(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Édouard Bouët, | ||
| Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Montagniés de la Roque, | ||
| Auguste Baudin, | ||
| Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, | ||
| Charles Penaud, | ||
| Auguste Baudin, | ||
| Colony of Gorée and Dependencies | ||
| Jérôme Félix Monléon, | ||
| Auguste Léopold Protet, | ||
| Auguste Bosse, | ||
| Octave François Charles, baron Didelot, | ||
| André Émile Léon Laffon de Ladébat, | ||
| Alphonse Jean René, vicomte Fleuriot de Langle, | ||
| Alexandre François Dauriac, | ||
| Victor Auguste, baron Duperré, | ||
| Siméon Bourgeois, | ||
| Antoine Louis Le Couriault du Quilio, | ||
| Charles Henri Jules Panon du Hazier, | ||
| Amédée Louis Ribourt, | ||
| François Hippolyte Allemand, | ||
| Bernard Ernest Mottez, | ||
| Richild, baron Grivel, | ||
| Jules Marie Armand Cavelier de Cuverville, | ||
| 1886 | Incorporated into French Congo | |
See below for continuation 1886 to 17 August 1960
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| Antoine Devoisins, | ||
| Joseph Marie Millet, | ||
| André Brisset, | ||
| Méquet, | ||
| Clément Grosjean, | ||
| Jean Carrilès, | ||
| André Brisset, | ||
| Alphonse Alexandre Sourdeaux, | ||
| Eugène Jean Antoine Desperles, | ||
| Étienne Charles Deschanel, | ||
| Jean-Auguste Martin, | ||
| Alexis Édouard Vignon, | ||
| Théophile Quillet, | ||
| Colony of Gorée and Dependencies | ||
| Théophile Quillet, | ||
| Alexis Édouard Vignon, | ||
| Pierre Alexandre Mailhetard, | ||
| César Charles Joseph Pradier, | ||
| Paul Claude Nicolas Brue, | ||
| Charles Ferdinand Eugène Baur, | ||
| Joseph Henri Brunet-Millet, | ||
| Théophile Aube, | ||
| Frédéric Amable Bourgarel, | ||
| Hippolyte Adrien Bourgin, | ||
| Gustave Aristide Léopold Garraud, | ||
| Charles Henri Jules Panon du Hazier, | ||
| Félix Ambroise Clément, | ||
| Paul-Michel-Frédéric Caudière, | ||
| Augustin Ernest Dumont, | ||
| Jules Émile Hanet-Cléry, | ||
| Émile Masson, | ||
| Jean Joseph Cornut-Gentille, | ||
| Georges Émile Pradier, | ||
| Incorporated into French Congo | ||
| Noël Ballay, | ||
| Charles de Chavannes, | ||
| Albert Dolisie, | ||
| Émile Gentil, | ||
| Louis Auguste Bertrand Ormières, | ||
| Paul Cousturier, | ||
| Alfred Fourneau, | ||
| Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard, | ||
| Alfred Martineau, | ||
| Édouard Émile Léon Telle, | ||
| Frédéric Claude Weber, | ||
| Charles Amédée Rognon, | ||
| Léon Félix Richaud, | ||
| Incorporated into French Equatorial Africa | ||
| Léon Félix Richaud, | ||
| Georges Poulet, | ||
| Paul Pierre Adam, | ||
| Joseph Guyon, | ||
| Georges Thomann, | ||
| Maurice Pierre Lapalud, | ||
| Jean Henri Marchand, | ||
| Jean Henri Marchand, | ||
| Edmond Émilien Cadier, | ||
| Louis Nicolas Marie Cercus, | ||
| Marie Joseph Jules Pierre Bernard, | ||
| Louis Vingarassamy, | ||
| Louis Bonvin, | ||
| Louis Bonvin, | ||
| Louis Bonvin, | ||
| Georges Parisot, | ||
| Georges Pierre Masson, | ||
| Georges Pierre Masson, | ||
| André Parant, | ||
| Victor Valentin Smith, | ||
| Charles André Maurice Assier de Pompignan, | ||
| Paul Vuillaume, | ||
| Numa Sadoul, | ||
| Roland Pré, | ||
| Numa Sadoul, | ||
| Pierre François Pelieu, | ||
| Pierre François Pelieu, | ||
| Charles Hanin, | ||
| Yves Digo, | ||
| Louis Sanmarco, | ||
| autonomous Gabonese Republic | ||
| Louis Sanmarco, | ||
| Jean Risterucci, | ||
| 17 August 1960 | Independence as Republic of Gabon | |
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Gabon
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