List of administrators of the French protectorate of Laos

This article lists the administrators of the French protectorate of Laos, and also encompass the Japanese occupation of Laos.

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesFrench suzerainty1887 to 5 June 1894Auguste Jean Marie Pavie, Vice-Consul5 June 1894 to April 1895Auguste Jean Marie Pavie, Commissioner-General1 June 1895 to 30 April 1899 Marie Auguste Armand Tournier, Commandant-Superior of Bas-LaosIn Khong, Champasak1 June 1895 to 9 March 1897 Joseph Vacle, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos1st time, in Luang Prabang1 May 1897 to 11 October 1898 Louis Paul Luce, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-LaosIn Luang Prabang11 October 1898 to April 1899 Joseph Vacle, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos2nd time, in Luang PrabangSeptember 1895 to March 1896 Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Resident-Superior30 April 1899 to February 1903 Marie Auguste Armand Tournier, Resident-Superior12 February 1903 to May 1906 Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Interim Resident-Superior1st time11 May 1906 to 1 April 1907 Louis Saturnin Laffont, Interim Resident-Superior1 April 1907 to January 1912 Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Resident-Superior2nd time24 August 1910 to 27 July 1911 Antoine Georges Amédeé Ernest Outrey, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Mahé9 January 1912 to July 1913 Louis Antoine Aubry de la Noë, Interim Resident-Superior4 July 1913 to October 1913 Claude Léon Garnier, Acting Resident-Superior1st time9 October 1913 to February 1914 Jean Édouard Bourcier Saint-Chaffray, Interim Resident-Superior31 May 1914 to May 1918 Claude Léon Garnier, Acting Resident-Superior2nd time3 May 1918 to March 1931 Jules Georges Théodore Bosc, Resident-Superior26 April 1921 to January 1923 Joël Daroussin, Interim Resident-SuperiorActing for Bosc7 May 1925 to January 1926 Jean-Jacques Dauplay, Interim Resident-SuperiorActing for Bosc21 May 1928 to 12 December 1928 Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-SuperiorActing for Bosc21 March 1931 to 12 May 1931 Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior1st time25 March 1931 Pierre André Michel Pagès, Resident-SuperiorDid not take office21 May 1931 to 4 June 1931 Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior11 June 1931 to 21 November 1931 Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior2nd time21 November 1931 to 11 February 1932 Jules Nicolas Thiebaut, Interim Resident-Superior11 February 1932 to 16 December 1933 Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Resident-Superior16 December 1933 to 1 January 1934 Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Acting Resident-Superior1st time1 January 1934 to July 1934 Louis Frédéric Eckert, Interim Resident-Superior10 July 1934 to 4 August 1934 Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Acting Resident-Superior2nd time4 August 1934 to April 1938 Eugène Henri Roger Eutrope, Resident-Superior25 November 1934 to 13 October 1935 Frédéric Claire Guillaume Louis Marty, Interim Resident-Superior5 April 1938 to 16 November 1940 André Touzet, Resident-Superior16 November 1940 to 29 December 1941 Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Interim Resident-Superior3rd time29 December 1941 to August 1945 Louis Antoine Marie Brasey, Resident-SuperiorJapanese prisoner 10 March 1945 – 9 June 1945Japanese suzerainty10 March 1945 to August 1945 Sako Masanori, CommanderIn Vientiane5 April 1945 to 22 August 1945 Ishibashi, Supreme CounselorIn Luang PrabangFrench suzerainty29 August 1945 to 6 April 1946 Hans Imfeld, CommissionerActing to 23 September 19456 April 1946 to July 1947 Jean Léon François Marie de Raymond, Commissioner29 July 1947 to 20 March 1948 Maurice Marie Auguste Michaudel, Interim Commissioner20 March 1948 to August 1949 Alfred Gabriel Joseph Valmary, Interim Commissioner8 August 1949 to April 1953 Robert Louis Aimable Régnier, Commissioner27 April 1953 to January 1954 Miguel Joaquim de Pereyra, High Commissioner6 January 1954 to 1955 Michel Georges Eugène Breal, High Commissioner

See also History of Laos French Protectorate of Laos French colonial empire

External links World Statesmen – Luang Phrabang (Laos) World Statesmen – Laos