4 April 1931||Joseph Urbain Court, acting Governor |- |4 April 1931 to 11 June 1931||Gabriel Omar Descemet, acting Governor |- |11 June 1931 to 31 March 1933||Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, acting Governor ||1st Term |- |31 March 1933 to 22 May 1933||René Desjardins, acting Governor |- |22 May 1933 to 30 November 1933||Léon Solomiac, acting Governor |- |30 November 1933 to 19 February 1935||Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, Governor||2nd Term |- |19 February 1935 to 22 November 1935||Félix Sylvestre Adolphe Éboué, acting Governor |- |22 November 1935 to 9 November 1936||Matteo-Mathieu-Maurice Alfassa, Governor |- |9 November 1936 to 4 December 1936||Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier, acting Governor |- |4 December 1936 to 28 March 1938||Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier, Governor |- ||28 March 1938 to 15 November 1940||Jean Desanti, acting Governor |- |15 November 1940 to 17 April 1942||Jean Desanti, Governor |- |17 April 1942 to 29 December 1942||Auguste Calvel, acting Governor |- |29 December 1942 to 15 May 1946||Auguste Calvel, Governor |- |15 May 1946 to 27 October 1946||Edmond Louveau, Governor |- |French Sudan||French overseas territory |- |27 October 1946 to April 1952||Edmond Louveau, Governor |- |April 1952 to 10 July 1952||Camille Victor Bailly, Governor |- |10 July 1952 to 23 February 1953||Salvador Jean Etchéber, acting Governor |- |23 February 1953 to 2 December 1953||Albert Jean Mouragues, Governor |- |2 December 1953 to 10 February 1954||Lucien Eugène Geay, acting Governor |- |10 February 1954 to 3 November 1956||Lucien Eugène Geay, Governor |- |3 November 1956 to 24 November 1958||Henri Victor Gipoulon, High Commissioner |- |Sudanese Republic||autonomous |- |24 November 1958 to 4 April 1959||Jean Charles Sicurani, High Commissioner |- |Mali Federation||union of Sudanese Republic and Senegal |- |4 April 1959 to 20 June 1960||Jean Charles Sicurani, High Commissioner |- |20 June 1960||Independence as Mali Federation |} For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Mali See also History of Mali Mali history-related lists List Mali Political history of Mali