List of colonial governors of Madagascar
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 28 April 1886 to March 1888 | Charles Le Myre de Vilers, Resident-General | 1st Term |
| March 1888 to 12 December 1889 | Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy, Resident-General | 1st Term |
| 12 December 1889 to 11 October 1890 | Maurice Bompard, Resident-General | |
| 11 October 1890 to October 1892 | Lacoste, acting Resident-General | |
| October 1892 to 1894 | Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy, Resident-General | 2nd Term |
| 1894 to 1 December 1895 | Charles Le Myre de Vilers, Resident-General | 2nd Term |
| 1 December 1895 to 28 September 1896 | Hippolyte Laroche, Resident-General | |
| 28 September 1896 to 6 August 1896 | Joseph Galliéni, Resident-General | |
| French Protectorate | ||
| 6 August 1896 to 31 July 1897 | Joseph Simon Galliéni, Military Governor | |
| 31 July 1897 to 11 May 1905 | Joseph Simon Galliéni, Governor-General | |
| 11 May 1905 to December 1905 | Charles Louis Lépreux, acting Governor-General | |
| December 1905 to 13 December 1909 | Victor Augagneur, Governor-General | |
| 13 December 1909 to 16 January 1910 | Hubert Auguste Garbit, acting Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 16 January 1910 to 31 October 1910 | Henri François Charles Cor, acting Governor-General | |
| 31 October 1910 to 5 August 1914 | Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié, Governor-General | |
| 5 August 1914 to 13 October 1914 | Hubert Auguste Garbit, acting Governor-General | |
| 13 October 1914 to 24 July 1917 | Hubert Auguste Garbit, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 24 July 1917 to 1 August 1918 | Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General | |
| 1 August 1918 to 12 July 1919 | Abraham Schrameck, Governor-General | |
| 12 July 1919 to 22 June 1920 | Marie Casimir Joseph Guyon, acting Governor-General | |
| 22 June 1920 to 13 March 1923 | Hubert Auguste Garbit, Governor-General | 3rd Term |
| 13 March 1923 to 20 February 1924 | Auguste Charles Désiré Emmanuel Brunet, acting Governor-General | |
| 20 February 1924 to 30 January 1929 | Marcel Achille Olivier, Governor-General | |
| 30 January 1929 to 1 May 1930 | Hugues Jean Berthier, acting Governor-General | |
| 1 May 1930 to 22 April 1939 | Léon Henri Charles Cayla, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 22 April 1939 to 10 June 1939 | Léon Maurice Valentin Réallon, acting Governor-General | |
| 10 June 1939 to 30 July 1940 | Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 30 July 1940 to 11 April 1941 | Léon Henri Charles Cayla, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 11 April 1941 to 30 September 1942 | Armand Léon Annet, Governor-General | |
| 5 May 1942 to 5 November 1942 | Robert Grice Sturges, Commander, Occupied Territories Administrator (United Kingdom) | British forces in opposition |
| 25 September 1942 to 1943 | Anthony Sillery, Occupied Territories Administrator (United Kingdom) | British forces in opposition |
| 30 September 1942 to 7 January 1943 | Bech, acting Governor-General | |
| 7 January 1943 to 3 May 1943 | Paul Louis Victor Marie Legentilhomme, Governor-General | |
| 3 May 1943 to 27 March 1946 | Pierre de Saint-Mart, Governor-General | |
| 27 March 1946 to 19 May 1946 | Robert Boudry, acting Governor-General | |
| 19 May 1946 to 27 October 1946 | Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor-General | |
| French overseas territory | ||
| 27 October 1946 to February 1948 | Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| February 1948 to 3 February 1950 | Pierre Gabriel de Chevigné, High Commissioner | |
| 3 February 1950 to 1953 | Robert Isaac Bargues, High Commissioner | |
| 1953 to 14 October 1958 | Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux, High Commissioner | |
| Malagasy Republic | Autonomous | |
| 14 October 1958 to 1 May 1959 | Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux, High Commissioner | |
| 26 June 1960 | Independence as First Malagasy Republic | |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, colonial and/or governors:
“Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the nativesfrom Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenangowith a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to- date scripts for actors on the tourists stage.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“Sheathey call him Scholar Jack
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passersall.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (18461925)
“In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has had less authority than the last. . . . Masculinity ceased to be defined in terms of domestic involvement, skills at fathering and husbanding, but began to be defined in terms of making money. Men had to leave home to work. They stopped doing all the things they used to do.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“I do love this people [the French] with all my heart, and think that with a better religion and a better form of government and their present governors their condition and country would be most enviable.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)