List of governors of La Réunion
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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. The governor of Bourbon or La Réunion was a French colonial role. When the island became a French overseas department in 1946, the role was replaced by a prefect.
For the French West India Company
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1665 | 8 May 1671 | Étienne Regnault |
| 9 May 1671 | End of November 1674 | Jacques de La Heure |
| End of November 1674 | 17 June 1678 | Henry Esse d'Orgeret |
| 18 June 1678 | January 1680 | Germain de Fleurimont Moulinier |
| January 1680 | 1 December 1686 | F. Bernardin de Quimper |
| 2 December 1686 | 9 December 1689 | Jean-Baptiste Drouillard |
| 11 December 1689 | 26 November 1690 | Henri Habert de Vauboulon |
| 26 November 1690 | 2 July 1696 | Directoire de Saint-Paul |
| 1 August 1696 | 6 June 1698 | Joseph Bastide |
| 21 October 1699 | 13 May 1701 | Jacques de La Cour |
| 12 June 1701 | 5 March 1709 | Jean-Baptiste de Villiers |
| 7 March 1709 | 24 March 1710 | Michel François Des Bordes |
| 22 April 1710 | 14 November 1715 | Antoine de Parat de Chaillenest |
| 4 December 1715 | 14 February 1718 | Henry de Justamond |
| 6 September 1718 | 22 August 1723 | Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant |
| 23 August 1723 | 1 December 1725 | Antoine Desforges-Boucher |
| 2 December 1725 | 28 May 1727 | Hélie Dioré |
| 21 July 1727 | 11 July 1735 | Pierre-Benoît Dumas |
| 12 July 1735 | 1 October 1735 | Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais |
| 2 October 1735 | 30 September 1739 | Charles L'Emery Dumont |
| 11 November 1739 | 12 December 1743 | Pierre-André d'Héguerty |
| 13 December 1743 | 8 May 1745 | Didier de Saint-Martin |
| 15 May 1745 | 31 October 1745 | Jean-Baptiste Azéma |
| 1 November 1745 | 18 December 1745 | Didier de Saint-Martin |
| 29 December 1745 | 28 March 1747 | Gérard Gaspard de Ballade |
| 14 April 1747 | 11 November 1748 | Didier de Saint-Martin |
| 22 November 1748 | 17 March 1749 | Gérard Gaspard de Ballade |
| 24 May 1749 | 23 August 1749 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher |
| 6 September 1749 | 16 October 1750 | Joseph Brenier |
| 16 October 1750 | 14 décembre 1752 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier |
| 12 July 1757 | 15 October 1757 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher |
| 19 October 1757 | 6 September 1763 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier |
| 7 September 1763 | 14 October 1763 | Jean Sentuary |
| 5 November 1763 | 30 March 1767 | François Jacques Bertin |
| 31 March 1767 | 4 November 1767 | Martin Adrien Bellier |
For the king of France
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 November 1767 | 26 July 1772 | Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe |
| 20 October 1772 | 4 March 1773 | De Savourin |
| 27 July 1773 | 4 October 1773 | Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe |
| 15 December 1773 | 15 October 1776 | Jean Guillaume de Steynauer |
| 26 October 1776 | 30 April 1779 | François de Souillac |
| 25 May 1779 | 22 August 1781 | Joseph Murinay, comte de Saint-Maurice |
| 25 August 1781 | 21 April 1785 | Joseph Chalvet, baron de Souville |
| 2 May 1785 | 15 February 1788 | Elie Dioré |
| 21 February 1788 | 15 August 1790 | David Charpentier de Cossigny |
French Revolution and British occupation
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1790 | 18 October 1792 | Dominique Prosper de Chermont |
| 19 October 1792 | 11 April 1794 | Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis |
| 12 April 1794 | 1 November 1795 | Pierre Alexandre Roubaud |
| 2 November 1795 | 7 October 1803 | Pierre Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy |
| 10 November 1803 | 31 December 1805 | François-Louis Magallon |
| 9 January 1806 | 25 September 1809 | Nicolas Ernault des Bruslys |
| 9 October 1809 | 8 July 1810 | Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne |
| 9 July 1810 | 20 December 1810 | Robert Townsend Farquhar |
| 20 December 1810 | 26 April 1811 | Henry Sheehy Keating |
| 26 April 1811 | 10 July 1811 | Robert Townsend Farquhar |
| 10 July 1811 | 5 April 1815 | Henry Sheehy Keating |
Bourbon Restoration to Second French Empire
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1815 | 30 June 1817 | Athanase Bouvet de Lozier |
| 1 July 1817 | 9 September 1818 | Hilaire Urbain de Laffite du Courteil |
| 13 September 1818 | 14 February 1821 | Pierre Bernard Milius |
| 15 February 1821 | 14 October 1826 | Louis-Henri de Freycinet |
| 20 October 1826 | 4 July 1830 | Achille Guy Marie, Comte de Cheffontaines |
| 5 July 1830 | 7 November 1832 | Étienne-Henri Mengin du Val d'Ailly |
| 8 November 1832 | 4 May 1838 | Jacques Philippe Cuvillier |
| 5 May 1838 | 14 October 1841 | Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell |
| 15 October 1841 | 4 June 1846 | Charles Léon Joseph Bazoche |
| 5 June 1846 | 13 October 1848 | Joseph Graeb |
| 13 October 1848 | 7 March 1850 | Joseph Napoléon Sébastien Sarda Garriga |
| 9 March 1850 | 14 February 1851 | Marie-Bon-Ézéchiel Barolet de Puligny |
| 15 February 1851 | 8 August 1852 | Louis Isaac Pierre Hilaire Doret |
| 8 August 1852 | 8 January 1858 | Louis Henri Hubert Delisle |
| 11 January 1858 | 27 March 1858 | Lefevre |
| 28 March 1858 | 19 September 1863 | Rodolphe Augustin, baron Darricau |
| 4 January 1865 | 23 October 1869 | Marie Jules Dupré |
| 27 September 1869 | 18 September 1875 | Louis Hippolyte de Lormel |
French Third Republic
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 19 November 1875 | 29 April 1879 | Pierre Aristide Faron |
| 6 May 1879 | 23 March 1886 | Pierre Étienne Cuinier |
| 11 October 1886 | 16 December 1887 | Étienne Richaud |
| 16 December 1887 | 21 August 1888 | Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lougnon |
| 22 August 1888 | 7 May 1891 | Anne Louis Edouard Manès |
| 7 May 1891 | 20 November 1891 | Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lougnon |
| 20 November 1891 | 10 July 1893 | Anne Louis Edouard Manès |
| 11 July 1893 | 21 June 1895 | Henri Éloi Danel |
| 22 June 1895 | 12 August 1895 | Henri Roberdeau |
| 13 August 1895 | 19 May 1896 | Benedict Jacob de Cordemoy |
| 19 May 1896 | 30 October 1900 | Laurent Marie Émile Beauchamps |
| 30 October 1900 | 19 February 1901 | Charles André Madre |
| 19 February 1901 | 29 July 1905 | Paul Samary |
| 29 July 1905 | 30 August 1906 | Fernand Théron |
| 30 August 1906 | 7 November 1906 | Marius Verignon |
| 8 November 1906 | 27 December 1907 | Adrien Bonhoure |
| 1 January 1908 | 19 March 1908 | Henri Cor |
| 19 March 1908 | 18 January 1910 | Camille Guy |
| 18 January 1910 | 17 September 1910 | Philippe Émile Jullien |
| 11 July 1910 | 28 July 1910 | Marie Joachim Stanislas Sice |
| 18 September 1910 | 28 July 1912 | François Pierre Rodier |
| 30 August 1912 | 22 November 1912 | Hubert Auguste Garbit |
| 23 November 1913 | 1 June 1919 | Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat |
| 2 June 1919 | 26 July 1920 | Victor Jean Brochard |
| 27 July 1920 | 5 September 1922 | Frédéric Estebbe |
| 6 September 1922 | 21 August 1923 | Henri Cleret de Langavant |
| 22 August 1923 | 2 October 1924 | Maurice Lapalud |
| 31 March 1925 | 10 September 1928 | Jules Vincent Repiquet |
| 10 September 1928 | 17 May 1930 | Louis Fabre |
| 17 May 1930 | 28 November 1932 | Jules Vincent Repiquet |
| 28 November 1932 | 13 June 1934 | Louis Fabre |
| 14 June 1934 | 29 May 1936 | Alfred Paul Albert Choteau |
| 29 May 1936 | 16 August 1936 | Charles Victor Allard |
| 17 August 1936 | 27 October 1938 | Léon Hippolyte 1e Truitard |
| 28 October 1938 | 29 December 1939 | Joseph Court |
| 30 December 1939 | 1 December 1942 | Pierre Émile Aubert |
| 1 December 1942 | 17 July 1947 | André Capagorry |