List of administrators of the French protectorate of Cambodia

Last updated August 26, 2024

This article lists the administrators of the French protectorate of Cambodia , and also encompass the Japanese occupation of Cambodia.

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
French suzerainty
April 1863 to July 1866	Ernest Marc Louis de Gonzague Doudart de Lagrée , Representative
July 1866 to 20 February 1868	Armand Pottier , Representative	1st time
20 February 1868 to 10 March 1870	Jean Moura , Representative	1st time
10 March 1870 to 11 November 1870	Armand Pottier , Acting Representative	2nd time
11 November 1870 to 1 January 1871	Jules Marcel Brossard de Corbigny , Acting Representative
1 January 1871 to 1 May 1876	Jean Moura , Representative	2nd time
1 May 1876 to 9 November 1876	Paul-Louis-Félix Philastre , Acting Representative
9 November 1876 to 6 January 1879	Jean Moura , Representative	3rd time
6 January 1879 to 10 May 1881	Étienne François Aymonier , Acting Representative
10 May 1881 to 1 November 1884	Paul Julien Auguste Fourès , Representative
1 November 1884 to 12 August 1885	Paul Julien Auguste Fourès , Acting Resident-General
12 August 1885 to 16 October 1885	Jules Victor Renauld , Acting Resident-General
16 October 1885 to 17 May 1886	Pierre de Badens , Provisional Resident-General
17 May 1886 to 28 October 1887	Georges Jules Piquet , Resident-General
4 November 1887 to 10 May 1889	Louis Eugène Palasne de Champeaux , Acting Resident-General
10 May 1889 to 4 July 1889	Pascal Orsini , Acting Resident-General
4 July 1889 to 24 January 1894	Albert Louis Huyn de Vernéville , Resident-Superior	1st time
24 January 1894 to 4 August 1894	Flore Léonce Marquant , Acting Resident-Superior
4 August 1894 to 14 May 1897	Albert Louis Huyn de Vernéville , Resident-Superior	2nd time
14 May 1897 to 16 January 1900	Antoine Étienne Alexandre Ducos , Resident-Superior
16 January 1900 to 3 June 1901	Louis Paul Luce , Acting Resident-Superior	1st time
3 June 1901 to 17 July 1902	Léon Jules Paul Boulloche , Resident-Superior
17 July 1902 to 26 October 1902	Charles Pierre Pallier , Acting Resident-Superior
26 October 1902 to 25 September 1904	Henri Félix de Lamothe , Resident-Superior
25 September 1904 to 16 October 1905	Louis Jules Morel , Resident-Superior
16 October 1905 to 16 December 1905	Olivier Charles Arthur de Lalande de Calan , Acting Resident-Superior
29 December 1905 to 26 July 1911	Louis Paul Luce , Resident-Superior	2nd time
26 July 1911 to 26 March 1914	Ernest Amédée Antoine Georges Outrey , Resident-Superior	Acting to 8 October 1911
26 March 1914 to 25 July 1914	François Xavier Tessarech , Acting Resident-Superior
25 July 1914 to 22 October 1914	Joseph Maurice Le Gallen , Acting Resident-Superior
22 October 1914 to 20 January 1927	François Marius Baudoin , Resident-Superior
15 April 1920 to 6 December 1920	Georges Maspero , Acting Resident-Superior	Acting for Baudoin
6 December 1920 to 21 February 1921	Hector Clair Joseph Henri Létang , Acting Resident-Superior	Acting for Baudoin
10 April 1922 to 8 May 1924	Victor Édouard Marie L'Helgoualc'h , Acting Resident-Superior	Acting for Baudoin
20 January 1927 to 1 January 1929	Aristide Eugène Le Fol , Resident-Superior
1 January 1929 to 12 January 1929	Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre , Acting Resident-Superior	1st time
12 January 1929 to 4 March 1932	Fernand Marie Joseph Antoine Lavit , Resident-Superior
4 March 1932 to 15 January 1935	Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre , Resident-Superior	2nd time, acting to 7 December 1932
15 January 1935 to 12 December 1936	Henri Louis Marie Richomme , Acting Resident-Superior
12 December 1936 to 29 December 1941	Léon Emmanuel Thibaudeau , Resident-Superior	Acting to 16 June 1937
29 December 1941 to 2 March 1943	Jean Delens , Acting Resident-Superior
2 March 1943 to November 1944	Georges Armand Léon Gautier , Resident-Superior
November 1944 to 9 March 1945	André Joseph Berjoan , Acting Resident-General	1st time, Japanese prisoner 9 March 1945 – August 1945
Japanese suzerainty
9 March 1945 to 1945	Takanobu Manaki [ ja ], Commander
9 March 1945 to 17 August 1945	Kanichiro Kubota [ ja ], Supreme Adviser
Allied control
8 October 1945 to 1946	Edward Dymoke Murray , Military Commander	From United Kingdom
French suzerainty
August 1945 to 15 October 1945	André Joseph Berjoan , Acting Resident-Superior	2nd time
15 October 1945 to 10 April 1946	Paul Huard , Commissioner
10 April 1946 to 20 May 1947	Romain Victor Joseph Pénavaire , Commissioner	Acting to 26 July 1946
20 May 1947 to 20 October 1948	Léon Pignon , Commissioner
20 October 1948 to 26 February 1949	Lucien Vincent Loubet , Acting Commissioner
26 February 1949 to 29 October 1951	Jean Léon François Marie de Raymond , Commissioner
29 October 1951 to 16 May 1952	Yves Jean Digo , Commissioner
16 May 1952 to 27 April 1953	Jean Risterucci , Commissioner
27 April 1953 to 9 November 1953	Jean Risterucci , High Commissioner

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