Historical country records
New Caledonia historical timeline
New Caledonia
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 1853 | French territory (subordinated to French Settlements in Oceania [see French Polynesia] to 14 Jan 1860) | Leaders |
| 1 Jul 1860 | separate colony | Leaders |
| 27 Oct 1946 | overseas territory | Leaders |
| 20 Jul 1998 | collectivité sui generis | Leaders |
| 24 Sep 1853 - 1 Jan 1854 | Auguste Febvrier-Despointes | Commandants |
| 1 Jan 1854 - 31 Oct 1854 | Louis Tardy de Montravel | Commandants |
| 18 Jan 1855 - 28 Oct 1856 | Joseph Fidèle Eugène du Bouzet | Commandants |
| 18 Jan 1855 - 21 Dec 1856 | Jules Marcelin Albert Testard | Commandants |
| 25 May 1856 - 5 May 1857 | Le Bris | Commandants |
| 21 Dec 1858 - 20 Mar 1859 | Roussel | Commandants |
| 20 Mar 1859 - 1 Jul 1860 | Jean Pierre Thomas Durand | Commandants |
| 22 May 1859 - 2 Apr 1860 | Jean-Marie Saisset | Commandants |
| Governors (from 22 Mar 1907 | also high commissioners in the Pacific Ocean¹) | Commandants |
| 2 Jun 1862 - 13 Mar 1870 | Charles Guillain | Commandants |
| 13 Mar 1870 - 26 Aug 1870 | Jacques Eugène Barnabé Ruillier | Commandants |
| 26 Aug 1870 - 25 Sep 1874 | Eugène Gaultier de la Richerie | Commandants |
| 25 Sep 1874 - 27 Feb 1875 | Louis Eugène Alleyron | Commandants |
| 27 Feb 1875 - 11 Apr 1878 | Léopold de Pritzbuer | Commandants |
| 11 Apr 1878 - 8 Aug 1880 | Jean Baptiste Léon Olry | Commandants |
| 8 Aug 1880 - 29 Sep 1882 | Amédée Courbet | Commandants |
| 29 Sep 1882 - 22 Jul 1884 | Léopold Augustin Charles Pallu de La Barrière (b. 1828 - d. 1891) | Commandants |
| 22 Jul 1884 - 13 May 1886 | Adolphe Le Boucher | Commandants |
| 13 May 1886 - 5 Jun 1886 | Orius | Commandants |
| 5 Jun 1886 - 30 Jul 1888 | Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet | Commandants |
| 30 Jul 1888 - 20 Dec 1888 | Delphino Moracchini | Commandants |
| 20 Dec 1888 - 12 Jan 1889 | Pons | Commandants |
| 12 Jan 1889 - 14 Apr 1891 | Noël Pardon | Commandants |
| 14 Apr 1891 - 16 Dec 1892 | Émile Gustave Laffon | Commandants |
| 16 Dec 1892 - 21 Feb 1894 | Albert Picquié | Commandants |
| 21 Feb 1894 - 10 Jun 1894 | Gauharou (interim) | Commandants |
| 10 Jun 1894 - 18 Oct 1902 | Paul Feillet Acting for Feillet: | Commandants |
| 5 Jun 1896 - 2 Jun 1897 | Aristide Le Fol | Commandants |
| 10 Feb 1900 - 12 Dec 1900 | Colardeau | Commandants |
| 13 Dec 1900 - 2 May 1901 | Édouard Telle (1st time) | Commandants |
| 22 Oct 1902 - 14 Nov 1902 | Édouard Telle (2nd time) | Commandants |
| 14 Nov 1902 - 21 Mar 1905 | Édouard Picanon | Commandants |
| 17 May 1905 - 17 Sep 1905 | Charles Amédée Rognon | Commandants |
| 17 Sep 1905 - 18 Mar 1908 | Victor Liotard | Commandants |
| 18 Mar 1908 - 24 May 1908 | Brun | Commandants |
| 24 May 1908 - 6 Jun 1913 | Richard | Commandants |
| 16 Sep 1909 - 6 Jul 1910 | Adrien Bonhoure | Commandants |
| 6 Jun 1913 - 27 Jul 1914 | Auguste Brunet | Commandants |
| 27 Jul 1914 - 15 Aug 1923 | Jules Repiquet | Commandants |
| 23 May 1919 - 6 Jan 1921 | Joseph Marie Eugène Joulia | Commandants |
| 12 Sep 1923 - 14 Mar 1925 | Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier | Commandants |
| 16 Mar 1925 - 2 Jul 1932 | Joseph Guyon | Commandants |
| 29 May 1929 - 22 May 1930 | Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier | Commandants |
| 23 May 1930 - 20 Dec 1930 | Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly | Commandants |
| 20 Jul 1932 - 6 Apr 1933 | Léonce Jore (1st time) (acting) | Commandants |
| 3 May 1933 - 3 Dec 1936 | Bernard Jacques Victorin Siadous | Commandants |
| 6 Dec 1936 - Jul 1938 | Marcel Alix Jean Marchessou | Commandants |
| Jul 1938 - 7 Aug 1939 | Léonce Jore (2nd time) | Commandants |
| 7 Aug 1939 - 20 Sep 1939 | René Victor Marie Barthès | Commandants |
| 20 Oct 1939 - 4 Sep 1940 | Marie Marc Georges Pelicier | Commandants |
| 4 Sep 1940 - 19 Sep 1940 | Denis | Commandants |
| 19 Sep 1940 - 6 May 1942 | Henri Sautot | Commandants |
| 29 Jul 1942 - 23 Jun 1943 | Henri Montchamp | Commandants |
| 15 Sep 1943 - 13 Feb 1944 | Christian Laigret | Commandants |
| 14 Feb 1944 - 28 Jan 1947 | Jacques Tallec | Commandants |
| 29 Jan 1947 - 10 May 1948 | Georges Parisot | Commandants |
| 10 May 1948 - 5 Jul 1951 | Pierre Charles Cournarie | Commandants |
| 5 Jul 1951 - 21 Oct 1951 | Bordarier | Commandants |
| 21 Oct 1951 - 24 Jul 1954 | Raoul Angammare | Commandants |
| 30 Sep 1954 - 3 Feb 1956 | René Hoffherr | Commandants |
| 2 Mar 1956 - 1 Dec 1958 | Aimé Grimald | Commandants |
| 1 Dec 1958 - 9 Jan 1963 | Laurent Péchoux | Commandants |
| 18 Mar 1961 - 20 Jul 1961 | Georges Poulet | Commandants |
| 9 Jan 1963 - 14 Feb 1965 | Marc Casimir Biros | Commandants |
| 14 Feb 1965 - 16 Oct 1969 | Jean Risterucci | Commandants |
| 20 Oct 1969 - 1 Dec 1973 | Louis Verger | Commandants |
| 9 Jan 1974 - 16 Dec 1978 | Gabriel Ériau | Commandants |
| 16 Dec 1978 - 11 Dec 1981 | Claude Charbonniaud | Commandants |
| 19 Dec 1981 - 22 Oct 1982 | Christian Nucci | High commissioners |
| Oct 1982 - 5 Dec 1984 | Jacques Roynette | High commissioners |
| Jan 1985 - 22 May 1985 | Edgard Pisani | High commissioners |
| 31 May 1985 - 1 Aug 1986 | Fernand Wibaux | High commissioners |
| 1 Aug 1986 - 12 Aug 1986 | Bernard Lemaire (acting) | High commissioners |
| 12 Aug 1986 - 28 Nov 1987 | Jean Montpezat | High commissioners |
| 1 Dec 1987 - 15 Jul 1988 | Clément Bouhin | High commissioners |
| 15 Jul 1988 - 11 Jan 1991 | Bernard Grasset | High commissioners |
| 15 Jan 1991 - 29 Jul 1994 | Alain Christnacht | High commissioners |
| 29 Jul 1994 - 12 Aug 1994 | Thierry Lataste (1st time) | High commissioners |
| 12 Aug 1994 - 16 Aug 1995 | Didier Cultiaux | High commissioners |
| 16 Aug 1995 - 18 Aug 1995 | Laurent Cayrel (acting) | High commissioners |
| 18 Aug 1995 - 15 Jul 1999 | Dominique Bur | High commissioners |
| 15 Jul 1999 - 19 Jul 1999 | Bernard Bouloc (acting) | High commissioners |
| 19 Jul 1999 - 29 Jul 2002 | Thierry Lataste (2nd time) | High commissioners |
| 29 Jul 2002 - 31 Jul 2002 | Alain Triolle (acting) | High commissioners |
| 31 Jul 2002 - 6 Sep 2005 | Daniel Constantin | High commissioners |
| 6 Sep 2005 - 9 Sep 2005 | Louis Le Franc (acting) | High commissioners |
| 9 Sep 2005 - 9 Nov 2007 | Michel Mathieu | High commissioners |
| 9 Nov 2007 - | Yves Dassonville | High commissioners |
| 22 Oct 1957 - 18 Jun 1959 | Maurice Lenormand (1st time) | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 18 Jun 1959 - 29 Apr 1962 | Michel Kauma | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 29 Apr 1962 - 21 Dec 1963 | Roch Pidjot | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 5 Oct 1977 - 13 Oct 1978 | André Caillard | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 21 Nov 1978 - 24 May 1979 | Maurice Lenormand (2nd time) | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 6 Jul 1979 - 16 Jun 1982 | Dick Ukeiwé | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 18 Jun 1982 - 18 Nov 1984 | Jean-Marie Tjibaou | Vice presidents of the Government Council |
| 23 Nov 1984 - 29 Aug 1985 | Dick Ukeiwé | President of the Government |
| Oct 1985 - 9 Nov 1988 | Dick Ukeiwé | President of the Executive Council |
| 28 May 1999 - 5 Apr 2001 | Jean Lèques | Presidents of the Government |
| 5 Apr 2001 - 10 Jun 2004 | Pierre Frogier | Presidents of the Government |
| 10 Jun 2004 - 7 Aug 2007 | Marie-Noëlle Thémereau (f) | Presidents of the Government |
| 7 Aug 2007 - | Harold Martin | Presidents of the Government |