| Term
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| French Suzerainty
|
| French Settlement at Obock
|
| 1858 to 4 June 1859
| Henri Lambert, Agent
| |
| French Coast of Somalis
|
| 11 March 1862
| French acquisition of Obock territory
|
| 29 December 1883 to 24 June 1884
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Commissioner
| |
| Territory of Obock and Protectorate of Tadjoura
|
| 24 June 1884 to 5 September 1887
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Commandant
| |
| 5 September 1887 to 1888
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Governor
| |
| French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI)
|
| 1888 to 7 March 1899
| Léonce Lagarde, vicomte de Rouffeyroux, Governor
| |
| 7 March 1899 to 23 March 1899
| Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, acting Governor
| |
| 28 March 1899 to 13 April 1900
| Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor
| |
| 13 April 1900 to 6 December 1900
| Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting Governor
| |
| 6 December 1900 to 7 September 1901
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor
| 1st Term |
| 7 September 1901 to June 1902
| Louis Ormiéres, acting Governor
| 1st Term |
| June 1902 to 23 May 1903
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor
| 2nd Term |
| 23 May 1903 to December 1903
| Albert Dubarry, acting Governor
| 1st Term |
| December 1903 to 2 April 1904
| Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor
| 3rd Term |
| 2 April 1904 to 5 August 1904
| Albert Dubarry, acting Governor
| |
| 5 August 1904 to 9 September 1905
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor
| 1st Term |
| 9 September 1905 to 13 October 1905
| Raphaël Antonetti, acting Governor
| |
| 13 October 1805 to 19 May 1906
| Louis Ormiéres, acting Governor
| 2nd Term |
| 19 May 1906 to 19 June 1906
| Patte, acting Governor
| |
| 19 June 1906 to July 1908
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor
| 2nd Term |
| July 1908 to 5 July 1909
| Jean Baptiste Castaing, acting Governor
| 1st Term |
| 5 January 1909 to June 1911
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal
| 3rd Term |
| June 1911 to December 1911
| Jean Baptiste Castaing, acting Governor
| 2nd Term |
| December 1911 to 1915
| Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor
| 4th Term |
| 1915 to 1916
| Paul Simoni, Governor
| |
| 1916 to 1918
| Victor Marie Fillon, Governor
| |
| 1918 to 1924
| Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, Governor
| |
| 1924 to 1932
| Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac, Governor
| |
| 1932 to 7 May 1934
| Louis Placide Blacher, Governor
| |
| 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935
| Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor
| |
| 18 July 1935 to 20 December 1935
| Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre, Governor
| |
| 20 December 1935 to 1 May 1937
| Armand Léon Annet, Governor
| |
| 1 May 1937 to 19 March 1938
| Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, acting Governor
| |
| 19 March 1938 to 27 April 1938
| Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, Governor
| |
| 27 April 1938 to 2 May 1939
| Hubert Jules Deschamps, acting Governor
| |
| 2 May 1939 to 25 July 1940
| Hubert Jules Deschamps, Governor
| |
| 25 July 1940 to 7 August 1940
| Gaetan Louis Elie Germain, Governor
| |
| 7 August 1940 to 21 October 1942
| Pierre Marie Elie Louis Nouailhetas, Governor
| |
| 21 October 1942 to 4 December 1942
| Truffert, Governor
| |
| 4 December 1942 to 26 December 1942
| Christian Raimond Dupont, Governor
| |
| 30 December 1942 to 22 June 1943
| Ange Marie Charles André Bayardelle, Governor
| |
| 22 June 1943 to 7 January 1944
| Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, acting Governor
| |
| 7 January 1944 to 1 May 1944
| Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, Governor
| |
| 1 May 1944 to 30 April 1946
| Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet, Governor
| |
| 30 April 1946 to 1 March 1950
| Paul Henri Siriex, Governor
| |
| 1 March 1950 to 6 April 1954
| Numa François Henri Sadoul, Governor
| |
| 6 April 1954 to 13 August 1954
| Roland Joanes Louis Pré, Governor
| |
| 13 August 1954 to 7 August 1957
| René Jean Albert Petitbon, Governor
| |
| 7 August 1957 to 1958
| Maurice Meker, Governor
| |
| 1958 to 16 November 1962
| Jacques Marie Julien Compain, Governor
| |
| 16 November 1962 to 15 September 1966
| René Tirant, Governor
| |
| 15 September 1966 to 3 July 1967
| Louis Joseph Édouard Saget, Governor
| |
| 3 July 1967 to 5 February 1969
| Louis Joseph Édouard Saget, High Commissioner
| |
| 5 February 1969 to 21 August 1971
| Dominique Ponchardier, High Commissioner
| |
| 21 August 1971 to 1 August 1974
| Georges Thiercy, High Commissioner
| |
| 1 August 1974 to 9 February 1976
| Christian Dablanc, High Commissioner
| |
| 9 February 1976 to 27 June 1977
| Camille d’Ornano, High Commissioner
| |
| 27 June 1977
| Independence as Republic of Djibouti
|
