| Term |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| French Suzerainty |
| French Settlement at Obock |
| 1858 to 4 June 1859 |
Henri Lambert, Agent |
|
| French Coast of Somalis |
| 11 March 1862 |
French acquisition of Obock territory |
| 29 December 1883 to 24 June 1884 |
Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Commissioner |
|
| Territory of Obock and Protectorate of Tadjoura |
| 24 June 1884 to 5 September 1887 |
Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Commandant |
|
| 5 September 1887 to 1888 |
Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Governor |
|
| French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI) |
| 1888 to 7 March 1899 |
Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Governor |
|
| 7 March 1899 to 23 March 1899 |
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, acting Governor |
|
| 28 March 1899 to 13 April 1900 |
Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor |
|
| 13 April 1900 to 6 December 1900 |
Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting Governor |
|
| 6 December 1900 to 7 September 1901 |
Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor |
1st Term |
| 7 September 1901 to June 1902 |
Louis Ormiéres, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| June 1902 to 23 May 1903 |
Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor |
2nd Term |
| 23 May 1903 to December 1903 |
Albert Dubarry, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| December 1903 to 2 April 1904 |
Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor |
3rd Term |
| 2 April 1904 to 5 August 1904 |
Albert Dubarry, acting Governor |
|
| 5 August 1904 to 9 September 1905 |
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor |
1st Term |
| 9 September 1905 to 13 October 1905 |
Raphaël Antonetti, acting Governor |
|
| 13 October 1805 to 19 May 1906 |
Louis Ormiéres, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| 19 May 1906 to 19 June 1906 |
Patte, acting Governor |
|
| 19 June 1906 to July 1908 |
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor |
2nd Term |
| July 1908 to 5 July 1909 |
Jean Baptiste Castaing, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| 5 January 1909 to June 1911 |
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal |
3rd Term |
| June 1911 to December 1911 |
Jean Baptiste Castaing, acting Governor |
2nd Term |
| December 1911 to 1915 |
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor |
4th Term |
| 1915 to 1916 |
Paul Simoni, Governor |
|
| 1916 to 1918 |
Victor Marie Fillon, Governor |
|
| 1918 to 1924 |
Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, Governor |
|
| 1924 to 1932 |
Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac, Governor |
|
| 1932 to 7 May 1934 |
Louis Placide Blacher, Governor |
|
| 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935 |
Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor |
|
| 18 July 1935 to 20 December 1935 |
Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre, Governor |
|
| 20 December 1935 to 1 May 1937 |
Armand Léon Annet, Governor |
|
| 1 May 1937 to 19 March 1938 |
Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, acting Governor |
|
| 19 March 1938 to 27 April 1938 |
Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, Governor |
|
| 27 April 1938 to 2 May 1939 |
Hubert Jules Deschamps, acting Governor |
|
| 2 May 1939 to 25 July 1940 |
Hubert Jules Deschamps, Governor |
|
| 25 July 1940 to 7 August 1940 |
Gaetan Louis Elie Germain, Governor |
|
| 7 August 1940 to 21 October 1942 |
Pierre Marie Elie Louis Nouailhetas, Governor |
|
| 21 October 1942 to 4 December 1942 |
Truffert, Governor |
|
| 4 December 1942 to 26 December 1942 |
Christian Raimond Dupont, Governor |
|
| 30 December 1942 to 22 June 1943 |
Ange Marie Charles André Bayardelle, Governor |
|
| 22 June 1943 to 7 January 1944 |
Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, acting Governor |
|
| 7 January 1944 to 1 May 1944 |
Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, Governor |
|
| 1 May 1944 to 30 April 1946 |
Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet, Governor |
|
| 30 April 1946 to 1 March 1950 |
Paul Henri Siriex, Governor |
|
| 1 March 1950 to 6 April 1954 |
Numa François Henri Sadoul, Governor |
|
| 6 April 1954 to 13 August 1954 |
Roland Joanes Louis Pré, Governor |
|
| 13 August 1954 to 7 August 1957 |
René Jean Albert Petitbon, Governor |
|
| 7 August 1957 to 1958 |
Maurice Meker, Governor |
|
| 1958 to 16 November 1962 |
Jacques Marie Julien Compain, Governor |
|
| 16 November 1962 to 15 September 1966 |
René Tirant, Governor |
|
| 15 September 1966 to 3 July 1967 |
Louis Joseph Édouard Saget, Governor |
|
| 3 July 1967 to 5 February 1969 |
Louis Joseph Édouard Saget, High Commissioner |
|
| 5 February 1969 to 21 August 1971 |
Dominique Ponchardier, High Commissioner |
|
| 21 August 1971 to 1 August 1974 |
Georges Thiercy, High Commissioner |
|
| 1 August 1974 to 9 February 1976 |
Christian Dablanc, High Commissioner |
|
| 9 February 1976 to 27 June 1977 |
Camille d’Ornano, High Commissioner |
|
| 27 June 1977 |
Independence as Republic of Djibouti |
