Governor of Algeria | |
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Gouverneur d'Algérie | |
Reports to | Head of State of France |
Residence | Algiers: |
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.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
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 |
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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 |
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?6/21 December 1831 to 29 April 1833 |
Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duc de Rovigo, Military Commander |
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29 April 1833 to 27 July 1834 |
Théophile Voirol, Baron Voirol, interim Military Commander |
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27 July 1834 to 8 July 1835 |
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa |
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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 |
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22 February 1841 to February 1842 |
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa |
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February 1842 to 27 September 1847 |
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 Begeaud | |
27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848 |
Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d'Orleans, duc d'Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria |
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24 February 1848 to 29 April 1848 |
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Governor-General of Algeria |
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29 April 1848 to 9 September 1848 |
Nicolas Changarnier, Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 June 1848 to 9 September 1848 |
Guillaume Stanislas Marey-Monge , acting Governor-General of Algeria |
For Changarnier | |
9 September 1848 to 4 November 1848 |
Viala Charon, Governor-General of Algeria |
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 |
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22 October 1850 to 10 May 1851 |
Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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24 June 1858 to 21 March 1859 |
Prince Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul Bonaparte, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies |
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21 March 1859 to 24 November 1860 |
Prosper, comte de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies |
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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 |
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1 September 1864 to 27 July 1870 |
Patrice de MacMahon, duc de Magenta, Governor-General of Algiers |
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27 July 1870 to 23 October 1870 |
Louis, Baron Durieu, Governor-General of Algiers |
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23 October 1870 to 24 October 1870 |
Jean Walsin-Esterhazy , Governor-General of Algiers |
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24 October 1870 to 16 November 1870 |
Henry-Gabriel Didier , Governor-General of Algiers |
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16 November 1870 to 8 February 1871 |
Charles de Bouzet, Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic |
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c. November 1870 to March 1871 |
Benoît Vuillermoz , Mayor of Algiers and Head of the Committee of Defence |
In rebellion | |
8 February 1871 to 21 March 1871 |
Alexis Lambert , Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic |
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21 March 1871 to 10 June 1873 |
Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria |
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10 June 1873 to 15 March 1879 |
Antoine-Eugène-Alfred Chanzy, Governor-General of Algeria |
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15 March 1879 to 26 November 1881 |
Albert Grévy, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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26 November 1881 to 18 April 1891 |
Louis Tirman, Governor-General of Algeria |
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18 April 1891 to 28 September 1897 |
Jules Cambon, Governor-General of Algeria |
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28 September 1897 to 1 October 1897 |
Henri-Auguste Lozé, Governor-General of Algeria |
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1 October 1897 to 26 July 1898 |
Louis Lépine, Governor-General of Algeria |
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26 July 1898 to 3 October 1900 |
Édouard Laferrière, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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11 April 1903 to 5 May 1903 |
Maurice Varnier, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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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 |
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28 July 1921 to 17 April 1925 |
Théodore Steeg, Governor-General of Algeria |
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17 April 1925 to 12 May 1925 |
Henri Dubief, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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12 May 1925 to 20 November 1927 |
Maurice Viollette, Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 November 1927 to 3 October 1930 |
Pierre-Louis Bordes , Governor-General of Algeria |
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3 October 1930 to 21 September 1935 |
Jules Carde, Governor-General of Algeria |
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21 September 1935 to 19 July 1940 |
Georges le Beau, Governor-General of Algeria |
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19 July 1940 to 16 July 1941 |
Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Governor-General of Algeria |
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16 July 1941 to 20 September 1941 |
Maxime Weygand, Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 September 1941 to 20 January 1943 |
Yves-Charles Chatel, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 January 1943 to 3 June 1943 |
Bernard-Marcel-Edmond Peyrouton, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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11 February 1948 to 9 March 1951 |
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen, Governor-General of Algeria |
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12 April 1951 to 26 January 1955 |
Roger Léonard , Governor-General of Algeria |
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26 January 1955 to 1 February 1956 |
Jacques Soustelle, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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13 May 1958 to 1 June 1958 |
André Mutter , Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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12 December 1958 to 23 November 1960 |
Paul Delouvrier, Delegate-general of Algeria |
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23 November 1960 to 19 March 1962 |
Jean Morin , Delegate-general of Algeria |
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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 |
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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
Governor of Algeria | |
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Gouverneur d'Algérie | |
Reports to | Head of State of France |
Residence | Algiers: |
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.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
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 |
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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 |
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?6/21 December 1831 to 29 April 1833 |
Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duc de Rovigo, Military Commander |
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29 April 1833 to 27 July 1834 |
Théophile Voirol, Baron Voirol, interim Military Commander |
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27 July 1834 to 8 July 1835 |
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa |
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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 |
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22 February 1841 to February 1842 |
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa |
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February 1842 to 27 September 1847 |
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 Begeaud | |
27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848 |
Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d'Orleans, duc d'Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria |
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24 February 1848 to 29 April 1848 |
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Governor-General of Algeria |
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29 April 1848 to 9 September 1848 |
Nicolas Changarnier, Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 June 1848 to 9 September 1848 |
Guillaume Stanislas Marey-Monge , acting Governor-General of Algeria |
For Changarnier | |
9 September 1848 to 4 November 1848 |
Viala Charon, Governor-General of Algeria |
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 |
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22 October 1850 to 10 May 1851 |
Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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24 June 1858 to 21 March 1859 |
Prince Napoléon-Joseph-Charles-Paul Bonaparte, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies |
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21 March 1859 to 24 November 1860 |
Prosper, comte de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister for Algeria and the Colonies |
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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 |
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1 September 1864 to 27 July 1870 |
Patrice de MacMahon, duc de Magenta, Governor-General of Algiers |
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27 July 1870 to 23 October 1870 |
Louis, Baron Durieu, Governor-General of Algiers |
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23 October 1870 to 24 October 1870 |
Jean Walsin-Esterhazy , Governor-General of Algiers |
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24 October 1870 to 16 November 1870 |
Henry-Gabriel Didier , Governor-General of Algiers |
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16 November 1870 to 8 February 1871 |
Charles de Bouzet, Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic |
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c. November 1870 to March 1871 |
Benoît Vuillermoz , Mayor of Algiers and Head of the Committee of Defence |
In rebellion | |
8 February 1871 to 21 March 1871 |
Alexis Lambert , Prefect of Oran and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic |
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21 March 1871 to 10 June 1873 |
Louis Henri de Gueydon, Governor-General of Algeria |
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10 June 1873 to 15 March 1879 |
Antoine-Eugène-Alfred Chanzy, Governor-General of Algeria |
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15 March 1879 to 26 November 1881 |
Albert Grévy, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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26 November 1881 to 18 April 1891 |
Louis Tirman, Governor-General of Algeria |
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18 April 1891 to 28 September 1897 |
Jules Cambon, Governor-General of Algeria |
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28 September 1897 to 1 October 1897 |
Henri-Auguste Lozé, Governor-General of Algeria |
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1 October 1897 to 26 July 1898 |
Louis Lépine, Governor-General of Algeria |
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26 July 1898 to 3 October 1900 |
Édouard Laferrière, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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11 April 1903 to 5 May 1903 |
Maurice Varnier, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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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 |
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28 July 1921 to 17 April 1925 |
Théodore Steeg, Governor-General of Algeria |
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17 April 1925 to 12 May 1925 |
Henri Dubief, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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12 May 1925 to 20 November 1927 |
Maurice Viollette, Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 November 1927 to 3 October 1930 |
Pierre-Louis Bordes , Governor-General of Algeria |
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3 October 1930 to 21 September 1935 |
Jules Carde, Governor-General of Algeria |
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21 September 1935 to 19 July 1940 |
Georges le Beau, Governor-General of Algeria |
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19 July 1940 to 16 July 1941 |
Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Governor-General of Algeria |
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16 July 1941 to 20 September 1941 |
Maxime Weygand, Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 September 1941 to 20 January 1943 |
Yves-Charles Chatel, acting Governor-General of Algeria |
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20 January 1943 to 3 June 1943 |
Bernard-Marcel-Edmond Peyrouton, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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11 February 1948 to 9 March 1951 |
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen, Governor-General of Algeria |
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12 April 1951 to 26 January 1955 |
Roger Léonard , Governor-General of Algeria |
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26 January 1955 to 1 February 1956 |
Jacques Soustelle, Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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13 May 1958 to 1 June 1958 |
André Mutter , Governor-General of Algeria |
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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 |
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12 December 1958 to 23 November 1960 |
Paul Delouvrier, Delegate-general of Algeria |
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23 November 1960 to 19 March 1962 |
Jean Morin , Delegate-general of Algeria |
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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 |
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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