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This article lists the colonial and departmental heads of French Guiana, since the establishment of the French suzerainty over the territory of French Guiana in 1643, to the present day.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Ancien Régime
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| French colony | ||
| 1643 to 1644 | Charles Poncet de Brétigny, Governor | |
| c. 1652 | Huet de Navarre, Commander | |
| Dutch Occupation | ||
| c. 1656 to 1664 | Guerin Spranger, Commander | |
| c. 1660 | Jan Claessen Lagedijk or Jan Classen Langedijk, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 15 May 1664 to 1665 | Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre, Governor | 1st time |
| 1665 | Antoine de Noël de la Trompe d'Or, acting Governor | |
| 1665 to 1668 | Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy, Governor | 1st time |
| 1668 to 1670 | Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1670 to 1676 | Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy, Governor | 2nd time |
| Dutch Occupation | ||
| 5 May 1676 to December 1676 | Jacob Binckes, Commander | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 1676 to 1679 | Cyprien Lefebvre de Lézy, Governor | 3rd time |
| 1679 to October 1684 | Pierre-Eléonore de La Ville, marquis de Férolles, Governor | 1st time |
| 1684 to 1687 | Pierre de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande, Governor | |
| 1687 to 1688 | Pierre-Eléonore de La Ville, marquis de Férolles, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1688 to 1691 | François Lefebvre de la Barre, Governor | |
| 1691 to January 1700 | Pierre-Eléonore de La Ville, marquis de Férolles, Governor | 3rd time |
| 1700 to 1701 | Rémy Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 1st time |
| 1701 to 5 August 1705 | Pierre-Eléonore de La Ville, marquis de Férolles, Governor | 4th time |
| 1705 to 15 September 1706 | Antoine de Querci de Rionville, Governor | |
| 1706 to July 1713 | Rémy Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1713 | Chevalier de Béthune, Governor | |
| 1713 to September 1716 | Pierre de Morthon de Laumière de Grandville, interim Governor | |
| 1716 to December 1720 | Claude Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 1st time |
| 1720 to 1722 | François de la Motte-Aigron, Governor | |
| 1722 to September 1729 | Claude Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1729 to June 1730 | Michel Marshalek de Charanville, Governor | |
| 1730 to 2 August 1730 | Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 1st time |
| 1730 to 30 August 1736 | Henri Dussault de Lamirande, Governor | |
| 1736 to December 1736 | Henri de Poilvillain, baron de Grenay, Governor | |
| 1736 to 9 July 1738 | Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 2nd time |
| 9 July 1738 to June 1743 | Antoine Le Moyne de Chateauguay, Governor | |
| 1743 to June 1751 | Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 3rd time |
| 1751 to May 1752 | Jean Baptiste Hyacinthe de Saint-Michel Dunezat, Governor | 1st time |
| 1752 to July 1753 | Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 4th time |
| 1753 to April 1757 | Jean Baptiste Hyacinthe de Saint-Michel Dunezat, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1757 to May 1763 | Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor | 5th time |
| 1763 to 2 January 1764 | Jean Pierre Antoine de Béhague, Governor | 1st time |
| 1764 to 22 December 1764 | Louis-Thomas Jacau de Fiedmont, Governor | 1st time |
| 22 December 1764 to April 1765 | Brule Tout de Préfontaine, acting Governor | |
| April 1765 to 1765 | Étienne-François Turgot, Governor | |
| 1765 to 28 January 1766 | Jean Pierre Antoine de Béhague, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1766 to 15 December 1781 | Louis-Thomas Jacau de Fiedmont, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1781 to 13 July 1785 | Alexandre Ferdinand, baron de Bessner, Governor | |
| 1785 to 16 August 1785 | Louis de La Vallière, interim Governor | |
| 1785 to 17 May 1787 | Thomas de FitzMaurice, Governor | |
| May 1787 to 22 October 1788 | Pierre François de Mareuilh de Villeboi, Governor | |
| 1788 to 19 June 1789 | Charles Guillaume Vial d'Alais, Governor | |
| 1789 to 5 January 1791 | Jacques Martin de Bourgon, Governor | |
First Republic and Empire
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1791 to 26 September 1792 | Henri Benoît, acting Governor | |
| 1792 to May 1793 | Frédéric Joseph Guillot, Civil Commissioner | |
| 1793 to November 1794 | Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin, Civil Commissioner | 1st time |
| November 1794 to April 1796 | François Maurice Cointet de Fillain, Commissioner | |
| April 1796 to 25 October 1797 | Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin, Agent Particulier | 2nd time |
| French département | ||
| 25 October 1797 to 5 November 1798 | Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin, Agent Particulier | 2nd time |
| November 1798 to 2 December 1799 | Étienne Laurent Pierre Burnel, Agent Particulier | |
| 13 December 1799 to 8 January 1800 | Étienne Franconie, President of the Departmental Administration | |
| 8 January 1800 to 1801 | Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues, Agent | |
| French colony | ||
| 1801 to 1804 | Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues, Agent | |
| 1804 to 12 January 1809 | Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues, Imperial Commissioner | |
| Portuguese Occupation | ||
| 12 January 1809 to October 1809 | Manuel Marques, Governor | |
| October 1809 to February 1812 | Pedro Alexandrino Pinto de Sousa, Governor | |
| February 1812 to 8 November 1817 | João Severiano Maciel da Costa, Governor | |
Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1817 to 25 July 1819 | Jean-François Claude Carra de Saint-Cyr, Commandant | |
| 25 July 1819 to 12 March 1823 | Pierre Clément de Laussat, Commandant | |
| 1823 to 1825 | Pierre Bernard, baron de Milius, Commandant | |
| 1825 to 1826 | Charles Emmanuel de Muyssard, interim Commandant | |
| 1826 to 1827 | Joseph Burgues de Missiessy, interim Governor | |
| 1827 to 1829 | Louis Henri de Saulses de Freycinet, Governor | |
| 1 June 1829 to 11 April 1836 | Louis Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor | |
| 1836 to 1837 | François Dominique Laurens de Choisy, Governor | |
| 1837 to 1839 | Paul de Nourquer du Camper, Governor | |
| 1839 to 1841 | Jean Baptiste Marie Augustin Gourbeyre, Governor | |
| 1841 to 1843 | Guillaume Basile Charmasson de Puylaval, Governor | |
| 1843 to 1845 | Marie Jean-François Layrle, Governor | |
| 1845 to 1846 | Jean Baptiste Armand Bertrand Cadéot, Governor | |
| 18 February 1846 to 16 May 1850 | André Aimé Pariset, Governor |
Second Republic and Empire
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 to 6 January 1851 | Louis Eugène Maissin, Governor | |
| 1851 | Jean François Marie Félix Stanislas Vidal de Lingendes, acting Governor | |
| May 1851 to May 1852 | Octave Pierre Antoine Henri de Chabannes-Curton, Governor | |
| 1852 to 1853 | Joseph Napoléon Sarda-Garriga, Governor | |
| 1853 to 1854 | Martin Fourichon, Governor | |
| 1854 to 1855 | Louis Adolphe Bonard, Governor | |
| 1855 to January 1856 | Antoine Alphonse Masset, acting Governor | |
| January 1856 to 1859 | Auguste Laurent François Baudin, Governor | |
| 15 May 1859 to 1 May 1864 | Louis-Marie-François Tardy de Montravel, Governor | |
| 1864 to 1865 | Antoine Favre, acting Governor | |
| 1865 to 1870 | Privat Antoine Agathon Hennique, Governor | |
| 1870 | J. A. A. Noyer, acting Governor |
Third Republic
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1870 to 14 May 1871 | Jean-Louis Loubère, acting Governor | |
| 14 May 1871 to 29 September 1877 | Jean-Louis Loubère, Governor | |
| 1877 | A.E. Bouet, acting Governor | |
| 1877 to 1880 | Marie Alfred-Armand Huart, Governor | |
| 1880 | P.A. Trève, acting Governor | |
| 1880 to 1883 | Charles Alexandre Lacouture, Governor | |
| 1883 to 1884 | Henri Isidore Chessé, Governor | |
| 1884 to 1885 | Jean Baptiste Antoine Lougnon, acting Governor | |
| 1885 to 1887 | Léonce Pierre Henri Le Cardinal, Governor | |
| 1888 to 1891 | Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Governor | |
| April 1891 to 1893 | Louis Albert Grodet, Governor | 1st time |
| 1893 | Paul Émile Joseph Casimir Fawtier, Governor | |
| 24 April 1893 to 4 August 1895 | Camille Charvein, Governor | |
| 30 August 1895 to 13 June 1896 | Henri Félix de Lamothe, Governor | |
| 1896 to 1898 | Henri Eloi Danel, Governor | |
| 1898 to 1899 | Henri Charles Victor Amédée Roberdeau, Governor | |
| 1899 | Louis Mouttet, Governor | |
| 1899 to 1903 | Émile Joseph Merwart, Governor | |
| 1903 to 1905 | Louis Albert Grodet, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1905 | Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal, Governor | |
| 1905 to 1906 | Victor François Ferdinand Rey, Governor | |
| 1906 | Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, Governor | |
| 20 January 1906 to 5 July 1907 | Édouard Picanon, Governor | |
| 1907 to 1909 | François Pierre Rodier, Governor | |
| 1909 to 1910 | William Maurice Fawtier, Governor | |
| 1910 | Fernand Ernest Thérond, Governor | |
| 1910 to 31 May 1911 | Paul Samary, Governor | |
| 1911 | Denis Joseph Goujon, Governor | |
| 1911 to 1914 | Pierre Jean Henri Didelot, Governor | 1st time |
| 1914 to 1916 | Fernand Ernest Lévecque, Governor | |
| 1916 | Pierre Jean Henri Didelot, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1916 to 1917 | Georges Lévy, Governor | |
| 1917 | Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, Governor | |
| 1917 to 1918 | Antoine Joseph Xavier Barre, Governor | |
| 1918 to 1923 | Henri Alphonse Joseph Lejeune, Governor | |
| 1923 | Julien Edgard Cantau, Governor | |
| 20 November 1923 to 1926 | Marc Émile Charles Jean Chanel, Governor | |
| 1926 to 1927 | Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, Governor | |
| 1927 | François Adrien Juvanon, Governor | |
| 1927 to 1928 | Émile Buhot-Launay, Governor | |
| 1928 to 1929 | Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet, Governor | |
| 1929 to 6 July 1930 | Bernard Jacques Victorin Siadous, Governor | |
| French Guiana divided into two territories: French Guiana (Cayenne and the Atlantic coast) and Inini (inland area) | ||
| 6 July 1930 to 1931 | Bernard Jacques Victorin Siadous, Governor | |
| 27 May 1931 to 1933 | Louis Joseph Bouge, acting Governor | |
| 1933 to 1935 | Julien Georges Lamy, Governor | |
| 2 June 1935 to 1936 | Max de Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor | |
| 1936 | Pierre Tap, Governor | |
| 1936 to 1938 | René Veber, Governor | 1st time |
| 1938 to 1942 | Robert Paul Chot-Plassot, Governor | |
| 1942 to 18 March 1943 | René Veber, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1943 to 1944 | Jean Alexandre Léon Rapenne, Governor | |
| 1944 to 1946 | Jules Eucher Surlemont, Governor | |
| 1946 | Jean Pezet, Governor | |
Fourth and Fifth Republic
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1947 to 1 June 1955 | Robert Vignon, Prefect | |
| 1 June 1955 to 16 September 1957 | Pierre Malvy, Prefect | |
| 1 October 1957 to 1 November 1958 | Pierre Voitellier, Prefect | |
| 13 October 1958 to 1 December 1960 | André Dubois-Chabert, Prefect | Acting for Voitellier to 1 November 1958 |
| 1 December 1960 to 1 December 1963 | René Erignac, Prefect | |
| 1 December 1963 to 16 August 1967 | René Letellier, Prefect | |
| 16 August 1967 to 16 July 1970 | Paul Bouteiller, Prefect | |
| 16 July 1970 to 1 February 1972 | Jean Monfraix, Prefect | |
| 1 February 1972 to 8 February 1974 | Jacques Robert Delaunay, Prefect | |
| 5 March 1974 to 20 May 1977 | Hervé Bourseillier, Prefect | |
| 20 May 1977 to 10 February 1980 | Jean Julien Émile Le Direach, Prefect | |
| 10 February 1980 to 27 July 1981 | Antoine Carli, Prefect | |
| 27 July 1981 to 10 May 1982 | Maxime Gonzalvo, Prefect | |
| 10 May 1982 to 22 July 1982 | Maxime Gonzalvo, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| July 1982 to 1984 | Claude Silberzahn, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 1984 to 1986 | Bernard Courtois, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 1986 to 24 February 1988 | Jacques Dewatre, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 24 February 1988 to August 1988 | Jacques Dewatre, Prefect | |
| 22 August 1988 to 16 May 1990 | Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Prefect | |
| 19 June 1990 to May 1992 | Jean-François Di Chiara, Prefect | |
| 27 May 1992 to 6 January 1995 | Jean-François Cordet, Prefect | |
| 6 January 1995 to 3 February 1997 | Pierre Dartout, Prefect | |
| 3 February 1997 to 2 August 1999 | Dominique Vian, Prefect | |
| 2 August 1999 to 2 September 2002 | Henri Masse, Prefect | |
| 2 September 2002 to 28 March 2003 | Ange Mancini, Prefect | |
| French overseas region | ||
| 28 March 2003 to August 2006 | Ange Mancini, Prefect | |
| 28 August 2006 to February 2009 | Jean-Pierre Laflaquière, Prefect | |
| 19 February 2009 to 1 May 2011 | Daniel Ferey, Prefect | |
| 1 May 2011 to 10 June 2013 | Denis Labbé, Prefect | |
| 10 June 2013 to 11 January 2016 | Eric Spitz, Prefect | |
| 11 January 2016 to 5 August 2019 | Martin Jaeger,[1] Prefect | |
| 5 August 2019 to 25 November 2020 | Marc Del Grande,[2] Prefect | |
| 25 November 2020 to present | Thierry Queffelec,[3] Prefect | |
See also
References
- ↑ Laurent Marot, "Retour en terre guyanaise pour le nouveau préfet Martin Jaeger", Guyane La 1ère, 12 January 2016
- ↑ "Marc Del Grande, the new prefect of Guyane has started his functions (in French)". Guyane la 1ère. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "Thierry QUEFFELEC – Nouveau préfet de la région Guyane". Government of French Guiana (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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