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c.1340 Kingdom of Cambodia
11 Aug 1863 French protectorate
17 Oct 1887 part of French Indochina (see under Vietnam)
12 Mar 1945 - 16 Oct 1945 independent under Japanese occupation
8 Nov 1949 French associated state
9 Nov 1953 independence
9 Oct 1970 Khmer Republic
5 Jan 1976 Democratic Kampuchea
7 Jan 1979 People's Republic of Kampuchea
1 May 1989 State of Cambodia
24 Sep 1993 Kingdom of Cambodia
Secretaries-general of the People's Revolutionary (Communist) Party of Kampuchea
29 May 1981 - 5 Dec 1981 Pen Sovan (b. 1936)
5 Dec 1981 - Oct 1991 Heng Samrin (b. 1934)
Kings/Queens
- Varman dynasty -
1699 - 1701 Ang Em (1st time) (b. 1674 - d. 1731)
1701 - 1702 Chettha IV (3rd time) (b. c.1650 - d. 1725)
1702 - 1703 Thommo Reachea II (1st time) (b. 1690 - d. 1747)
1703 - 1706 Chettha IV (4th time) (s.a.)
1706 - 1710 Thommo Reachea II (2nd time) (s.a.)
1710 - 1722 Ang Em (2nd time) (s.a.)
1722 - 1738 Satha II (b. ... - d. 1749)
1738 - 1747 Thommo Reachea II (3rd time) (s.a.)
1747 Thommo Reachea III (b. 1705 - d. 1747)
1747 - 1749 Ang Tong (1st time) (b. 1693 - d. 1757)
1749 - 1755 Chettha V (b. 1709 - d. 1755)
1755 - 1758 Ang Tong (2nd time) (s.a.)
1758 - 1775 Outey II (b. 1739 - d. 1777)
1775 - Aug 1779 Ang Non II (b. 1739 - d. 1779)
1779 - 5 May 1796 Ang Eng (b. 1773 - d. 1796)
1796 - 1806 Pok (regent)
1806 - 1811 Ang Chan II (1st time) (b. 1791 - d. 1835)
1811 - 1812 Ang Em (regent) (b. 1794 - d. 1844)
1812 - 13 May 1813 Ang Snguon (regent) (b. 1794 - d. 1822)
13 May 1813 - Dec 1834 Ang Chan II (2nd time) (s.a.)
1835 - Aug 1840 Ang Mey (f) (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1874)
1841 - 1844 Ang Duong (1st time) (b. 1796 - d. 1860)
1844 - 1845 Ang Mey (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
1845 - 19 Oct 1860 Ang Duong (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Oct 1860 - 24 Apr 1904 Norodom (b. 1834 - d. 1904)
24 Apr 1904 - 9 Aug 1927 Sisowath (b. 1840 - d. 1927)
9 Aug 1927 - 23 Apr 1941 Sisowath Monivong (b. 1875 - d. 1941)
24 Apr 1941 - 3 Mar 1955 Norodom Sihanouk (1st time) (b. 1922)
3 Mar 1955 - 3 Apr 1960 Norodom Suramarit (b. 1896 - d. 1960)
Heads of state
3 Apr 1960 - 6 Apr 1960 Chuop Hell (1st time) (acting) (b. 1909 - d. 19...)
6 Apr 1960 - 13 Jun 1960 Prince Sisowath Monireth (b. 1909 - d. 1975)
(chairman Regency Council)
13 Jun 1960 - 20 Jun 1960 Chuop Hell (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
20 Jun 1960 - 18 Mar 1970 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (1st time) (s.a.)
18 Mar 1970 - 10 Mar 1972 Cheng Heng (b. 1910 - d. 1996)
(acting to 9 Oct 1970)
10 Mar 1972 - 14 Mar 1972 Lon Nol (b. 1913 - d. 1985)
Presidents
14 Mar 1972 - 12 Apr 1975 Lon Nol (s.a.)
1 Apr 1975 - 12 Apr 1975 Saukham Khoy (b. 1915 - d. 2008)
(acting for Lon Nol)
12 Apr 1975 - 17 Apr 1975 Sak Sutsakhan (b. 1928 - d. 1994)
(chairman Supreme Committee)
Head of state
17 Apr 1975 - 11 Apr 1976 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (2nd time) (s.a.)
Chairman of the State Presidium
11 Apr 1976 - 7 Jan 1979 Khieu Samphan (b. 1931)
President of the People's Revolutionary Council
7 Jan 1979 - 27 Jun 1981 Heng Samrin (s.a.)
Chairmen of the Council of State
27 Jun 1981 - 6 Apr 1992 Heng Samrin (s.a.)
6 Apr 1992 - 14 Jun 1993 Chea Sim (b. 1932)
Chairman of the Supreme National Council
20 Nov 1991 - 14 Jun 1993 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (s.a.)
Head of state
14 Jun 1993 - 24 Sep 1993 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (3rd time) (s.a.)
Kings
24 Sep 1993 - 6 Oct 2004 Norodom Sihanouk (2nd time) (s.a.)
(in self-imposed exile from 10 Apr 2004)
Acting heads of state:
6 Oct 1993 - 8 Apr 1994 Samdech Chea Sim (1st time) (s.a.)
18 May 1994 - 4 Jan 1995 Samdech Chea Sim (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Apr 2004 - 13 Jul 2004 Samdech Chea Sim (3rd time) (s.a.)
13 Jul 2004 - 22 Jul 2004 Nhek Bun Chhay (b. 1956)
22 Jul 2004 - 20 Oct 2004 Samdech Chea Sim (4th time) (s.a.)
14 Oct 2004 - Norodom Sihamoni (b. 1953)
Prime ministers
18 Mar 1945 - 13 Aug 1945 Norodom Sihanouk (1st time) (s.a.)
14 Aug 1945 - 16 Oct 1945 Son Ngoc Thanh (1st time) (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
17 Oct 1945 - 15 Dec 1946 Prince Sisowath Monireth (s.a.)
15 Dec 1946 - 17 Jul 1947 Prince Sisowath Youtevong (b. 1913 - d. 1947)
25 Jul 1947 - 20 Feb 1948 Sisowath Watchayavong (b. 1891 - d. 1972)
20 Feb 1948 - 14 Aug 1948 Chhean Vam (b. 1916 - d. 2000)
15 Aug 1948 - 21 Jan 1949 Samdech Penn Nouth (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1985)
12 Feb 1949 - 20 Sep 1949 Yem Sambaur (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
20 Sep 1949 - 29 Sep 1949 Ieu Koeus (b. 1905 - d. 1950)
29 Sep 1949 - 28 Apr 1950 Yem Sambaur (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Apr 1950 - 30 May 1950 Norodom Sihanouk (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 May 1950 - 3 Mar 1951 Samdech Krom Luong Sisowath
Monipong (b. 1912 - d. 1956)
3 Mar 1951 - 12 Oct 1951 Oum Chheang Sun (1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 19...)
13 Oct 1951 - 16 Jun 1952 Huy Kanthoul (b. 1909 - d. 1991)
16 Jun 1952 - 24 Jan 1953 Norodom Sihanouk (3rd time) (s.a.)
24 Jan 1953 - 22 Nov 1953 Samdech Penn Nouth (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Nov 1953 - 7 Apr 1954 Chan Nak (b. 1892 - d. 1954)
7 Apr 1954 - 18 Apr 1954 Norodom Sihanouk (4th time) (s.a.)
18 Apr 1954 - 26 Jan 1955 Samdech Penn Nouth (3rd time) (s.a.)
26 Jan 1955 - 3 Oct 1955 Leng Ngeth (b. 1900 - d. 19...)
3 Oct 1955 - 5 Jan 1956 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (5th time) (s.a.)
5 Jan 1956 - 29 Feb 1956 Oum Chheang Sun (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Mar 1956 - 24 Mar 1956 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (6th time) (s.a.)
3 Apr 1956 - 29 Jul 1956 Khim Tit (b. 1896 - d. 19...)
15 Sep 1956 - 15 Oct 1956 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (7th time) (s.a.)
25 Oct 1956 - 9 Apr 1957 San Yun (b. 1905 - d. 1974)
9 Apr 1957 - 7 Jul 1957 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (8th time) (s.a.)
26 Jul 1957 - 11 Jan 1958 Sim Var (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1989)
11 Jan 1958 - 17 Jan 1958 Ek Yi Oun (b. 1910)
17 Jan 1958 - 24 Apr 1958 Samdech Penn Nouth (4th time) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1958 - 10 Jul 1958 Sim Var (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jul 1958 - 19 Apr 1960 Prince Norodom Sihanouk (9th time) (s.a.)
19 Apr 1960 - 28 Jan 1961 Pho Proeung (b. 1903 - d. 19...)
28 Jan 1961 - 17 Nov 1961 Samdech Penn Nouth (5th time) (s.a.)
17 Nov 1961 - 13 Feb 1962 Prince Norodom Sihanouk
(10th time) (s.a.)
13 Feb 1962 - 6 Aug 1962 Nhiek Tioulong (acting) (b. 1908 - d. 1996)
6 Aug 1962 - 6 Oct 1962 Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (b. 1905 - d. 2009)
6 Oct 1962 - 25 Oct 1966 Prince Norodom Kantol (b. 1920 - d. 1976)
25 Oct 1966 - 1 May 1967 Lon Nol (1st time) (s.a.)
1 May 1967 - 31 Jan 1968 Son Sann (b. 1911 - d. 2000)
31 Jan 1968 - 14 Aug 1969 Samdech Penn Nouth (6th time) (s.a.)
14 Aug 1969 - 11 Mar 1972 Lon Nol (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Mar 1972 - 18 Mar 1972 Sisowath Sirik Matak (b. 1914 - d. 1975)
18 Mar 1972 - 15 Oct 1972 Son Ngoc Thanh (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Oct 1972 - 6 May 1973 Hang Thun Hak (b. 1926 - d. 1975)
6 May 1973 - 9 Dec 1973 In Tam (b. 1922 - d. 2006)
26 Dec 1973 - 17 Apr 1975 Long Boret (b. 1933 - d. 1975)
17 Apr 1975 - 4 Apr 1976 Samdech Penn Nouth (7th time) (s.a.)
4 Apr 1976 - 13 May 1976 Khieu Samphan (s.a.)
13 May 1976 - 7 Jan 1979 Pol Pot (b. 1925 - d. 1998)
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (prime ministers)
27 Jun 1981 - 5 Dec 1981 Pen Sovan (s.a.)
5 Dec 1981 - 26 Dec 1984 Chan Sy (b. 1932 - d. 1984)
(acting to 9 Feb 1982)
14 Jan 1985 - 2 Jul 1993 Hun Sen (b. 1952)
Coequal prime ministers
2 Jul 1993 - 21 Sep 1993 Hun Sen (s.a.)
+ Prince Norodom Ranariddh (b. 1944)
First prime ministers
21 Sep 1993 - 6 Jul 1997 Prince Norodom Ranariddh (s.a.)
16 Jul 1997 - 30 Nov 1998 Ung Huot (b. 1945)
Second prime minister
21 Sep 1993 - 30 Nov 1998 Samdech Hun Sen (s.a.)
Prime minister
30 Nov 1998 - Samdech Hun Sen (s.a.)
French representatives
Apr 1863 - Jul 1866 Ernest Doudart de Lagr�e (b. 1823 - d. 1868)
Jul 1866 - 20 Feb 1868 Armand Pottier (1st time)
20 Feb 1868 - 10 Mar 1870 Jean Moura (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1885)
10 Mar 1870 - 11 Nov 1870 Armand Pottier (2nd time) (acting)
11 Nov 1870 - 1 Jan 1871 Jules Brossard de Corbigny (b. 1841 - d. 1934)
(acting)
1 Jan 1871 - 6 Jan 1879 Jean Moura (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1879 - 10 May 1881 �tienne Aymonier (acting) (b. 1844 - d. 1929)
10 May 1881 - 12 Aug 1885 Augustin Julien Four�s (acting) (b. 1853 - d. 19...)
Residents-general
12 Aug 1885 - 18 Oct 1885 Jules Victor Renaud (acting)
18 Oct 1885 - 17 May 1886 Pierre de Badens (provisional) (b. 1847 - d. 1897)
17 May 1886 - 4 Nov 1887 Jules Georges Piquet (b. 1839 - d. 1923)
4 Nov 1887 - 10 Mar 1889 Louis Eug�ne Palasne de Champeaux (b. 1840 - d. 1889)
(acting)
10 Mar 1889 - 16 May 1889 Orsini (acting)
Residents-superior
16 May 1889 - 24 Jan 1894 Louis Albert Huyn de Vern�ville
(1st time) (b. 1845 - d. 1909)
24 Jan 1894 - 4 Aug 1894 F�lix L�once Marquant (acting)
4 Aug 1894 - 14 May 1897 Louis Albert Huyn de Vern�ville
(2nd time) (s.a.)
14 May 1897 - 16 Jan 1900 Alexandre Ducos (b. 1851 - d. 1908)
16 Jan 1900 - 3 Jun 1901 Paul Louis Luce (1st time)
(acting)
3 Jun 1901 - 17 Jul 1902 L�on Jules Pol Boulloche (b. 1855 - d. 19...)
17 Jul 1902 - 26 Oct 1902 Charles Pallier (acting)
26 Oct 1902 - 25 Sep 1904 Henri de Lamothe (b. 1843 - d. 1926)
25 Sep 1904 - 16 Oct 1905 Louis Jules Morel (b. 1853 - d. 19...)
16 Oct 1905 - 29 Dec 1905 Olivier Charles Arthur de Lalande
de Calan (acting)
29 Dec 1905 - 26 Jul 1911 Paul Louis Luce (2nd time)
26 Jul 1911 - 26 Mar 1914 Ernest Outrey (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
(acting to 8 Oct 1911)
26 Mar 1914 - 25 Jul 1914 Xavier Tessarech (acting)
25 Jul 1914 - 22 Oct 1914 Maurice Le Gallen (acting)
22 Oct 1914 - 20 Jan 1927 Fran�ois Marius Baudouin
Acting for Baudouin:
15 Apr 1920 - 6 Dec 1920 Georges Masp�ro (b. 1872 - d. 1942)
6 Dec 1920 - 21 Feb 1921 Joseph L�tang
10 Apr 1922 - 8 May 1924 Victor L'Helgoualc'h (b. 1870 - d. 1968)
20 Jan 1927 - 1 Jan 1929 Aristide Eug�ne Le Fol
1 Jan 1929 - 12 Jan 1929 Achille Silvestre (1st time)
(acting)
12 Jan 1929 - 4 Mar 1932 Fernand Lavit
4 Mar 1932 - 15 Jan 1935 Achille Silvestre (2nd time)
(acting to 7 Dec 1932)
15 Jan 1935 - 12 Dec 1936 Henri Louis Marie Richomme
(acting)
12 Dec 1936 - 29 Dec 1941 L�on Emmanuel Thibaudeau (b. 1883 - d. 1946)
(acting to 16 Jun 1937)
29 Dec 1941 - 2 Mar 1943 Jean de Lens (acting)
2 Mar 1943 - Nov 1944 Georges Armand L�on Gauthier
Nov 1944 - 15 Oct 1945 Andr� Joseph Berjoan (acting)
Commissioners
15 Oct 1945 - 10 Apr 1946 Huard
10 Apr 1946 - 20 May 1947 Romain Victor P�navaire
20 May 1947 - 20 Oct 1948 L�on Pignon (b. 1908 - d. 1976)
20 Oct 1948 - 26 Feb 1949 Lucien Vincent Loubet (acting)
26 Feb 1949 - 29 Oct 1951 Jean de Raymond (b. 1907 - d. 1951)
30 Oct 1951 - 16 May 1952 Yves Digo (b. 1897 - d. 1974)
16 May 1952 - 9 Nov 1953 Jean Risterucci (b. 1911 - d. 1982)
14 Jul 1884 German protectorate
15 Jun 1896 German crown land (from 1 Jan 1901 named Cameroon)
20 Feb 1916 French and British occupation
28 Jun 1919 division into French and British Cameroons, the latter
administered from Nigeria
20 Jul 1922 League of Nations mandates
13 Dec 1946 United Nations trust territories
1 Jan 1960 French Cameroons independent as Republic of Cameroon
1 Oct 1961 Federal Republic of Cameroon after unification with
southern part of British Cameroons (northern part
united with Nigeria 1 Jun 1961)
2 Jun 1972 United Republic of Cameroon
4 Feb 1984 Republic of Cameroon
Commissioners 14 Jul 1884 - 19 Jul 1884 Gustav Nachtigal (b. 1834 - d. 1885) 19 Jul 1884 - 1 Apr 1885 Maximilian Buchner (acting) (b. 1846 - d. 1921) 1 Apr 1885 - 4 Jul 1885 Eduard von Knorr (acting) (b. 1840 - d. 1920) Governors 4 Jul 1885 - 14 Feb 1891 Julius Freiherr von Soden (b. 1846 - d. 1921) 15 Apr 1891 - 13 Aug 1895 Eugen von Zimmerer (b. 1843 - d. 1918) 13 Aug 1895 - 9 May 1907 Jesco von Puttkamer (b. 1855 - d. 1917) 9 May 1907 - 27 Aug 1910 Theodor Seitz (b. 1863 - d. 1949) 28 Aug 1910 - 29 Jan 1912 Otto Gleim (b. 1836 - d. 1929) 29 Jan 1912 - 4 Mar 1916 Karl Ebermaier (b. 1862 - d. 1943)
Special Residents
1919 - 1949 ...
1949 - 1 Oct 1954 Edward John Gibbons (b. 1906 - d. 1990)
Commissioners
1 Oct 1954 - 1956 Edward John Gibbons (s.a.)
1956 - 1 Oct 1961 John Osbaldiston Field (b. 1913 - d. 1985)
Premiers
1 Oct 1954 - 1 Feb 1959 Emmanuel Endeley (b. 1916 - d. 1988)
1 Feb 1959 - 1 Oct 1961 John Ngu Foncha (b. 1916 - d. 1999)
Administrators
7 Apr 1916 - 8 Oct 1916 Joseph Gauderique Aymerich (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
8 Oct 1916 - 1919 Lucien Fourneau (b. 1867 - d. 1930)
Commissioners
6 Mar 1919 - Mar 1923 Jules Carde (b. 1874 - d. 1949)
(acting to 7 Dec 1919)
Sep 1920 - Jun 1921 Auguste Fran�ois Bonnecarr�re (b. 1875 - d. 1966)
(acting for Carde)
Mar 1923 - 29 Apr 1923 Alb�ric Fournier (acting)
29 Apr 1923 - Jun 1932 Th�odore Paul Marchand
31 Aug 1932 - 7 Jul 1934 Auguste Fran�ois Bonnecarr�re (s.a.)
(acting to 22 Sep 1932)
7 Jul 1934 - 1936 Jules Repiquet (b. 1874 - d. 1960)
1936 - Jan 1937 Gaston Camille Guibet (acting) (b. 1881 - d. 1973)
Jan 1937 - 16 Nov 1938 Pierre Boisson (b. 1894 - d. 1948)
16 Nov 1938 - 27 Aug 1940 Richard Brunot (b. 1883 - d. 1958)
Governors
27 Aug 1940 - 20 Nov 1940 Jacques Philippe Leclerc (b. 1902 - d. 1947)
20 Nov 1940 - 20 Jul 1943 Pierre Charles Cournarie (b. 1895 - d. 1968)
20 Jul 1943 - 15 Nov 1944 Hubert Eug�ne Paul Carras (b. 1890 - d. 1947)
15 Nov 1944 - 16 Jan 1946 Henri Pierre Nicolas (b. 1896 - d. 1986)
16 Jan 1946 - 16 Mar 1946 Adrien L�ger (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1948)
High commissioners
16 Mar 1946 - 25 Mar 1947 Robert Delavignette (b. 1897 - d. 1976)
25 Mar 1947 - Apr 1947 Robert Casimir (1st time) (acting)
Apr 1947 - 7 Jul 1949 Ren� Hoffherr (b. 1893 - d. 1982)
7 Jul 1949 - 10 Jan 1950 Robert Casimir (2nd time) (acting)
10 Jan 1950 - 2 Dec 1954 Andr� Soucadaux (b. 1904 - d. 2001)
2 Dec 1954 - 17 Apr 1956 Roland Pr� (b. 1907 - d. 1980)
17 Apr 1956 - 29 Jan 1958 Pierre Messmer (b. 1916 - d. 2007)
29 Jan 1958 - 19 Feb 1958 Jean Ramadier (b. 1913 - d. 1968)
19 Feb 1958 - 1 Jan 1960 Xavier Torre (b. 1910 - d. 2003)
Prime ministers
16 May 1957 - 18 Feb 1958 Andr�-Marie Mbida (b. 1917 - d. 1980)
18 Feb 1958 - 1 Jan 1960 Ahmadou Ahidjo (b. 1924 - d. 1989)
Presidents
1 Jan 1960 - 6 Nov 1982 Ahmadou Ahidjo (s.a.)
(Head of State to 5 May 1960)
6 Nov 1982 - Paul Biya (b. 1933)
Prime ministers
1 Jan 1960 - 5 May 1960 Ahmadou Ahidjo (s.a.)
15 May 1960 - 1 Oct 1961 Charles Assal� (b. 1911 - d. 1999)
Prime ministers of East Cameroon
1 Oct 1961 - 19 Jun 1965 Charles Assal� (s.a.)
19 Jun 1965 - 20 Nov 1965 Vincent de Paul Ahanda (b. 1918)
20 Nov 1965 - 2 Jun 1972 Simon Pierre Tchoungui (b. 1916 - d. 1997)
Prime ministers of West Cameroon
1 Oct 1961 - 13 May 1965 John Ngu Foncha (s.a.)
13 May 1965 - 11 Jan 1968 Augustine Ngom Jua (b. 1929 - d. 1977)
11 Jan 1968 - 2 Jun 1972 Salomon Tandeng Muna (b. 1912 - d. 2002)
Prime ministers
30 Jun 1975 - 6 Nov 1982 Paul Biya (s.a.)
6 Nov 1982 - 22 Aug 1983 Bello Bouba Maigari (b. 1947)
22 Aug 1983 - 25 Jan 1984 Luc Ayang (b. 1947)
26 Apr 1991 - 9 Apr 1992 Sadou Hayatou (b. 1942)
9 Apr 1992 - 19 Sep 1996 Simon Achidi Achu (b. 1934)
19 Sep 1996 - 8 Dec 2004 Peter Mafany Musonge (b. 1942)
8 Dec 2004 - 30 Jun 2009 Ephra�m Inoni (b. 1947)
30 Jun 2009 - Philemon Yang (b. 1947)
5 Feb 1841 Upper and Lower Canada (present Ontario and Quebec)
united as Province of Canada
1 Jul 1867 the British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and
Canada are united as Dominion of Canada; other parts of
British North America accede at later dates
11 Dec 1931 Statute of Westminster grants full sovereignty to the
British dominions
af.1950 official use of the term "Dominion" is gradually abandoned
Governors
5 Feb 1841 - 19 Sep 1841 Charles Edward Poulett Thomson,
Baron Sydenham (b. 1799 - d. 1841)
19 Sep 1841 - 12 Jan 1842 Sir Richards Downes Jackson (b. 1777 - d. 1845)
(acting)
12 Jan 1842 - 19 May 1843 Sir Charles Bagot (b. 1781 - d. 1843)
30 May 1843 - 26 Nov 1845 Charles Theophilus Metcalfe,
Baron Metcalfe (b. 1785 - d. 1846)
26 Nov 1845 - 30 Jan 1847 Charles Murray Cathcart, Earl of
Cathcart (acting to 24 Apr 1846) (b. 1783 - d. 1859)
30 Jan 1847 - 19 Dec 1854 James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and
Kincardine (b. 1811 - d. 1863)
19 Dec 1854 - 25 Oct 1861 Sir Edmund Walker Head (b. 1805 - d. 1868)
25 Oct 1861 - 30 Jun 1867 Charles Stanley Monck, Viscount
Monck (acting to 28 Nov 1861) (b. 1819 - d. 1894)
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
1 Jul 1867 - 14 Nov 1868 Charles Stanley Monck, Viscount
Monck (s.a.)
14 Nov 1868 - 2 Feb 1869 Sir Charles Windham (acting) (b. 1810 - d. 1870)
2 Feb 1869 - 22 Jun 1872 Sir John Young (from 2 Nov 1870,
John Young, Baron Lisgar) (b. 1807 - d. 1876)
22 Jun 1872 - 25 Jun 1872 Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (b. 1804 - d. 1883)
(acting)
25 Jun 1872 - 25 Nov 1878 Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-
Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
25 Nov 1878 - 23 Oct 1883 John Douglas Sutherland-Campbell,
Marquess of Lorne (b. 1845 - d. 1914)
23 Oct 1883 - 11 Jun 1888 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice,
Marquess of Lansdowne (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
11 Jun 1888 - 18 Sep 1893 Frederick Arthur Stanley, Baron
Stanley of Preston (b. 1841 - d. 1908)
18 Sep 1893 - 12 Nov 1898 John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon,
Earl of Aberdeen (b. 1847 - d. 1934)
12 Nov 1898 - 10 Dec 1904 Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-
Kynynmound, Earl of Minto (b. 1845 - d. 1914)
10 Dec 1904 - 13 Oct 1911 Albert Henry George Grey, Earl
Grey (b. 1851 - d. 1917)
13 Oct 1911 - 11 Nov 1916 Arthur William Patrick Albert,
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850 - d. 1942)
11 Nov 1916 - 11 Aug 1921 Victor Christian William
Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire (b. 1868 - d. 1938)
11 Aug 1921 - 2 Oct 1926 Julian Hedworth George Byng,
Baron Byng of Vimy (b. 1862 - d. 1935)
2 Oct 1926 - 14 Jan 1931 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas,
Viscount Willingdon (b. 1866 - d. 1941)
14 Jan 1931 - 4 Apr 1931 Lyman Poore Duff (1st time) (b. 1865 - d. 1955)
(acting)
4 Apr 1931 - 28 Sep 1935 Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Earl of
Bessborough (b. 1880 - d. 1956)
28 Sep 1935 - 2 Nov 1935 Sir Lyman Poore Duff (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
2 Nov 1935 - 11 Feb 1940 John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir
of Elsfield (b. 1875 - d. 1940)
11 Feb 1940 - 21 Jun 1940 Sir Lyman Poore Duff (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
21 Jun 1940 - 12 Apr 1946 Augustus Alexander George
Cambridge, Earl of Athlone (b. 1874 - d. 1957)
12 Apr 1946 - 28 Feb 1952 Harold Alexander, Viscount
Alexander of Tunis (b. 1891 - d. 1969)
28 Feb 1952 - 15 Sep 1959 Vincent Massey (b. 1887 - d. 1967)
15 Sep 1959 - 5 Mar 1967 Georges Philias Vanier (b. 1888 - d. 1967)
5 Mar 1967 - 17 Apr 1967 Robert Taschereau (acting) (b. 1896 - d. 1970)
17 Apr 1967 - 14 Jan 1974 Roland Michener (b. 1900 - d. 1991)
14 Jan 1974 - 22 Jan 1979 Jules L�ger (b. 1913 - d. 1980)
22 Jan 1979 - 14 May 1984 Edward R. Schreyer (b. 1935)
14 May 1984 - 29 Jan 1990 Jeanne Sauv� (f) (b. 1922 - d. 1993)
29 Jan 1990 - 8 Feb 1995 Ramon Hnatyshyn (b. 1934 - d. 2002)
8 Feb 1995 - 7 Oct 1999 Rom�o LeBlanc (b. 1927 - d. 2009)
7 Oct 1999 - 27 Sep 2005 Adrienne Clarkson (f) (b. 1939)
27 Sep 2005 - Micha�lle Jean (f) (b. 1957)
Joint premiers
5 Feb 1841 - 14 Jun 1841 Robert Baldwin (1st time) R (b. 1804 - d. 1858)
+ William Draper (1st time) C (b. 1801 - d. 1877)
14 Jun 1841 - 14 Sep 1842 Charles Richard Ogden
+ William Draper (2nd time) C (s.a.)
26 Sep 1842 - 27 Nov 1843 Robert Baldwin (2nd time) R (s.a.)
+ Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine
(1st time) R (b. 1807 - d. 1864)
27 Nov 1843 - 12 Dec 1843 Dominick Daly (acting) (b. 1798 - d. 1868)
12 Dec 1843 - 17 Jun 1846 William Draper (3rd time) C (s.a.)
+ Denis Benjamin Viger C (b. 1774 - d. 1861)
17 Jun 1846 - 28 May 1847 William Draper (4th time) C (s.a.)
+ Denis Benjamin Papineau
(1st time) R (b. 1789 - d. 1854)
28 May 1847 - 11 Mar 1848 Henry Sherwood C (b. 1807 - d. 1855)
+ Denis Benjamin Papineau
(2nd time) R (s.a.)
11 Mar 1848 - 28 Oct 1851 Robert Baldwin (3rd time) R (s.a.)
+ Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine
(2nd time) R (s.a.)
28 Oct 1851 - 11 Sep 1854 Francis Hincks R (b. 1807 - d. 1885)
+ Augustin Norbert Morin
(1st time) R (b. 1803 - d. 1865)
11 Sep 1854 - 27 Jan 1855 Sir Allan Napier MacNab
(1st time) L (b. 1798 - d. 1862)
+ Augustin Norbert Morin
(2nd time) L (s.a.)
27 Jan 1855 - 24 May 1856 Sir Allan Napier MacNab
(2nd time) L (s.a.)
+ �tienne Paschal Tach�
(1st time) LC (b. 1795 - d. 1865)
24 May 1856 - 26 Nov 1857 �tienne Paschal Tach�
(2nd time) LC (s.a.)
+ John A. Macdonald
(1st time) LC (b. 1815 - d. 1891)
26 Nov 1857 - 2 Aug 1858 John A. Macdonald
(2nd time) LC (s.a.)
+ George �tienne Cartier
(1st time) LC (b. 1814 - d. 1873)
2 Aug 1858 - 6 Aug 1858 George Brown L (b. 1818 - d. 1880)
+ Antoine Aim� Dorion
(1st time) L (b. 1818 - d. 1891)
6 Aug 1858 - 24 May 1862 George �tienne Cartier
(2nd time) LC (s.a.)
+ John A. Macdonald
(3rd time) LC (s.a.)
24 May 1862 - 15 May 1863 John Sandfield Macdonald
(1st time) L (b. 1812 - d. 1872)
+ Louis Sicotte L (b. 1812 - d. 1889)
15 May 1863 - 30 May 1864 John Sandfield Macdonald
(2nd time) L (s.a.)
+ Antoine Aim� Dorion
(2nd time) L (s.a.)
30 May 1864 - 30 Jul 1865 Sir �tienne Paschal Tach�
(3rd time) LC (s.a.)
+ John A. Macdonald
(4th time) LC (s.a.)
30 Jul 1865 - 30 Jun 1867 John A. Macdonald
(5th time) LC (s.a.)
+ Sir Narcisse Fortunat
Belleau LC (b. 1808 - d. 1894)
Prime ministers
1 Jul 1867 - 7 Nov 1873 Sir John A. Macdonald
(1st time) LC (s.a.)
7 Nov 1873 - 17 Oct 1878 Alexander Mackenzie L (b. 1822 - d. 1892)
17 Oct 1878 - 6 Jun 1891 Sir John A. Macdonald
(2nd time) LC (s.a.)
16 Jun 1891 - 5 Dec 1892 John Abbott (from 1892,
Sir John Abbott) LC (b. 1821 - d. 1893)
5 Dec 1892 - 12 Dec 1894 Sir John Thompson LC (b. 1844 - d. 1894)
21 Dec 1894 - 1 May 1896 Mackenzie Bowell (from 1895,
Sir Mackenzie Bowell) LC (b. 1823 - d. 1917)
1 May 1896 - 11 Jul 1896 Sir Charles Tupper LC (b. 1821 - d. 1915)
11 Jul 1896 - 10 Oct 1911 Wilfrid Laurier (from 1897,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier) L (b. 1841 - d. 1919)
10 Oct 1911 - 10 Jul 1920 Robert Laird Borden (from
1914, Sir Robert Laird Borden) C (b. 1854 - d. 1937)
10 Jul 1920 - 29 Dec 1921 Arthur Meighen (1st time) C (b. 1874 - d. 1960)
29 Dec 1921 - 28 Jun 1926 W.L. Mackenzie King (1st time) L (b. 1874 - d. 1950)
28 Jun 1926 - 25 Sep 1926 Arthur Meighen (2nd time) C (s.a.)
25 Sep 1926 - 7 Aug 1930 W.L. Mackenzie King (2nd time) L (s.a.)
7 Aug 1930 - 23 Oct 1935 Richard Bedford Bennett C (b. 1870 - d. 1947)
23 Oct 1935 - 15 Nov 1948 W.L. Mackenzie King (3rd time) L (s.a.)
15 Nov 1948 - 21 Jun 1957 Louis Saint Laurent L (b. 1882 - d. 1973)
21 Jun 1957 - 22 Apr 1963 John G. Diefenbaker PC (b. 1895 - d. 1979)
22 Apr 1963 - 20 Apr 1968 Lester B. Pearson L (b. 1897 - d. 1972)
20 Apr 1968 - 4 Jun 1979 Pierre Elliott Trudeau
(1st time) L (b. 1919 - d. 2000)
4 Jun 1979 - 3 Mar 1980 Joe Clark PC (b. 1939)
3 Mar 1980 - 30 Jun 1984 Pierre Elliott Trudeau
(2nd time) L (s.a.)
30 Jun 1984 - 17 Sep 1984 John Turner L (b. 1929)
17 Sep 1984 - 25 Jun 1993 Brian Mulroney PC (b. 1939)
25 Jun 1993 - 4 Nov 1993 Kim Campbell (f) PC (b. 1947)
4 Nov 1993 - 12 Dec 2003 Jean Chr�tien L (b. 1934)
12 Dec 2003 - 6 Feb 2006 Paul Martin L (b. 1938)
6 Feb 2006 - Stephen Harper C (b. 1959)
Party abbreviations: C=Conservative, L=Liberal, LC=Liberal Conservative, PC=Progressive Conservative, R=Reform
1462 first Portuguese settlement
5 Jul 1975 independence (Republic of Cape Verde)
Governors
4 Nov 1698 - 1702 Ant�nio Salgado
10 Feb 1702 - 1702 Jorge Cotrim de Mello
12 Apr 1702 - 1707 Gon�alo de Lemos Mascarenhas
11 May 1707 - 1710 Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca
12 Feb 1710 - 1715 Jos� Pinheiro da C�mara
27 Mar 1715 - 20 Jun 1715 Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Ara�jo (b. ... - d. 1715)
16 Dec 1715 - 1719 Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de S�
9 Apr 1719 - 1720 Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho
11 Mar 1720 - 4 Jan 1725 Ant�nio Vieira (b. ... - d. 1725)
24 Jan 1726 - 1728 Francisco Miguel da N�brega
Vasconcelos
10 Jul 1728 - 1733 Francisco de Oliveira Grans
1733 - 1737 Bento Gomes Coelho
1 May 1736 - 7 Aug 1738 Jos� da Fonseca Barbosa (b. ... - d. 1738)
1738 - 1741 Chamber Senate
10 Jun 1741 - 1751 Jo�o Zuzarte de Santa Maria
6 Mar 1751 - 1751 Ant�nio Jos� d'E�a e Faria (b. ... - d. 1751)
1752 - 1756 Lu�s Ant�nio da Cunha d'E�a
1756 - 1761 Manuel Ant�nio de Sousa e Meneses
5 Mar 1761 - 1761 Marcelino Pereira de �vila
1761 - 1764 Ant�nio de Barros Bezerra
1764 - 1766 Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre
1766 - 1767 Jo�o J�come de Brito Barena
Henriques (b. ... - d. 1767)
25 Nov 1768 - 1777 Joaquim Salema Saldanha L�bo (b. ... - d. 1777)
1777 - 1781 Ant�nio do Vale de Sousa e Meneses
19 Feb 1781 - 1782 Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de
Almeida
1782 - 1783 Francisco de S�o Sim�o (acting)
23 Aug 1784 - 1789 Ant�nio Machado de Faria e Maia
2 Apr 1789 - 1793 Francisco Jos� Teixeira Carneiro
27 Sep 1793 - 10 Sep 1795 Jos� da Silva Maldonado d'E�a (b. ... - d. 1795)
3 Aug 1796 - 29 Nov 1802 Marcelino Ant�nio Bastos (b. ... - d. 1802)
12 May 1803 - 1818 Ant�nio Coutinho de Lencastre
6 Feb 1818 - 1822 Ant�nio Pussich
9 May 1822 - 1826 Jo�o da Matta Chapuzet
7 Sep 1826 - 1830 Caetano Proc�pio Godinho de
Vasconcelos
1830 - 1831 Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo
1831 - 1834 Jos� Coutinho de Lencastre
1834 - 1835 Manuel Ant�nio Martins (b. ... - d. 1835)
1835 - 1836 Joaquim Pereira Marinho (1st time)
1836 - 1837 Domingos Correia Arouca
1837 - 1839 Joaquim Pereira Marinho (2nd time)
1839 - 1842 Ant�nio Maria de Fontes Pereira de
Melo (1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1887)
5 Apr 1842 - 1845 Francisco de Paula Bastos
26 Jun 1845 - 1847 Jos� Miguel de Noronha
28 Jul 1847 - 1851 Ant�nio Maria de Fontes Pereira de
Melo (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Jun 1851 - 1854 Fortunato Jos� Barreiros
6 Apr 1854 - 1857 Ant�nio Maria Barreiros Arrobas
25 Nov 1857 - 1860 Sebasti�o Lopes de Calheiros e
Meneses (b. 1816 - d. 1899)
1860 Janu�rio Correia de Almeida (b. 1829 - d. 1901)
6 Sep 1860 - 1863 Carlos Joaquim Franco
1863 - 1869 Jos� Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
11 Feb 1869 - 1876 Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e
Albuquerque (b. 1824 - d. 1916)
1877 G.C. Lopes de Macedo
1878 Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1879 - 1881 Ant�nio de Nascimento Pereira de
Sampaio
1882 - 1886 Jo�o Paes de Vasconcellos
1887 - 1889 Jo�o Ces�rio de Lacerda (1st time)
1890 Augusto Ces�rio Carlos de
Carvalho
1891 - 1896 Jos� Guedes Brand�o de Melo (b. 1846 - d. ...)
1897 Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de
Serpa Pinto (b. 1846 - d. 1900)
1898 - 1900 Jo�o Ces�rio de Lacerda (2nd time)
1901 - 1902 Arnaldo de Novalis Guedes
de Reb�lo
1902 - 1903 Francisco de Paula Cid
1903 - 1904 Ant�nio Alfredo Barjona de
Freitas
1905 - 1907 Am�ncio Alpoim de Cerqueira
Borges Cabral
1907 - 1909 Bernardo Ant�nio da Costa de Sousa
de Macedo (b. 1863 - d. 1947)
1909 - 1910 Martinho Pinto de Queiros
Montenegro
1910 - 1911 Ant�nio de Macedo Ramalho Ortig�o (b. 1876 - d. 1963)
1911 Artur Marinha de Campos
1911 - 1915 Joaqu�m Pedro Vieira Indice
Bicker
1915 - 1918 Abel Fontoura da Costa (b. 1896 - d. 1940)
1918 - 1919 Te�filo Duarte (b. 1898 - d. 1958)
1919 - 1921 Manuel Firmino de Almeida
da Maia Magalh�es
1921 - 1922 Filipe Carlos D�as de Carvalho (b. 1868 - d. 1934)
1924 - 1926 Julio Henr�ques d'Abreu
1927 Jo�o de Almeida (b. 1873 - d. 1953)
1927 - 1931 Ant�nio Alvares Guedes Vaz (b. 1875 - d. 19...)
1931 - 1941 Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo
1941 - 1943 Jos� Diogo Ferreira Martins
1943 - 1949 Jo�o de Figueiredo
1950 - 1953 Carlos Alberto Garc�a Alves
Ro�adas
1953 - 1957 Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral
1957 - 1958 Ant�nio Augusto Peixoto Correia (b. 1913)
(acting)
1958 - 1962 Silvino Silv�rio Marques (b. 1918)
1963 - 1969 Le�o do Sacramento Monteiro (b. 1920 - d. 2006)
13 Mar 1969 - 1974 Ant�nio Adriano Faria Lopes dos
Santos (b. 1919 - d. 2009)
6 Aug 1974 - 21 Sep 1974 Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta (b. 1920)
21 Sep 1974 - 5 Jul 1975 Vicente Almeida d'E�a (b. 1918)
(high commissioner from 30 Dec 1974)
Presidents
8 Jul 1975 - 22 Mar 1991 Aristides Pereira (b. 1923)
22 Mar 1991 - 22 Mar 2001 Ant�nio Mascarenhas Monteiro (b. 1944)
22 Mar 2001 - Pedro Pires (b. 1934)
Prime ministers
8 Jul 1975 - 4 Apr 1991 Pedro Pires (s.a.)
4 Apr 1991 - 5 Oct 2000 Carlos Veiga (b. 1949)
29 Jul 2000 - 1 Feb 2001 Gualberto do Ros�rio (b. 1950)
(acting for Veiga to 5 Oct 2000)
1 Feb 2001 - Jos� Maria Neves (b. 1960)
1670 part of Jamaica
4 Jul 1959 separate colony; part of the Federation of the West Indies
(see under Trinidad and Tobago) to 31 May 1962
Chief magistrates
1750 - 1776 William Cartwright
1776 - 1823 William Bodden (b. 17... - d. 1823)
1823 - 1829 James Coe the Elder
1829 - 1842 John Drayton
1842 - 1855 James Coe the Younger
1855 - 1879 William Eden
1879 - 1888 William Bodden Webster
1888 - 1898 Edmund Parsons (b. 1850 - d. ...)
Commissioners
1898 - Aug 1906 Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti (b. 1847 - d. 1906)
1906 - 1907 Charles Henry Yorke Slader
1907 - 1912 George Stephenson Shirt Hirst (b. 1871 - d. 1912)
1912 - 1913 Hugh Houston Hutchings (1st time) (b. 1869 - d. 1937)
(acting)
1913 - 1916 Aubrey Charles Robinson
1916 - 1919 Cecil Everard Mellish
1919 - 1929 Hugh Houston Hutchings (2nd time) (s.a.)
1929 - 1931 Geoffrey Hammond Frith
1931 - 1934 Ernest Arthur Weston (b. 1880 - d. 1940)
1934 - 1940 Allan Wolsey Cardinall (b. 1887 - d. 1956)
1940 - 1941 Albert Colinridge Panton, Sr.
(acting)
1941 - 1946 John Penry Jones (b. 1886? - d. 1974)
1946 - 1952 Ivor Otterbein Smith (b. 1907 - d. 2003)
1952 - 1956 Andrew Morris Gerrard
1956 - 4 Jul 1959 Alan Hilliard Donald
Administrators
4 Jul 1959 - 1960 Alan Hilliard Donald
1960 - 1964 Jack Rose (b. 1917)
1964 - 1968 John Alfred Cumber (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
1968 - 3 Nov 1971 Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long (b. 1919)
Governors
3 Nov 1971 - 12 Nov 1971 Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long (s.a.)
12 Nov 1971 - 30 Nov 1971 Desmond Vere Watler (acting) (b. 1914)
30 Nov 1971 - Jul 1974 Kenneth Roy Crook (b. 1920)
28 Aug 1974 - 1981 Thomas Russell (b. 1920)
14 Jan 1982 - 1987 Peter Lloyd (b. 1926 - d. 2007)
10 Jun 1987 - 1992 Alan James Scott (b. 1934)
14 Sep 1992 - 1995 Michael Edward John Gore (b. 1935)
16 Oct 1995 - 1999 John Wynne Owen (b. 1939)
5 May 1999 - 9 May 2002 Peter Smith (b. 1942)
9 May 2002 - 29 May 2002 James Ryan (acting) (b. 1944)
29 May 2002 - 28 Oct 2005 Bruce Dinwiddy (b. 1946)
28 Oct 2005 - 23 Nov 2005 George McCarthy (acting)
23 Nov 2005 - 2 Dec 2009 Stuart Jack (b. 1949)
2 Dec 2009 - 15 Jan 2010 Donovan Ebanks (acting)
15 Jan 2010 - Duncan Taylor (b. 1958)
Leaders of government business (official post from 30 Jun 2003)
25 Nov 1992 - 1995 Thomas C. Jefferson (b. 1941 - d. 2006)
1995 - 15 Nov 2000 Truman Bodden (b. 1945)
15 Nov 2000 - 8 Nov 2001 Kurt Tibbetts (1st time)
8 Nov 2001 - 18 May 2005 McKeeva Bush (1st time) (b. 1955)
18 May 2005 - 27 May 2009 Kurt Tibbetts (2nd time)
27 May 2009 - 6 Nov 2009 McKeeva Bush (2nd time) (s.a.)
Premier
6 Nov 2009 - McKeeva Bush (s.a.)
13 Jul 1894 Haut-Oubangui
29 Dec 1903 Oubangui-Chari
11 Feb 1906 Oubangui-Chari-Tchad
15 Jan 1910 part of French Equatorial Africa (AEF);
see under Congo (Brazzaville)
12 Apr 1916 Oubangui-Chari
30 Jun 1934 - 31 Dec 1937 region within unitary AEF colony
27 Oct 1946 French overseas territory
1 Dec 1958 autonomy (Central African Republic)
13 Aug 1960 independence
4 Dec 1976 - 20 Sep 1979 Central African Empire
Commissioners (from 1897, lieutenant governors; from 1904, governors-delegate)
10 Feb 1894 - 20 Oct 1894 Eug�ne Decazes (b. 1844 - d. 1913)
(director to 13 Jul 1894)
20 Oct 1894 - 1900 Victor Liotard (b. 1858 - d. 1916)
1900 - May 1904 Adolphe Cureau (b. 1864 - d. 1913)
May 1904 - 22 Aug 1905 Alphonse Iaeck (acting)
22 Aug 1905 - 16 Feb 1906 Victor Merlet (acting)
16 Feb 1906 - 4 Apr 1906 Louis Paul �mile Lamy
Lieutenant governors (from 17 Aug 1934, governors-delegate; from 31 Dec 1937,
governors; from 4 Feb 1957, high commissioners)
4 Apr 1906 - 28 Feb 1909 �mile Merwart (b. 1869 - d. 1960)
28 Feb 1909 - 5 Aug 1910 Lucien Fourneau (acting) (b. 1867 - d. 1930)
5 Aug 1910 - 10 Jun 1911 Paul Pierre Marie Georges Adam
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1865 - d. 1916)
10 Jun 1911 - 24 Nov 1913 Fr�d�ric Est�be (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
24 Nov 1913 - 12 Oct 1916 Paul Pierre Marie Georges Adam
(2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Oct 1916 - 17 Jul 1917 Victor Merlet
17 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1929 Auguste Lamblin (b. 1870 - d. 1946)
(acting to 16 May 1919)
Acting for Lamblin:
31 Aug 1920 - Dec 1921 Alphonse Diret (b. 1872 - d. 1973)
7 Aug 1923 - Nov 1924 Pierre Fran�ois (b. 1869 - d. 1933)
1 Jul 1926 - Jul 1928 Georges Prouteaux
22 Oct 1929 - 30 Oct 1930 Georges Prouteaux (acting)
30 Oct 1930 - 21 May 1935 Adolphe Deitte (b. 1879 - d. 1949)
8 Mar 1933 - Feb 1934 Pierre Bonnefont
(acting for Deitte)
21 May 1935 - 30 May 1936 Richard Brunot (b. 1883 - d. 1958)
30 May 1936 - 23 Oct 1936 Pierre Bonnefont (acting)
23 Oct 1936 - 24 Oct 1936 �mile Buhot-Launay (acting) (b. 1881 - d. 1970)
24 Oct 1936 - 28 Mar 1939 Max de Masson de Saint-F�lix (b. ... - d. 1939)
28 Mar 1939 - 30 May 1942 Pierre de Saint-Mart (b. 1885 - d. 1965)
(acting to 15 Jul 1941)
30 May 1942 - 30 Jul 1942 Andr� Latrille (b. 1894 - d. 1987)
30 Jul 1942 - 3 Apr 1946 Henri Sautot (b. 1885 - d. 1963)
3 Apr 1946 - 25 Apr 1948 Jean Chalvet (b. 1893 - d. 1975)
24 May 1946 - Oct 1946 Henri Lacour (b. 1897 - d. 1960)
(acting for Chalvet)
25 Apr 1948 - 1 Dec 1948 Jean Mauberna (acting) (b. 1904 - d. 1983)
1 Dec 1948 - 27 Jan 1949 Auguste Even (1st time) (acting) (b. 1897 - d. 1980)
27 Jan 1949 - 4 Jan 1950 Pierre Delteil (b. 1907 - d. 2002)
4 Jan 1950 - 1 Mar 1950 Auguste Even (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1 Mar 1950 - 9 Jul 1951 Ignace Colombani (b. 1908 - d. 1988)
9 Jul 1951 - 19 Oct 1951 Pierre Jean Raynier (acting) (b. 1904 - d. 1979)
19 Oct 1951 - 31 Mar 1954 Aim� Grimald (b. 1903 - d. 2000)
31 Mar 1954 - 29 Jan 1958 Louis Sanmarco (b. 1912 - d. 2009)
(acting to 2 Dec 1954)
29 Jan 1958 - 14 Aug 1960 Paul Bordier (b. 1921 - d. 2003)
Presidents
14 Aug 1960 - 1 Jan 1966 David Dacko (1st time) (b. 1930 - d. 2003)
(acting to 12 Nov 1960)
1 Jan 1966 - 4 Dec 1976 Jean-B�del Bokassa (from 17 Oct
1976, Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa) (b. 1921 - d. 1996)
Emperor
4 Dec 1976 - 20 Sep 1979 Bokassa I (s.a.)
Presidents
20 Sep 1979 - 1 Sep 1981 David Dacko (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1981 - 22 Oct 1993 Andr� Kolingba (b. 1936 - d. 2010)
(chairman Military Committee of National Recovery to
21 Sep 1985)
22 Oct 1993 - 15 Mar 2003 Ange-F�lix Patass� (b. 1937)
15 Mar 2003 - Fran�ois Boziz� (b. 1946)
Prime ministers
14 May 1957 - 8 Dec 1958 Abel Goumba (1st time) (b. 1926 - d. 2009)
(vice president of the Government Council to 26 Jul 1958,
then president of the Government Council)
8 Dec 1958 - 29 Mar 1959 Barth�lemy Boganda (b. 1910 - d. 1959)
2 Apr 1959 - 30 Apr 1959 Abel Goumba (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
30 Apr 1959 - 12 Nov 1960 David Dacko (s.a.)
2 Jan 1975 - 7 Apr 1976 Elisabeth Domitien (f) (b. 1925 - d. 2005)
4 Sep 1976 - 14 Jul 1978 Ange-F�lix Patass� (s.a.)
14 Jul 1978 - 26 Sep 1979 Henri Ma�dou (b. 1936)
26 Sep 1979 - 22 Aug 1980 Bernard Ayandho (b. 1930 - d. 1993)
12 Nov 1980 - 4 Apr 1981 Jean-Pierre Lebouder (b. 1944)
4 Apr 1981 - 1 Sep 1981 Simon Narcisse Bozanga (b. 1942)
15 Mar 1991 - 4 Dec 1992 Edouard Frank
4 Dec 1992 - 26 Feb 1993 Timoth�e Malendoma (b. 1935)
26 Feb 1993 - 25 Oct 1993 Enoch D�rant Lakou� (b. 1945)
25 Oct 1993 - 12 Apr 1995 Jean-Luc Mandaba (b. 1943 - d. 2000)
12 Apr 1995 - 11 Jun 1996 Gabriel Koyambounou (b. 1947)
11 Jun 1996 - 30 Jan 1997 Jean-Paul Ngoupand� (b. 1948)
30 Jan 1997 - 1 Feb 1999 Michel Gbezera-Bria (b. 1946)
1 Feb 1999 - 1 Apr 2001 Anicet Georges Dologu�l� (b. 1957)
1 Apr 2001 - 15 Mar 2003 Martin Zigu�l� (b. 1957)
23 Mar 2003 - 12 Dec 2003 Abel Goumba (3rd time) (s.a.)
12 Dec 2003 - 13 Jun 2005 C�lestin Gaombalet (b. 1941?)
13 Jun 2005 - 22 Jan 2008 �lie Dot� (b. 1947?)
22 Jan 2008 - Faustin Archange Touad�ra (b. 1957)