| width="20%"|Tenure | width="45%"|Incumbent | width="15%"|Notes |
| small>1839 to 1844 | Louis douard Bout, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | 1st Term |
| small>1844 to 1845 | Louis douard Bout-Willaumez, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1845 to 1848 | Jean-Baptiste Montagnis de la Roque, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1848 to 1848 | Auguste Baudin, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | 1st Term |
| small> 1848 to 1850 | Louis douard Bout-Willaumez, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | 2nd Term |
| small>1850 to 1851 | Charles Penaud, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small>1851 to 1854 | Auguste Baudin, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | 2nd Term |
| olspan="3"|Colony of Gore and Dependencies |
| small>1854 to March 1856 | Jrme Flix Monlon, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small>March 1856 to 1859 | Auguste Lopold Protet, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1859 to 1861 | Auguste Bosse, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | Naval Division centred at Gabon; Gore incorporated into Senegal |
| small>1861 to 1863 | Octave Franois Charles, baron Didelot, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small>1863 to 1866 | Andr mile Lon Laffon de Ladbat, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1866 to 1868 | Alphonse Jean Ren, vicomte Fleuriot de Langle, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1868 to 1869 | Alexandre Franois Dauriac, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1869 to 1870 | Victor Auguste, baron Duperr, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1870 to 1872 | Simon Bourgeois, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1872 to 1874 | Antoine Louis Le Couriault du Quilio, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1874 to 1875 | Charles Henri Jules Panon du Hazier, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1875 to 1877 | Amde Louis Ribourt, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1877 to 1879 | Franois Hippolyte Allemand, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1879 to 1881 | Bernard Ernest Mottez, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1881 to 24 January 1883 | Richild, baron Grivel, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| small> 1884 to 1886 | Jules Marie Armand Cavelier de Cuverville, Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1886" title="1886">1886 | Incorporated into 'French Congo' |
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| olspan="3"|French Suzerainty |
| small>1843 to 1844 | Antoine Devoisins, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1844 to 1844 | Joseph Marie Millet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1844 to 1846 | Andr Brisset, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 1st Term |
| small> 1846 to 1846 | Mquet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1846 to 1846 | Clment Grosjean, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1846 to 1847 | Jean Carrils, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1847 to 1848 | Andr Brisset, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 2nd Term |
| small> 25 March 1848 to 1848 | Alphonse Alexandre Sourdeaux, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 3 August 1848 to 1848 | Eugne Jean Antoine Desperles, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small>December 1848 to 1849 | tienne Charles Deschanel, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 10 August 1849 to 1850 | Jean-Auguste Martin, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 15 December 1850 to 1853 | Alexis douard Vignon, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 1st Term |
| small> 1853 to 1854 | Thophile Quillet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| olspan="3"|Colony of Gore and Dependencies |
| small>1854 to 1857 | Thophile Quillet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1857 to 1859 | Alexis douard Vignon, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | 2nd Term |
| small> 1859 to 1860 | Pierre Alexandre Mailhetard, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 4 August 1860 to 1861 | Csar Charles Joseph Pradier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1861 to 1863 | Paul Claude Nicolas Brue, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1863 to 1866 | Charles Ferdinand Eugne Baur, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1866 to 1867 | Joseph Henri Brunet-Millet, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1867 to 1868 | Thophile Aube, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1868 to 1869 | Frdric Amable Bourgarel, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1869 to 1871 | Hippolyte Adrien Bourgin, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1871 to 1873 | Gustave Aristide Lopold Garraud, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1873 to 1875 | Charles Henri Jules Panon du Hazier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1875 to 1876 | Flix Ambroise Clment, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1876 to 1879 | Paul Michel Frdric Caudire, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1879 to 1880 | Augustin Ernest Dumont, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1880 to 1881 | Jules mile Hanet-Clry, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1881 to 1883 | mile Masson, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1883 to 1885 | Jean Joseph Cornut-Gentille, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| small> 1885 to 1886 | Georges mile Pradier, Commandant-Particular of Gabon | |
| olspan="3"|Incorporated into 'French Congo' |
| small> 29 June 1886 to 12 March 1889 | Nol Ballay, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 12 March 1889 to 1 June 1894 | Charles de Chavannes, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 1 June 1894 to 22 January 1899 | Albert Dolisie, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 1 May 1899 to 1902 | mile Gentil, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 21 January 1904 to 19 April 1905 | Louis Auguste Bertrand Ormires, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 19 April 1905 to 5 August 1905 | Paul Cousturier, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 5 August 1905 to 27 April 1906 | Alfred Fourneau, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 27 April 1906 to 23 April 1907 | Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 23 April 1907 to 26 April 1907 | Alfred Martineau, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 26 April 1907 to 20 January 1909 | douard mile Lon Telle, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 20 January 1909 to 10 February 1909 | Frdric Claude Weber, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 10 February 1909 to 9 November 1909 | Charles Amde Rognon, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 9 November 1909 to 15 January 1910 | Lon Flix Richaud, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| olspan="3"|Incorporated into 'French Equatorial Africa' |
| small>15 January 1910 to June 1911 | Lon Flix Richaud, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>June 1911 to 21 February 1912 | Georges Poulet, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 21 February 1912 to 18 April 1914 | Paul Pierre Adam, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 18 April 1914 to 1 June 1917 | Joseph Guyon, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 1 June 1917 to 12 June 1918 | Georges Thomann, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 12 June 1918 to 30 June 1919 | Maurice Pierre Lapalud, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 30 June 1919 to 13 April 1920 | Jean Henri Marchand, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>13 April 1920 to 29 May 1922 | Jean Henri Marchand, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 29 May 1922 to 15 June 1923 | Edmond milien Cadier, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 15 June 1923 to 29 July 1924 | Louis Nicolas Marie Cercus, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 29 July 1924 to 19 June 1931 | Marie Joseph Jules Pierre Bernard, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small> 19 June 1931 to November 1931 | Louis Vingarassamy, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>November 1931 to 26 September 1934 | Louis Bonvin, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>26 September 1934 to 24 October 1936 | Louis Bonvin, Administrator-Superior | |
| small>24 October 1936 to 11 September 1937 | Louis Bonvin, Governor-Delegate | |
| small> 11 September 1937 to 29 August 1938 | Georges Parisot, Governor-Delegate | |
| small> 29 August 1938 to 2 November 1939 | Georges Pierre Masson, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| small>2 November 1939 to 14 November 1940 | Georges Pierre Masson, Governor-Delegate | |
| small> 14 November 1940 to 15 March 1941 | Andr Parant, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| small> 26 March 1941 to 30 May 1942 | Victor Valentin Smith, Governor | |
| small> 30 May 1942 to 26 August 1943 | Charles Andr Maurice Assier de Pompignan, Governor | |
| small> 26 August 1943 to 19 November 1944 | Paul Vuillaume, Governor | |
| small> 19 November 1944 to 28 March 1946 | Numa Sadoul, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| small> 28 March 1946 to 31 December 1947 | Roland Pr, Governor | |
| small> 31 December 1947 to 6 April 1949 | Numa Sadoul, Governor | 2nd Term |
| small> 6 April 1949 to 4 January 1950 | Pierre Franois Pelieu, acting Governor | |
| small>4 January 1950 to 19 October 1951 | Pierre Franois Pelieu, Governor | |
| small> 19 October 1951 to 25 April 1952 | Charles Hanin, acting Governor | |
| small> 25 April 1952 to 29 January 1958 | Yves Digo, Governor | |
| small> 29 January 1958 to 28 November 1958 | Louis Sanmarco, Governor | |
| olspan="3"|autonomous 'Gabonese Republic' |
| small>28 November 1958 to July 1959 | Louis Sanmarco, High Commissioner | |
| small>July 1959 to 17 August 1960 | Jean Risterucci, High Commissioner | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/17-August" title="17 August">17 August 1960 | colspan="2"|Independence as 'Republic of Gabon' |
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