Gabon (01)

1839-1960 French rule


YEAR DATE EVENT PRIME MINISTER GOVERNOR
1839 9 february French occupation Louis-Édouard Bouët-Willaumez
1843 11 june Antoine Devoisins
1844 Joseph-Marie Millet
1844 André Brisset (I)
1846 Méquet
1846 Clément Grosjean
1846 Jean Carrilès
1847 André Brisset (II)
1847 Victor-Joseph Roger
1848 25 march Alphonse-Alexandre Sourdeaux
1848 3 august Eugène-Jean-Antione Desperles
1848 december Étienne-Charles Deschanel
1849 10 august Jean-Auguste Martin
1850 15 december Alexis-Édouard Vignon (I)
1853 Peters-Théophile Quillet
1857 Alexis-Édouard Vignon (II)
1859 Pierre-Alexandre Mailhetard
1860 4 august César-Charles-Joseph Pradier
1860 4 october Part of French Ivory Coast colony
1883 16 december French colony Jean-Joseph-Alfred Cornut-Gentille
1885 Georges-Émile Pradier
1886 27 april Part of French Congo colony
1937 31 december French overseas territory Georges Hubert Parisot
1938 29 august Georges Pierre Masson
1940 14 november Parent
1941 26 march Victor Valentin Smith
1942 30 may Charles André Maurice Assier de Pompignan
1943 26 august Paul Vuillaume
1944 19 november Numa Henri François Sadoul (I)
1946 28 march Roland Joanes Louis Pré
1947 31 december Numa Henri François Sadoul (II)
1949 6 april Pierre François Pelieu
1951 19 october Charles Émile Hanin
1952 25 april Yves Jean Digo
1958 29 january Louis Marius Pascal Sanmarco
1958 28 november Independent under French Community Léon M'ba
1959 july Jean Risterucci

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