List of French governors of Algeria
Governor of Algeria | |
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Gouverneur d'Algérie | |
Official Arabic seal of the Governor General of Algeria | |
Longest serving Louis Tirman 26 November 1881 – 18 April 1891 | |
Reports to | Head of State of France |
Residence | Algiers:
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Formation | 5 July 1830 |
First holder | Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont (as Military Commander) |
Final holder | Christian Fouchet (as High Commissioner) |
Abolished | 3 July 1962 |
Succession | President of Algeria |
In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France, the conquest of Algeria was initiated by Charles X as an attempt to increase his popularity amongst the French people. The invasion began on 5 July 1830. Afterwards Algeria would become a territory within the French colonial empire from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems.
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
French colony of Algeria (1830–1848)
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | Portrait |
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5 July 1830 to 12 August 1830 | Louis-Auguste-Victor, Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont, Military Commander | ||
12 August 1830 to 21 February/21 March? 1831 | General Bertrand Clauzel, comte Clausel, Military Commander | 1st term | |
21 February/21 March 1831 to ?6/21 December 1831 | General Pierre Berthezéne, Baron Berthezéne, Military Commander | ||
?6/21 December 1831 to 29 April 1833 | Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duc de Rovigo, Military Commander | ||
29 April 1833 to 27 July 1834 | Théophile Voirol, Baron Voirol, interim Military Commander | ||
27 July 1834 to 8 July 1835 | Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa | ||
8 July 1835 to 12 February 1837 | Bertrand, comte Clauzel, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa | 2nd term | |
12 February 1837 to 12/13 October 1837 | Charles Marie Denys, comte de Damrémont, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa | Killed in combat during the siege of Constantine | |
12/13 October 1837 to 11 November 1837 | |||
11 November/1 December 1837 to 18 December 1840 | Sylvain Charles, comte Valée, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa | ||
22 February 1841 to February 1842 | Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa | ||
February 1842 to 27 September 1847 | Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
1 September 1845 to 6 July 1847 | Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, acting Governor-General of Algeria | For Bugeaud | |
6 July 1847 to 27 September 1847 | Marie Alphonse Bedeau, acting Governor-General of Algeria | For Bugeaud | |
27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848 | Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d'Orleans, duc d'Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
24 February 1848 to 29 April 1848 | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
29 April 1848 to 9 September 1848 | Nicolas Changarnier, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
20 June 1848 to 9 September 1848 | Guillaume Stanislas Marey-Monge [fr], acting Governor-General of Algeria | For Changarnier | |
9 September 1848 to 4 November 1848 | Viala Charon, Governor-General of Algeria |
French departments of Algeria (1848–1962)
Shortly after the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I was overthrown in the Revolution of 1848, the new government of the Second Republic ended Algeria's status as a colony and declared it in the 1848 Constitution an integral part of France. Three civil departements — Alger, Oran, and Constantine — were organized under a civilian government.
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | Portrait |
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4 November 1848 to 22 October 1850 | Viala Charon, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
22 October 1850 to 10 May 1851 | Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
10 May 1851 to 11 December 1851 | Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, Governor-General of Algeria | 1st term | |
11 December 1851 to 31 August 1858 | Jacques Louis Randon, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
24 June 1858 to 21 March 1859 | Prince Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul Bonaparte, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies | ||
21 March 1859 to 24 November 1860 | Prosper, comte de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies | ||
24 November 1860 to 22 May 1864 | Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies | 2nd term | |
22 May 1864 to 1 September 1864 | Edmond-Charles de Martimprey, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies | ||
1 September 1864 to 27 July 1870 | Patrice de MacMahon, duc de Magenta, Governor-General of Algiers | ||
27 July 1870 to 23 October 1870 | Louis, Baron Durieu, Governor-General of Algiers | ||
23 October 1870 to 24 October 1870 | Jean Walsin-Esterhazy [fr], Governor-General of Algiers | ||
24 October 1870 to 16 November 1870 | Henry-Gabriel Didier [fr], Governor-General of Algiers | ||
16 November 1870 to 8 February 1871 | Charles de Bouzet, Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic | ||
c. November 1870 to March 1871 | Benoît Vuillermoz [fr], Mayor of Algiers and Head of the Committee of Defence | In rebellion | |
8 February 1871 to 21 March 1871 | Alexis Lambert [fr], Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic | ||
21 March 1871 to 10 June 1873 | Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
10 June 1873 to 15 March 1879 | Antoine-Eugène-Alfred Chanzy, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
15 March 1879 to 26 November 1881 | Albert Grévy, acting Governor-General of Algeria | ||
26 November 1881 to 18 April 1891 | Louis Tirman, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
18 April 1891 to 28 September 1897 | Jules Cambon, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
28 September 1897 to 1 October 1897 | Henri-Auguste Lozé, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
1 October 1897 to 26 July 1898 | Louis Lépine, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
26 July 1898 to 3 October 1900 | Édouard Laferrière, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
3 October 1900 to 18 June 1901 | Charles Jonnart, acting Governor-General of Algeria | 1st term | |
18 June 1901 to 11 April 1903 | Paul Révoil, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
11 April 1903 to 5 May 1903 | Maurice Varnier, acting Governor-General of Algeria | ||
5 May 1903 to 22 May 1911 | Charles Jonnart, acting Governor-General of Algeria | 2nd term | |
22 May 1911 to 29 January 1918 | Charles Lutaud, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
29 January 1918 to 29 August 1919 | Charles Jonnart, acting Governor-General of Algeria | 3rd term | |
29 August 1919 to 28 July 1921 | Jean-Baptiste Eugène Abel, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
28 July 1921 to 17 April 1925 | Théodore Steeg, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
17 April 1925 to 12 May 1925 | Henri Dubief, acting Governor-General of Algeria | ||
12 May 1925 to 20 November 1927 | Maurice Viollette, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
20 November 1927 to 3 October 1930 | Pierre-Louis Bordes [fr], Governor-General of Algeria | ||
3 October 1930 to 21 September 1935 | Jules Carde, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
21 September 1935 to 19 July 1940 | Georges le Beau, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
19 July 1940 to 16 July 1941 | Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
16 July 1941 to 20 September 1941 | Maxime Weygand, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
20 September 1941 to 20 January 1943 | Yves-Charles Chatel, acting Governor-General of Algeria | ||
20 January 1943 to 3 June 1943 | Bernard-Marcel-Edmond Peyrouton, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
3 June 1943 to 8 September 1944 | Georges Albert Julien Catroux, Governor-General of Algeria | 1st term | |
8 September 1944 to 11 February 1948 | Yves Chataigneau, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
11 February 1948 to 9 March 1951 | Marcel-Edmond Naegelen, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
12 April 1951 to 26 January 1955 | Roger Léonard [fr], Governor-General of Algeria | ||
26 January 1955 to 1 February 1956 | Jacques Soustelle, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
1 February 1956 to 9 February 1956 | Georges Albert Julien Catroux, Governor-General of Algeria | 2nd term | |
9 February 1956 to 13 May 1958 | Robert Lacoste, Governor-General of Algeria | ||
13 May 1958 to 1 June 1958 | André Mutter [fr], Governor-General of Algeria | ||
13 May 1958 to 23 May 1958 | Jacques Massu, President of the Committee of Public Safety | In rebellion during the May 1958 crisis | |
23 May 1958 to 7 June 1958 | Committee of Public Safety:- | ||
Jacques Massu, President of the Central Committee of Public Safety | |||
Sid Cara, President of the Central Committee of Public Safety | |||
7 June 1958 to 12 December 1958 | Raoul-Albin-Louis Salan, Delegate-general of Algeria | ||
12 December 1958 to 23 November 1960 | Paul Delouvrier, Delegate-general of Algeria | ||
23 November 1960 to 19 March 1962 | Jean Morin [fr], Delegate-general of Algeria | ||
21 April 1961 to 25 April 1961 | Directorate:- | In rebellion during the Algiers putsch of 1961 | |
Maurice Challe | |||
André Zeller | |||
Edmond Jouhaud | |||
Raoul Salan | |||
19 March 1962 to 3 July 1962 | Christian Fouchet, High Commissioner | ||
3 July 1962 to 25 September 1962 | Abderrahmane Farès, High Commissioner and Chairman of the Provisional Executive |
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Algeria
See also
- Ottoman Algeria
- French Algeria
- Pacification of Algeria
- Beylik of Tunis
- French protectorate of Tunisia
- Kingdom of Tunisia
- French protectorate in Morocco
Sources
- http://www.rulers.org/rula1.html#algeria
- African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
- Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press (2000)
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the Kingdom of Tlemcen
(1235–1556)
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the Regency of Algiers
(1517–1710)
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- Hasan IV
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- Soliman Katanya
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- Hassan Khodja
- Yusuf II Pasha
- Ali Bitchin
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- Ahmed I Pasha
- Yusuf III Pasha
- Murad Pasha
- Buzenak-Muhammad
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- Ibrahim Pasha
- Ismail Pasha
- Khalil Aga
- Ramadan Aga
- Shaban Aga
- Ali Aga
- Hadj Mohamed Dey
- Baba Hassan
- Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
- Ahmed Sharban
- Hadji Ahmed ben al-Hadji
- Hassan Chaouch
- Hadji Mustapha
- Hussein Kodja
- Mohamed Bektach
- Deli Ibrahim
the Deylik of Algiers
(1710–1830)
- Ali I
- Muhammad III
- Abdy Pasha
- Mohammed Arslan
- Ibrahim III
- Ibrahim IV
- Muhammad IV
- Ali II
- Muhammad V
- Sidi Hassan
- Mustapha II
- Ahmed II
- Ali III
- Ali IV
- Mohammed Khaznadji
- Omar Agha
- Ali V
- Muhammad VI ben Ali
- Hussein Dey
of French Algeria
(1830–1962)
- Louis-Auguste-Victor
- Bertrand Clauzel
- Pierre Berthezène
- Anne Jean Marie René Savary
- Théophile Voirol
- Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon
- Bertrand Clauzel
- Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont
- Sylvain Charles Valée
- Thomas Robert Bugeaud
- Louis Juchault de Lamoricière
- Marie Alphonse Bedeau
- Henri d'Orleans
- Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
- Nicolas Théodule Changarnier
- Viala Charon
- Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul
- Aimable Pélissier
- Jacques Louis Randon
- Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte
- Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
- Edmond-Charles de Martimprey
- Patrice de MacMahon
- François Louis Alfred Durrieu
- Jean Walsin-Esterhazy
- Henri-Gabriel Didier
- Charles de Bouzet
- Romuald Vuillermoz
- Alexis Lambert
- Louis Henri de Gueydon
- Antoine Chanzy
- Albert Grévy
- Louis Tirman
- Jules Cambon
- Auguste Loze
- Louis Lépine
- Édouard Laferrière
- Charles Jonnart
- Paul Révoil
- Maurice Varnier
- Charles Lutaud
- Jean-Baptiste Abel
- Théodore Steeg
- Henri Dubief
- Maurice Viollette
- Pierre Bordes
- Jules-Gaston Henri Carde
- Georges le Beau
- Jean-Marie Charles Abrial
- Maxime Weygand
- Yves-Charles Chatel
- Marcel-Edmond Peyrouton
- Georges Catroux
- Yves Chataigneau
- Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
- Roger Léonard
- Jacques Soustelle
- Georges Catroux
- Robert Lacoste
- André Mutter
- Raoul Salan
- Paul Albert Louis Delouvrier
- Jean Morin
- Christian Fouchet
Republic of Algeria
(1962–present)