List of administrators of the French protectorate of Annam

The position of Resident-Superior of Annam (French: Résident supérieur de l'Annam; Vietnamese: Khâm sứ Trung Kỳ; chữ Hán: 欽使中圻) was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Annam and a separate one for Tonkin.Trần Gia Phụng. Trung Kỳ Dân biến 1908. Toronto, Canada, 2008. Pages: 35-40. Although the emperors of the Nguyễn dynasty were still nominally in control of the protectorates of Annam and Tonkin, the resident-superior of Annam gradually gained more influence over the imperial court in Huế. In 1897 the resident-superior was granted the power to appoint the Nguyễn dynasty emperors and presided over the meetings of the Viện cơ mật. These moves incorporated French officials directly into the administrative structure of the Imperial Huế Court and further legitimised French rule in the legislative branch of the Nguyễn government. From this period onwards any imperial edicts issued by the emperors of Đại Nam had to be confirmed by the resident-superior of Annam giving him both legislative and executive power over the Nguyễn government.

In 1898 the federal government of French Indochina took over the financial and property management duties of the Nguyễn dynasty's imperial court, meaning that the Nguyễn dynasty emperor (at the time Thành Thái) became a salaried employee of the Indochinese colonial structure, reducing their power to being only a civil servant of the protectorate government. The resident-superior of Annam also took over the management of provincial mandarins and was a member of the Supreme Council (Conseil supérieur) of the Government-General of French Indochina.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentNotesFrench Suzerainty8 April 1886 to 1888Charles Dillon, Resident-SuperiorIn Huế; the city became permanent administrative seat1888 to 1889Séraphin Hector, Acting Resident-Superior1st timeMay 1889Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Acting Resident-Superior10 May 1889 to 27 October 1891Séraphin Hector, Resident-Superior2nd time27 October 1891 to 11 April 1894Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior1st time11 April 1894 to 27 November 1894Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Acting Resident-Superior1st time28 November 1894 to 26 April 1895Charles-Frédéric Baille, Acting Resident-Superior27 April 1895 to 1 January 1897Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior2nd time1 February 1897 to 7 March 1898Jean Calixte Alexis Auvergne, Acting Resident-Superior1st time7 March 1898 to 1900Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Resident-Superior2nd time22 February 1900 to 1902Jean Calixte Alexis Auvergne, Acting Resident-Superior2nd time, acting to 9 May 19011902 to 1903Louis Paul Luce, Acting Resident-Superior1903 to August 1904Jean Calixte Alexis Auvergne, Resident-Superior3rd time1904 to 1906Jean-Ernest Moulié, Interim Resident-Superior1906 to July 1908Ernest Fernand Lévecque, Resident-SuperiorJuly 1908 to 1910Élie Jean-Henri Groleau, Resident-Superior1910 to 1 January 1912Henri Victor Sestier, Resident-Superior1 January 1912 to 15 May 1913Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Resident-Superior16 May 1913 to 16 May 1916Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Resident-Superior1st time, acting to 17 May 191416 May 1916 to 27 January 1917Henri Le Marchant de Trigon, Interim Resident-Superior27 January 1917 to May 1919Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Resident-Superior2nd time8 May 1919 to 5 May 1921Honoré Louis Joseph Tissot, Interim Resident-Superior5 May 1921 to 1927Pierre Marie Antonie Pasquier, Resident-Superior20 May 1922 to 11 September 1922Jules Friès, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Pasquier13 January 1924 to 28 September 1924Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Pasquier4 October 1926 to 13 February 1927Jean Charles Joseph d'Elloy, Interim Resident-Superior13 February 1927 to 1929Jules Friès, Resident-Superior5 January 1929 to 1931Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Resident-Superior23 May 1929 to 28 February 1930Pierre Charles Edmond Jabouille, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Le Fol11 June 1931 to 25 February 1933Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-SuperiorActing to 21 November 193125 February 1933 to 27 June 1934Léon Emmanuel Thibaudeau, Interim Resident-Superior 27 July 1934 to June 1941Maurice Fernand Graffeuil, Resident-Superior15 May 1936 to 16 April 1937Eugène Guillemain, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Graffeuil18 June 1941 to August 1944Émile Louis François Grandjean, Resident-Superior23 August 1944 to 9 March 1945Jean Maurice Norbert Haelewyn, Resident-GeneralJapanese prisoner 9 March 1945 - 23 August 1945Japanese SuzeraintyMarch 1945 to August 1945Yokoyama Masayuki, Supreme AdviserFrench Suzerainty24 August 1945 to 1947Jean Henri Arsène Cédile, Commissioner1947Georges Edouard Jules Marie Saint-Mleux, Acting Commissioner20 May 1947 to 1949Henri Pierre Joseph Marie Lebris, Interim Commissioner8 August 1949 to 22 August 1949Claude Léon Raoul Vally, Acting Commissioner22 August 1949 to 1951Général Lorillon, Commissioner1951 to 27 April 1953Georges Émile LeBlanc, Commissioner27 April 1953 to 1954?Georges Armand Léon Gautier, High Commissioner in Vietnam

List of administrators of the French protectorate of Annam

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