| Term
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| French Suzerainty
|
| 10 February 1894 to 13 July 1894 | Eugène Decazes, Director |
|
| Upper Oubangui (Haut-Oubangui)
|
| 13 July 1894 to 20 October 1894 | Eugène Decazes, Commissioner |
|
| 20 October 1894 to 1897 | Victor Liotard, Commissioner |
|
| 1897 to 1900 | Victor Liotard, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 1900 to 29 December 1903 | Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| Upper Oubangui (Oubangui-Chari)
|
| 29 December 1903 to May 1904 | Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor | (contd.)
|
| May 1904 to 22 August 1905 | Alphonse Iaeck, acting Governor-Delegate |
|
| 22 August 1905 to 16 February 1906 | Victor Emmanuel Merlet, acting Governor-Delegate |
|
| 16 February 1906 to 4 April 1906 | Louis Paul Émile Lamy, Governor-Delegate |
|
| 4 April 1906 to 28 February 1909 | Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 28 February 1909 to 15 January 1910 | Lucien Fourneau, acting Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 15 January 1910 | Incorporated into French Equatorial Africa
|
| 15 January 1910 to 5 August 1910 | Lucien Fourneau, acting Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 5 August 1910 to 10 June 1911 | Paul Pierre Adam, acting Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 10 June 1911 to 24 November 1913 | Frédéric Estèbe, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 24 November 1913 to 12 October 1916 | Pierre Pascal Marie Georges Adam, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 12 October 1916 to 17 July 1917 | Victor Emmanuel Merlet, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 17 July 1917 to 16 May 1919 | Auguste Lamblin, acting Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 16 May 1919 to 22 October 1929 | Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 22 October 1929 to 30 October 1930 | Georges David Pierre Marie Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 30 October 1930 to 17 August 1934 | Adolphe Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor |
|
| 17 August 1934 to 21 May 1935 | Adolphe Deitte, Governor-Delegate |
|
| 21 May 1935 to 24 October 1936 | Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate |
|
| 24 October 1936 to 28 March 1939 | Max de Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor |
|
| 28 March 1939 to 15 July 1941 | Pierre de Saint-Mart, acting Governor |
|
| 15 July 1941 to 30 May 1942 | Pierre de Saint-Mart, Governor |
|
| 30 May 1942 to 30 July 1942 | André Latrille, Governor |
|
| 30 July 1942 to 3 April 1946 | Henri Sautot, Governor |
|
| 3 April 1946 to 27 October 1946 | Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet, Governor |
|
| French overseas territory
|
| 27 October 1946 to 5 April 1948 | Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet, Governor | (contd.)
|
| 5 April 1948 to 1 December 1948 | Jean Mauberna, acting Governor |
|
| 1 December 1948 to 27 January 1949 | Auguste Léon Valentin Even, acting Governor | 1st Term
|
| 27 January 1949 to 4 January 1950 | Pierre Jean Marie Delteil, Governor |
|
| 4 January 1950 to 10 March 1950 | Auguste Léon Valentin Even, acting Governor | 2nd Term
|
| 10 March 1950 to 9 July 1951 | Ignace Colombani, Governor |
|
| 9 July 1951 to 19 October 1951 | Pierre Jean Raynier, acting Governor |
|
| 19 October 1951 to 16 February 1954 | Aimé Grimald, Governor |
|
| 16 February 1954 to 1957 | Louis Sanmarco, Governor |
|
| 1957 to 29 January 1958 | Louis Sanmarco, High Commissioner |
|
| 29 January 1958 to 1 December 1958 | Paul Bordier, High Commissioner |
|
| Central African Republic | autonomous
|
| 1 December 1958 to 14 August 1960 | Paul Bordier, High Commissioner | (contd.)
|
| 14 August 1960 | Independence as Central African Republic
|
