List of colonial and departmental heads of Mayotte

This is a list of colonial and departmental heads of Mayotte. Mayotte is a French overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity with a population of about 300,000 located in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Mozambique, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The chief of state is the French President, who is represented by a Prefect. The president of the General Council acts as head of the government. Elections held in Mayotte include the French presidential vote. A prefect is appointed by the president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior. The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by members of those councils.

List of officeholders

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TermIncumbentNotesFrench SuzeraintyAnnexed by France (annexation ratified 13 June 1843)Mayotte Protectorate (subordinated to Île de Bourbon/Réunion)1841 to 13 June 1843Pierre Passot, Representative1st timeSubordinated to the Governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion13 June 1843 to 11 March 1844Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior1st time11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior22 October 1844 to January 1846Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-SuperiorJanuary 1846 to August 1849Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior2nd time11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851Stanislas Fortunat Livet, Commissioner13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854André Brisset, acting Commissioner13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864Charles Gabrié, Commissioner14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner1st time8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb, Commissioner2nd time4 March 1871 to 1 March 1875Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, CommissionerActing to 19 December 1871, 1st time1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner1st time26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner2nd time2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878Jean Roblin, acting Commandant9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879Charles Vassal, acting Commandant7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879Charles Bayet, acting Commandant16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885François Marie Ferriez, Commandant2nd time3 March 1885 to August 1887Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant5 September 1887 to 1888Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Governor4 May 1888 to 1893Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor1st time25 April 1893 to 30 March 1896Étienne Théodore Lacascade, GovernorMayotte Protectorate (Subordinated to Madagascar)Subordinated to the Governors-General of Madagascar30 March 1896 to 1897Auguste Pereton, acting Administrator-Superior5 August 1897 to 11 March 1899Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, Administrator-SuperiorMarch 1899 to 8 July 1900Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud, Governor2nd time18 September 1900 to 1902Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor1902Louis Lemaire, acting Governor15 October 1902 to May 1904Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor1 June 1904 to 1905Jules Martin, acting Governor1905 to 1906Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor3 March 1906 to 1907Fernand Foureau, Governor26 December 1907 to 1908Paul Patté, acting Governor8 September 1908 to 1909Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator31 March 1909 to 1910Ernest Bonneval, Administrator24 February 1910 to 1911Michel Astor, Administrator1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator25 July 1912 to 21 July 1975Part of the ComorosSeparate colony21 July 1975 to 1976Younoussa Bamana, PrefectProclaimed by pro-French demonstrators23 June 1976 to 24 December 1976Jean Marie Coussirou, PrefectFrench collectivité territoriale (reaffirmed 22 December 1979)24 December 1976 to 30 April 1978Jean Marie Coussirou, Prefect30 April 1978 to 15 April 1980Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard, Prefect15 April 1980 to 24 January 1981Philippe Jacques Nicolas Kessler, Prefect24 January 1981 to 25 January 1982Pierre Sevellec, Prefect25 January 1982 to 10 May 1982Yves Bonnet, Prefect10 May 1982 to 25 November 1982Yves Bonnet, Commissioner of the Republic5 January 1983 to 1984Christian Pellerin, Commissioner of the Republic1984 to 1986François Bonnelle, Commissioner of the Republic1986Guy Dupuis, Commissioner of the Republic1986 to 24 February 1988Akli Khider, Commissioner of the Republic24 February 1988 to 23 November 1988Akli Khider, Prefect23 November 1988 to 17 October 1990Daniel Limodin, Prefect17 October 1990 to 24 February 1993Jean-Paul Coste, Prefect9 March 1993 to 17 January 1994Jean-Jacques Debacq, Prefect17 January 1994 to 20 February 1996Alain Weil, Prefect20 February 1996 to 15 July 1998Philippe Boisadam, Prefect31 August 1998 to 8 October 2001Pierre Bayle, Prefect8 October 2001 to 4 July 2002Philippe de Mester, Prefect4 July 2002 to 28 March 2003Jean-Jacques Brot, PrefectFrench overseas collectivité (with the designation collectivité départementale)28 March 2003 to 17 January 2005Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect17 January 2005 to 1 February 2007Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect1 February 2007 to September 2008Vincent Bouvier, Prefect12 September 2008 to 13 July 2009Denis Robin, Prefect13 July 2009 to 17 August 2009Christophe Peyrel, acting Prefect17 August 2009 to 4 July 2011Hubert Derache, PrefectFrench overseas department4 July 2011 to 21 July 2011Patrick Duprat, acting Prefect21 July 2011 to 30 January 2013Thomas Degos, Prefect30 January 2013 to 30 July 2014Jacques Witkowski, Prefect31 July 2014 to 5 May 2016Seymour Morsy, Prefect6 May 2016 to 27 March 2018Frédéric Veau, Prefect28 March 2018 to 9 July 2019Dominique Sorain, Prefect10 July 2019 to 23 June 2021Jean-François Colombet, Prefect23 June 2021 to 14 February 2024Thierry Suquet,Décret du 23 juin 2021, JORF No. 145 du 24 juin 2021, texte No. 44, NOR INTA2115692D. Prefect14 February 2024 to presentFrançois-Xavier Bieuville, Prefect

See also Politics of Mayotte History of Mayotte

References

External links World Statesmen – Mayotte Mayotte Actualite: List of Prefects of Mayotte (French)