Colonial heads of Mali
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List of Colonial Heads of Mali
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Term
Incumbent
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French Suzerainty
27 February 1880 to 29 July 1880
Charles Émile Boilèv, Commandant-Superior
1st Term
Haut-Sénégal (French territory of Upper Senegal) under Senegal
6 September 1880 to 3 September 1883
Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes
, Commandant-Superior
3 September 1883 to 18 June 1884
Charles Émile Boilève, Commandant-Superior
2nd Term
18 June 1884 to 4 September 1884
Antoine Vincent Auguste Combes, acting Commandant-Superior
4 September 1884 to September 1885
Antoine Vincent Auguste Combes, Commandant-Superior
September 1885 to August 1886
Henri Nicolas Frey, Commandant-Superior
August 1886 to 10 September 1888
Joseph Simon Galliéni
, Commandant-Superior
10 September 1888 to 18 August 1890
Louis Archinard
, Commandant-Superior
1st Term
French Sudan Territory
18 August 1890 to 1891
Louis Archinard
, Commandant-Superior
1st Term (contd.)
1891 to 27 August 1892
Pierre Maire Gustave Hubert, Commandant-Superior
separate colony
27 August 1892 to 2 August 1893
Louis Archinard
, Commandant-Superior
2nd Term
2 August 1893 to 26 December 1893
François Bonnier, acting Commandant-Superior
26 December 1893 to 16 June 1895
Louis Albert Grodet, Governor
Incorporated into French West Africa
16 June 1895 to 1898
Louis Edgard de Trentinian, Governor
1898 to 17 October 1899
Marie Michel Alexandre René Audéoud, acting Governor
Dissolution of French Sudan
17 October 1899 to 10 October 1902
William Merlaud-Ponty
, Delegate
Senegambia and Niger Colony
10 October 1902 to 18 October 1904
William Merlaud-Ponty
, Delegate
Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Upper Senegal and Niger)
18 October 1904 to 20 October 1904
William Merlaud-Ponty
, Delegate
20 October 1904 to 18 February 1908
William Merlaud-Ponty
, Lieutenant-Governor
18 February 1908 to 16 June 1915
François Joseph Clozel, Lieutenant-Governor
16 June 1915 to 1 July 1915
Philippe Henry, acting Lieutenant-Governor
1 July 1915 to 28 July 1916
Louis Digue, acting Lieutenant-Governor
28 July 1916 to 20 April 1917
Raphaël Antonetti, acting Lieutenant-Governor
20 April 1917 to 21 May 1917
Albert Nebout, acting Lieutenant-Governor
21 May 1917 to 20 February 1918
Louis Periquet, acting Lieutenant-Governor
20 February 1918 to 16 May 1919
Auguste Brunet, Lieutenant-Governor
16 May 1919 to 4 December 1920
Marcel Achille Olivier, Lieutenant-Governor
French Sudan
4 December 1920 to 21 August 1921
Marcel Achille Olivier, Lieutenant-Governor
21 August 1921 to 26 February 1924
Jean Henri Terrasson de Fougères, acting Governor
26 February 1924 to 31 December 1930
Jean Henri Terrasson de Fougères, Governor
31 December 1930 to 4 April 1931
Joseph Urbain Court, acting Governor
4 April 1931 to 11 June 1931
Gabriel Omar Descemet, acting Governor
11 June 1931 to 31 March 1933
Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, acting Governor
1st Term
31 March 1933 to 22 May 1933
René Desjardins, acting Governor
22 May 1933 to 30 November 1933
Léon Solomiac
, acting Governor
30 November 1933 to 19 February 1935
Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset, Governor
2nd Term
19 February 1935 to 22 November 1935
Félix Sylvestre Adolphe Éboué
, acting Governor
22 November 1935 to 9 November 1936
Matteo-Mathieu-Maurice Alfassa, Governor
9 November 1936 to 4 December 1936
Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier, acting Governor
4 December 1936 to 28 March 1938
Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier, Governor
28 March 1938 to 15 November 1940
Jean Desanti, acting Governor
15 November 1940 to 17 April 1942
Jean Desanti, Governor
17 April 1942 to 29 December 1942
Auguste Calvel, acting Governor
29 December 1942 to 15 May 1946
Auguste Calvel, Governor
15 May 1946 to 27 October 1946
Edmond Louveau, Governor
French Sudan
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to April 1952
Edmond Louveau, Governor
April 1952 to 10 July 1952
Camille Victor Bailly, Governor
10 July 1952 to 23 February 1953
Salvador Jean Etchéber, acting Governor
23 February 1953 to 2 December 1953
Albert Jean Mouragues, Governor
2 December 1953 to 10 February 1954
Lucien Eugène Geay, acting Governor
10 February 1954 to 3 November 1956
Lucien Eugène Geay, Governor
3 November 1956 to 24 November 1958
Henri Victor Gipoulon, High Commissioner
Sudanese Republic
autonomous
24 November 1958 to 4 April 1959
Jean Charles Sicurani, High Commissioner
Mali Federation
union of Sudanese Republic and Senegal
4 April 1959 to 20 June 1960
Jean Charles Sicurani, High Commissioner
20 June 1960
Independence as Mali Federation
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes
Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes was a French general. He was a major figure in the French Imperial conquest of the French Soudan, modern Mali...
, Commandant-Superior
Joseph Gallieni
Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies and finished his career during the First World War. He was made Marshal of France posthumously in 1921...
, Commandant-Superior
Louis Archinard
Louis Archinard was a French Army general at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of French West Africa. He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror and "Pacifier" of French Soudan . Archinard's campaigns brought about the end of the...
, Commandant-Superior
Louis Archinard
Louis Archinard was a French Army general at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of French West Africa. He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror and "Pacifier" of French Soudan . Archinard's campaigns brought about the end of the...
, Commandant-Superior
Louis Archinard
Louis Archinard was a French Army general at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of French West Africa. He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror and "Pacifier" of French Soudan . Archinard's campaigns brought about the end of the...
, Commandant-Superior
French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan , French Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Upper Volta , Dahomey and Niger...
French Sudan
French Sudan was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1960, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.-Colonial establishment:...
William Merlaud-Ponty
Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty was a French colonial administrator...
, Delegate
William Merlaud-Ponty
Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty was a French colonial administrator...
, Delegate
William Merlaud-Ponty
Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty was a French colonial administrator...
, Delegate
William Merlaud-Ponty
Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty was a French colonial administrator...
, Lieutenant-Governor
Léon Solomiac
Léon Solomiac was Governor General for various colonies in French Colonial Empire....
, acting Governor
Félix Éboué
Félix Adolphe Éboué was a Black French colonial administrator and Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936...
, acting Governor
Mali Federation
The Mali Federation was a country in West Africa. It was formed by a union between Senegal and the Sudanese Republic...
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Mali
Heads of state of Mali
-List of Heads of State of Mali:-Affiliations:-See also:*Heads of Government of Mali*Colonial Heads of Mali*Lists of incumbents*Elections in Mali ...