| width="18%" |Tenure | width="30%" |Incumbent | width="20%" |Notes |
| olspan="3"|German Suzerainty |
| olspan="3"|Kajanga station |
| small>1896 to 1896 | ... Ullman, Commander | |
| small>1896 to 1897 | ... Muller, Commander | |
| olspan="3"|Usumbura Station |
| small>1897 to 1898 | Konstantin Cramer, Commander | |
| small>1898 to 1902 | Werner von Grawert, Commander | valign=top|1st Term |
| small>1902 to 1904 | Robert von Beringe, Commander | |
| small>1904 to 15 November 1907 | Werner von Grawert, Commander | valign=top|2nd Term |
| small>15 November 1907 to 1908 | Werner von Grawert, Resident | |
| small>1908 to 1909 | Heinrich Fonck, acting Resident | |
| small>1909 to 1909 | Eberhard Gudowius, Resident | |
| small>1909 to 1909 | Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller, Resident | valign=top|1st Term |
| small>1909 to 1910 | Otto Brentzel, Resident | |
| small>January 1910 to January 1911 | Wilhelm Gring, Resident | |
| small>1911 to 1912 | Kurt von Stegmann und Stein, Resident | |
| small>1911 to 1913 | Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller, Resident | valign=top|2nd Term |
| small>1913 to 1914 | ... von Boch, Resident | |
| small>1914 to 1915 | ... Schimmer, Resident | |
| small>1915 to 1915 | ... Wentzel, Resident | |
| small>1915 to June 1916 | Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller, Resident | valign=top|3rd Term |
| olspan="3"|Belgian Suzerainty |
| small>1916 to December 1918 | Edouard van den Eende, Military Resident | |
| small>January 1919 to 1928 | Pierre Marie Joseph Ryckmans, Resident | |
| small>1928 to 12 May 1929 | Oscar Defawe, acting Resident | |
| small>1 February 1930 to 24 December 1930 | Charles, Baron de l’Epine, interim Resident | |
| small>24 December 1930 to 17 July 1933 | Lon Borgers, Resident | |
| small>17 July 1933 to 1935 | Oger Coubeau, Resident | |
| small>1935 to 1937 | ... Hambart, Resident | |
| small>12 January 1938 to 1940 | Ren Verstappen, acting Resident | |
| small>March 1941 to 194? | George Victor Sandrart, Resident | |
| small>2 February 1944 to 1953 | Robert Schmidt, Resident | |
| small>195? to 28 October 1959 | Robert Scheyven, Resident | |
| small>28 October 1959 to 28 July 1961 | Ivan Reisdorff, Resident | |
| small>28 July 1961 to January 1962 | Roberto Rgnier, Resident | |
| small>January 1962 to 1962 | Roberto Rgnier, High Representative | |
| small>1962 to 1 July 1962 | Edouard Henniquiau, High Representative | |
| small>1 July 1962 | colspan="2"|Independence as 'Republic of Burundi' |