List of colonial governors of Dahomey

List of Colonial Heads of Dahomey and Porto-Novo (Benin)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
French Protectorate of Porto-Novo  Protectorate placed over the Porto-Novo (Hogbonu) Kingdom
25 February 1863 to 2 January 1865Marius Daumas, Agent  
Porto-Novo Kingdom
2 January 1865 to 14 April 1882none 
French Protectorate of Porto-NovoRestored
14 April 1882 to June 1882  
June 1882 to 1883Bonaventure Colonna de Lecca, Resident  
1883 to 1883Henri Guilman, Resident 
1883 to 1884Daniel Germa, Resident 
1884 to July 1884Léopold Maignot, Resident 
Ju1y 1884 to 1886Charles Disnematin-Dorat, Resident 
1886 to 1886Émmanuel Roget, Resident 
1886 to 1887Jean-Marie Bayol, Resident 
1887 to 16 June 1887Gentian-Antonin-Maire Péréton, Resident  
16 June 1887 to 11 July 1888Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Resident1st Term
11 July 1888 to 1889Paul-Alphonse-Frédéric-Mari de Beeckmann, Administrator  
1889 to 19 October 1889Louis-Frédéric-Émil Tautain, Resident 
19 October 1889 to 22 December 1891Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Resident2nd term
22 December 1891 to 22 June 1893Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor 
Porto-Novo Colony
22 June 1893 to 20 January 1894Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor 
Dahomey Colony
20 January 1894 to 22 June 1894Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor 
22 June 1894 to 3 July 1899Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Governor 
3 July 1899 to 8 October 1899Jean-Baptiste Fonssagrives, acting Governor 
8 October 1899 to 26 November 1900Pierre-Hubert-Auguste Pascal, acting Governor 
26 November 1900 to 5 May 1906Victor-Théophile Liotard, Governor 
5 May 1906 to 9 June 1906Joseph-Étienne-Gabriel Lhuerre, acting Governor 
9 June 1906 to 16 July 1906Charles-Emmanuel-Joseph Marchal, acting Governor 
16 July 1906 to 8 March 1908Charles-Emmanuel-Joseph Marchal, Governor 
8 March 1908 to 22 September 1908Marie-Antoine Gaudart, acting Governor 
22 September 1908 to 9 October 1908Charles-Désiré-Auguste Brunet, acting Governor 
9 October 1908 to 25 April 1909Jean-Jules-Émile Peuvergne, Governor 
25 April 1909 to 6 March 1911Henri-Jules-Jean-Baptiste Malan, Governor 
6 March 1911 to 24 June 1911Raphaël-Velentin-Marius Antonetti, Governor 
Dahomey Colony and Dependencies
24 June 1911 to 9 May 1912Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor 
9 May 1912 to 11 July 1912Charles-Henri-Adrien Noufflard, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
11 July 1912 to 7 April 1917Charles-Henri-Adrien Noufflard, Lieutenant-Governor 
7 April 1917 to July 1919Gaston-Léon-Joseph Fourn, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
July 1919 to 29 August 1928Gaston-Léon-Joseph Fourn, Lieutenant-Governor 
29 August 1928 to 4 April 1929Lucien-Eugène Geay, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
4 April 1929 to 8 February 1931Dieudonné-François-Joseph-Marie Reste, Lieutenant-Governor
8 February 1931 to 7 January 1932Théophile-Antione-Pascal Tellier, Lieutenant-Governor 
7 January 1932 to 2 August 1932Louis-Placide Blacher, Lieutenant-Governor 
2 August 1932 to 22 July 1933Louis Aujas, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
22 July 1933 to 24 August 1934Marcel de Coppet, Lieutenant-Governor 
24 August 1934 to 15 February 1935Jean Desanti, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
15 February 1935 to 12 January 1937Maurice-Léon Bourgine, Lieutenant-Governor 
12 January 1937 to 7 August 1937Henri-Étienne Martinet, acting Lieutenant-Governor1st Term
7 August 1937 to 7 April 1938Ernest Gayon, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
7 April 1938 to 1 June 1938Henri-Étienne Martinet, acting Lieutenant-Governor2nd Term
1 June 1938 to 27 August 1940Armand Léon Annet, Lieutenant-Governor 
27 August 1940 to 18 September 1940Pierre-Jean-André Paliceti, acting Lieutenant-Governor 
18 September 1940 to 26 August 1943Léon-Hippolyte Truitard, Lieutenant-Governor 
26 August 1943 to 21 May 1946Charles-André-Maurice-Assier de Pompignan, Lieutenant-Governor 
Dahomey Overseas Territory
21 May 1946 to 14 January 1948Robert Legendre, acting Governor 
14 January 1948 to 13 January 1949Jean-Georges Chambon, Governor 
13 January 1949 to 19 September 1949Jacques-Alphonse Boissier, Governor 
19 September 1949 to November 1951Claude Valluy, acting Governor 
November 1951 to 21 June 1955Charles-Henri Bonfils, Governor  
21 June 1955 to 21 March 1958Marc-Casimir Biros, Governor In some sources Casimir-Marc Biros
21 March 1958 to 15 July 1958Bernard Hepp, acting Governor 
15 July 1958 to 4 December 1958René Tirant, acting Governor 
Republic of DahomeyAutonomous
4 December 1958 to 1 August 1960 René Tirant, High Commissioner  
1 August 1960Independence as Republic of Dahomey

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

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