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List of Colonial Heads of Dahomey and Porto-Novo (Benin)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
French Protectorate of Porto-Novo Protectorate placed over the Porto-Novo (Hogbonu) Kingdom
25 February 1863 to 2 January 1865	Marius Daumas, Agent
Porto-Novo Kingdom
2 January 1865 to 14 April 1882	none
French Protectorate of Porto-Novo		Restored
14 April 1882 to June 1882
June 1882 to 1883	Bonaventure Colonna de Lecca, Resident
1883 to 1883	Henri Guilman, Resident
1883 to 1884	Daniel Germa, Resident
1884 to July 1884	Léopold Maignot, Resident
Ju1y 1884 to 1886	Charles Disnematin-Dorat, Resident
1886 to 1886	Émmanuel Roget, Resident
1886 to 1887	Jean-Mari Bayol, Resident
1887 to 16 June 1887	Gentian-Antonin-Maire Péréton, Resident
16 June 1887 to 11 July 1888	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Resident	1st Term
11 July 1888 to 1889	Paul-Alphonse-Frédéric-Mari de Beeckmann, Administrator
1889 to 19 October 1889	Louis-Frédéric-Émil Tautain, Resident
19 October 1889 to 22 December 1891	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Resident	2nd term
22 December 1891 to 22 June 1893	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor
Porto-Novo Colony
22 June 1893 to 20 January 1894	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor
Dahomey Colony
20 January 1894 to 22 June 1894	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Lieutenant Governor
22 June 1894 to 3 July 1899	Victor-Marie-Paul Ballot, Governor
3 July 1899 to 8 October 1899	Jean-Baptiste Fonssagrives, acting Governor
8 October 1899 to 26 November 1900	Pierre-Hubert-Auguste Pascal, acting Governor
26 November 1900 to 5 May 1906	Victor-Théophile Liotard, Governor
5 May 1906 to 9 June 1906	Joseph-Étienne-Gabriel Lhuerre, acting Governor
9 June 1906 to 16 July 1906	Charles-Emmanuel-Joseph Marchal, acting Governor
16 July 1906 to 8 March 1908	Charles-Emmanuel-Joseph Marchal, Governor
8 March 1908 to 22 September 1908	Marie-Antoine Gaudart, acting Governor
22 September 1908 to 9 October 1908	Charles-Désiré-Auguste Brunet, acting Governor
9 October 1908 to 25 April 1909	Jean-Jules-Émile Peuvergne, Governor
25 April 1909 to 6 March 1911	Henri-Jules-Jean-Baptiste Malan, Governor
6 March 1911 to 24 June 1911	Raphaël-Velentin-Marius Antonetti, Governor
Dahomey Colony and Dependencies
24 June 1911 to 9 May 1912	Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor
9 May 1912 to 11 July 1912	Charles-Henri-Adrien Noufflard, acting Lieutenant-Governor
11 July 1912 to 7 April 1917	Charles-Henri-Adrien Noufflard, Lieutenant-Governor
7 April 1917 to July 1919	Gaston-Léon-Joseph Fourn, acting Lieutenant-Governor
July 1919 to 29 August 1928	Gaston-Léon-Joseph Fourn, Lieutenant-Governor
29 August 1928 to 4 April 1929	Lucien-Eugène Geay, acting Lieutenant-Governor
4 April 1929 to 8 February 1931	Dieudonné-François-Joseph-Marie Reste, Lieutenant-Governor
8 February 1931 to 7 January 1932	Théophile-Antione-Pascal Tellier, Lieutenant-Governor
7 January 1932 to 2 August 1932	Louis-Placide Blacher, Lieutenant-Governor
2 August 1932 to 22 July 1933	Louis Aujas, acting Lieutenant-Governor
22 July 1933 to 24 August 1934	Marcel de Coppet, Lieutenant-Governor
24 August 1934 to 15 February 1935	Jean Desanti, acting Lieutenant-Governor
15 February 1935 to 12 January 1937	Maurice-Léon Bourgine, Lieutenant-Governor
12 January 1937 to 7 August 1937	Henri-Étienne Martinet, acting Lieutenant-Governor	1st Term
7 August 1937 to 7 April 1938	Ernest Gayon, acting Lieutenant-Governor
7 April 1938 to 1 June 1938	Henri-Étienne Martinet, acting Lieutenant-Governor	2nd Term
1 June 1938 to 27 August 1940	Armand Léon Annet Armand Léon Annet Armand Léon Annet was a Governor for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.- Life :Annet was born in Paris.... , Lieutenant-Governor
27 August 1940 to 18 September 1940	Pierre-Jean-André Paliceti, acting Lieutenant-Governor
18 September 1940 to 26 August 1943	Léon-Hippolyte Truitard, Lieutenant-Governor
26 August 1943 to 21 May 1946	Charles-André-Maurice-Assier de Pompignan, Lieutenant-Governor
Dahomey Overseas Territory
21 May 1946 to 14 January 1948	Robert Legendre Robert LeGendre This article is about the athlete named Robert LeGendre. For the inmate who escaped from prison, see Iowa State PenitentiaryRobert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre is an American athlete and Olympics competitor who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer... , acting Governor
14 January 1948 to 13 January 1949	Jean-Georges Chambon, Governor
13 January 1949 to 19 September 1949	Jacques-Alphonse Boissier, Governor
19 September 1949 to November 1951	Claude Valluy, acting Governor
November 1951 to 21 June 1955	Charles-Henri Bonfils, Governor
21 June 1955 to 21 March 1958	Marc-Casimir Biros, Governor	In some sources Casimir-Marc Biros
21 March 1958 to 15 July 1958	Bernard Hepp, acting Governor
15 July 1958 to 4 December 1958	René Tirant René Tirant René Tirant was a colonial administrator in French Africa in the 20th century. He was the acting Governor of Dahomey in 1958 when Dahomey became an autonomous republic, and remained High Commissioner till 1960 Dahomey became an independent country now known as Benin... , acting Governor
Republic of Dahomey Dahomey Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...	Autonomous
4 December 1958 to 1 August 1960	René Tirant René Tirant René Tirant was a colonial administrator in French Africa in the 20th century. He was the acting Governor of Dahomey in 1958 when Dahomey became an autonomous republic, and remained High Commissioner till 1960 Dahomey became an independent country now known as Benin... , High Commissioner
1 August 1960	Independence as Republic of Dahomey Dahomey Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...

For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Benin

Heads of state of Benin

-Presidents of Benin :-Affiliations:-Latest election:-Sources:*http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#benin*http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Benin.html*http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

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http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#benin
http://web.archive.org/web/20090730200553/http://geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Ivory_Coast.html
http://www.rezoweb.com/forum/politique/congodiaspora/425.shtml
African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland

Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000

List of Colonial Heads of Dahomey and Porto-Novo (Benin)

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