This article lists the colonial governors of the Comoros, from the establishment of the French suzerainty over the Comoro Islands in 1841 until the independence of the Comoros in 1975.
List of officeholders
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
TenureIncumbentNotesFrench Suzerainty25 March 1841Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843Colony of Mayotte1841 to June 1843Pierre Passot, French Representative Subordinated to the governors of Île de Bourbon/RéunionJune 1843 to 11 March 1844Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior1st Term11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior 17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior 22 October 1844 to January 1846Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior January 1846 to August 1849Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior2nd TermSubordinated to the governors of Réunion11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851Stanislas Fortune Livet, Commissioner 13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner 18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854André Brisset, acting Commissioner 13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner 15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner 14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864Charles Gabrié, Commissioner 14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner1st Term8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner 15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner 21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner2nd Term4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, acting Commissioner1st Term19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner1st Term1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner 16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner 26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner2nd Term2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878Jean Roblin, acting Commandant 9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879Charles Vassal, acting Commandant 7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879Charles Bayet, acting Commandant 16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant 31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885François Marie Ferriez, Commandant 3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant Ngazidja (Grande Comore), Ndzuwani (Anjouan), and Mwali (Mohéli) French protectorates24 June 1886 to August 1887Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant(contd.)19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies (Colony de Mayotte et Dépendances)5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888Paul Celeron de Blainville, Commandant 4 May 1887 to 1893Clovis Papinaud, Commandant1st Term1893 to 30 March 1896Etinne Lacascade, Commandant 30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897Gentien Pereton, Commandant 5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899Louis Micon, Commandant 7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900Clovis Papinaud, Commandant2nd Term18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902Pierre Hunert Auguste Pascal, Governor 15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor 28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor 3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908Fernand Foureau, Governor Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies attached to Madagascar9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908Fernand Foureau, Governor(contd.)8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator 1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator 28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912 25 July 1912Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies abolished and incorporated into MadagascarProvince of ComorosUnder Madagascar; ratified 23 February 191425 July 1912 to 21 February 1913Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator 21 February 1913 to 1914Honoré Cartron, Administrator 23 February 1914de jure subordinated to Madagascar24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior French overseas territory27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior 31 December 1948 to December 1950Marie Emmanuel Adolphe Roger Rémy, acting Administrator-superior December 1950 to April 1956Pierre Coudert, Administrator-superior April 1956 to 11 February 1958Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, acting Administrator-superior 11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, Administrator-superior 30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960Gabriel Savignac, acting Administrator-superior 14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961Louis Saget, Administrator-superior Territory of ComorosAutonomous(Territoire des Comores)22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962Louis Saget, Administrator-superior(contd.)27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962Louis Saget, High Commissioner 22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner 15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner 26 July 1966 to November 1969Antoine Colombani, High Commissioner November 1969 to July 1975Jacques Mouradian, High Commissioner 6 July 1975Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of the Comoros
See also History of the Comoros Politics of the Comoros List of sultans in the Comoros List of heads of state of the Comoros Vice-President of the Comoros List of prime ministers of the Comoros List of colonial and departmental heads of Mayotte
External links World Statesmen – Comoros