List of colonial governors of Mali

List of Colonial Heads of Mali

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
27 February 1880 to 29 July 1880 Charles Émile Boilèv, Commandant-Superior 1st Term
Haut-Sénégal (French territory of Upper Senegal) under Senegal
6 September 1880 to 3 September 1883 Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, Commandant-Superior
3 September 1883 to 18 June 1884 Charles Émile Boilève, Commandant-Superior 2nd Term
18 June 1884 to 4 September 1884 Antoine Vincent Auguste Combes, acting Commandant-Superior
4 September 1884 to September 1885 Antoine Vincent Auguste Combes, Commandant-Superior
September 1885 to August 1886 Henri Nicolas Frey, Commandant-Superior
August 1886 to 10 September 1888 Joseph Simon Galliéni, Commandant-Superior
10 September 1888 to 18 August 1890 Louis Archinard, Commandant-Superior 1st Term
French Sudan Territory
18 August 1890 to 1891 Louis Archinard, Commandant-Superior 1st Term (contd.)
1891 to 27 August 1892 Pierre Maire Gustave Hubert, Commandant-Superior
separate colony
27 August 1892 to 2 August 1893 Louis Archinard, Commandant-Superior 2nd Term
2 August 1893 to 26 December 1893 Eugène Bonnier, acting Commandant-Superior
26 December 1893 to 16 June 1895 Louis Albert Grodet, Governor
Incorporated into French West Africa
16 June 1895 to 1898 Louis Edgard de Trentinian, Governor
1898 to 17 October 1899 Marie Michel Alexandre René Audéoud, acting Governor
Dissolution of French Sudan
17 October 1899 to 10 October 1902 William Merlaud-Ponty, Delegate
Senegambia and Niger Colony
10 October 1902 to 18 October 1904 William Merlaud-Ponty, Delegate
Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Upper Senegal and Niger)
18 October 1904 to 20 October 1904 William Merlaud-Ponty, Delegate
20 October 1904 to 18 February 1908 William Merlaud-Ponty, Lieutenant-Governor
18 February 1908 to 16 June 1915 François Joseph Clozel, Lieutenant-Governor
16 June 1915 to 1 July 1915 Philippe Henry, acting Lieutenant-Governor
1 July 1915 to 28 July 1916 Louis Digue, acting Lieutenant-Governor
28 July 1916 to 20 April 1917 Raphaël Antonetti, acting Lieutenant-Governor
20 April 1917 to 21 May 1917 Albert Nebout, acting Lieutenant-Governor
21 May 1917 to 20 February 1918 Louis Periquet, acting Lieutenant-Governor
20 February 1918 to 16 May 1919 Auguste Brunet, Lieutenant-Governor
16 May 1919 to 4 December 1920 Marcel Achille Olivier, Lieutenant-Governor
French Sudan
4 December 1920 to 21 August 1921 Marcel Achille Olivier, Lieutenant-Governor
21 August 1921 to 26 February 1924 Jean Henri Terrasson de Fougères, acting Governor
26 February 1924 to 31 December 1930 Jean Henri Terrasson de Fougères, Governor
31 December 1930 to 4 April 1931 Joseph Urbain Court, acting Governor
4 April 1931 to 11 June 1931 Gabriel Omar Descemet, acting Governor
11 June 1931 to 31 March 1933 Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, acting Governor 1st Term
31 March 1933 to 22 May 1933 René Desjardins, acting Governor
22 May 1933 to 30 November 1933 Léon Solomiac, acting Governor
30 November 1933 to 19 February 1935 Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, Governor 2nd Term
19 February 1935 to 22 November 1935 Félix Sylvestre Adolphe Éboué, acting Governor
22 November 1935 to 9 November 1936 Matteo-Mathieu-Maurice Alfassa, Governor
9 November 1936 to 4 December 1936 Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier, acting Governor
4 December 1936 to 28 March 1938 Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier, Governor
28 March 1938 to 15 November 1940 Jean Desanti, acting Governor
15 November 1940 to 17 April 1942 Jean Desanti, Governor
17 April 1942 to 29 December 1942 Auguste Calvel, acting Governor
29 December 1942 to 15 May 1946 Auguste Calvel, Governor
15 May 1946 to 27 October 1946 Edmond Louveau, Governor
French Sudan French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to April 1952 Edmond Louveau, Governor
April 1952 to 10 July 1952 Camille Victor Bailly, Governor
10 July 1952 to 23 February 1953 Salvador Jean Etchéber, acting Governor
23 February 1953 to 2 December 1953 Albert Jean Mouragues, Governor
2 December 1953 to 10 February 1954 Lucien Eugène Geay, acting Governor
10 February 1954 to 3 November 1956 Lucien Eugène Geay, Governor
3 November 1956 to 24 November 1958 Henri Victor Gipoulon, High Commissioner
Sudanese Republic autonomous
24 November 1958 to 4 April 1959 Jean Charles Sicurani, High Commissioner
Mali Federation union of Sudanese Republic and Senegal
4 April 1959 to 20 June 1960 Jean Charles Sicurani, High Commissioner
20 June 1960 Independence as Mali Federation

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

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