| Post: | Resident-Superior |
| Insignia: | Seal of the Resident-Superior of Tonkin.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | The seal of the Resident-Superior of the French protectorate of Tonkin. |
| Flag: | Flag of Colonial Annam.svg |
| Residence: | Residential palace of the Tonkin Governor (from 1919) |
| Precursor: | Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin |
| Formation: | 8 April 1886 |
| First: | Paulin François Alexandre Vial |
| Last: | François Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès (as commissioner) |
The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使北圻) was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Tonkin and a separate one for Annam.[1]
List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| width=25% | Tenure | width=40% | Incumbent | width=20% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | |||||
| 8 April 1886 to November 1886 | Paulin François Alexandre Vial, Resident-Superior | In Hanoi; the city became permanent administrative seat | |||
| 20 November 1886 to 29 January 1887 | Jean Thomas Raoul Bonnal, Resident-Superior | 1st time | |||
| 1887 to 1888 | Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 29 April 1888 to 10 May 1889 | Eusèbe Irénée Parreau, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 29 May 1889 to 6 April 1890 | Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior | 1st time | |||
| 7 April 1890 to 3 February 1891 | Jean Thomas Raoul Bonnal, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |||
| 3 February 1891 to 27 October 1891 | Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |||
| 27 October 1891 to 20 July 1893 | Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Resident-Superior | 1st time | |||
| 20 July 1893 to 30 March 1895 | François Pierre Rodier, Resident-Superior | Acting to 15 October 1894 | |||
| 30 March 1895 to 13 May 1895 | Louis Paul Luce, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 13 May 1895 to 18 June 1895 | Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |||
| 18 July 1895 to 9 March 1897 | Paul Julien Auguste Fourès, Resident-Superior | 1st time | |||
| 1897 | Léon Jules Paul Boulloche, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 26 July 1897 to 30 August 1905 | Paul Julien Auguste Fourès, Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |||
| 30 August 1905 to 2 April 1907 | Élie Jean-Henri Groleau, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| April 1907 to July 1907 | Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, Resident-Superior | ||||
| July 1907 to April 1909 | Louis Jules Morel, Resident-Superior | ||||
| April 1909 to September 1909 | Marie Joseph Ulderic de Miribel, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| September 1909 to August 1912 | Paul Simoni, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 20 August 1912 to 15 December 1912 | Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 16 December 1912 to 8 June 1915 | Léon Louis Jean Georges Destenay, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 8 June 1915 to 1917 | Maurice Joseph Le Gallen, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 4 December 1917 to 1919 | Jean Baptiste Édouard Bourcier de Saint-Chaffray, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 22 August 1919 to 1921 | Louis Félix Marie Edouard Rivet, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 27 February 1921 to 1924 | Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 5 July 1924 to 10 November 1924 | Jean Adrien Gaston Poulin, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 13 November 1924 to 2 December 1925 | Jean-Félix Krautheimer, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 2 December 1925 to 1930 | Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 28 February 1927 to 7 August 1928 | Maurice Fernand Graffeuil, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Robin | |||
| 7 August 1928 to 26 December 1928 | Jules Marie Douguet, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Robin | |||
| 25 November 1930 to 1937 | Auguste Eugène Ludovic Tholance, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 27 July 1933 to 10 September 1933 | Joseph Jules Bride, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Tholance | |||
| 1937 | Pierre Abel Delsalle, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 1937 to 1939 | Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 8 February 1939 - 1939 | Maurice Emile Henry de Tastes, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 25 August 1939 to 1940 | Henri Georges Rivoal, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| 16 November 1940 to 1941 | Émile Louis François Grandjean, Resident-Superior | Interim to 11 December 1940 | |||
| 18 June 1941 to 1942 | Edouard André Delsalle, Resident-Superior | ||||
| 21 November 1942 to 1944 | Jean Marie Norbert Haelewyn, Resident-Superior | Acting to 16 March 1943 | |||
| 23 August 1944 to 9 March 1945 | Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, Acting Resident-Superior | ||||
| Japanese Suzerainty | |||||
| March 1945 to August 1945 | Nishimura Kumao, Resident | ||||
| Vietnamese Administration | |||||
| 17 April 1945 to 17 August 1945 | Phan Ke Toai, Imperial Lieutenant | ||||
| 17 August 1945 to August 1945 | Nguyen Xuan Chu, Imperial Lieutenant | ||||
| French Suzerainty | |||||
| 18 August 1945 to 1945 | Pierre Messmer, Acting Commissioner | ||||
| 4 October 1945 to 1947 | Jean Roger Sainteny, Commissioner | ||||
| 18 February 1947 to 2 December 1947 | Miguel Joaquim de Pereyra, Acting Commissioner | ||||
| 2 December 1947 to August 1949 | Yves Jean Digo, Commissioner | Acting to 20 March 1948 | |||
| 8 August 1949 to 28 November 1949 | Raymond Gilbert Félix Koch, Acting Commissioner | ||||
| 28 November 1949 to 10 November 1950 | Marcel Jean Marie Alessandri, Commissioner | ||||
| 10 November 1950 to 6 January 1951 | Pierre Georges Jacques Marie Boyer de La Tour du Moulin, Commissioner | ||||
| 6 January 1951 to 7 February 1951 | Raoul Albin Louis Salan, Acting Commissioner | ||||
| 7 February 1951 to 27 April 1953 | François Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès, Commissioner | ||||