List of officeholders
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
TermIncumbentNotesFrench Suzerainty10 February 1894 to 13 July 1894Eugène Decazes, Director Upper Oubangui (Haut-Oubangui)13 July 1894 to 20 October 1894Eugène Decazes, Commissioner 20 October 1894 to 1897Victor Liotard, Commissioner 1897 to 1900Victor Liotard, Lieutenant-Governor 1900 to 29 December 1903Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor Upper Oubangui (Oubangui-Chari)29 December 1903 to May 1904Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor(contd.)May 1904 to 22 August 1905Alphonse Iaeck, acting Governor-Delegate 22 August 1905 to 16 February 1906Victor Emmanuel Merlet, acting Governor-Delegate 16 February 1906 to 4 April 1906Louis Paul Émile Lamy, Governor-Delegate Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (constituent colony of Congo Français, renamed French Equatorial Africa in 1910)April 4, 1906, to February 28, 1909Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor February 28, 1909, to August 5, 1910Lucien Fourneau, acting Lieutenant-Governor August 5, 1910, to June 10, 1911Paul Adam, acting Lieutenant-Governor June 10, 1911, to October 12, 1916Frederic Estebe, Lieutenant-Governor October 12, 1916, to July 17, 1917Victor Merlet, Lieutenant-Governor July 17, 1917, to 16 May 1919Auguste Lamblin, acting Lieutenant-Governor May 16, 1919 to August 31, 1920Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor Oubangui-Chari (Oubangui-Chari and Chad are separated)August 31, 1920 to December 1921Alphonse Diret, acting Lieutenant-Governor December 1921 to August 7, 1923Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor August 7, 1923 to November 1924Pierre Frangois, acting Lieutenant-Governor November 1924 to July 1, 1926Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor July 1, 1926, to July 1928Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor July 1928 to October 22, 1929Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor October 22, 1929, to October 30, 1930Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor October 30, 1930, to March 8, 1933Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor March 8, 1933, to February 1934Pierre Bonnefont, acting Lieutenant-Governor February 1934 to August 17, 1934Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor August 17, 1934 to May 21, 1935Adolphe Deitte, Governor-Delegate May 21, 1935, to May 30, 1936Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate May 30, 1935, to October 24, 1936Pierre Bonnefont, acting Governor-Delegate October 24, 1936, to March 28, 1939Max Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor-Delegate March 28, 1939, to July 15, 1941Pierre de Saint-Mart, acting Governor July 15, 1941 to May 30, 1942Pierre de Saint-Mart, Governor May 30, 1942, to July 30, 1942André Latrille, acting Governor July 30, 1942, to April 3, 1946Henri Sautot, Governor April 3, 1946, to May 24, 1946Jean Chalvet, Governor May 24, 1946, to October 1946Henri Latour, acting Governor French overseas territoryOctober 1946 to April 25, 1948Jean Chalvet, Governor(contd.)April 25, 1948, to December 1, 1948Jean Mauberna, acting Governor December 1, 1948, to January 27, 1949Auguste Even, acting Governor1st TermJanuary 27, 1949, to January 4, 1950Pierre Delteil, Governor January 4, 1950, to March 1, 1950Auguste Even, acting Governor2nd TermMarch 1, 1950, to July 9, 1951Ignace Colombani, Governor July 9, 1951, to October 19, 1951Pierre Raynier, acting Governor October 19, 1951, to February 16, 1954Aime Grimald, Governor February 16, 1954, to March 23, 1955Louis Sanmarco, acting Governor March 23, 1957 to January 29, 1958Louis Sanmarco, Governor January 29, 1958, to December 1, 1958Paul Bordier, Governor Central African RepublicautonomousDecember 1, 1958 to August 14, 1960Paul Bordier, High CommissionerAugust 14, 1960Independence as Central African Republic
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of the Central African Republic
See also History of the Central African Republic Ubangi-Shari List of heads of state of the Central African Republic List of heads of government of the Central African Republic Lists of office-holders
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