List of Colonial Heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| French Settlement at Obock | ||
| Henri Lambert, | ||
| French Coast of Somalis | ||
| French acquisition of Obock territory | ||
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, | ||
| Territory of Obock and Protectorate of Tadjoura | ||
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, | ||
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, | ||
| French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI) | ||
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, | ||
| Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, | ||
| Alfred Albert Martineau, | ||
| Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, | ||
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, | ||
| Louis Ormiéres, | ||
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, | ||
| Albert Dubarry, | ||
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, | ||
| Albert Dubarry, | ||
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, | ||
| Raphaël Antonetti, | ||
| Louis Ormiéres, | ||
| Patte, | ||
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, | ||
| Jean Baptiste Castaing, | ||
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal | ||
| Jean Baptiste Castaing, | ||
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, | ||
| Paul Simoni, | ||
| Victor Marie Fillon, | ||
| Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, | ||
| Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac, | ||
| Louis Placide Blacher, Governor | ||
| Jules Marcel de Coppet, | ||
| Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre, | ||
| Armand Léon Annet, | ||
| Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, | ||
| Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, | ||
| Hubert Jules Deschamps, | ||
| Hubert Jules Deschamps, | ||
| Gaetan Louis Elie Germain, | ||
| Pierre Marie Elie Louis Nouailhetas, | ||
| Truffert, | ||
| Christian Raimond Dupont, | ||
| Ange Marie Charles André Bayardelle, | ||
| Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, | ||
| Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, | ||
| Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet, | ||
| Paul Henri Siriex, | ||
| Numa François Henri Sadoul, | ||
| Roland Joanes Louis Pré, | ||
| René Jean Albert Petitbon, | ||
| Maurice Meker, | ||
| Jacques Marie Julien Compain, | ||
| René Tirant, | ||
| Louis Joseph Édouard Saget, | ||
| Louis Joseph Édouard Saget, | ||
| Dominique Ponchardier, | ||
| Georges Thiercy, | ||
| Christian Dablanc, | ||
| Camille d’Ornano, | ||
| 27 June 1977 | Independence as Republic of Djibouti | |
For continuation after independence, see Heads of state of Djibouti
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