List of colonial governors of Chad explained

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentNotes
French Suzerainty
5 September 1900 to 10 October 1900Émile Gentil, Commandant 
Under the lieutenant governors of Oubangui-Chari
10 October 1900 to 1901Georges Destenave, Commandant 
1901 to 1901... Julien, Commandant 
1902 to 1904Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant1st Term
1904 to 1906Henri Gouraud, Commandant 
1906 to 1908Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant2nd Term
1908 to 1909Constant Millot, Commandant  
6 October 1909 to 15 January 1910Henry Moll, Commandant 
Incorporated into French Equatorial Africa
15 January 1910 to 1910Henry Moll, Commandant 
1910 to 1911Joseph Édouard Maillard, Commandant 
1911 to 1912Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant3rd Term
1912 to 1912James Édouard Hirtzman, Commandant  
1912 to 1913Gabriel Julien Joseph Briand, Commandant1st Term
1913 to 1915Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant4th Term
1915 to 1916Gabriel Julien Joseph Briand, Commandant2nd Term
1916 to 1918Clément Léon Martelly, Commandant 
1918 to 17 March 1920Albert Ducarré, Commandant 
10 August 1920 to 30 January 1923Fernand Marie Joseph Antoine Lavit, Lieutenant-Governor 
30 January 1923 to 1925François Reste, acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
1925 to 1925Antoine Touzet, Lieutenant-Governor 
9 April 1925 to 25 January 1926François Reste, Lieutenant-Governor2nd Term
25 January 1926 to 13 January 1928Marcel de Coppet, acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
13 January 1928 to 21 April 1929Adolphe Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
21 April 1929 to 22 November 1929Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
22 November 1929 to 14 May 1932Marcel de Coppet, Lieutenant-Governor2nd Term
14 May 1932 to 26 January 1933Georges David Pierre Marie Prouteaux, acting Governor-Delegate 
26 January 1933 to 17 August 1934Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate1st Term
17 August 1934 to 21 May 1935Adolphe Deitte, Governor-Delegate2nd Term
21 May 1935 to 30 May 1935Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate2nd Term
30 May 1935 to 23 October 1936 Pierre Simon Antonin Bonnefont, acting Governor-Delegate 
23 October 1936 to 24 October 1936Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Governor-Delegate2nd Term
24 October 1936 to 28 March 1938Max de Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor-Delegate 
28 March 1938 to 1939Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Governor-Delegate3rd Term
1939 to 19 November 1938Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Governor 
19 November 1938 to 12 November 1940Félix Éboué, Governor  
12 November 1940 to 30 July 1942Pierre-Olivier Lapie, Governor 
30 July 1942 to 5 November 1943André Latrille, Governor  
5 November 1943 to 27 October 1946Jacques Rogué, Governor 
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to 24 November 1948Jacques Rogué, Governor  
24 November 1948 to 7 July 1949Paul Le Layec, Governor  
7 July 1949 to 27 January 1951Henry de Mauduit, Governor  
27 January 1951 to 19 October 1951Charles Hanin, acting Governor 
19 October 1951 to 19 December 1951François Casamatta, acting Governor 
19 December 1951 to 3 November 1956Ignace Colombani, Governor  
3 November 1956 to 22 January 1959René Troadec, Governor  
Republic of ChadAutonomous
22 January 1959 to 11 August 1960Daniel Doustin, High Commissioner 
11 August 1960Independence as Republic of Chad

For continuation after independence, see: President of Chad

See also