List of resident commissioners of the New Hebrides

This is a list of the resident commissioners of the New Hebrides, an Anglo-French condominium encompassing the territory of the present-day Republic of Vanuatu, that was divided into two separate communities: one Anglophone and one Francophone.

List of officeholders Tenure Incumbent NotesBritish Administration of New HebridesSubordinated to the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (at Fiji to 1952, then at the Solomon Islands)1887 to 1902British Naval Commission1902 to 1907Ernest Goldfinch Rason, Resident CommissionerDecember 1907 to 1924Merton King, Resident Commissioner1924 to 17 August 1927Geoffrey Bingham Whistler Smith-Rewse, Resident Commissioner1927 to 1940George Joy, Resident Commissioner1940 to 1950Richard Denis Blandy, Resident Commissioner1950 to 1955Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman, Resident CommissionerFrom 10 June 1954, Sir Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman1955 to 1962John Shaw Rennie, Resident Commissioner1962 to 1966Alexander Mair Wilkie, Resident Commissioner1966 to 1973Colin Hamilton Allan, Resident Commissioner1973 to 1975Roger William Houssemayne du Boulay, Resident Commissioner1975 to October 1978John Stuart Champion, Resident CommissionerNovember 1978 to 1980Andrew Christopher Stuart, Resident Commissioner30 July 1980Independence as Republic of Vanuatu Tenure Incumbent NotesFrench Administration of New HebridesSubordinated to the High Commissioners in the Pacific Ocean (from 22 March 1907 the Governors of New Caledonia)1887 to 1901French Naval Commission1901 to 1904Gaudence Charles Faraut, Resident Commissioner1904 to January 1908Charles Bord, Resident Commissioner1908 to 1909Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard, Resident Commissioner1909 to 1911Jules Martin, Resident Commissioner1911 to 1913Jules Vincent Repiquet, Resident Commissioner1913 to 1916Jacques Louis Miramende, Resident Commissioner1st time1916 to 1918Edmond Lippmann, Resident Commissioner1918 to 1919Lucien Huques Arthur Nielly, Resident Commissioner1919 to 1920Alfred Solari, Resident Commissioner1920 to 1921Jacques Louis Miramende, Resident Commissioner2nd time1921 to 1923Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Resident Commissioner1st time1923 to 1925Auguste Adolphe Joseph Marie Raoul de la Vaissière, Resident Commissioner1925 to 1929Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Resident Commissioner2nd time1929 to 1930Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, Resident Commissioner1930 to 1931Maurice Georges Tronet, Resident Commissioner1931 to 1933Antoine Louis Carlotti, Resident Commissioner1933 to 1935Henri Sautot, Resident Commissioner1st time1935 to 1937Fernand Gaston Georges Émile Robert Casimir, Resident Commissioner1937 to 1940Henri Sautot, Resident Commissioner2nd time1940 to 1947Robert Charles Henri Kuter, Resident Commissioner1947 to 1949André Ménard, Resident Commissioner1949 to 1958Pierre Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Anthonioz, Resident Commissioner1958 to 1960Benjamin Marcel Favreau, Resident Commissioner1960 to 1965Maurice Charles Jules Delauney, Resident Commissioner1965 to 1969Jacques Mouradian, Resident Commissioner1969 to 1974Robert Jules Amédée Langlois, Resident Commissioner1974 to 1978Robert Gauger, Resident Commissioner1978Bernard Pottier, Resident Commissioner1978 to 1980Jean-Jacques Robert, Resident Commissioner30 July 1980Independence as Republic of Vanuatu

For continuation after independence, see: President of Vanuatu

See also History of Vanuatu Politics of Vanuatu President of Vanuatu Prime Minister of Vanuatu

References

External links World Statesmen – Vanuatu