List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin

The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使北圻) 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 Tonkin and a separate one for Annam.Trần Gia Phụng. Trung Kỳ Dân biến 1908. Toronto, Canada, 2008. Pages: 35-40.

List

List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentNotesFrench Suzerainty8 April 1886 to November 1886Paulin François Alexandre Vial, Resident-SuperiorIn Hanoi; the city became permanent administrative seat20 November 1886 to 29 January 1887Jean Thomas Raoul Bonnal, Resident-Superior1st time1887 to 1888Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Acting Resident-Superior29 April 1888 to 10 May 1889Eusèbe Irénée Parreau, Resident-Superior29 May 1889 to 6 April 1890Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior1st time7 April 1890 to 3 February 1891Jean Thomas Raoul Bonnal, Acting Resident-Superior2nd time3 February 1891 to 27 October 1891Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior2nd time27 October 1891 to 20 July 1893Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Resident-Superior1st time20 July 1893 to 30 March 1895François Pierre Rodier, Resident-SuperiorActing to 15 October 189430 March 1895 to 13 May 1895Louis Paul Luce, Acting Resident-Superior13 May 1895 to 18 June 1895Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Acting Resident-Superior2nd time18 July 1895 to 9 March 1897Paul Julien Auguste Fourès, Resident-Superior1st time1897Léon Jules Paul Boulloche, Resident-Superior26 July 1897 to 30 August 1905Paul Julien Auguste Fourès, Resident-Superior2nd time30 August 1905 to 2 April 1907Élie Jean-Henri Groleau, Acting Resident-SuperiorApril 1907 to July 1907Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, Resident-SuperiorJuly 1907 to April 1909Louis Jules Morel, Resident-SuperiorApril 1909 to September 1909Marie Joseph Ulderic de Miribel, Acting Resident-SuperiorSeptember 1909 to August 1912Paul Simoni, Resident-Superior20 August 1912 to 15 December 1912Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Acting Resident-Superior16 December 1912 to 8 June 1915Léon Louis Jean Georges Destenay, Resident-Superior8 June 1915 to 1917Maurice Joseph Le Gallen, Resident-Superior4 December 1917 to 1919Jean Baptiste Édouard Bourcier de Saint-Chaffray, Resident-Superior22 August 1919 to 1921Louis Félix Marie Edouard Rivet, Acting Resident-Superior27 February 1921 to 1924Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, Resident-Superior5 July 1924 to 10 November 1924Jean Adrien Gaston Poulin, Acting Resident-Superior13 November 1924 to 2 December 1925Jean-Félix Krautheimer, Acting Resident-Superior2 December 1925 to 1930Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Resident-Superior28 February 1927 to 7 August 1928Maurice Fernand Graffeuil, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Robin7 August 1928 to 26 December 1928Jules Marie Douguet, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Robin25 November 1930 to 1937Auguste Eugène Ludovic Tholance, Resident-Superior27 July 1933 to 10 September 1933Joseph Jules Bride, Acting Resident-SuperiorActing for Tholance1937Pierre Abel Delsalle, Acting Resident-Superior1937 to 1939Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior8 February 1939 - 1939Maurice Emile Henry de Tastes, Acting Resident-Superior25 August 1939 to 1940Henri Georges Rivoal, Acting Resident-Superior16 November 1940 to 1941Émile Louis François Grandjean, Resident-SuperiorInterim to 11 December 194018 June 1941 to 1942Edouard André Delsalle, Resident-Superior21 November 1942 to 1944Jean Marie Norbert Haelewyn, Resident-SuperiorActing to 16 March 194323 August 1944 to 9 March 1945Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, Acting Resident-SuperiorJapanese SuzeraintyMarch 1945 to August 1945Nishimura Kumao, ResidentVietnamese Administration17 April 1945 to 17 August 1945Phan Ke Toai, Imperial Lieutenant17 August 1945 to August 1945Nguyen Xuan Chu, Imperial LieutenantFrench Suzerainty18 August 1945 to 1945Pierre Messmer, Acting Commissioner4 October 1945 to 1947Jean Roger Sainteny, Commissioner18 February 1947 to 2 December 1947Miguel Joaquim de Pereyra, Acting Commissioner2 December 1947 to August 1949Yves Jean Digo, CommissionerActing to 20 March 19488 August 1949 to 28 November 1949Raymond Gilbert Félix Koch, Acting Commissioner28 November 1949 to 10 November 1950Marcel Jean Marie Alessandri, Commissioner10 November 1950 to 6 January 1951Pierre Georges Jacques Marie Boyer de La Tour du Moulin, Commissioner6 January 1951 to 7 February 1951Raoul Albin Louis Salan, Acting Commissioner7 February 1951 to 27 April 1953François Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès, Commissioner

See also

History of Vietnam Tonkin Campaign Pacification of Tonkin Tonkin Expeditionary Corps French colonial empire French Indochina

References

External links World Statesmen – Tonkin (Vietnam)