Tenure start
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Tenure end
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Incumbent
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Notes
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French Indochina formed (Cambodia, Annam, Tonkin, and Cochinchina, and from 19 April 1899, Laos)
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Governors-general
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16 November 1887 |
22 April 1888 |
Jean Antoine Ernest Constans |
Provisional
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22 April 1888 |
30 May 1889 |
Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud |
Acting until 8 September 1888
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31 May 1889 |
18 April 1891 |
Jean-Luc de Saint Peauxpas |
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18 April 1891 |
26 June 1891 |
François Marie Leon Bideau |
Acting
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26 June 1891 |
29 December 1894 |
Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan |
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10 March 1894 |
26 October 1894 |
Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux |
Acting for Lanessan
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29 December 1894 |
16 March 1895 |
François Pierre Rodier |
Acting
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16 March 1895 |
10 December 1896 |
Paul Armand Rosseau |
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21 October 1895 |
14 March 1896 |
Paul Julien Auguste Fourès |
Acting for Rosseau. 1st time
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10 December 1896 |
13 February 1897 |
Paul Julien Auguste Fourès |
Acting. 2nd time
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13 February 1897 |
14 March 1902 |
Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer |
Future president of France.
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29 September 1898 |
24 January 1899 |
Paul Julien Auguste Fourès |
Acting for Doumer. 3rd time
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16 February 1901 |
20 August 1901 |
Édouard Alfred Marie Broni |
Acting for Doumer. 1st time
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14 March 1902 |
14 October 1902 |
Édouard Alfred Marie Broni |
Acting. 2nd time
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15 October 1902 |
28 February 1908 |
Jean Baptiste Paul Beau |
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28 February 1908 |
23 September 1908 |
Louis Alphonse Bonhoure |
Acting
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24 September 1908 |
17 February 1911 |
Antony Wladislas Klobukowski |
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13 January 1910 |
10 June 1910 |
Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié |
Acting for Klobukowski
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17 February 1911 |
14 November 1911 |
Paul Louis Luce |
Acting
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15 November 1911 |
22 November 1913 |
Albert-Pierre Sarraut |
1st time
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22 November 1913 |
3 March 1915 |
Joost van Vollenhoven |
Acting
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3 March 1915 |
22 May 1916 |
Ernest Nestor Roume |
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23 May 1916 |
21 January 1917 |
Jean-François dit Eugène Charles |
Acting
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22 January 1917 |
9 December 1919 |
Albert-Pierre Sarraut |
2nd time
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22 May 1919 |
19 February 1920 |
Maurice Antoine François Monguillot |
Acting. 1st time
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20 February 1920 |
15 April 1922 |
Maurice Long |
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18 November 1920 |
31 March 1921 |
Joseph Maurice Le Gallen |
Acting for Long
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15 April 1922 |
9 August 1923 |
François Marius Baudouin |
Acting
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9 August 1923 |
23 April 1925 |
Martial Henri Merlin |
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23 April 1925 |
18 November 1925 |
Maurice Antoine François Monguillot |
2nd time
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18 November 1925 |
22 August 1928 |
Alexandre Varenne |
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4 October 1926 |
16 May 1927 |
Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier |
Acting for Varenne. 1st time
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1 November 1927 |
7 August 1928 |
Maurice Antoine François Monguillot |
Acting for Varenne. 3rd time
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7 August 1928 |
26 December 1928 |
Eugène Jean Louis René Robin |
Acting. 1st time
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26 December 1928 |
15 January 1934 |
Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier |
2nd time
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1 December 1930 |
30 June 1931 |
Eugène Jean Louis René Robin |
Acting for Pasquier. 2nd time
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15 January 1934 |
23 July 1934 |
Maurice Fernand Graffeuil |
Acting
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23 July 1934 |
9 September 1936 |
Eugène Jean Louis René Robin |
Acting for Pasquier. 3rd time
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9 September 1936 |
14 January 1937 |
Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre |
Acting
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14 January 1937 |
20 August 1939 |
Joseph-Jules Brévié |
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20 August 1939 |
25 June 1940 |
Georges Catroux |
Acting
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25 June 1940 |
9 March 1945 |
Jean Decoux |
Interim until 29 August 1940. Continued serving after the Japanese invasion; deposed in the Japanese coup d'état
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Japanese military occupation
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9 March 1945 |
28 August 1945 |
Yuitsu Tsuchihashi |
Japanese military commander in Indochina and provisional governor-general
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9 March 1945 |
15 August 1945 |
Takeshi Tsukamoto |
Acting for Tsuchihashi
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10 April 1945 |
September 1945 |
Gabriel Sabattier |
PGFR delegate-general; in opposition to Japanese occupation after the coup. Retreated with remaining troops to China in May
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Allied military administration
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14 September 1945 |
14 May 1946 |
Lu Han |
Military governor (Republic of China), above 16th parallel
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13 September 1945 |
28 March 1946 |
Douglas Gracey |
Military governor (United Kingdom), below 16th parallel
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