Martinique 
   

4 Aug 1766 - c.1790, from 1946 Unofficial                   General Council Flag                Regional Council Flag Map of Martinique Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Text of National Anthem Constitution  (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Fort-de-France (Saint-Pierre 1635-8 May 1902) Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF) National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) Bastille Day ----------------------------------- Local Holiday: 22 May (1848) Slavery Abolition Day Population: 401,885 (2008) GDP:  $6.11 billion (2003) Exports: $51.2 million (2002) Imports: $361 million (2002) Ethnic groups: African and African-white-Indian mixture 93.4%, French white 3%, East Indian 1.9%, Chinese and other 1.7% (2000)  Total Active French Armed Forces: 1,250 (2006) (includes forces in Guadelopue) Defense is the Responsibility of France Merchant marine: None (2008)  Religions: Roman Catholic 86%, Protestant (mostly Seventh-day Adventist) 5.6%, other Christian 5.4%, other 3% (2000)  International Organizations/Treaties: ACS (associate), UPU, WFTU  Martinique Index Chronology 15 Jun 1502                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Christopher                              Columbus, named Isla Martinica (no settlement). 1625                       Claimed by France. 15 Sep 1635                French colony (under the Compagnie des Îles                              de l'Amérique to 1650). 1628 - 1762                Part of the French Antilles (Grenada [from 1649],                              Guadeloupe [from 1635], Martinique [from 1635],                              Saint-Christophe [to 1702], Saint-Barthélemy                              [from 1648], Saint-Martin [from 1648],                              and Saint-Croix [1650-1733]). 1650 - 1664                Granted to the Dyel du Parquet family. 1664 - 1674                Under the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales. 1674                       French crown colony. 13 Feb 1762 - 1763         British occupation. 1768 - 1783                Part of the French Antilles. 22 May 1794 - Sep 1802     British occupation. 25 Oct 1797 - 19 Apr 1801  Nominally organized as a département of France                               (not effected because of British occupation). 21 Feb 1809 -  8 Oct 1814  British occupation. 14 Sep 1939 - Sep 1943     French Possessions in the Americas (French                              Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint-Pierre                              and Miquelon)  grouped together (to 14 Jul 1943                              under Vichy France). 16 Jun 1940 - 13 Jul 1943  Martinique administration loyal to Vichy France                               (from 13 Jul 1943, 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 50.48%. Martinique (from 1635) French Antilles (1628-1762,1768-75) French Possessions in the Americas (1939-1943)

French Antilles

Governors-general (les Iles de l'Amérique)
1628 - Dec 1636            Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc          (b. 1585 - d. 1636)
Dec 1636 - 1638            sieur du Halde (acting)
1638 - Feb 1639            René de Béculat de La Grange-
                             Fromenteau
Feb 1639 - Nov 1645        Philippe de Longvilliers,         (b. 1583 - d. 1660)
                             chevalier de Poincy (1st time)
Nov 1645 - Jan 1647        Noël Patrocles, sieur de Thoisy
Jan 1647 - Apr 1660        Philippe de Longvilliers,         (s.a.)
                             chevalier de Poincy (2nd time)
Apr 1660 - May 1664        Vacant
May 1664 - Feb 1665        Alexandre de Prouville, marquis
                             de Tracy
Feb 1665 - Oct 1666        sieur de Chambray (acting)
Oct 1666 - Feb 1669        Antoine Lefebvre, sieur de la Barre
 1 Feb 1669 - 1677         Jean-Charles de Baas-Castelmore   (d. 1677)
1677                       sieur Jolinet (acting)
1677 - Feb 1683            Charles de La Roche-Courbon,      (b. 1622 - d. 1696)
                             comte de Blénac (1st time)
Mar 1683 - Jun 1684        Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent,
                             chevalier de Saint-Laurent 
                             (acting)
Jun 1684 - Feb 1691        Charles de La Roche-Courbon,      (s.a.)
                             comte de Blénac (2nd time)
Feb 1691 - Jul 1691        François Alexandre d'Alesso,      (b. c.1650 - d. 1691)
                             marquis d'Eragny
Jul 1691 - Nov 1691        Charles de Peychpeyrou-Comminge   (d. 1702)
                             de Guitaut, chevalier de Guitaud
                             (acting)
24 Nov 1691 - 1696         Charles de La Roche-Courbon,      (s.a.)
                             comte de Blénac (3rd time)
19 Sep 1696 - 1700         Thomas-Claude Renard de           (b. 1642 - d. 1700)
                             Fuchsamberg, marquis d'Amblimont
16 Oct 1700 - 1701         Charles de Peychpeyrou-Comminge   (s.a.)
                             de Guitaut, chevalier de Guitaud
                             (2nd time)
1701 - Oct 1701            Charles d'Esnots de Forbonest     (b. c.1645 - d. 1701)
 6 Oct 1701 - May 1702     Charles de Peychpeyrou-Comminge
                             de Guitaut, chevalier de Guitaud
                             (3rd time)(acting)
1702 - 1703                Nicholas de Gabaret (1st time)    (d. 1712)
                             (acting)
Jul 1703 - 1709            Charles-François de Machault      (b. 1641 - d. 1709)
                             de Bellemont
 7 Jan 1709 - 1710         Nicholas de Gabaret (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1710 - Oct 1713            Raymond Balthazar de Phélipeaux   (b. c.1650 - d. 1713)
                             du Verger, sieur du Verger
 6 Nov 1713 - 1714         Hemon Coinard de la Malmaison
                             (interim)
Governors-general (les Îles du Vent)
 1 Jan 1714 - 1717         Abraham de Belleprat, marquis de  (b. c.1650 - d. 1724)
                             Duquesne-Guitton
1717                       Antoine, marquis d'Arcy de La     (b. c.1656 - d. 1732)
                             Varenne (interim)
1717 - 1727                François de Pas de Mazencourt,    (b. c.1660 - d. 1731) 
                             marquis de Feuquières
1728 - 1745                Jean-Charles de Bochart,          (b. c.1673 - d. 1754)
                             marquis de Champigny 
1744 - 1750                Charles de Tubières de Pastel de  (b. 1698 - d. 1750)
                             Levoy de Grimoire, marquis de
                             Caylus
1750 - 1757                Maximin de Bompar, marquis de     (b. 1698 - d. 1773)
                             Bompar      
1757 - 1761                François Beauharnais de Beaumont, (b. 1714 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de La Ferté 
1761 - 1762                Louis-Charles Le Vassor de        (b. 1710 - d. 1781)
                             La Touche, sieur de Tréville
1762 - 1768                Vacant
1768 - May 1777            Robert, comte d'Argout            (b. 1724 - d. 1780)
Jul 1777 - Apr 1783        François Claude Amour du Chariol, (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de Bouillé

Governors (26 May 1802 - 10 Sep 1817, captains-general)
1635                       Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc          (b. 1585 - d. 1636)
1635 - 1636                Jacques Du Pont  
1636 - 1646                Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1st time)(d. 1658)
Feb 1646 - Jan 1647        Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La
                             Pierrière (interim)
1647 - 1658                Jacques Dyel du Parquet (2nd time)(s.a.)
1658 - 1659                Marie Bonnard du Parquet (f)      (d. 1659)
1659 - Oct 1662            Adrien Dyel du Parquet, sieur de  (d. 1662)
                             Vaudroques
1662 - 1663                Médéric Roole, sieur de           (b. 1615 - d. 1664)
                             Gourselas
1663 - 1665                Adrien Jacques Dyel du Parquet, 
                             sieur de Clermont
Feb 1665 - Dec 1667        Robert le Frichot des Friches,
                             sieur de Clodoré
1667 - 1672                François Roole de Laubière (acting)
Dec 1672 - Dec 1679        Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe de  (b. c.1610 - d. 1679) 
                             Lalande, chevalier de Sainte-
                             Marthe 
1680 - 1687                Jacques de Chambly                 (d. 1687)
1687 - 1689                Charles de Peychpeyrou-Comminge    (d. 1702)
                             de Guitaut, chevalier de Guitaud
Feb 1689 - 31 Mar 1689     Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent,   (d. 1689)
                             chevalier de Saint-Laurent
                             (interim)
1689 - Jun 1711            Nicolas de Gabaret                 (b. 16.. - d. 1712)
1711 - 1716                Jean-Pierre de Charitte            (b. c.1658 - d. 1723)
                             (did not take up post)
1716                       Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du
                             Quesne
 7 Jan 1717 - 23 May 1717  Antoine d'Arcy, sieur de La Varenne(b. 16.. - d. 1732)
1717 - 1720                de Hurault
1720 - 1727                Jacques Charles de Bochard de      (d. 1754)
                             Noray de Champigny
1728 - Mar 1742            Jean François Louis de Brach       (b. 1668 - d. 1742)
1742 - 1744                André Martin, sieur de Pointesable (d. 1750)
1744 - 12 May 1750         Charles de Tubières de Pastel de   (b. 1698 - d. 1750)
                             Levoy de Grimoire, marquis de
                             Caylus
1750 - 1752                Maximin, marquis de Bompar         (b. 1698 - d. 1773)
                             (acting to 1752)
1752 - 1757                Alexandre Rouillé de Rocourt
May 1757 -  7 Feb 1761     François Beauharnais de Beaumont,  (b. 1714 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de La Ferté Beauharnais
Feb 1761 - Feb 1762        Louis Le Vassor de La Touche       (b. 1710 - d. 1781)
                             sieur de Tréville        
Feb 1762 - Jul 1763        William Rufane                     (b. 1732 - d. ....)
Jul 1763 - Apr 1764        François Louis de Salignac,        (b. 1722 - d. 1764)
                             marquis de la Mothe Fénelon
25 Jan 1765 - 1772         Victor Thérèse Charpentier,        (b. 1731 - d. 1776)
                             comte d'Ennery 
 9 Mar 1772 - 15 Mar 1776  Vital Auguste, marquis de          (b. 1715 - d. ....)
                             Grégoire, comte de Nozières
15 Mar 1776 - May 1777     Robert d'Argout                    (b. 1724 - d. 1780)
May 1777 - Mar 1783        François Claude Amour du Chariol,  (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de Bouillé
Mar 1783 - Mar 1791        Claude Charles de Marillac,        (b. 1731 - d. ....)
                             vicomte de Damas
Jul 1789 - Apr 1790        Charles Joseph Hyacinthe du        (b. 1734 - d. 1827)
                             Houx, marquis de Vioménil
                             (acting for Damas)
12 Mar 1791 - Sep 1792     Jean Pierre Antoine, comte de      (b. 1727 - d. 1813)
                             Béhague 
Jan 1793 - 22 May 1794     Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur,   (b. 1755 - d. 1813)
                             comte de Rochambeau 
1794                       Sir Robert Prescott                (b. 1725 - d. 1816)
1794 - 1795                Sir John Vaughan                   (b. 1731 - d. 1795)
1795 - 1796                Sir Robert Shore Milnes            (b. 1746 - d. 1837)
1796 - 1802                Sir William Keppel                 (b. 17.. - d. 1834)
Sep 1802 - 21 Feb 1809     Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse   (b. 1747 - d. 1812)
21 Feb 1809 - 1809         Sir George Beckwith                (b. 1753 - d. 1823)
10 Jun 1809 - 1812         Sir John Broderick                 (b. 1765 - d. 1842)
1812 - 1814                Sir Charles Wales                  (b. 1763 - d. 1845)
1814                       Sir John Lindsay
1814 - 1818                Pierre René Marie, comte de        (b. 1741 - d. 1819) 
                             Vaugiraud 
1818 - 1826                François Xavier, comte de Donzelot (b. 1764 - d. 1843)
1826 - 1829                François Marie Michel de Bouillé   (b. 1779 - d. 1853)
1829 - 1830                Louis Henri de Saulces de          (b. 1777 - d. 1840)
                             Freycinet 
1830 - 1834                Jean Henri Joseph Dupôtet          (b. 1777 - d. 1852)
1834 - 1836                Emmanuel Halgan                    (b. 1771 - d. 1852)
1836 - Jan 1838            Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau  (b. 1788 - d. 1855)
Jan 1838 - Jul 1838        Claude Rostoland (1st time)        (b. 1790 - d. 1848)
                             (acting)
1838 - 1840                Alphonse Louis Théodore de Mogès   (b. 1796 - d. 1850)
1840 - 1844                Étienne Henri Mengin Duval d'Ailly (b. 1778 - d. 1865)
1844 - Mar 1848            Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu
Mar 1848 -  3 Jun 1848     Claude Rostoland (2nd time)        (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 3 Jun 1848 - Nov 1848     François Auguste Perrinon          (b. 1812 - d. 1861)
1848 - 1851                Armand Joseph Bruat                (b. 1796 - d. 1855)
11 Apr 1851 - 1853         Auguste Napoléon Vaillant
1853                       Jacques Brunot (acting)
15 Jun 1853 - Sep 1856     Louis Henri de Gueydon             (b. 1809 - d. 1886)
1856                       Louis André Lagrange (1st time)    (d. 1861)
                             (acting)
Aug 1856 - 1859            Armand Louis Joseph Denis,
                             comte Fitte de Soucy
1859                       Louis André Lagrange (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
1859 - 1864                Antoine Marie Ferdinand de         (b. 1801 - d. 1867) 
                             Maussion de Candé
1864 - 1867                François Théodore de Lapelin       (b. 1812 - d. 1888)
1867                       André César Vérand (acting)        (b. 1805 - d. 1870)
1867 - 1869                Louis Auguste Bertier
1869 - 1870                Marie Gabriel Couturier (acting)
1870 - 1871                Charles Louis Constant Menche 
                             de Loisne
1871                       Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre      (b. 1817 - d. ....)
                             (acting)
1871 - 1874                Georges Charles Cloué              (b. 1817 - d. 1889)
1874                       François Charles Michaux (acting)
1875 - 1877                Thomas Louis Kirkland Le Normant   (b. 1813 - d. 1895)
                             de Kergrist
1877 - 1879                Marie Bruno Ferdinand Grasset      (b. 1817 - d. ....)
1879                       Charles Alexandre Lacouture        (b. 1829 - d. 1917)
                             (acting)
1879 - 1881                Hyacinthe Laurent Théophile Aube   (b. 1826 - d. 1890)
1881                       Moreau (acting)
1881 - 1887                Vincent Gaëtan Allègre             (b. 1835 - d. 1899)
1887                       Coridon (acting)
1887 - 1889                Louis Albert Grodet                (b. 1853 - d. 1933)
1889 - 1892                Germain Casse                      (b. 1837 - d. 1900)
1892 - 1895                Delphino Moracchini                (b. 1846 - d. 1903)
1895 - 1898                Noël Pardon
1898 - 1901                Marie Louis Gustave Gabrié         (b. 1852 - d. 19..)
16 Jul 1901 -  8 May 1902  Louis Mouttet                      (b. 1587 - d. 1902)
May 1902 - 1902            Georges Lhuerre (acting)
1902 - 1904                Jean Baptiste Philémon Lemaire     (b. 1856 - d. 1932)
1904 - 1906                Louis Alphonse Bonhoure            (b. 1864 - d. 1909)
10 Mar 1906 - 1908         Charles Louis Lepreux              (b. 1856 - d. 1930)
1908 - 1913                Fernand Foureau                    (b. 1850 - d. 1914)
1913 - 1914                Joseph Henri Alfred Vacher         (b. 1862 - d. 19..)
1914 - 1915                Georges Virgile Poulet
1915 - 1920                Camille Lucien Xavier Guy          (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
1920 - 1921                Jules Maurice Gourbeil
1921 - 1923                Fernand Ernest Levecque            (b. 1852 - d. 19..)
1923 - 1926                Henri Marius Richard
1926 - 1928                Robert Paul Marie de Guise
14 Feb 1928 - 15 Jul 1932  Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis    (b. 1871 - d. 1954)
                             (1st time)
15 Jul 1932 - 23 Aug 1932  Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué      (b. 1884 - d. 1944)
                             (1st time) (acting)
23 Aug 1932 -  4 Jun 1933  Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 4 Jun 1933 -  7 Jan 1934  Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué      (s.a.)
                             (1st time)(acting)
 7 Jan 1934 - 1934         Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis    (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1934                       René Veber
1934 - 1935                Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa     (b. 1876 - d. 19..)
1935 - 1936                Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset
1936                       Marie Marc Georges Pelicier
22 Oct 1936 -  7 Jan 1938  Jean-Baptiste Alberti              (b. 1881 - d. 1938)
1938                       Léopold Arthur André Allys (acting)(b. 1888 - d. 1968)
1938 - 1939                Maurice Xavier Joseph Dechartre
1939 - 1940                Georges Aimé Spitz                 (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1940 - Mar 1941            Louis Henri François Denis
                             Bressoles
Mar 1941 - Jul 1943        Yves Maurice Nicol                 (b. 1887 - d. 1954)
14 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1944  Louis Georges André Ponton         (b. 1906 - d. 1944)
                             (acting to 17 Sep 1943)
1944 - Jan 1945            Antoine Marie Angelini
14 Jan 1945 - 1946         Georges Hubert Parisot             (b. 1887 - d. 1969)
1946 - 1947                Georges Louis Joseph Orselli
Prefects (10 May 1982 - 24 Feb 1988, commissioners of the republic)
18 Jul 1947 - 27 Jul 1950  Pierre Albert Trouillé             (b. 1907 - d. 1986)
25 Aug 1950 -  1 Nov 1954  Christian Robert Roger Laigret     (b. 1903 - d. 1977)
 1 Nov 1954 - 16 Jun 1957  Gaston Claude Villéger             (b. 1904 - d. ....)
 1 Aug 1957 -  1 Jan 1960  Jacques Alphonse Boissier          (b. 1913 - d. 1967)
 1 Jan 1960 - 25 Apr 1961  Jean Parsi                         (b. 1905 - d. 1994)
25 Apr 1961 -  8 Nov 1963  Michel Grollemund                  (b. 1914 - d. 2001)
21 Nov 1963 - 16 Sep 1966  Raphaël Roman Hubert Petit         (b. 1916)
16 Sep 1966 -  1 Aug 1967  Pierre Francis Lambertin           (b. 1921)
 7 Aug 1967 - 20 Jun 1969  Jean Deliau                        (b. 1913)
 1 Sep 1969 - 15 Jun 1970  Pierre Béziau                      (b. 1920)
 1 Jul 1970 -  1 Jul 1973  Jean Benjamin Terrade              (b. 1920 - d. 1996)
 1 Jul 1973 - 15 Nov 1975  Christian Ernest Orsetti           (b. 1923)
15 Nov 1975 - 20 May 1978  Paul Noirot-Cosson                 (b. 1924 - d. 1997)
20 May 1978 -  3 May 1979  Raymond Raoul Émile Heim           (b. 1920)
 3 May 1979 - 27 Jul 1981  Marcel Lucien Paul Julia           (b. 1930)
27 Jul 1981 -  6 Mar 1985  Jean Chevance                      (b. 1929)
 6 Mar 1985 -  4 Nov 1987  Édouard Lacroix                    (b. 1936)
 4 Nov 1987 - 12 Apr 1989  Jean Jouandet                      (b. 1938)
12 Apr 1989 -  4 Sep 1991  Jean-Claude Roure                  (b. 1938)
 4 Sep 1991 -  6 Jan 1995  Michel Morin                       (b. 1945)
 6 Jan 1995 - 24 Aug 1998  Jean-François Cordet               (b. 1951)
31 Aug 1998 - 21 Jun 2000  Dominique Bellion                  (b. 1948)
24 Jul 2000 -  9 Feb 2004  Michel Cadot                       (b. 1954)
 9 Feb 2004 - 20 Jun 2007  Yves Dassonville                   (b. 1948)
20 Jun 2007 -  2 Aug 2007  Patrice Latron (interim)
 2 Aug 2007 -              Ange Mancini                       (b. 1944)

Presidents of the General Council (Conseil général)
(holding executive power from 2 Mar 1982)
1946                       Joseph Lagrosillière               (b. 1872 - d. 1950)  PS
1946 - 1947                Georges Gratiant                   (b. 1907 - d. 1992)  PC
1947 - 1948                Paul Symphor                       (b. 1893 - d. 1968)  SFIO
1948 - 1953                François Duval (1st time)          (b. 1903 - d. 1984)  RPR
1953 - 1957                Alphonse Jean-Joseph
1957 - 1964                Tertulien Robinel
1964 - 1970                François Duval (2nd time)          (s.a.)               RPR
1970 - Apr 1992            Émile Maurice                      (b. 1910 - d. 1993)  RPR
Apr 1992 -                 Claude Lise                        (b. 1941)            PPM

Presidents of the Regional Council (Conseil régional)
1974 - 1983                Camille Petit                      (b. 1912 - d. 1993)  UNR
Feb 1983 - Jun 1988        Aimé Césaire                       (b. 1913 - d. 2008)  PPM
Jun 1988 - 29 Mar 1992     Camille Darsières                  (b. 1932 - d. 2006)  PPM
29 Mar 1992 - 20 Mar 1998  Émile Capgras                      (b. 1926)            PCM
20 Mar 1998 -              Alfred Marie-Jeanne                (b. 1936)            MIM

Intendants
1679 - 1682                Jean-Baptiste Patoulet             (d. 1695)
1682 - 1683                Michel Bégon
1683 - 1695                Gabriel Du Maitz de Goimpy
1695 - 1703                François-Roger Robert
1703 - 1706                Jean-Jacques Mithon de Senneville  (b. 1669 - d. 1737)
1706 - 1716                Nicolas-François Arnoul de
                             Vaucresson
1716 - 1717                Louis-Balthasar de Ricouart
1717 - 1718                Charles Mesnier (acting)
1718 -  2 Oct 1718         Constant de Sylvecampe             (d. 1718)
1719 - 1723                Charles Bénard
1723 - 1728                Charles-François Blondel de
                             Jouvancourt
1728 - 1738                Jacques Pannié, seigneur
                             d'Orgeville
May 1738 - 1744            César-Marie de la Croix            (b. 1690 - d. 1747)
Mar 1744 - 1749            Jean-Louis de Ranché
                             (acting to 2 Jan 1747)
19 Jun 1749 - 1755         Charles-Marin Hurson
 2 Jan 1755 - 1759         Antoine Lefebvre de Givry
Mar 1759 -  1 May 1764     Paul-Pierre Lemercier de la        (b. 1719 - d. 1801)
                             Rivière
1764                       Guignard (acting)
1764 - 1771                Louis de Thomassin de Peynier      (b. 1705 - d. 1794)
                             (1st time)
1771 - 1777                Philippe-Athanase de Tascher
1777 - 1779                Antoine-Bernard d'Eu de Montenoix
1779 - 1783                Louis de Thomassin de Peynier      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
26 Aug 1783 - 12 Jun 1786  Jacques Petit de Viévigne
Jun 1786 - Dec 1786        Eugène-Jean-Stanislas Foullon
                             d'Ecotiers
 5 Dec 1786 - 1789         Jean-François Foulquier            (d. 1789)
16 Jun 1789 - 20 Jul 1790  Foullon d'Ecotiers
20 Jul 1790 - 15 Jun 1814  Post abolished
15 Jun 1814 - 13 Mar 1818  Louis Dubuc

Party abbreviations: MIM = Mouvement de l'Indépendance de la Martinique (Independence Movement of Martinique); MoDem = Mouvement Démocrate (Democratic Movement, centerist, social- democratic, former UDF, est.2007); PC = Parti Communiste (Communist Party); PCM = Parti Communiste de la Martinique (Martinique Communist Party); PPM = Partie Progressive de la Martinique (Progressive Party of Martinique); PSM = Parti Socialiste de la Martinique (Martinique Socialist Party); RDM = Rassemblement pour Démocratique la Martinique (Rally for Democratic Martinique); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, est. 23 Apr 2002 from RPR, DL and the main part of UDF); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: RPR = Rassemblement Pour la République (Rally for the Republic, Gaulist, conservative, 1976-2002 successor to UDR, merged into UMP); UDF = Union pour la Démocratie Française (Union for French Democracy, 1978-2007); UNR = Union por la Nouvelle République (Union for the New Republic, Gualist, conservative, 1956-1967)

14 Sep 1939 - Sep 1943     French Possessions in the Americas (French Guiana,                              Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)
                             are grouped as the Theater Atlantic West, whose head held 
                             both administrative and military authority over local
                             administrators (to 14 Jul 1943 under Vichy France).

High Commissioners in the Antilles
14 Sep 1939 - 14 Jul 1943  Georges Robert                     (b. 1875 - d. 1965)
14 Jul 1943 - Sep 1943     Henri Hoppenot                     (b. 1891 - d. 1977)