List of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion
Introduction This is a '''list of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion'''. Réunion is a French overseas department and region with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, approximately 200 km southwest of Mauritius, the nearest island. The chief of state is the French President, who is represented by a Prefect. The president of the General Council acts as head of the government. Elections held in Réunion include the French presidential vote. A prefect is appointed by the president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior. The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by members of those councils.
List of officeholders (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)TermIncumbentNotes'''French Suzerainty'''''Annexed for France, named Île Bourbon; under the French East India Company rule''December 1649 to 5 August 1665'''''No central administration'''''5 August 1665 to 8 May 1671'''Étienne Regnault''', Commandant11 May 1671 to 22 November 1674'''Jacques de La Heure dit La Hure''', Commandant22 November 1674 to 1 December 1674'''Jacob de la Haye''', de facto Commandant''French colony; under the French East India Company rule''1 December 1674 to 17 June 1678'''Henry Esse d'Orgeret''', Commandant18 June 1678 to January 1680'''Germain de Fleurimont Moulinier''', CommandantJanuary 1680 to 30 November 1686'''F. Bernardin de Quimper''', Commandant2 December 1686 to 9 December 1689'''Jean-Baptiste Drouillard''', Commandant11 December 1689 to 26 November 1690'''Henry Habert de Vauboulon''', Commandant4 March 1691 to 29 April 1694'''Michel Firélin''', Commandant1694'''Prades''' + '''Lemayeur''', acting CommandantsMay 1694 to 2 July 1696'''''Directory of Saint Paul''''''''Athanase Touchard''', President; leader "naturel de l'île"'''Louis Caron''''''René Hoarau''''''François Mussard''''''François Mussard''''''Antoine Payet'''1 August 1696 to 6 June 1698'''Joseph Bastide''', Commandant21 October 1699 to 13 May 1701'''Jacques de La Cour de La Saulais''', Commandant12 June 1701 to 5 March 1709'''Jean-Baptiste de Villers''', Commandant7 March 1709 to 24 March 1710'''François Michel Des Bordes, sieur de Charanville''', Commandant22 April 1710 to 14 November 1715'''Pierre Antoine Parat de Chaillenest''', Commandant4 December 1715 to 14 February 1718'''Henri de Justamond''', Commandant6 September 1718 to 22 August 1723'''Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant''', Commandant23 August 1723 to 1 December 1725'''Antoine Labbé dit Desforges-Boucher''', Commandant2 December 1725 to 28 May 1727'''Hélie Dioré de Périgny''', Commandant21 July 1727 to 11 July 1735'''Pierre Benoît Dumas''', Commandant12 July 1735 to 1 October 1735'''Bertrand François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais''', Commandant''Part of the French Mascarene Islands colony; under French East India Company rule''2 October 1735 to 30 September 1739'''Charles L'Emery Dumont''', Commandant11 November 1739 to 12 December 1743'''Pierre-André d'Héguerty''', Commandant13 December 1743 to 8 May 1745'''Didier de Saint-Martin''', Commandant1st time15 May 1745 to 31 October 1745'''Jean-Baptiste Azéma''', Commandant1 November 1745 to 18 December 1745'''Didier de Saint-Martin''', Commandant2nd time''Separate colony; under French East India Company rule''29 December 1745 to 28 March 1747'''Gérard Gaspard de Ballade''', Governor1st time14 April 1747 to 11 November 1748'''Didier de Saint-Martin''', Governor3rd time22 November 1748 to 17 March 1749'''Gérard Gaspard de Ballade''', Governor2nd time24 May 1749 to 23 August 1749'''Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher''', Governor1st time6 September 1749 to 16 October 1750'''Joseph Brénier''', Governor1st time16 October 1750 to 14 December 1752'''Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier''', Governor1st time14 December 1752 to 14 January 1756'''Joseph Brénier''', Governor2nd time12 July 1757 to 15 October 1757'''Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher''', Governor2nd time19 October 1757 to 6 September 1763'''Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier''', Governor2nd time7 September 1763 to 14 October 1763'''Jean Sentuary''', Governor5 November 1763 to ''1764'''''François Jacques Bertin d'Avesnes''', Governor''French crown colony''''1764'' to 30 March 1767'''François Jacques Bertin d'Avesnes''', Governor31 March 1767 to 4 November 1767'''Martin Adrien Bellier''', Governor4 November 1767 to 4 October 1773'''Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe''', Governor15 December 1773 to 15 October 1776'''Jean Guillaume Steinauer''', Governor26 October 1776 to 30 April 1779'''François de Souillac''', Governor25 May 1779 to 22 August 1781'''Joseph Murinay, comte de Saint-Maurice''', Governor25 August 1781 to 21 April 1785'''André Joseph François Chalvet, baron de Souville''', Governor2 May 1785 to 15 February 1788'''Claude Élie Dioré de Périgny''', Governor21 February 1788 to 15 August 1790'''David Charpentier de Cossigny''', Governor8 September 1790 to 18 October 1792'''Dominique Prosper de Chermont''', Governor19 October 1792 to ''19 March 1793'''''Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis''', Governor''Île Bourbon renamed Île de la Réunion (sometimes called Réunion des Patriotes)''''19 March 1793'' to 11 April 1794'''Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis''', Governor12 April 1794 to 1 November 1795'''Pierre Alexandre Roubaud''', Governor2 November 1795 to ''3 February 1803'''''Philippe Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy''', Governor''Part of the French colony of Indes-Orientales''''3 February 1803'' to 7 October 1803'''Philippe Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy''', Governor10 November 1803 to 31 December 1805'''François Louis Magallon, comte de la Morlière''', Governor9 January 1806 to ''15 August 1806'''''Nicolas Ernault de Regnac des Brulys''', Governor''Île de la Réunion renamed Île Bonaparte''''15 August 1806'' to 25 September 1809'''Nicolas Ernault de Regnac des Brulys''', Governor9 October 1809 to 8 July 1810'''Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne''', Governor'''Occupation of Île Bonaparte by United Kingdom'''9 July 1810 to ''7 August 1810'''''Robert Townsend Farquhar''', Governor1st time''Île Bonaparte renamed Île Bourbon''''7 August 1810'' to 20 December 1810'''Robert Townsend Farquhar''', Governor1st time20 December 1810 to 26 April 1811'''Henry Sheehy Keating''', Governor1st time26 April 1811 to 10 July 1811'''Robert Townsend Farquhar''', Governor2nd time10 July 1811 to 5 April 1815'''Henry Sheehy Keating''', Governor2nd time'''French Suzerainty'''6 April 1815 to 30 June 1817'''Athanase Hyacinthe Bouvet de Lozier''', Governor1 July 1817 to 9 September 1818'''Hilaire Urbain Lafitte de Courteil''', Governor13 September 1818 to 14 February 1821'''Pierre Bernard de Milius''', Governor15 February 1821 to 14 October 1826'''Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet''', Governor20 October 1826 to 4 July 1830'''Achille Guy Marie de Penfentenio, comte de Cheffontaines''', Governor5 July 1830 to 7 November 1832'''Étienne-Henri Mengin du Valdailly''', Governor8 November 1832 to 4 May 1838'''Jacques Philippe Cuvillier''', Governor5 May 1838 to 14 October 1841'''Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell''', Governor15 October 1841 to 4 June 1846'''Charles Louis Joseph Bazoche''', Governor5 June 1846 to ''6 September 1848'''''Emmanuel François Joseph Graeb''', Governor''Île Bourbon renamed Réunion''''6 September 1848'' to 13 October 1848'''Emmanuel François Joseph Graeb''', Governor13 October 1848 to 7 March 1850'''Joseph Napoléon Sarda-Garriga''', Governor9 March 1850 to 14 February 1851'''Marie-Bon-Ézéchial Barolet de Puligny''', Governor15 February 1851 to 8 August 1852'''Louis Isaac Pierre Hilaire Doret''', Governor8 August 1852 to 8 January 1858'''Louis Henri Hubert Delisle''', Governor11 January 1858 to 27 March 1858'''Lefevre''', Governor28 March 1858 to 19 September 1864'''Rodolphe Augustin, baron Darricau''', Governor4 January 1865 to 23 September 1869'''Marie Jules Dupré''', Governor27 September 1869 to 18 September 1875'''Louis Hippolyte de Lormel''', Governor19 November 1875 to 29 April 1879'''Pierre Aristide Faron''', Governor6 May 1879 to 23 March 1886'''Pierre Étienne Cuinier''', Governor23 March 1886 to 11 October 1886'''Jean Baptiste Antoine Lougnon''', interim Governor1st time11 October 1886 to 16 December 1887'''Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud''', Governor16 December 1887 to 21 August 1888'''Jean Baptiste Antoine Lougnon''', Governor2nd time22 August 1888 to 10 July 1893'''Louis Evenor Édouard Manès''', Governor11 July 1893 to 21 June 1895'''Henri Eloi Danel''', Governor22 June 1895 to 12 August 1895'''Henri Charles Roberdeau''', Governor13 August 1895 to 19 May 1896'''Benedict Jacob de Cordemoy''', Governor19 May 1896 to 30 October 1900'''Laurent Marie Émile Beauchamp''', Governor30 October 1900 to 19 February 1901'''Charles Albert Madre''', Governor19 February 1901 to 29 July 1905'''Paul Samary''', Governor29 July 1905 to 30 August 1906'''Fernand Theron''', Governor30 August 1906 to 7 November 1906'''Marius Verignon''', Governor8 November 1906 to 27 December 1907'''Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure''', Governor1 January 1908 to 19 March 1908'''Henri Cor''', Governor19 March 1908 to 18 January 1910'''Camille Lucien Xavier Guy''', Governor18 January 1910 to 17 September 1910'''Philippe Émile Jullien''', Governor18 September 1910 to 28 July 1912'''François Pierre Rodier''', Governor30 August 1912 to 22 November 1913'''Hubert Auguste Garbit''', Governor23 November 1913 to 1 June 1919'''Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat''', Governor2 June 1919 to 26 July 1920'''Victor Jean Brochard''', Governor27 July 1920 to 5 September 1922'''Frédéric Estèbe''', Governor6 September 1922 to 21 August 1923'''Henri Cleret de Langavant''', Governor22 August 1923 to 2 October 1924'''Maurice Pierre Lapalud''', Governor31 March 1925 to 28 November 1932'''Jules Vincent Repiquet''', Governor29 November 1932 to 13 June 1934'''Louis Fabre''', Governor14 June 1934 to 29 May 1936'''Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau''', Governor29 May 1936 to 16 August 1936'''Charles Victor Allard''', interim Governor17 August 1936 to 27 October 1938'''Léon Hippolyte Truitard''', Governor28 October 1938 to 29 December 1939'''Joseph Urbain Court''', Governor30 December 1939 to 1 December 1942'''Pierre Émile Aubert''', GovernorDeposed after the liberation of Réunion by the Free French forces1 December 1942 to ''19 March 1946'''''Jean Charles André Capagorry''', Governor''French overseas département''''19 March 1946'' to 17 July 1947'''Jean Charles André Capagorry''', Governor16 August 1947 to 1 June 1950'''Paul Demange''', Prefect1 June 1950 to 4 July 1952'''Roland Luc Béchoff''', Prefect4 July 1952 to 14 May 1956'''Pierre Philip''', Prefect12 June 1956 to 1 March 1963'''Jean François Pierre Perreau-Pradier''', Prefect1 March 1963 to 1 September 1966'''Alfred Diefenbacher''', Prefect11 September 1966 to 22 October 1969'''Jean Vaudeville''', Prefect29 October 1969 to 21 August 1972'''Paul Cousseran''', Prefect28 August 1972 to 14 April 1975'''Claude Edmond Vieillescazes''', Prefect14 April 1975 to 12 May 1977'''Robert Lamy''', Prefect16 May 1977 to 22 May 1980'''Bernard Landouzy''', Prefect29 May 1980 to 1 August 1981'''Jacques Seval''', Prefect1 August 1981 to ''10 May 1982'''''Michel Francis Levallois''', Prefect''10 May 1982'' to 15 March 1984'''Michel Francis Levallois''', Commissioner of the Republic26 March 1984 to 9 April 1986'''Michel Blangy''', Commissioner of the Republic9 April 1986 to 25 April 1986'''Jean-Marc Rebière''', acting Commissioner of the Republic25 April 1986 to ''24 February 1988'''''Jean Anciaux''', Commissioner of the Republic''24 February 1988'' to 11 September 1989'''Jean Anciaux''', Prefect11 September 1989 to 18 July 1991'''Daniel Constantin''', Prefect18 July 1991 to December 1992'''Jacques Dewatre''', Prefect2 December 1992 to 2 January 1995'''Hubert Fournier''', Prefect9 January 1995 to 27 November 1995'''Pierre Steinmetz''', Prefect27 November 1995 to 29 November 1995'''Yves Dassonville''', acting Prefect1st time29 November 1995 to 15 July 1998'''Robert Pommies''', Prefect15 July 1998 to 5 August 1998'''Yves Dassonville''', acting Prefect2nd time5 August 1998 to 2 July 2001'''''', Prefect2 July 2001 to 31 July 2001'''Vincent Bouvier''', acting Prefect31 July 2001 to ''28 March 2003'''''Gonthier Friederici''', Prefect''French overseas region''''28 March 2003'' to 13 August 2004'''Gonthier Friederici''', Prefect13 August 2004 to 16 August 2004'''Franck-Olivier Lachaud''', acting Prefect1st time16 August 2004 to 4 June 2005'''Dominique Vian''', Prefect4 June 2005 to 16 July 2005'''Franck-Olivier Lachaud''', acting Prefect2nd time16 July 2005 to 22 August 2006'''''', Prefect22 August 2006 to 28 August 2006'''Franck-Olivier Lachaud''', acting Prefect3rd time28 August 2006 to 20 January 2010'''Pierre-Henry Maccioni''', Prefect Nominated Prefect of Val-d’Oise20 January 2010 to 27 August 2012'''''', Prefect Former Prefect of Saône-et-Loire27 August 2012 to 2 September 2014'''Jean-Luc Marx''', Prefect Former Prefect of Allier2 September 2014 to 24 May 2017'''Dominique Sorain''', Prefect Former Prefect of Eure24 May 2017 to 17 June 2019'''Amaury de Saint-Quentin''', Prefect Former Prefect of Guadeloupe17 June 2019 to present'''Jacques Billant''', Prefect Former Prefect of Guadeloupe
See also * Politics of Réunion* History of Réunion
External links *  World Statesmen – Réunion