Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Note: currently, the prefect is not the true departmental head, which is the President of the General Council. The prefect is merely the representative of the national government.
Ancien regime
Governors under the Ancien Régime were:[1]
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 28 June 1635 – 4 December 1635 | Jean du Plessis d'Ossonville | Died 1635 |
| 28 June 1635 – 1640 | Charles Liènard de l'Olive | Governor; died 1643 |
| 25 November 1640 – 1643 | Jean Aubert | |
| 1643–1664 | Charles Houël du Petit Pré | Governor |
| August 1644 – May 1645 | Marivet | Acting |
| 8 July 1654 – 1656 | Charles Houël du Petit Pré | 2nd time, acting, also de Boisseret |
| 23 June 1664 – November 1664 | Ducoudray | Acting |
| 5 November 1664 – 14 September 1674 | Claude François du Lyon | |
| 1677 | M. de Baas de l'Herpinière | Did not take office |
| 5 July 1677 – 15 June 1695 | Pierre Hincelin | Acting, then confirmed governor |
| 15 July 1695 to 1702 | Charles Auger | Governor |
| 1703–1705 | Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet | Did not take office |
| 1702–1705 | Bonnaventure-François de Boisfermé | Acting governor for absent Galiffet |
| 1706 – 1 May 1717 | Robert Cloche de La Malmaison | Governor |
| May 1717 to 18 March 1718 | Savinien-Michel de Lagarrigue de Savigny | Interim governor |
| 22 June 1717 | François de Pas de Mazencourt, marquis de Feuquières | Did not take office |
| June/July 1719 – October 1727 | Alexandre Vaultier, comte de Moyencourt | Governor |
| 21 October 1727 – 27 July 1734 | Robert Giraud du Poyet | Governor |
| 27 July 1734 – 17 August 1737 | Charles de Brunier, marquis de Larnage | Acting governor |
| 17 August 1737 – 1753 | Gabriel de Clieu | Governor |
| October 1749 – December 1750 | de Lafond | Acting for d'Erchigny) |
| 27 December 1753 – 1757 | Jean Antoine Joseph de Mirabeau | Governor |
| 15 January 1757 – 1 May 1759 | Charles François Emmanuel Nadau du Treil | Governor |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| May 1759 | John Barrington | |
| May 1759 – 11 March 1760 | Byam Crump | Governor |
| March 1760 – 4 July 1763 | Campbell Dalrymple | Governor |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 4 July 1763 – 24 June 1764 | François-Charles de Bourlamaque | Governor |
| 1764 to 1765 | Henri Édouard de Copley | Interim governor |
| 20 March 1765 to 29 November 1768 | Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos | Governor |
| 29 November 1768 – 1769 | Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès de Malartic | Governor |
| 27 February 1769 – 1771 | François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé | Governor |
| August 1771 to 1773 | Louis François de Dion | Governor |
| 14 April 1773 – 1776 | Édouard Hilaire Louis de Tilly | Governor |
| 1776–1782 | Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques | Governor |
| 16 Nov 1782 – 1783 | Claude Charles de Marillac, vicomte de Damas | Governor |
| 1783–1784 | Beaumé de la Saulais | Governor |
| 1784 – 25 July 1792 | Charles François de Clugny de Thénissey | Governor |
Revolution and First Empire
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1792 to 1793 | René Marie, vicomte d'Arrot, interim Governor | |
| 5 January 1793 to 18 March 1793 | Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, provisional Governor | |
| 18 March 1793 to 20 April 1794 | Victor Collot, Governor | |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| 20 April 1794 to 3 June 1794 | Thomas Dundas, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 7 June 1794 to 6 January 1795 | Victor Hugues, Commissioner | |
| 6 January 1795 to January 1796 | Victor Hugues, Co-Commissioner | |
| Lebas, Co-Commissioner | ||
| 6 January 1795 to June 1795 | Goyrand, Co-Commissioner | |
| January 1796 to 25 October 1797 | Victor Hugues, Agent of the French Executive Directory | |
| Lebas, Agent of the French Executive Directory | ||
| 25 October 1797 to 19 April 1801 | Département | |
| 25 October 1797 to 22 November 1798 | Victor Hugues, Agent of the French Executive Directory | Co-Agent |
| Lebas, Agent of the French Executive Directory | Co-Agent | |
| 22 November 1798 to 3 October 1799 | Edme Étienne Borne-Desfourneaux, Agent of the French Executive Directory | |
| 3 October 1799 to 11 December 1799 | Paris, provisional Agent of the French Executive Directory | |
| 11 December 1799 to 30 May 1801 | Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin, Agent of the French Executive Directory | Co-Agent |
| 11 December 1799 to 30 December 1800 | René Gaston Baco de la Chapelle, Agent of the French Executive Directory | Co-Agent |
| 11 December 1799 to 28 February 1800 | Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux, Agent of the French Executive Directory | Co-Agent |
| 28 February 1800 to 30 May 1801 | Bresseau | Co-Agent |
| 30 May 1801 to 14 May 1802 | Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, Captain-General | 1st Term |
| 24 October 1801 to 6 May 1802 | Magloire Pélage, President of Provisional Council of Government | In rebellion |
| 14 May 1802 to 3 September 1802 | Antoine Richepance, Captain-General | |
| 4 August 1802 to 8 May 1803 | Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, Captain-General | |
| 4 August 1802 to 3 September 1802 | Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse, Captain-General | 2nd Term |
| 3 September 1802 to 8 May 1803 | Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse acting for Richepance, Captain-General | |
| 8 May 1803 to 6 February 1810 | Jean Augustin Ernouf, Captain-General | |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| 6 February 1810 to 7 December 1814 | British occupation | |
| 6 February 1810 to 26 June 1813 | Sir Alexander Cochrane, Governor | |
| 26 June 1813 to December 1814 | John Skinner, Governor | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 7 December 1814 to 12 December 1814 | ||
| 12 December 1814 to 10 August 1815 | Charles Durand, comte de Linois, Governor | |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| 10 August 1815 to 25 July 1816 | British occupation | |
| 10 August 1815 to 24 April 1816 | Sir James Leith, Governor | |
| 24 April 1816 to 25 July 1816 |
Restoration, Second Republic, Second Empire
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 1816 to 1823 | Antoine Philippe de Lardenoy, Governor | |
| 1823 to 1826 | Louis Léon Jacob, Governor | |
| 31 May 1826 to 1830 | Jean Julien Angot des Rotours, Governor | |
| 31 January 1830 to 8 July 1831 | Louis François Vatable, Governor | |
| 1831 to 20 June 1837 | René Arnous des Saulsays, Governor | |
| 1837 to 1841 | Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor | |
| 1841 to 7 June 1845 | Augustin Gourbeyre, Governor | |
| 24 August 1845 to 5 June 1848 | Jean-François Layrle, Governor | |
| 5 June 1848 to 1848 | Alexandre Gatine, acting Governor | |
| 1848 to 1849 | Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre. acting Governor | |
| 1849 to 1849 | Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre | |
| 9 September 1849 to 1851 | Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron | |
| 1851 to 1851 | Chaumont, acting Governor | |
| 15 September 1851 to 1853 | Tranquille Aubry-Bailleul, Governor | |
| 30 September 1853 to 1856 | Philibert Augustin Bonfils, Governor | |
| 1856 to 1857 | Guillet, acting Governor | |
| March 1857 to April 1859 | Philippe Victor Touchard, Governor | |
| 1859 to January 1860 | Louis Bontemps, Governor | |
| January 1860 to 1864 | Charles Victor Frébault, Governor | |
| 1864 to 1864 | Joseph Desmazes, acting Governor | |
| 1864 to 1870 | Louis Hippolyte de Lormel, Governor |
Third, Fourth, Fifth republics
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1870 to 1880 | Gabriel Couturier, Governor | |
| 1880 to 1881 | Mazé, acting Governor | |
| 1881 to 1886 | Léonce Laugier, Governor | |
| 1886 to 1886 | Sainte-Luce, acting Governor | |
| 1886 to 1891 | Antoine Frédéric Henry Le Boucher, Governor | |
| 1891 to 1894 | Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet, Governor | |
| 1894 to 1895 | Noël Pardon, Governor | |
| 1895 to 1901 | Delphino Moracchini, Governor | |
| 1901 to 1903 | Martial Merlin, Governor | |
| 1903 to 1905 | Paul Marie Armand de La Loyère, Governor | |
| 1905 to 1907 | Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Governor | |
| 1907 to 1909 | Victor Marie Louis Ballot, Governor | |
| 1909 to 1910 | Henri Cor, Governor | |
| 1911 to 1913 | Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne, Governor | |
| 1913 to 1917 | Émile Merwart, Governor | |
| 1917 to 1920 | Maurice Gourbeil, Governor | |
| 1920 to 1924 | Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat, Governor | |
| 1924 to 1924 | Jocelyn Robert, Governor | |
| 1924 to 1926 | Maurice Beurnier, Governor | |
| 1926 to 1929 | Louis Gerbinis, Governor | |
| 1929 to 1931 | Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier, Governor | |
| 1931 to 1934 | Alphonse Choteau, Governor | |
| 1934 to 1936 | Louis Bouge, Governor | |
| 1936 to 1938 | Félix Éboué, Governor | |
| 29 November 1938 to 21 February 1940 | François Pierre-Alype, Governor | |
| 30 April 1940 to 15 July 1943 | Constant Sorin, Governor | |
| 1944 to 1946 | Maurice Pierre Eugène Bertaut, Governor | |
| 19 March 1946 | French overseas département | |
| 30 April 1946 to 12 October 1947 | Ernest de Nattes, Governor | |
| 26 December 1947 to 24 November 1950 | Gilbert Eugène Félicien Marie Philipson, Prefect | |
| 16 January 1951 to 18 May 1954 | Gaston Villéger, Prefect | |
| 18 May 1954 to 18 December 1955 | Jacques Ravail, Prefect | |
| 22 December 1955 to 22 May 1956 | Guy Malines, acting Prefect | |
| 22 May 1956 to 6 March 1958 | Guy Malines, Prefect | |
| 6 March 1958 to 1 October 1960 | Jean-Pierre Abeille, Prefect | |
| 1 October 1960 to 1 August 1965 | Albert Bonhomme, Prefect | |
| 1 August 1965 to 12 July 1967 | Pierre Bolotte, Prefect | |
| 16 August 1967 to 16 December 1969 | Jean Deleplanque, Prefect | |
| 16 December 1969 to 1 July 1973 | Pierre Mathieu Brunon, Prefect | |
| 12 July 1973 to 15 November 1975 | Jacques Le Cornec, Prefect | |
| 15 November 1975 to 15 October 1978 | Jean-Claude Aurousseau, Prefect | |
| 15 October 1978 to 28 February 1982 | Guy Maillard, Prefect | |
| 28 February 1982 to 10 May 1982 | Robert Miguet, Prefect | |
| 10 May 1982 to 13 February 1984 | Robert Miguet, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| February 1984 to April 1986 | Maurice Saborin, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 9 April 1986 to 4 November 1987 | Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 4 November 1987 to 24 February 1988 | Bernard Sarazin, Commissioner of the Republic | |
| 24 February 1988 to November 1989 | Bernard Sarazin, Prefect | |
| November 1989 to 18 July 1991 | Jean-Paul Proust, Prefect | |
| 31 July 1991 to 6 October 1993 | Franck Perriez, Prefect | |
| 6 October 1993 to 21 November 1994 | Alain Frouté, Prefect | |
| 21 November 1994 to 16 October 1996 | Michel Diefenbacher, Prefect | |
| 12 November 1996 to 16 August 1999 | Jean Fedini, Prefect | |
| 16 August 1999 to 6 August 2002 | Jean-François Carenco, Prefect | |
| 6 August 2002 to 7 July 2004 | Dominique Vian, Prefect | |
| 7 July 2004 to 29 October 2009 | Paul Girot de Langlade, Prefect | |
| 29 October 2009 to 24 August 2011 | Jean-Luc Michel Fabre, Prefect | |
| 17 July 2011 to 11 September 2011 | Philippe Jaumouillé, Acting Prefect | |
| 11 September 2011 to 23 January 2013 | Amaury de Saint-Quentin, Prefect | |
| 23 January 2013 to 21 December 2014 | Marcelle Pierrot, Prefect | |
| 21 December 2014 to present | Jacques Billant, Prefect |
Notes
Sources
- Cahoon, Ben, "Gaudeloupe", Worldstatesmen.org, retrieved 22 September 2018
