List of colonial governors of Chad

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentNotes
French Suzerainty
5 September 1900 to 10 October 1900 Émile Gentil, Commandant 
Under the lieutenant governors of Oubangui-Chari
10 October 1900 to 1901 Georges Destenave , Commandant 
1901 to 1901... Julien, Commandant 
1902 to 1904 Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau , Commandant1st Term
1904 to 1906 Henri Gouraud , Commandant 
1906 to 1908 Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau , Commandant2nd Term
1908 to 1909 Constant Millot , Commandant  
6 October 1909 to 15 January 1910 Henry Moll , Commandant 
Incorporated into French Equatorial Africa
15 January 1910 to 1910 Henry Moll , Commandant 
1910 to 1911 Joseph Édouard Maillard , Commandant 
1911 to 1912 Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau , Commandant3rd Term
1912 to 1912 James Édouard Hirtzman , Commandant  
1912 to 1913 Gabriel Julien Joseph Briand , Commandant1st Term
1913 to 1915 Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau , Commandant4th Term
1915 to 1916 Gabriel Julien Joseph Briand , Commandant2nd Term
1916 to 1918 Clément Léon Martelly , Commandant 
1918 to 17 March 1920 Albert Ducarré , Commandant 
10 August 1920 to 30 January 1923 Fernand Marie Joseph Antoine Lavit , Lieutenant-Governor 
30 January 1923 to 1925 François Reste , acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
1925 to 1925 Antoine Touzet , Lieutenant-Governor 
9 April 1925 to 25 January 1926 François Reste , Lieutenant-Governor2nd Term
25 January 1926 to 13 January 1928 Marcel de Coppet , acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
13 January 1928 to 21 April 1929 Adolphe Deitte , Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
21 April 1929 to 22 November 1929 Émile Buhot-Launay , acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
22 November 1929 to 14 May 1932 Marcel de Coppet , Lieutenant-Governor2nd Term
14 May 1932 to 26 January 1933 Georges David Pierre Marie Prouteaux , acting Governor-Delegate 
26 January 1933 to 17 August 1934 Richard Brunot , Governor-Delegate1st Term
17 August 1934 to 21 May 1935 Adolphe Deitte , Governor-Delegate2nd Term
21 May 1935 to 30 May 1935 Richard Brunot , Governor-Delegate2nd Term
30 May 1935 to 23 October 1936 Pierre Simon Antonin Bonnefont , acting Governor-Delegate 
23 October 1936 to 24 October 1936 Émile Buhot-Launay , acting Governor-Delegate2nd Term
24 October 1936 to 28 March 1938 Max de Masson de Saint-Félix , Governor-Delegate 
28 March 1938 to 1939 Émile Buhot-Launay , acting Governor-Delegate3rd Term
1939 to 19 November 1938 Émile Buhot-Launay , acting Governor 
19 November 1938 to 12 November 1940 Félix Éboué , Governor  
12 November 1940 to 30 July 1942 Pierre-Olivier Lapie , Governor 
30 July 1942 to 5 November 1943 André Latrille , Governor  
5 November 1943 to 27 October 1946 Jacques Rogué , Governor 
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to 24 November 1948 Jacques Rogué , Governor  
24 November 1948 to 7 July 1949 Paul Le Layec , Governor  
7 July 1949 to 27 January 1951 Henry de Mauduit , Governor  
27 January 1951 to 19 October 1951 Charles Hanin , acting Governor 
19 October 1951 to 19 December 1951 François Casamatta , acting Governor 
19 December 1951 to 3 November 1956 Ignace Colombani , Governor  
3 November 1956 to 22 January 1959 René Troadec , Governor  
Republic of Chad Autonomous
22 January 1959 to 11 August 1960 Daniel Doustin , High Commissioner 
11 August 1960Independence as Republic of Chad

For continuation after independence, see: President of Chad

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