High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia
Introduction The '''High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia''' is the representative of the French Republic in New Caledonia. with the rank of prefect, generally referred to locally in the media as "Haussaire". Its competences since the Nouméa agreement of 1998 and the organic law on New Caledonia of 1999 have been reduced. The part of the organic law which regulates the position of High Commissioner is ''Title VI''.He is “appointed by decree of the president of France deliberated in the Council of Ministers. He publishes the laws of the country with the countersignature of the president of the government of New Caledonia . He ensures their publication, as well as any administrative regulations, in the official journal. He chairs the Mining Council. It is responsible for the organization of services falling within the regal powers of the State: in particular security and justice. It is also he who manages the crisis cells linked to climatic events, such as cyclones. He attends by right the Committee of signatories of the Nouméa agreement and acts as the guarantor.The High Commissioner has been known by other titles since New Caledonia was taken over by France in 1853, first  by the title of Commander from 1853 to 1860 , then by Governor from 1860 to 1981 (who also bore the title of Commissioner General of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean from 28 February 1901 and  High Commissioner of France for the New Hebrides Archipelago from 11 January 1907, these two positions being held by the Governor until 1981.
List of officeholders (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)TermIncumbentNotes'''French Suzerainty'''''French colony'' 24 September 1853 to 1 January 1854  Auguste Febvrier Despointes, Commandant  1 January 1854 to 31 October 1854  Louis-Marie-François Tardy de Montravel, Commandant  18 January 1855 to 28 October 1856  Joseph Fidèle Eugène du Bouzet, Commandant  18 January 1855 to 21 December 1856  Jules Marcelin Albert Testard, acting Commandant  Acting for Bouzet to 28 October 1856 25 May 1856 to 5 May 1857  Le Bris, acting Commandant  Acting for Testard to 21 December 1856 21 December 1858 to 20 March 1859  Roussel, Commandant  20 March 1859 to 1 July 1860  Jean Pierre Thomas Durand, Commandant  22 May 1859 to 2 April 1860  Jean-Marie Saisset, acting Commandant  Acting for Durand 2 June 1862 to 13 March 1870  Charles Guillain, Governor  13 March 1870 to 26 August 1870  Jacques Eugène Barnabé Ruillier, Governor  26 August 1870 to 25 September 1874  Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie, Governor  25 September 1874 to 27 February 1875  Louis Eugène Alleyron, Governor  27 February 1875 to 11 April 1878  Léopold Eberhard Ludovic de Pritzbuer, Governor  11 April 1878 to 8 August 1880  Jean Baptiste Léon Olry, Governor  8 August 1880 to 29 September 1882  Amédée Courbet, Governor  29 September 1882 to 22 July 1884  Léopold Augustin Charles Pallu de la Barrière, Governor  22 July 1884 to 13 May 1886  Adolphe Le Boucher, Governor  13 May 1886 to 5 June 1886  Orius, Governor  5 June 1886 to 30 July 1888  Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet, Governor  30 July 1888 to 20 December 1888  Delphino Moracchini, Governor  20 December 1888 to 12 January 1889  Pons, Governor  12 January 1889 to 14 April 1891  Noël Pardon, Governor  14 April 1891 to 16 December 1892  Émile Gustave Laffon, Governor  16 December 1892 to 21 February 1894  Albert Jean Georges Marie Louis Picquié, Governor  21 February 1894 to 10 June 1894  Gauharou, interim Governor  10 June 1894 to 18 October 1902  Paul Théodore Ernest Marie Feillet, Governor  5 June 1896 to 2 June 1897  Aristide Le Fol, acting Governor  Acting for Feillet 10 February 1900 to 12 December 1900  Colardeau, acting Governor  Acting for Feillet 13 December 1900 to 2 May 1901  Édouard Émile Léon Telle, acting Governor  1st time, acting for Feillet 22 October 1902 to 14 November 1902  Édouard Émile Léon Telle, Governor  2nd time 14 November 1902 to 17 May 1905  Édouard Picanon, acting Governor  17 May 1905 to 17 September 1905  Charles Amédée Rognon, Governor  17 September 1905 to 18 March 1908  Victor Théophile Liotard, Governor  18 March 1908 to 24 May 1908  Pierre Brun, Governor  24 May 1908 to 6 June 1913  Richard, Governor  16 September 1909 to 6 July 1910  Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, acting Governor  Acting for Richard 6 June 1913 to 27 July 1914  Auguste Charles Désiré Emmanuel Brunet, Governor  27 July 1914 to 15 August 1923  Jules Vincent Repiquet, Governor  23 May 1919 to 6 January 1921  Joseph Marie Eugène Joulia, acting Governor  Acting for Repiquet 12 September 1923 to 14 March 1925  Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Governor  1st time16 March 1925 to 2 July 1932  Marie Casimir Joseph Guyon, Governor  29 May 1929 to 22 May 1930  Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, acting Governor  2nd time, acting for Guyon 23 May 1930 to 20 December 1930  Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, acting Governor  Acting for Guyon 20 July 1932 to 6 April 1933  Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor  1st time 3 May 1933 to 3 December 1936  Bernard Jacques Victorin Siadous, Governor  6 December 1936 to July 1938  Jean Marchessou, Governor  July 1938 to 7 August 1939  Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore, Governor  2nd time 7 August 1939 to 20 September 1939  René Victor Marie Barthès, Governor  20 October 1939 to 4 September 1940  Marie Marc Georges Pelicier, Governor  4 September 1940 to 19 September 1940  Maurice Denis, Governor  19 September 1940 to 6 May 1942  Henri Sautot, Governor  29 July 1942 to 23 June 1943  Marie Henri Ferdinand Auguste Montchamp, Governor  15 September 1943 to 13 February 1944  Christian Robert Roger Laigret, Governor  14 February 1944 to ''27 October 1946''  Jacques Victor François Tallec, Governor ''French overseas territory'' ''27 October 1946'' to 28 January 1947  Jacques Victor François Tallec, Governor  29 January 1947 to 10 May 1948  Georges Hubert Parisot, Governor  10 May 1948 to 5 July 1951  Pierre Charles Cournarie, Governor  5 July 1951 to 21 October 1951  Bordarier, Governor  21 October 1951 to 24 July 1954  Raoul Eugène Angammare, Governor  30 September 1954 to 3 February 1956  René Hoffherr, Governor  2 March 1956 to 1 December 1958  Aimé Grimald, Governor  1 December 1958 to 9 January 1963  Laurent Elisée Péchoux, Governor  18 March 1961 to 20 July 1961  Georges Poulet, acting Governor  Acting for Pechoux 9 January 1963 to 14 February 1965  Marc Casimir Biros, Governor  14 February 1965 to 16 October 1969  Jean Risterucci, Governor 20 October 1969 to 1 December 1973  Louis Verger, Governor  9 January 1974 to 16 December 1978  Jean Gabriel Ériau, Governor  16 December 1978 to 11 December 1981  Claude Charbonniaud, Governor  19 December 1981 to 22 October 1982  Christian Léon Colombo Nucci, High Commissioner  October 1982 to ''23 November 1984''  Jacques Roynette, High Commissioner ''Autonomy granted'' ''23 November 1984'' to 5 December 1984  Jacques Roynette, High Commissioner  January 1985 to 22 May 1985  Edgard Pisani, High Commissioner  31 May 1985 to 1 August 1986  Fernand Wibaux, High Commissioner  1 August 1986 to 12 August 1986  Bernard Lemaire, acting High Commissioner  12 August 1986 to 28 November 1987  Jean Montpezat, High Commissioner  1 December 1987 to ''26 June 1988''  Clément Bouhin, High Commissioner ''Matignon Accords increase territorial autonomy'' ''26 June 1988'' to 15 July 1988  Clément Bouhin, High Commissioner  15 July 1988 to 11 January 1991  Bernard Grasset, High Commissioner  15 January 1991 to 29 July 1994  Alain Christnacht, High Commissioner  29 July 1994 to 12 August 1994  Thierry Lataste, acting High Commissioner  1st time 12 August 1994 to 16 August 1995  Didier Cultiaux, High Commissioner  16 August 1995 to 18 August 1995  Laurent Cayrel, acting High Commissioner  18 August 1995 to ''20 July 1998''  Dominique Bur, High Commissioner ''French sui generis overseas collectivity'' ''20 July 1998'' to 15 July 1999  Dominique Bur, High Commissioner  19 July 1999 to 29 July 2002  Thierry Lataste, High Commissioner  2nd time 29 July 2002 to 31 July 2002  Alain Triolle, acting High Commissioner  31 July 2002 to 6 September 2005  Daniel Constantin, High Commissioner  6 September 2005 to 9 September 2005  Louis Le Franc, acting High Commissioner  9 September 2005 to 15 October 2007  Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner  15 October 2007 to 25 October 2007  Jean-Bernard Bobin, acting High Commissioner  25 October 2007 to 21 October 2010  Yves Dassonville, High Commissioner  21 October 2010 to 2 November 2010  Thierry Suquet, acting High Commissioner  1st time 2 November 2010 to 2 February 2013  Albert Dupuy, High Commissioner  2 February 2013 to 27 February 2013  Thierry Suquet, acting High Commissioner  2nd time 27 February 2013 to 23 July 2014  Jean-Jacques Brot, High Commissioner  23 July 2014 to 18 August 2014  Pascal Gauci, acting High Commissioner  18 August 2014 to 8? June 2016  Vincent Bouvier, High Commissioner  8? June 2016 to 20 June 2016  Laurent Cabrera, acting High Commissioner  20 June 2016 to 10 July 2019  Thierry Lataste, High Commissioner  3rd time 5 August 2019 to 6 June 2021  Laurent Prévost, High Commissioner  6 June 2021 to 6 February 2023 Patrice Faure, High Commissioner  6 February 2023 to present Louis Le Franc, High Commissioner
See also * Politics of New Caledonia* History of New Caledonia
External links *  World Statesmen.org: New Caledonia