Governor of Tasmania (1893–1900)
• South Australia – Lord Hallam Tennyson, Governor of South Australia (1899  - 31 December 1900 then State Governor from 1 January 1901 on Australia's Federation to 1902)
• Victoria – Thomas, Earl Brassey, Governor of Victoria (1895–1900)
• Western Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia (1895–1900)