Historical country records

Senegal historical timeline

Senegal

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1626	first French settlements	Leaders
30 Apr 1758 - 11 Feb 1779	British occupation (Gorée restored to France 10 Feb 1763)	Leaders
13 Jul 1809 - 1816	British occupation	Leaders
1854	Gorée detached from Senegal, becoming part of the Colony of Gorée and Dependencies, headed by the Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa (see Gabon)	Leaders
26 Feb 1859	Gorée reincorporated into Senegal	Leaders
16 Jun 1895	part of French West Africa (Dahomey, French Guinea, French Sudan, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)	Leaders
27 Oct 1946	French overseas territory	Leaders
25 Nov 1958	autonomy (Republic of Senegal)	Leaders
4 Apr 1959	part of Mali Federation	Leaders
20 Jun 1960	independence of Mali Federation	Leaders
20 Aug 1960	Republic of Senegal withdraws from Mali Federation	Leaders
1 Feb 1982 - 21 Sep 1989	confederation with The Gambia (Senegambia)	Leaders

French West Africa

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
28 Sep 1895 - 1 Nov 1900	Jean Baptiste Émile Louis Barthélemy Chaudié (b. 1853 - d. 19...)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
1 Nov 1900 - 26 Jan 1902	Noël Ballay	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
26 Jan 1902 - 15 Mar 1902	Pierre Paul Marie Capest (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
15 Mar 1902 - 15 Dec 1907	Ernest Roume	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
15 Dec 1907 - 9 Mar 1908	Martial Merlin (1st time) (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
9 Mar 1908 - 13 Jun 1915	William Ponty	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
Jan 1912 - Aug 1912	François Joseph Clozel	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
14 Jun 1915 - 3 Jun 1917	François Joseph Clozel	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
3 Jun 1917 - 22 Jan 1918	Joost van Vollenhoven	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
22 Jan 1918 - 30 Jul 1919	Gabriel Angoulvant (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
30 Jul 1919 - 16 Sep 1919	Auguste Brunet (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
16 Sep 1919 - 18 Mar 1923	Martial Merlin (2nd time)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
18 Mar 1923 - 15 Oct 1930	Jules Carde	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
15 Oct 1930 - 27 Sep 1936	Jules Brévié	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
27 Sep 1936 - 14 Jul 1938	Marcel de Coppet	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
14 Jul 1938 - 29 Oct 1938	Léon Geismar (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
29 Oct 1938 - 10 Aug 1939	Pierre Boisson (1st time) (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
10 Aug 1939 - 25 Jun 1940	Léon Cayla	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
25 Jun 1940 - 13 Jul 1943	Pierre Boisson (2nd time) responsible for the territories which did not rally to the Free French)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
13 Jul 1943 - 2 Apr 1946	Pierre Charles Cournarie	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
May 1946 - 27 Jan 1948	René Victor Marie Barthès	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
27 Jan 1948 - 24 May 1951	Paul Béchard	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
24 May 1951 - 21 Sep 1952	Paul Chauvet (acting)	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
21 Sep 1952 - 5 Jul 1956	Bernard Cornut-Gentille	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
5 Jul 1956 - Jul 1958	Gaston Cusin	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)
Jul 1958 - 22 Dec 1958	Pierre Messmer	Governors-general (from 4 Apr 1957, high commissioners)

Senegal

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
4 Jun 1697 - 1 May 1702	André Brué	Directors of the Compagnie du Sénégal
1702 - 1706	Joseph Lemaitre	Directors of the Compagnie du Sénégal
1706 - 1709	Michel Jajolet de La Courbé	Directors of the Compagnie du Sénégal
1710 - 15 Aug 1711	Guillaume Joseph Mustellier	Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen
1712 - 2 May 1713	Pierre de Richebourg	Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen
20 Apr 1714 - 1719	André Brué	Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen
1719 - May 1720	André Brué	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
May 1720 - Apr 1723	Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1723 - 1725	Julien du Bellay	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1725	Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1725 - 1726	Arnaud Plumet	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1726 - 1733	Jean Levens de la Rouquette	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1733 - 7 Mar 1733	Lejuge	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1733 - 1738	Sebastian Devaulx (acting to 1736)	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1738 - 1746	Pierre Félix Barthélemy David	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
1746 - 1758	Jean-Baptiste Estoupan de la Rué	Directors of the Compagnie des Indes
30 Apr 1758 - 10 Feb 1763	Richard Worge	British governors
10 Feb 1763 - 25 May 1765	John Barnes	British governors
25 May 1765 - Nov 1775	Charles O'Hara	British governors
Nov 1775 - 8 Apr 1777	Matthias MacNamara	British governors
8 Apr 1777 - 18 Aug 1778	John Clarke	British governors
18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779	George Fall	British governors
Governors (to 11 Feb 1779 o	f Gorée only)	British governors
12 Sep 1763 - Nov 1764	Pierre Poncet de la Rivière	British governors
Mar 1765 - Jul 1767	Jean-Georges Le Baillif, chevalier d'Esmenager	British governors
Jul 1767 - Mar 1768	Claude Le Lardeux de la Gastière	British governors
Mar 1768 - 4 Oct 1768	Maizière (acting)	British governors
4 Oct 1768 - 10 Dec 1772	Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblaye	British governors
10 Dec 1772 - Nov 1774	Charles Hypolite Boniface	British governors
Nov 1774 - Dec 1777	Joseph Le Brasseur	British governors
Dec 1777 - Aug 1778	Alexandre Davis Armeny de Paradis	British governors
Aug 1778 - 31 Jan 1779	Charles Boucher (acting)	British governors
31 Jan 1779 - Mar 1779	Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun (b. 1747 - d. 1793)	British governors
Mar 1779 - 7 Mar 1781	Jacques Joseph Eyries	British governors
7 Mar 1781 - Jul 1782	J.B. Bertrand (acting)	British governors
Jul 1782 - Feb 1784	Anne Gaston Dumontet	British governors
Feb 1784 - Feb 1786	Louis Legardeur, sieur de Repentigny (b. 1721 - d. 1786)	British governors
Feb 1786 - Dec 1787	Stanislas Jean Boufflers, chevalier de Boufflers (b. 1738 - d. 1815)	British governors
Dec 1787 - Jan 1801	François Blanchot de Verly	British governors
Jan 1801 - 2 Jul 1801	Charbonnes (acting)	British governors
2 Jul 1801 - 27 Oct 1802	Louis Henri Pierre Lasserre	British governors
27 Oct 1802 - 12 Sep 1807	François Blanchot de Verly	British governors
Sep 1807 - 13 Jul 1809	Pierre Levasseur	British governors
13 Jul 1809 - 1811	Charles William Maxwell	British governors
1811 - 1814	Charles MacCarthy	British governors
1814 - 19 Apr 1816	Thomas Brereton	British governors
Jul 1816 - Dec 1817	Julien Schmaltz (1st time)	British governors
Dec 1817 - 13 Mar 1819	Fleuriau (acting)	British governors
13 Mar 1819 - 14 Aug 1820	Julien Schmaltz (2nd time)	British governors
14 Aug 1820 - 1 Mar 1821	Louis Lecoupe de Montereau, baron Lecoupe (acting)	British governors
1 Mar 1821 - 18 May 1827	Jacques François, baron Roger	British governors
18 May 1827 - 7 Jan 1828	Gerbidon (acting)	British governors
7 Jan 1828 - 11 May 1829	Jean-Guillaume Jubelin	British governors
11 May 1829 - 24 May 1831	Pierre de Brou	British governors
24 May 1831 - 18 Oct 1833	Renault de Saint-Germain	British governors
Oct 1833 - 13 Nov 1833	Cadest (acting)	British governors
13 Nov 1833 - 10 May 1834	Germain Quernel	British governors
10 May 1834 - 1 Jul 1836	Louis Pujol	British governors
1 Jul 1836 - Dec 1836	Louis Malavoix	British governors
Dec 1836 - 13 Sep 1837	Louis Guillet (acting)	British governors
13 Sep 1837 - 12 Apr 1839	Julien Soret	British governors
12 Apr 1839 - 19 May 1841	Guillaume Charmasson de Puylaval	British governors
19 May 1841 - 7 May 1842	Jean-Baptiste Montagniès de la Roque (b. 1793 - d. 1862)	British governors
7 May 1842 - 3 Feb 1843	Édouard Pageot Desnoutières	British governors
3 Feb 1843 - 24 May 1844	Louis Édouard Bouët	British governors
24 May 1844 - Jul 1844	Laborel (acting)	British governors
Jul 1844 - 11 Dec 1845	Pierre Thomas (acting)	British governors
11 Dec 1845 - 20 Mar 1846	François Ollivier	British governors
20 Mar 1846 - 30 Aug 1846	Hoube (acting)	British governors
30 Aug 1846 - 24 Aug 1847	Ernest Bourdon de Gramont	British governors
24 Aug 1847 - 7 Sep 1847	Caille (acting)	British governors
7 Sep 1847 - Nov 1847	Léandre Bertin du Château (acting)	British governors
Nov 1847 - Aug 1850	Auguste Baudin	British governors
Aug 1850 - 11 Oct 1850	Aumont (acting)	British governors
11 Oct 1850 - 16 Dec 1854	Auguste Léopold Protet	British governors
May 1853 - 30 Jan 1854	Vérand (acting for Protet)	British governors
16 Dec 1854 - 1 Jun 1861	Louis Faidherbe (1st time)	British governors
1 Jun 1861 - 1 Dec 1861	Léopold François Stéphan (acting)	British governors
1 Dec 1861 - 13 May 1863	Jean-Bernard Jauréguiberry	British governors
13 May 1863 - 14 Jul 1863	Émile Pinet-Laprade (1st time)	British governors
14 Jul 1863 - 1 May 1865	Louis Faidherbe (2nd time)	British governors
1 May 1865 - 17 Aug 1869	Émile Pinet-Laprade (2nd time)	British governors
18 Aug 1869 - 17 Oct 1869	Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos	British governors
17 Oct 1869 - 18 Jun 1876	François-Xavier Valière	British governors
18 Jun 1876 - Apr 1880	Louis Brière de l'Isle	British governors
Apr 1880 - 4 Aug 1881	Louis Ferdinand de Lanneau	British governors
4 Aug 1881 - Oct 1881	Marie Auguste Deville de Perière	British governors
Oct 1881 - 28 Jun 1882	Henri Philibert Canard	British governors
28 Jun 1882 - 16 Nov 1882	Aristide Vallon	British governors
16 Nov 1882 - 28 Jun 1883	René Servatius	British governors
28 Jun 1883 - 25 Jul 1883	Adolphe Le Boucher (acting)	British governors
25 Jul 1883 - 15 Apr 1884	Henri Bourdiaux (acting)	British governors
15 Apr 1884 - 14 Apr 1886	Alphonse Seignac-Lesseps	British governors
14 Apr 1886 - 29 Apr 1888	Jules Genouille	British governors
29 Apr 1888 - 22 Sep 1890	Léon Émile Clément-Thomas	British governors
22 Sep 1890 - 19 May 1895	Henri de Lamothe	British governors
19 May 1895 - 28 Sep 1895	Louis Mouttet (acting)	British governors
28 Sep 1895 - 1 Nov 1900	Jean Baptiste Émile Louis Barthélemy Chaudié (s.a.)	British governors
1 Nov 1900 - 26 Jan 1902	Noël Ballay	British governors
26 Jan 1902 - 15 Mar 1902	Pierre Paul Marie Capest	British governors
15 Mar 1902 - 11 Nov 1902	Ernest Roume	British governors
11 Nov 1902 - 26 Aug 1907	Camille Guy	British governors
26 Aug 1907 - 15 Dec 1907	Joost van Vollenhoven (acting)	British governors
15 Dec 1907 - 10 Jun 1908	Martial Merlin	British governors
10 Jun 1908 - 17 Oct 1908	Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne	British governors
17 Oct 1908 - 23 Feb 1909	Maurice Gourbeil	British governors
23 Feb 1909 - 2 May 1909	Edmond Gaudard (acting)	British governors
2 May 1909 - 5 Feb 1911	Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne	British governors
5 Feb 1911 - 13 May 1914	Henri Cor	British governors
13 May 1914 - 14 Feb 1916	Raphaël Antonetti (acting)	British governors
20 Mar 1917 - 23 Sep 1920	Fernand Émile Levêque	British governors
23 Sep 1920 - 17 Sep 1921	Théophile Antoine Pascal (acting)	British governors
17 Sep 1921 - 4 Jul 1925	Pierre Jean Henri Didelot	British governors
4 Jul 1925 - 23 May 1926	Camille Maillet (1st time)	British governors
23 May 1926 - 23 Oct 1926	Joseph Zébédée Olivier Cadier	British governors
23 Oct 1926 - 12 Mar 1929	Léonce Jore	British governors
12 Mar 1929 - 4 Jul 1930	Maurice Beurnier (1st time)	British governors
4 Jul 1930 - 15 Aug 1931	Camille Maillet (2nd time)	British governors
15 Aug 1931 - 14 Oct 1931	Benoît Louis Rebonne (acting)	British governors
14 Oct 1931 - Dec 1936	Maurice Beurnier (2nd time)	British governors
Dec 1936 - 25 Oct 1938	Louis Lefebvre	British governors
25 Oct 1938 - 1940	Jean Paul Parisot	British governors
1 Jan 1941 - 22 Dec 1942	Georges Pierre Rey	British governors
22 Dec 1942 - 2 Dec 1943	Hubert Deschamps	British governors
2 Dec 1943 - 30 May 1945	Charles Dagain	British governors
Jun 1945 - Apr 1946	Pierre Louis Maestracci	British governors
Apr 1946 - 20 May 1947	Oswald Durand	British governors
20 May 1947 - 19 Oct 1950	Laurent Marcel Wiltord	British governors
19 Oct 1950 - 25 Apr 1952	Camille Bailly	British governors
25 Apr 1952 - 19 Feb 1954	Lucien Eugène Geay	British governors
19 Feb 1954 - 31 Oct 1955	Maxime Marie Antoine Jourdain	British governors
31 Oct 1955 - 10 Feb 1957	Jean Colombani	British governors
10 Feb 1957 - 1960	Pierre Lami	British governors
6 Sep 1960 - 31 Dec 1980	Léopold Sédar Senghor	Presidents
1 Jan 1981 - 1 Apr 2000	Abdou Diouf	Presidents
1 Apr 2000 -	Abdoulaye Wade	Presidents
18 May 1958 - 18 Dec 1962	Mamadou Dia president of the Government Council 26 Jul 1958 - 4 Apr 1959)	Prime ministers
26 Feb 1970 - 31 Dec 1980	Abdou Diouf	Prime ministers
1 Jan 1981 - 3 Apr 1983	Habib Thiam (1st time)	Prime ministers
3 Apr 1983 - 29 Apr 1983	Moustapha Niasse (1st time)	Prime ministers
8 Apr 1991 - 3 Jul 1998	Habib Thiam (2nd time)	Prime ministers
3 Jul 1998 - 5 Apr 2000	Mamadou Lamine Loum	Prime ministers
5 Apr 2000 - 3 Mar 2001	Moustapha Niasse (2nd time)	Prime ministers
3 Mar 2001 - 4 Nov 2002	Mame Madior Boye (f)	Prime ministers
4 Nov 2002 - 21 Apr 2004	Idrissa Seck	Prime ministers
21 Apr 2004 - 19 Jun 2007	Macky Sall	Prime ministers
19 Jun 2007 -	Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré	Prime ministers