Middle Congo, Gabon, and Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (from 1916 Oubangui-Chari and Chad) form French Equatorial Africa (AEF)
Leaders
30 Jun 1934 - 31 Dec 1937
region within unitary AEF colony
Leaders
28 Nov 1958
autonomy
Leaders
15 Aug 1960
independence (Republic of the Congo)
Leaders
3 Jan 1970
People's Republic of the Congo
Leaders
15 Mar 1992
Republic of the Congo
Leaders
French Congo and French Equatorial Africa
Date or term
Officeholder or event
Category
1 Aug 1886 - 28 Sep 1897
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Acting for Brazza:
Commissioners-general
1 Aug 1886 - 1 Oct 1886
Georges Émile Pradier
Commissioners-general
1 Oct 1886 - Mar 1887
Charles de Chavannes (1st time)
Commissioners-general
16 Jan 1888 - May 1890
Noël Ballay
Commissioners-general
25 Nov 1891 - Mar 1892
Charles de Chavannes (2nd time)
Commissioners-general
Apr 1892 - May 1892
Charles de Chavannes (3rd time)
Commissioners-general
Jun 1892 - Mar 1893
Charles de Chavannes (4th time)
Commissioners-general
Mar 1893 - Sep 1893
Lippmann
Commissioners-general
Oct 1893 - Nov 1893
Gervais
Commissioners-general
Dec 1893 - May 1894
Charles de Chavannes (5th time)
Commissioners-general
May 1894 - 1 Jun 1894
Le Divellec
Commissioners-general
1 Jun 1894 - Nov 1894
Albert Dolisie (1st time)
Commissioners-general
Jan 1895 - Jan 1896
Albert Dolisie (2nd time)
Commissioners-general
Mar 1897 - 28 Sep 1897
Albert Dolisie (3rd time)
Commissioners-general
28 Sep 1897 - 28 Apr 1900
Henri de Lamothe Acting for Lamothe:
Commissioners-general
Jun 1898 - Oct 1898
Albert Dolisie (4th time)
Commissioners-general
Oct 1898 - Apr 1899
Martial Merlin
Commissioners-general
Oct 1899 - Mar 1900
Philema Lemaire
Commissioners-general
28 Apr 1900 - Dec 1900
Philema Lemaire (acting)
Commissioners-general
Dec 1900 - 1902
Albert Grodet (acting)
Commissioners-general
1902
Nouffiard (acting)
Commissioners-general
1902 - 21 Jan 1904
Arnaud (acting)
Commissioners-general
21 Jan 1904 - 13 Feb 1908
Émile Gentil Acting for Gentil:
Commissioners-general
1905 - 1906
Édouard Telle
Commissioners-general
1906 - 1907
Alfred Fourneau
Commissioners-general
1907 - 1908
Alfred Martineau
Commissioners-general
28 Jun 1908 - 15 May 1917
Martial Merlin Acting for Merlin:
Governors-general
1909 - 1910
Charles Amédée Rognon
Governors-general
1910
Adolphe Cureau
Governors-general
1911 - 1912
Charles Vergnes
Governors-general
1913
Georges Poulet
Governors-general
17 Nov 1913 - 14 Sep 1914
Frédéric Estèbe (1st time)
Governors-general
15 May 1917 - 16 May 1920
Gabriel Angoulvant Acting for Angoulvant:
Governors-general
17 Jun 1917 - 19 Feb 1918
Frédéric Estèbe (2nd time)
Governors-general
1919
Frédéric Estèbe (3rd time)
Governors-general
16 May 1920 - 3 Sep 1920
Maurice Pierre Lapalud (acting)
Governors-general
3 Sep 1920 - 21 Aug 1923
Victor Augagneur
Governors-general
21 Aug 1923 - 8 Jul 1924
Robert de Guise (acting)
Governors-general
8 Jul 1924 - Oct 1924
Matteo Alfassa (1st time) (acting)
Governors-general
Oct 1924 - 20 Sep 1934
Raphaël Antonetti Acting for Antonetti:
Governors-general
May 1925 - Dec 1925
Matteo Alfassa (2nd time)
Governors-general
22 Jan 1927 - 17 Oct 1927
François Joseph Reste
Governors-general
Nov 1929 - Aug 1930
Matteo Alfassa (3rd time)
Governors-general
Apr 1931 - Nov 1931
Matteo Alfassa (4th time)
Governors-general
Dec 1932 - Dec 1933
Matteo Alfassa (5th time)
Governors-general
17 Nov 1934 - 15 Mar 1935
Édouard Renard
Governors-general
20 Mar 1935 - 5 Apr 1936
Marcel Alix Jean Marchessou
Governors-general
5 Apr 1936 - 21 Apr 1939
François Joseph Reste
Governors-general
21 Apr 1939 - 3 Sep 1939
Léon Solomiac (acting)
Governors-general
3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1940
Pierre Boisson
Governors-general
17 Jul 1940 - 28 Aug 1940
Louis Husson
Governors-general
28 Aug 1940 - 12 Nov 1940
Edgard de Larminat (acting)
Governors-general
12 Nov 1940 - 30 Dec 1940
Adolphe Sicé (acting)
Governors-general
30 Dec 1940 - 17 May 1944
Félix Éboué
Governors-general
15 Feb 1944 - 3 Aug 1946
André Bayardelle
Governors-general
3 Aug 1946 - 5 Jun 1947
André Soucadaux (1st time)
Governors-general
5 Jun 1947 - 5 Jul 1947
Laurent Péchoux (acting)
Governors-general
5 Jul 1947 - 21 Aug 1947
Charles Luizet
Governors-general
15 Nov 1947 - 26 Mar 1948
André Soucadaux (2nd time)
Governors-general
26 Mar 1948 - 21 Sep 1951
Bernard Cornut-Gentille
Governors-general
21 Sep 1951 - 4 Apr 1957
Paul Chauvet
Governors-general
4 Apr 1957 - 29 Jan 1958
Paul Chauvet
High commissioners
29 Jan 1958 - 15 Jul 1958
Pierre Messmer
High commissioners
15 Jul 1958 - 15 Aug 1960
Yvon Bourges
High commissioners
Middle Congo and Congo (Brazzaville)
Date or term
Officeholder or event
Category
20 Aug 1886 - 12 Mar 1889
Charles de Chavannes
Resident
12 Mar 1889 - 27 Apr 1894
Charles de Chavannes
Lieutenant governors
27 Apr 1894 - 22 Jan 1899
Albert Dolisie
Lieutenant governors
1 May 1899 - 11 Jul 1902
Philema Lemaire
Lieutenant governors
11 Jul 1902 - 5 Apr 1906
Émile Gentil
Lieutenant governors
5 Apr 1906 - 27 Jun 1910
Adolphe Cureau
Lieutenant governors
27 Jun 1910 - 28 Jul 1911
Édouard Louis Marie Dubosc-Taret
Lieutenant governors
28 Jul 1911 - 16 Apr 1916
Lucien Fourneau
Lieutenant governors
16 Apr 1916 - 17 Jul 1917
Jules Carde
Lieutenant governors
17 Jul 1917 - 2 Apr 1919
Jules Guy Le Prince (acting)
Lieutenant governors
2 Apr 1919 - 16 May 1919
Edmond Émilien Cadier
Lieutenant governors
16 May 1919 - 21 Aug 1919
Jean Henri Marchand (1st time)
Lieutenant governors
21 Aug 1919 - 16 Aug 1922
Matteo Alfassa
Lieutenant governors
16 Aug 1922 - 20 Apr 1923
Georges Thomann (acting)
Lieutenant governors
24 Apr 1923 - 21 Jul 1925
Jean Henri Marchand (2nd time)
Lieutenant governors
21 Jul 1925 - 1 Dec 1929
administration by AEF gov.-gen.
Lieutenant governors
1 Dec 1929 - 4 Dec 1930
Marcel Alix Jean Marchessou
Lieutenant governors
4 Dec 1930 - May 1931
Pierre Simon Antonin Bonnefont
Lieutenant governors
May 1931 - 1932
Max de Masson de Saint-Félix
Lieutenant governors
1932 - 21 Nov 1932
Émile Buhot-Launay (acting)
Lieutenant governors
21 Nov 1932 - 10 Feb 1941
administration by AEF gov.-gen.
Lieutenant governors
10 Feb 1941 - 20 Aug 1945
Gabriel Fortune
Lieutenant governors
20 Aug 1945 - 30 Apr 1946
administration by AEF gov.-gen.
Lieutenant governors
30 Apr 1946 - 1946
Christian Laigret (acting)
Lieutenant governors
1946 - 6 Nov 1946
administration by AEF gov.-gen.
Lieutenant governors
6 Nov 1946 - 31 Dec 1947
Numa Sadoul
Lieutenant governors
31 Dec 1947 - 1 Mar 1950
Jacques Fourneau
Lieutenant governors
1 Mar 1950 - 25 Apr 1952
Paul Le Layec
Lieutenant governors
25 Apr 1952 - 15 Jul 1953
Jean Chambon
Lieutenant governors
15 Jul 1953 - 2 Nov 1956
Ernest Eugène Rouys
Lieutenant governors
2 Nov 1956 - 29 Jan 1958
Jean-Michel Soupault
Lieutenant governors
29 Jan 1958 - 7 Jan 1959
Charles Paul Dériaud (acting)
Lieutenant governors
7 Jan 1959 - 15 Aug 1960
Guy Georgy
High commissioner
21 Nov 1959 - 15 Aug 1963
Fulbert Youlou
Presidents
15 Aug 1963 - 16 Aug 1963
David Moussaka + Félix Mouzabakani
Presidents
16 Aug 1963 - 4 Sep 1968
Alphonse Massamba-Débat 19 Dec 1963)
Presidents
3 Aug 1968 - 4 Aug 1968
Augustin Poignet
Presidents
4 Sep 1968 - 5 Sep 1968
Marien Ngouabi (1st time)
Presidents
5 Sep 1968 - 1 Jan 1969
Alfred Raoul
Presidents
1 Jan 1969 - 18 Mar 1977
Marien Ngouabi (2nd time)
Presidents
18 Mar 1977 - 3 Apr 1977
Military Committee of the Congolese Labour Party¹ - Joachim Yhombi-Opango (b. 1939) - Denis Sassou-Nguesso (b. 1943) - Louis Sylvain Goma (b. 1941) - Jean-Michel Ebaka - Raymond Damase Ngollo - Martin Mbia - Pascal Bima (b. c.1930 - d. 2003) - Nicolas Okongo - Xavier Katali (b. 1941 - d. 1986) - Florent Ntsiba (b. 1949) - Pierre Anga (b. 1940 - d. 1988)
Presidents
3 Apr 1977 - 5 Feb 1979
Joachim Yhombi-Opango
Presidents
5 Feb 1979 - 8 Feb 1979
Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya Congolese Labour Party)
Presidents
8 Feb 1979 - 31 Aug 1992
Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1st time)
Presidents
31 Aug 1992 - 15 Oct 1997
Pascal Lissouba
Presidents
25 Oct 1997 -
Denis Sassou-Nguesso (2nd time)
Presidents
15 May 1957 - 8 Dec 1958
Jacques Opangault then president of the Government Council)