(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| French protectorates declared over the Kingdoms of Nzima and Sanwi, part of the Colony of Gorée and Dependencies | ||
| Charles-Marie Philippe de Kerhallet, | ||
| Thomas Jules Séraphin Besson, | ||
| Joseph Pellegrin, | ||
| Conjard, | ||
| Camille-Adolphe Pigeon, | ||
| Jean-Jules-Charles Boulay, | ||
| Charles-Gabriel-Felicité Martin des Pallières, | ||
| François Chirat, | ||
| Pierre-Alexandre Mailhetard, | ||
| Noël Bruyas, | ||
| Charles-Praul Brossard de Corbigny, | ||
| Pierre-Alexandre Maihetard, | ||
| ..., | ||
| Ivory Coast territory of the Ivory Coast-Gabon colony | ||
| ..., | ||
| Charles-René-Gabriel Liébault, | ||
| Joseph Alem, | ||
| Jean-Antione-Léonard-Eudore Noyer, | ||
| Jacques-Bertrand-Osacar Desnouy, | ||
| Jean-Auguste Martin, | ||
| Léon Noël, | ||
| Alfred Pouzols, | ||
| Jean-Louis Vernet, | ||
| Arthur Verdier, | ||
| Arthur Verdier & Company administration Recognised by France | ||
| Arthur Verdier, | ||
| Under the Superior Commandant of Gabon and the Gulf of Guinea Settlements | ||
| Arthur Verdier, | ||
| Under French Guinea | ||
| Arthur Verdier, | ||
| Direct French rule | ||
| Charles Bour, | ||
| Under the Lieutenant Governors of Guinea | ||
| Marcel Treich-Leplène, | ||
| French Protectorate of Ivory Coast | Direct French rule under the Lieutenant Governors of Guinea | |
| Marcel Treich-Leplène, | ||
| Jean-Joseph-Étienne-Octave Péan, | ||
| Jean-Auguste-Henri Desailles, | ||
| Eloi Bricard, | ||
| Julien Voisin, | ||
| Paul Alphonse Frédéric Heckman, | ||
| French Colony of Ivory Coast | ||
| Louis-Gustave Binger, | ||
| 16 June 1885 | Incorporated into French West Africa | |
| Paul Cousturier, | ||
| Joseph Lemaire, | ||
| Pierre-Hubert-Auguste Pascal, | ||
| Eugène Bertin, | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Castaing, | ||
| Louis Mouttet, | ||
| Louis Mouttet, | ||
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, | ||
| Jean Penel, | ||
| Pierre-Paul-Marie Capest, | ||
| ... Ribes, | ||
| Henri-Charles-Victor-Amédée Roberdeau, | ||
| Albert Anatole Nebout, | ||
| Marie-François-Joseph Clozel, | ||
| Marie-François-Joseph Clozel, | ||
| Albert Anatole Nebout, | ||
| Marie-François-Joseph Clozel, | ||
| Albert Anatole Nebout, | ||
| Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, | ||
| Pierre Brun, | ||
| Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, | ||
| Casimir Guyon, | ||
| Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, | ||
| Casimir Guyon, | ||
| Gustave Julien, | ||
| Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, | ||
| Maurice-Pierre Lapalud, | ||
| Gabriel-Louis Angoulvant, | ||
| Maurice-Pierre Lapalud, | ||
| Raphaël-Valentin-Marius Antonetti, | ||
| Maurice Beurnier, | ||
| Raphaël-Valentin-Marius Antonetti, | ||
| Pierre Chapon-Baissac, | ||
| Raphaël-Valentin-Marius Antonetti | ||
| Richard-Édmond-Maurice-Édouard Brunot, | ||
| Maurice-Pierre Lapalud, | ||
| Joseph Jules Brévié, | ||
| Jean Paul Boutonnet, | ||
| Dieudonné François Joseph Marie Reste, | ||
| Marie Alphonse Flotte de Pouzols, | ||
| Adolphe Deitte, | ||
| Julien Georges Lamy, | ||
| Gaston-Charles-Julien Mondon, | ||
| Louis Bressolles, | ||
| Horace-Valentin Crocicchia, | ||
| Horace-Valentin Crocicchia, | ||
| Hubert-Jules Deschamps, | ||
| Georges-Pierre Rey, | ||
| Jean François Toby, | ||
| André-Jean-Gaston Latrille, | ||
| Henry Jean Marie de Mauduit, | ||
| André-Jean-Gaston Latrille, | ||
| Ivory Coast Territory | Overseas territory of France | |
| André-Jean-Gaston Latrille, | ||
| Oswald-Marcellin-Maurice-Maruis Durand, | ||
| Oswald-Marcellin-Maurice-Maruis Durand, | ||
| Georges-Louis-Joseph Orselli, | ||
| Laurent Élisée Péchoux, | ||
| Pierre-François Pelieu, | ||
| Camille-Victor Bailly, | ||
| Pierre-Joseph-Auguste Messmer, | ||
| Pierre-Auguste-Michel-Marie Lami, | ||
| Pierre-Auguste-Michel-Marie Lami, | ||
| Ernest de Nattes, | ||
| Republic of Ivory Coast | Autonomous | |
| Ernest de Nattes, | ||
| Yves-René-Henri Guéna, | ||
| 7 August 1960 | Independence as Republic of Ivory Coast | |
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Côte d'Ivoire
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