Term
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Incumbent
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Notes
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French Suzerainty
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Annexed by France (annexation ratified 13 June 1843)
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Mayotte Protectorate (subordinated to Île de Bourbon/Réunion)
|
1841 to 13 June 1843 |
Pierre Passot, Representative |
1st time
|
Subordinated to the Governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion
|
13 June 1843 to 11 March 1844 |
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior |
1st time
|
11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844 |
Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior |
|
17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844 |
Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior |
|
22 October 1844 to January 1846 |
Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior |
|
January 1846 to August 1849 |
Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior |
2nd time
|
11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851 |
Stanislas Fortunat Livet, Commissioner |
|
13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853 |
Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner |
|
18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854 |
André Brisset, acting Commissioner |
|
13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857 |
Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner |
|
15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860 |
Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner |
|
14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864 |
Charles Gabrié, Commissioner |
|
14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868 |
Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner |
1st time
|
8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869 |
Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner |
|
15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869 |
L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner |
|
21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871 |
Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner |
2nd time
|
4 March 1871 to 1 March 1875 |
Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner |
Acting to 19 December 1871, 1st time
|
1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875 |
Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner |
|
16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875 |
François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner |
1st time
|
26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878 |
Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner |
2nd time
|
2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878 |
Jean Roblin, acting Commandant |
|
9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879 |
Charles Vassal, acting Commandant |
|
7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879 |
Charles Bayet, acting Commandant |
|
16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879 |
Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant |
|
31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885 |
François Marie Ferriez, Commandant |
2nd time
|
3 March 1885 to August 1887 |
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant |
|
19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887 |
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant |
|
5 September 1887 to 1888 |
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Governor |
|
4 May 1888 to 1893 |
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor |
1st time
|
25 April 1893 to 30 March 1896 |
Étienne Théodore Lacascade, Governor |
|
Mayotte Protectorate (Subordinated to Madagascar)
|
Subordinated to the Governors-General of Madagascar
|
30 March 1896 to 1897 |
Auguste Pereton, acting Administrator-Superior |
|
5 August 1897 to 11 March 1899 |
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, Administrator-Superior |
|
March 1899 to 8 July 1900 |
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor |
2nd time
|
18 September 1900 to 1902 |
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor |
|
1902 |
Louis Lemaire, acting Governor |
|
15 October 1902 to May 1904 |
Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor |
|
1 June 1904 to 1905 |
Jules Martin, acting Governor |
|
1905 to 1906 |
Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor |
|
3 March 1906 to 1907 |
Fernand Foureau, Governor |
|
26 December 1907 to 1908 |
Paul Patté, acting Governor |
|
8 September 1908 to 1909 |
Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator |
|
31 March 1909 to 1910 |
Ernest Bonneval, Administrator |
|
24 February 1910 to 1911 |
Michel Astor, Administrator |
|
1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911 |
Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator |
|
28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912 |
Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator |
|
25 July 1912 to 21 July 1975 |
Part of the Comoros |
|
Separate colony
|
21 July 1975 to 1976 |
Younoussa Bamana, Prefect |
Proclaimed by pro-French demonstrators
|
23 June 1976 to 24 December 1976 |
Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect |
|
French collectivité territoriale (reaffirmed 22 December 1979)
|
24 December 1976 to 30 April 1978 |
Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect |
|
30 April 1978 to 15 April 1980 |
Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard, Prefect |
|
15 April 1980 to 24 January 1981 |
Philippe Jacques Nicolas Kessler, Prefect |
|
24 January 1981 to 25 January 1982 |
Pierre Sevellec, Prefect |
|
25 January 1982 to 10 May 1982 |
Yves Bonnet, Prefect |
|
10 May 1982 to 25 November 1982 |
Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic |
|
5 January 1983 to 1984 |
Christian Pellerin, Commissioner of the Republic |
|
1984 to 1986 |
François Bonnelle, Commissioner of the Republic |
|
1986 |
Guy Dupuis, Commissioner of the Republic |
|
1986 to 24 February 1988 |
Akli Khider, Commissioner of the Republic |
|
24 February 1988 to 23 November 1988 |
Akli Khider, Prefect |
|
23 November 1988 to 17 October 1990 |
Daniel Limodin, Prefect |
|
17 October 1990 to 24 February 1993 |
Jean-Paul Coste, Prefect |
|
9 March 1993 to 17 January 1994 |
Jean-Jacques Debacq, Prefect |
|
17 January 1994 to 20 February 1996 |
Alain Weil, Prefect |
|
20 February 1996 to 15 July 1998 |
Philippe Boisadam, Prefect |
|
31 August 1998 to 8 October 2001 |
Pierre Bayle, Prefect |
|
8 October 2001 to 4 July 2002 |
Philippe de Mester, Prefect |
|
4 July 2002 to 28 March 2003 |
Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect |
|
French overseas collectivité (with the designation collectivité départementale)
|
28 March 2003 to 17 January 2005 |
Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect |
|
17 January 2005 to 1 February 2007 |
Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect |
|
1 February 2007 to September 2008 |
Vincent Bouvier, Prefect |
|
12 September 2008 to 13 July 2009 |
Denis Robin, Prefect |
|
13 July 2009 to 17 August 2009 |
Christophe Peyrel, acting Prefect |
|
17 August 2009 to 4 July 2011 |
Hubert Derache, Prefect |
|
French overseas department
|
4 July 2011 to 21 July 2011 |
Patrick Duprat, acting Prefect |
|
21 July 2011 to 30 January 2013 |
Thomas Degos, Prefect |
|
30 January 2013 to 30 July 2014 |
Jacques Witkowski, Prefect |
|
31 July 2014 to 5 May 2016 |
Seymour Morsy, Prefect |
|
6 May 2016 to 27 March 2018 |
Frédéric Veau, Prefect |
|
28 March 2018 to 9 July 2019 |
Dominique Sorain, Prefect |
|
10 July 2019 to 23 June 2021 |
Jean-François Colombet,[1] Prefect |
|
23 June 2021 to 14 February 2024 |
Thierry Suquet,[2] Prefect |
|
14 February 2024 to present |
François-Xavier Bieuville, Prefect |
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