Colonial Heads of French Cameroon

List of Colonial Heads of French Cameroon

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)


Tenure Incumbent Notes
Cameroun
26 September 1914French occupation
7 April 1916 to 8 October 1916Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, Administrator 
8 October 1916 to 1919Lucien Fourneau, Administrator 
6 March 1919 to 7 December 1919Jules Carde, acting Commissioner 
7 December 1919 to 23 March 1921Jules Carde, Commissioner  
CamerounAutonomous 
23 March 1921 to 20 July 1922Jules Carde, Commissioner(contd.)
French Cameroun, League of Nations Mandate
20 July 1922 to March 1923Jules Carde, Commissioner(contd.)
March 1923 to 29 April 1923Albéric Fournier, acting Commissioner 
29 April 1923 to June 1932Théodore Paul Marchand, Commissioner 
31 August 1932 to 22 September 1932Paul Auguste François Bonnecarrère, acting Commissioner 
22 September 1932 to 7 July 1934Paul Auguste François Bonnecarrère, Commissioner 
7 July 1934 to 1936Jules Repiquet, Commissioner 
1936 to January 1937Gaston Camille Guibet, acting Commissioner 
January 1937 to 16 November 1938Pierre Boisson, Commissioner 
16 November 1938 to 29 August 1940Richard Brunot, Commissioner 
29 August 1940 to 12 November 1940Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Governor 
12 November 1940 to 20 July 1943Pierre Charles Cournarie, Governor 
20 July 1943 to 15 November 1944Hubert Eugène Paul Carras, Governor 
15 November 1944 to 16 January 1946Henri Pierre Nicolas, Governor 
16 January 1946 to 16 March 1946Alexis Leger, acting Governor 
16 March 1946 to 13 December 1946Robert Delavignette, High Commissioner 
French Cameroun, United Nations Trust Territory
13 December 1946 to 25 March 1947Robert Delavignette, High Commissioner(contd.)
25 March 1947 to April 1947Robert Casimir, acting High Commissioner1st Term
April 1947 to 7 July 1949René Hoffherr, High Commissioner 
7 July 1949 to 10 January 1950Robert Casimir, acting High Commissioner2nd Term
10 January 1950 to 2 December 1954André Soucadaux, High Commissioner 
2 December 1954 to 17 April 1956Roland Pré, High Commissioner 
17 April 1956 to 29 January 1958Pierre Messmer, High Commissioner 
29 January 1958 to 19 February 1958Jean Ramadier, High Commissioner 
19 February 1958 to 1 January 1960Xavier Antoine Torré, High Commissioner 
1 January 1960Independence as Republic of Cameroons


For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Cameroon

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