List of commissioners of French Togoland

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Togoland
31 August 1914French occupation
4 September 1916 to 27 April 1917Gaston Léon Joseph Fourn, Commissioner 
27 April 1917 to 2 January 1922Alfred Louis Woelfel, Commissioner 
2 January 1922 to 20 July 1922Paul Auguste François Bonnecarrère, Commissioner 
French Togoland, League of Nations Mandate
20 July 1922 to 27 December 1931Paul Auguste François Bonnecarrère, CommissionerActing to 22 December 1922
27 December 1931 to 18 October 1933Robert Paul Marie de Guise, Commissioner 
18 October 1933 to 7 May 1934Léon Charles Alphonse Pêtre, acting Commissioner 
7 May 1934 to 1 January 1935Maurice Léon Bourgine, Commissioner 
1 January 1935 to 25 September 1936Léon Geismar, Commissioner 
25 September 1936 to 1 January 1941Michel Lucien Montagné, Commissioner 
1 January 1941 to 19 November 1941Léonce Joseph Delpech, CommissionerActing to 28 August 1941
19 November 1941 to 12 April 1942Jean-François de Saint-Alary, Commissioner 
12 April 1942 to 31 August 1943Pierre Salceti, Commissioner 
31 August 1943 to 10 January 1944Albert Mercadier, acting Commissioner 
10 January 1944 to 13 December 1946Jean Noutary, CommissionerActing to 4 November 1944
French Togoland, United Nations Trust Territory
13 December 1946 to 8 March 1948Jean Noutary, Commissioner 
8 March 1948 to 20 September 1951Jean Henri Arsène Cédile, Commissioner 
20 September 1951 to 25 April 1952Yves Jean Digo, Commissioner 
25 April 1952 to 3 February 1955Laurent Elysée Péchoux, Commissioner 
3 February 1955 to 21 September 1956Jean Louis Philippe Bérard, CommissionerActing to 6 August 1955
21 September 1956 to 23 March 1957Jean Louis Philippe Bérard, High Commissioner 
23 March 1957 to June 1957Joseph Édouard Georges Rigal, acting High Commissioner 
June 1957 to 27 April 1960Georges Léon Spénale, High Commissioner 
27 April 1960Independence as Togolese Republic

For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Togo

See also

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