Guadeloupe
 

Unofficial Local Flag                  Regional Council Flag                  General Council Flag   Map of Guadeloupe Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Text of National Anthem Constitution  (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Basse-Terre (Le Moule 1635-1643) Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF) National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) Bastille Day --------------------------------- Local Holiday: 27 May (1848) Slavery Abolition Day Population: 417,520 (2007) GDP: $3.51 billion (2003) Exports: $147.8 million (2002) Imports: $1.76 billion (2002)  Ethnic groups: Creole (mulatto) 76.7%, black 10%, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asian) 10%, white 2%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese and other 1.3% (2000) Total French Troops: 535 (2000) Defense is the Responsibility of France  Merchant marine: None (2006) Religions: Roman Catholic 81.1%, Jehovah's Witness 4.8%, Protestant 4.7%, Hindu, pagan African, other  and non-religious 9.4% (1995) International Organizations/Treaties: UPU, WFTU  Guadeloupe Index Chronology 14 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Columbus, named                              Isla de Santa María de Guadalupe de Extremadura. 28 Jun 1635                French colony (under the Compagnie des Îles de                              l'Amérique to 1649). 1635 - Apr 1759            Part of the French Antilles colony                               (see Martinique). 1664 - 1674                Administered by the Compagnie des Indies                               Occidentales. 1674                       French crown colony.  1 May 1759 - Jun 1763     British occupation. 1768 - 1775                Part of the French Antilles colony                               (see Martinique). 20 Apr 1794 -  7 Jun 1794  British occupation. 25 Oct 1797 - 19 Apr 1801  Organized as a département of France.  6 Feb 1810 -  7 Dec 1814  British occupation.  3 Mar 1813 - 30 May 1814  Ceded to Sweden by France. 10 Aug 1815 - 25 Jul 1816  British occupation. 14 Sep 1939 - 1943         Subordinated to High Commissioner and Commander                              of the Theater Atlantic West (see Martinique). 16 Jun 1940 - 14 Jul 1943  Administration loyal to Vichy France                              (from 14 Jul 1943, under Free French). 19 Mar 1946                French overseas département. 28 Mar 2003                French overseas region.  7 Dec 2003                Referendum on status change to collectivité                              territoriale defeated by 72.98%. 22 Feb 2007                Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin separate                              overseas collectivités. Marie-Galante (1649-1729,1792-94)

Governors
1635                       Jean Duplessis, sieur d'Ossonville
1635 - 1640                Charles Liénard de l'Olive
1640 - 1643                Jean Aubert
1643 - 1664                Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré
1664 - 1669                Claude François du Lion
1669 - 1677                the governors of Martinique
1677 - 1695                Pierre Hencelin
1695 - 1702                Charles Auger                      (b. c.1640 - d. 1705)
1702 - 1703                de Mahaut
1703 - 1706                Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet         (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
1704 - 1717                Hemon Coinard de la Malmaison
1717 - 1719                Savinien Michel Lagarrigue de      (b. 1660 - d. 1722)
                             Savigny
1719 - 1728                Alexandre Vaultier, 
                             comte de Moyencourt
1728 - 27 Jul 1734         Robert Giraud du Poyet
1734 - 1737                Charles de Brunier, marquis de     (d. 1746)
                             Larnage 
17 Oct 1737 - 1753         Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu           (b. 1687 - d. 1774)
1753 - 1757                Jean Antoine Joseph de Mirabeau
1757 - 1759                Charles François Emmanuel Nadau    (b. 1703 - d. 1786)
                             du Treil
Apr 1759 - 1760            Byam Crump
1760 - 1763                Campbell Dalrymple                 (b. 1716 - d. 1764)
1763 - 24 Jun 1764         François Charles de Bourlamaque    (b. 1716 - d. 1764)
1764 - 1765                Édouard de Copley
20 Mar 1765 - 29 Nov 1768  Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos           (b. 1714 - d. 17..)
1768 - 1769                Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès    (b. 1730 - d. 1800)
                             de Malartic
1769 - 1771                François Claude Amour du Chariol,  (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de Bouillé 
1771 - 1773                Louis François de Dion
1773 - 1776                Édouard Hilaire Louis de Tilly
1775 - 1782                Bache Elzéar Alexandre d'Arbaud    (b. 1720 - d. 1793)
                             de Jouques
1782 - 1783                Claude Charles de Marillac,        (b. 1731 - d. ....)
                             vicomte de Damas
1783 - 1784                Beaumé de la Saulais
1784 - 25 Jul 1792         Charles François de Clugny de      (d. 1792) 
                             Thénisey 
1792 - 1793                René Marie, vicomte d'Arrot
                             (interim)
 5 Jan 1793 - 18 Mar 1793  Jean Baptiste Raimond Lacrosse     (b. 1765 - d. 1829) 
                             (provisional)
18 Mar 1793 - 20 Apr 1794  Georges Henri Victor Collot        (b. 1750 - d. 1805)
20 Apr 1794 -  3 Jun 1794  Thomas Dundas                      (b. 1750 - d. 1794)
Commissioners
 7 Jun 1794 -  6 Jan 1795  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (b. 1762 - d. 1826)
 6 Jan 1795 - Jan 1796     Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (s.a.)
                           + Goyrand (to Jun 1795)
                           + Lebas
Agents (of the French Executive Directory)
Jan 1796 - 22 Nov 1798     Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (s.a.)
                           + Lebas
22 Nov 1798 -  3 Oct 1799  Edme Étienne Borne-Desfourneaux    (b. 1767 - d. 1849)
 3 Oct 1799 - 11 Dec 1799  Paris (provisional)
11 Dec 1799 - 30 May 1801  Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin      (b. 1762 - d. 1828)
                           + René Gaston Baco de la Chapelle  (b. 1751 - d. 1800)
                             (to 30 Dec 1800)
                           + Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc,       (b. 1751 - d. 1828)
                              comte de Laveaux (to 28 Feb 1800) 
                           + Bresseau (from 28 Feb 1800)
Captains-general
30 May 1801 - 14 May 1802  Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse     (s.a.)
                             (1st time) 
24 Oct 1801 -  6 May 1802  Magloire Pélage                    (b. 1766 - d. 1810)
                            (president of provisional council
                             of government, in rebellion)
14 May 1802 -  3 Sep 1802  Antoine Richepance                 (b. 1770 - d. 1802)
 4 Aug 1802 -  8 May 1803  Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
                             (acting for Richepance to 3 Sep 1802)
 8 May 1803 -  6 Feb 1810  Manuel Louis Jean Augustin Ernouf  (b. 1753 - d. 1827)
Governors
1810 - 26 Jun 1813         Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis     (b. 1758 - d. 1832)
                             Cochrane
26 Jun 1813 - Dec 1814     John Skinner                       (b. c.1750 - d. 1827)
12 Dec 1814 - 10 Aug 1815  Charles Alexandre Léon Durand,     (b. 1761 - d. 1848)
                             comte de Linois
10 Aug 1815 - 24 Apr 1816  Sir James Leith                    (b. 1763 - d. 1816)
24 Apr 1816 - 25 Jul 1816  ....
25 Jul 1816 - 1823         Antoine Philippe de Lardenoy
1823 - 1826                Louis Léon Jacob                   (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
31 May 1826 - 1830         Jean Julien Angot des Rotours      (b. 1773 - d. 1844)
31 Jan 1830 -  8 Jul 1831  Louis François Vatable             (b. 1773 - d. 1853)
 1 Mar 1831 - 20 Jun 1837  René Arnous des Saulsays           (b. 1778 - d. 18..)
1837 - 1841                Jean-Guillaume Jubelin             (b. 1787 - d. 18..)
1841 -  7 Jun 1845         Jean Baptiste Marie Augustin       (b. 1786 - d. 1845)
                             Gourbeyre
24 Aug 1845 -  5 Jun 1848  Jean-François Layrle               (b. 1791 - d. 1881)
 5 Jun 1848 - 1848         Alexandre Gatine (acting)          (b. 1805 - d. 1864)
                             (Commissioner-general)
1848 - 1849                Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre          (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
                             (acting to 1849)
 9 Sep 1849 - 1851         Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron     (b. 1796 - d. 1872)
1851                       Chaumont (acting)
15 Sep 1851 - 1853         Tranquille Aubry-Bailleul          (b. 1798 - d. ....)
30 Sep 1853 - 1856         Philibert Augustin Bonfils
1856 - 1857                Guillet (acting)
Mar 1857 - Apr 1859        Philippe Victor Touchard           (b. 1810 - d. 1879)
1859 - Jan 1860            Napoléon Joseph Louis Bontemps     (b. 1813 - d. 1872)
Jan 1860 - 1864            Charles Victor Frébault            (b. 1813 - d. 1888)
1864                       Desmazes (acting)
1864 - 1870                Louis Hippolyte de Lormel
1870 - 1880                Gabriel Couturier 
1880                       Mazé (acting)
1880 - 1886                Léonce Laugier                     (b. 1829 - d. ....)
1886                       Sainte-Luce (acting)
1886 - 1891                Antoine Frédéric Henry Le Boucher  (b. 1837 - d. 1896)
1891 - 1894                Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouët        (b. 1844 - d. 1933)
1894 - 1895                Noël Pardon
1895 - 1901                Delphino Moracchini                (b. 1846 - d. 1903)
 6 Jul 1901 - 1903         Martial Henri Merlin               (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
1903 - 1905                Paul Marie Armand de La Loyère     (b. 1847 - d. 19..)
14 Mar 1905 - Apr 1906     Léon Jules Pol Boulloche           (b. 1855 - d. 19..)
21 Jul 1907 - 29 Jun 1908  Victor Marie Louis Ballot          (b. 1853 - d. 1939)
1909 - 1911                Henri François Charles Cor
1911 - 1913                Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne         (b. 1849 - d. 19..)
1913 - 1917                Émile Joseph Merwart               (b. 1869 - d. 1960)
1917 - 1920                Jules Maurice Gourbeil
1920 - 1924                Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat
1924                       Jocelyn Robert
1924 - 1926                Maurice Beurnier                   (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
24 Jun 1926 -  2 Apr 1927  Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis    (b. 1871 - d. 1954)
1929 - 1931                Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier   (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
1931 - 1934                Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau       (d. 1936)
 9 May 1933 - 25 Oct 1936  Joseph-Louis Bouge                 (b. 1878 - d. 1960)
24 Oct 1936 - 26 Jul 1938  Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué      (b. 1884 - d. 1944)
29 Nov 1938 - 21 Feb 1940  Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype (b. 1886 - d. 1956)
30 Apr 1940 - 15 Jul 1943  Constant Louis Sylvain Sorin       (b. 1901 - d. 1970)
Jul 1943 - Aug 1943        Perrier (acting)
Aug 1943 - 1946            Maurice Pierre Eugène Bertaut      (b. 1900)
30 Apr 1946 - 12 Oct 1947  Ernest de Nattes                   (b. 1908)
Prefects (10 May 1982 - 24 Feb 1988, commissioners of the republic; and
from 9 Jul 2007 also state representative in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin)
26 Dec 1947 - 24 Nov 1950  Gilbert Eugène Félicien Marie      (b. 1908 - d. 1983)
                             Philipson 
16 Jan 1951 - 18 May 1954  Gaston Villéger                    (b. 1904 - d. ....)
18 May 1954 - 18 Dec 1955  Jacques Ravail                     (b. 1907 - d. 1971)
22 Dec 1955 -  6 Mar 1958  Guy Malines                        (b. 1909 - d. 1984)
                             (acting to 22 May 1956)
 6 Mar 1958 -  1 Oct 1960  Jean-Pierre Abeille                (b. 1907 - d. 1981)
 1 Oct 1960 -  1 Aug 1965  Albert Bonhomme                    (b. 1913 - d. 1975)
 1 Aug 1965 - 12 Jul 1967  Pierre Bolotte                     (b. 1921)
16 Aug 1967 - 16 Dec 1969  Jean Deleplanque                   (b. 1919)
16 Dec 1969 -  1 Jul 1973  Pierre Mathieu Brunon              (b. 1922)
12 Jul 1973 - 15 Nov 1975  Jacques Jean Louis Le Cornec       (b. 1927)
15 Nov 1975 - 15 Oct 1978  Jean-Claude Aurousseau             (b. 1929)
15 Oct 1978 - 28 Feb 1982  Guy Maillard                       (b. 1930)
28 Feb 1982 - 13 Feb 1984  Robert Miguet                      (b. 1929)
Feb 1984 - Apr 1986        Maurice Saborin                    (b. 1933)
 9 Apr 1986 -  4 Nov 1987  Yves Bonnet                        (b. 1935)
 4 Nov 1987 - Nov 1989     Bernard Sarazin
Nov 1989 - 18 Jul 1991     Jean-Paul Proust                   (b. 1940)
31 Jul 1991 -  6 Oct 1993  Franck Perriez                     (b. 1944)
 6 Oct 1993 - 21 Nov 1994  Alain Frouté                       (b. 1939)
21 Nov 1994 - 16 Oct 1996  Michel Diefenbacher                (b. 1947)
16 Oct 1996 - 12 Nov 1996  Dominique Vian (1st time) (acting) (b. 1944)
12 Nov 1996 - 16 Aug 1999  Jean Fedini                        (b. 1938)
16 Aug 1999 -  6 Aug 2002  Jean-François Carenco              (b. 1952)
 6 Aug 2002 - 17 Jul 2004  Dominique Vian (2nd time)          (s.a.)
17 Jul 2004 - 17 Aug 2004  Denis Labbé (acting)               (b. 1952)
17 Aug 2004 - 12 Jun 2006  Paul Girot de Langlade             (b. 1946)
12 Jun 2006 - 28 Oct 2007  Jean-Jacques Brot                  (b. 1956)
28 Oct 2007 -  5 Nov 2007  Yvon Alain (acting)                (b. 1955)
 5 Nov 2007 -              Emmanuel Berthier                  (b. 1957)

Presidents of the General Council (Conseil général)
(holding executive power from 2 Mar 1982)
17 Nov 1945 - 12 Oct 1949  Joseph Pitat                       (b. 1908 - d. 1969)  SFIO
12 Oct 1949 - 19 Sep 1950  Furcie Tirolien                    (b. 1886 - d. 1965)  RPF
19 Sep 1950 - 17 Oct 1951  Henri Rinaldo (1st time)           (b. 1909 - d. 1985)  MSG
17 Oct 1951 - 17 Nov 1952  Omer Ninine
17 Nov 1952 - 1953         Adrien Bougarel (1st time)
1953 - 14 Nov 1954         Council dissolved
14 Nov 1954 - 20 Nov 1956  René Toribio                       (b. 1912 - d. 1990)  SFIO
20 Nov 1956 -  2 Dec 1957  Adrien Bougarel (2nd time)
 2 Dec 1957 -  3 Oct 1973  Henri Rinaldo (2nd time)           (s.a.)
 3 Oct 1973 - 17 Mar 1976  Lucien Bernier (1st time)          (b. 1914 - d. 1989)  PS
17 Mar 1976 - 28 Mar 1979  Georges Dagonia                    (b. 1930 - d. 2007)  PS
28 Mar 1979 - 24 Mar 1982  Lucien Bernier (2nd time)          (s.a.)               PS/UDF
24 Mar 1982 - 25 Mar 1985  Lucette Michaux-Chevry (f)         (b. 1929)            RPR
25 Mar 1985 - 27 Mar 1998  Dominique Larifla                  (b. 1936)            PS
27 Mar 1998 - 23 Mar 2001  Marcellin Lubeth                   (b. 1922)            FRUI.G
23 Mar 2001 -              Jacques Gillot                     (b. 1948)            GUSR

Presidents of the Regional Council (Conseil régional)
1974 - 1980                Pierre Mathieu
1980 - 1981                Robert Pentier
1981 - 1982                Marcel Esdras                      (b. 1927 - d. 1988)  UDF
1981 - 1983                Marcel Gargar                      (b. 1911 - d. 2004)  PC
Feb 1983 - Mar 1986        José Moustache                     (b. 1932)            RPR
Mar 1986 - Mar 1992        Félix Proto                                             PS
22 Mar 1992 -  2 Apr 2004  Lucette Michaux-Chevry (f)         (s.a.)               RPR;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 -              Victorin Lurel                     (b. 1951)            PS

 3 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus,
                             named Santa Maria la Galante.
 8 Nov 1648                Annexed by France, incorporated into Guadeloupe.
 4 Sep 1649 - 1653         Leased by the King of France to Jacques de Boisseret;
                             de Boisseret's widow formally cedes family's claim in 1660.
1691 - 1696                Abandoned.
26 May 1759 - 1763         British occupation.
 1 Nov 1792                Republican inhabitants of Marie-Galante proclaim their
                             independence from still royalist Guadeloupe while affirming
                             their attachment to the new French republic.
20 Apr 1794                Self-government ended by British occupation.

Governors
 4 Sep 1649 - 1653         Jacques de Boisseret               (d. 1653)
1670 - 1677                marquis de Témericourt             (d. 1677)
1679 - 1685                Charles-François d'Angennes,
                             marquis de Maintenon
 1 Jan 1686 - 1692         Charles Auger
1695 - 1696                de Laurière                        (d. 1696)
1696 - 1702                Bonaventure-François de Boisfermé  (b. 1661 - d. 1722)
1725 - 1729                Pierre le Bègue                    (d. 1729)
1759 - 1763                Francis Maclean                    (b. 1717? - d. 1781)
President of the Commission
 1 Nov 1792 - 20 Apr 1794  Deshaies