Guadeloupe
 

Unofficial Local Flag   Unofficial Local Flag Variant   Region Flag   Departmental Council Flag to 2015 General Council Flag from 2015 Map of Guadeloupe Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Text of National Anthem Constitution  (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Basse-Terre (Fort Olive 1635-1643) Currency: Euro (EUR); 1960-1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF); 1960-75 French Antilles  Franc (XNF); 1851-1960 Guadeloupe Franc (GPF)  National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) Fête Nationale  (National Holiday "Bastille Day") --------------------------------------- Local Holiday: 27 May (1848) Abolition de l'Esclavage (Abolition of Slavery Day) Population: 449,173 (2018) GDP: $11.6 billion (2016) Exports: $181.4 million (2011) Imports: $3.45 billion (2011) 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 Active French Armed Forces: 1,250 (2006) (includes forces in Martinique) Defense is the Responsibility of France  Merchant marine: None (2008) Religions: Roman Catholic 86.4%, Jehovah's Witness 3.9%, Protestant 4.5%, atheist/non-religious 3.1%, other 2.1% (2000) International Organizations/Treaties: ACS (associate), OECS (associate), UPU, WFTU, WMO Guadeloupe Index Chronology 14 Nov 1493                Discovered & claimed for Spain by Columbus, named                              Isla de Santa María de Guadalupe de Extremadura. 28 Jun 1635                Guadeloupe (Guadaloupe) a French colony (under the                              Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique to 1649). 1635 - Apr 1759            Part of the French Antilles colony                               (see Martinique). 1664 - Dec 1674            Administered by the Compagnie des Indies                               Occidentales. Dec 1674                   French crown colony. 27 Apr 1759 -  4 Jul 1763  British occupation. 1768 - 1775                Part of the French Antilles colony                               (see Martinique). 21 Apr 1794 -  2 Jun 1794  British occupation (Basse-Terre taken 24 Apr 1794). 25 Oct 1797 - 19 Apr 1801  Organized as a département of France. 28 Jan 1810                British invasion begun, Basse-Terre surrenders on                              6 Feb 1810.  6 Feb 1810 -  7 Dec 1814  British occupation.  3 Mar 1813 - 30 May 1814  Ceded to Sweden by France. 18 Jun 1815                Governor declares for Emperor Napoléon I. 10 Aug 1815 - 26 Jul 1816  British occupation. 14 Sep 1939 - Sep 1943     Subordinated to High Commissioner and Commander                              of the Theater Atlantic West (see Martinique). 24 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%.  9 Jul 2007                Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin made separate                              French overseas collectivités. Marie-Galante (1649-1729,1792-94)

Governors
28 Jun 1635 -  4 Nov 1635  Jean Duplessis, sieur d'Ossonville (d. 1635)
 4 Nov 1635 - Nov 1640     Charles Liénard de L'Olive         (d. 1643)
                             (from 2 Dec 1637, captain-general)
25 Nov 1640 - Sep 1643     Jean Aubert
 7 Sep 1643 - Aug 1644     Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré  (b. 1616 - d. 1682)
                             (1st time)(governor and sénéchal)
Aug 1644 - May 1645        Marivet (interim)
29 May 1645 -  8 Jul 1654  Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(governor and sénéchal)
 8 Jul 1654 - 1656         de Boisseret (acting)
1656 - 1664                Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré  (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)(governor and sénéchal)
23 Jun 1664 -  5 Nov 1664  Ducoudray (interim)
 5 Nov 1664 - 1669         Claude François du Lyon            (b. 1633? - d. 1674)
1669 - 1677                Charles François du Lyon           (d. 1677)
1677                       de Baas de l'Herpinière
                             (may not have served)
 5 Jul 1677 - 15 Jun 1695  Pierre Hencelin (Hincelin)         (d. 1695)
15 Jun 1695 - 1702         Charles Auger de la Motte          (b. c.1640 - d. 1705)
1703 - 1705                Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (absent)(b. 16.. - d. 1706)
Aug 1703 - 1704            Bonaventure-François de Boisfermé  (b. 1661 - d. 1722)      
                             (interim)
1704 -  1 May 1717         Georges Robert Cloche de Mont-     (b. 16.. - d. 1717)
                             Saint-Rémy de La Malmaison   
May 1717 - Mar 1719        Savinien Michel Lagarrigue de      (b. 1660 - d. 1722)
                             Savigny (interim)
22 Jun 1717                François de Pas de Mazencourt,     (b. c.1660 - d. 1731)
                             marquis de Feuquières
                             (did not take office)
May 1719 - Oct 1727        Alexandre Vaultier de Moyencourt,  (b. 1658 - d. 1728)
                             seigneur de Reuilly, comte de
                             Moyencourt
 3 Feb 1728 - 27 Jul 1734  Robert Giraud du Poyet             (b. 1665 - d. 1740)
27 Jul 1734 - 17 Aug 1737  Charles de Brunier, marquis de     (b. 1687 - d. 1746)
                             Larnage 
17 Aug 1737 - Oct 1749     Gabriel d'Erchigny de Clieu        (b. 1687 - d. 1774)
                             (1st time)
Oct 1749 - Dec 1750        de Lafond (1st time)(interim)
Dec 1750 - 15 Aug 1752     Gabriel d'Erchigny de Clieu        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)   
15 Aug 1752 - 27 Dec 1753  de Lafond (2nd time)(interim)
27 Dec 1753 - 1757         Jean Antoine Joseph, chevalier     (b. 1717 - d. 1794)
                             de Mirabeau 
Mar 1757 - 27 Apr 1759     Charles François Emmanuel Nadeau   (b. 1703 - d. 1786)
                             du Treil
27 Apr 1759 -  1 May 1759  John Barrington                    (b. c.1705 - d. 1764)
 1 May 1759 - 11 Mar 1760  Byam Crump                         (d. 1760)
Mar 1760 -  4 Jul 1763     Campbell Dalrymple                 (b. 1725 - d. 1767)
Governors-general
 4 Jul 1763 - 24 Jun 1764  François Charles de Bourlamarque   (b. 1716 - d. 1764)
24 Jun 1764 - 20 Mar 1765  Henri Édouard, baron de Copley
                             (interim)
20 Mar 1765 - 29 Nov 1768  Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos, comte    (b. 1714 - d. 1785)
                             de Nolivos
Governors
29 Nov 1768 - 27 Feb 1769  Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès    (b. 1730 - d. 1800)
                             de Malartic
27 Feb 1769 - Aug 1771     François Claude Amour du Chariol,  (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de Bouillé 
Aug 1771 - 14 Apr 1773     Louis François de Dion             (b. 1730 - d. 1794)
                             (interim to 18 Mar 1772)
14 Apr 1773 - 29 Dec 1775  Édouard Hilaire Louis de Tilly,    (b. 1738 - d. 1785)
                             comte de Tilly (interim)
29 Dec 1775 - 1782         Bache Elzéar Alexandre, comte      (b. 1720 - d. 1793)
                             d'Arbaud de Jouques
16 Nov 1782 - 28 Mar 1783  Claude Charles de Marillac,        (b. 1731 - d. 1800)
                             vicomte de Damas
28 Mar 1783 - 27 May 1784  Jean Thomas Bauné de la Saulais,   (b. 1724 - d. 1812)
                             comte de la Saulais (interim)
27 May 1784 -  9 Jun 1786  Charles François, baron de Clugny  (b. 1741 - d. 1792) 
                             de Thénisey (1st time) 
 9 Jun 1786 -  4 Dec 1786  comte de Micond (acting)
 4 Dec 1786 - 25 Jul 1792  Charles François, baron de Clugny  (s.a.) 
                             de Thénisey (2nd time) 
25 Jul 1792 -  5 Jan 1793  René Marie, vicomte d'Arrot        (b. 1754 - d. 1821)
                             (de Darrot) (interim)
 5 Jan 1793 - 20 Mar 1793  Jean Baptiste Raimond Lacrosse     (b. 1765 - d. 1829) 
                             (provisional)
20 Mar 1793 - 24 Apr 1794  Georges Henri Victor Collot        (b. 1750 - d. 1805)
Governor
21 Apr 1794 -  2 Jun 1794  Thomas Dundas                      (b. 1750 - d. 1794)
Commissioners delegated by the National Convention
 7 Jun 1794 -  6 Jan 1795  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (b. 1762 - d. 1826)
 6 Jan 1795 - 26 Jan 1796  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (s.a.)
                           + Gaspard Goyrand (to Apr 1795)    (b. 1764 - d. 1799)
                           + Alexandre Lebas                  (b. 1756 - d. 18..)
Agents Particulier of the Executive Directory
26 Jan 1796 - 22 Nov 1798  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (s.a.)
                           + Alexandre Lebas
22 Nov 1798 - 17 Oct 1799  Edme Étienne Borne-Desfourneaux    (b. 1767 - d. 1849)
17 Oct 1799 - 11 Dec 1799  Marie Auguste Paris                (b. 1771 - d. 1814)
                             (provisional)
11 Dec 1799 - 29 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) 
                           + Maurice Henry Bresseau           (b. 1759 - d. 18..)
                             (from 2 Mar 1800)
Captains-general
29 May 1801 -  1 Nov 1801  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)
 7 May 1802 -  3 Sep 1802  Antoine Richepance                 (b. 1770 - d. 1802)
                             (general in chief)
 4 Aug 1802 -  8 May 1803  Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse     (s.a.)
                             (acting for Richepance to 3 Sep 1802)
                             (2nd time) 
 8 May 1803 -  6 Feb 1810  Manuel Louis Jean Augustin Ernouf  (b. 1753 - d. 1827)
Governors
 6 Feb 1810 - 10 Jul 1810  Sir George Beckwith                (b. 1753 - d. 1823)
10 Jul 1810 - 30 Aug 1810  Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael (interim) (b. 1764 - d. 1813)
30 Aug 1810 - 26 Jun 1813  Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis     (b. 1758 - d. 1832)
                             Cochrane
26 Jun 1813 -  7 Dec 1814  Sir John Skinner                   (b. 1752 - d. 1827)
 7 Dec 1814 - 14 Dec 1814  Baron Eugène Édouard Boyer de      (b. 1774 - d. 1856)
                             Peyreleau (interim)
14 Dec 1814 - 10 Aug 1815  Charles Alexandre Léon Durand,     (b. 1761 - d. 1848)
                             comte de Linois
Governors-general
10 Aug 1815 - 26 Jul 1816  Sir James Leith                    (b. 1763 - d. 1816)
26 Jul 1816 - 30 Jun 1823  Antoine Philippe, comte de Lardenoy(b. 1747 - d. 1825)
Governors and Administrators for the King
 1 Jul 1823 - 18 May 1826  Louis Léon Jacob                   (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
18 May 1826 -  1 Jun 1826  Louis François, baron Vatable      (b. 1773 - d. 1853)
                             (1st time)(acting)
Governors for the King
 1 Jun 1826 -  1 May 1830  Jean Julien, baron Angot des       (b. 1773 - d. 1844)
                             Rotours
 1 May 1830 -  8 Jul 1831  Louis François, baron Vatable      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
Governors
 8 Jul 1831 -  3 Jun 1837  René Arnous des Saulsays           (b. 1769 - d. 1852)
 3 Jun 1837 - 15 Jun 1841  Louis Jean Guillaume Jubelin       (b. 1787 - d. 1860) 
15 Jun 1841 -  7 Jun 1845  Jean Baptiste Marie Augustin       (b. 1786 - d. 1845)
                             Gourbeyre
 7 Jun 1845 - 31 Oct 1845  Joseph Athanase Varlet (interim)   (b. 1787 - d. 1864)
31 Oct 1845 -  5 Jun 1848  Jean-François Layrle               (b. 1791 - d. 1881)
 5 Jun 1848 - 12 Oct 1848  Alexandre Gatine                   (b. 1805 - d. 1864)
                             (commissioner-general of the republic)
12 Oct 1848 - 14 Apr 1849  Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron     (b. 1796 - d. 1872)
                             (1st time)
14 Apr 1849 - 12 Dec 1849  Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre          (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
                             (provisional)
12 Dec 1849 -  1 Nov 1851  Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 1 Nov 1851 - 26 Nov 1851  Jean-Baptiste Honoré Chaumont      (b. 1803 - d. 1869)
                             (interim)
26 Nov 1851 - 12 Dec 1853  Tranquille Aubry-Bailleul          (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
13 Dec 1853 - 13 Jan 1854  Louis Laurent Auguste Guillet      (b. 1794 - d. 1871)
                             (1st time) (interim)
13 Jan 1854 - 28 May 1856  Philibert Augustin Bonfils         (b. 1809 - d. 1871)
29 May 1856 -  4 Mar 1857  Louis Laurent Auguste Guillet      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (interim)
 5 Mar 1857 - 12 Mar 1859  Philippe Victor Touchard           (b. 1810 - d. 1879)
13 Mar 1859 -  4 Jan 1860  Napoléon Joseph Louis Bontemps     (b. 1813 - d. 1872)
                             (interim)
 5 Jan 1860 - 11 Jan 1862  Charles Victor Frébault (1st time) (b. 1813 - d. 1888)
11 Jan 1862 -  4 Jul 1862  Louis Hippolyte de Lormel          (b. 1806 - d. 1888)
                             (acting)
 4 Jul 1862 - 26 Feb 1864  Charles Victor Frébault (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Feb 1864 - 19 May 1864  Joseph Desmazes (1st time)(acting) (b. 1806 - d. 1882)
19 May 1864 - 20 Apr 1866  Louis Hippolyte de Lormel          (s.a.)
                              (1st time) 
20 Apr 1866 - 13 Dec 1866  Joseph Desmazes (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
13 Dec 1866 -  7 Dec 1868  Louis Hippolyte de Lormel          (s.a.)
                              (2nd time) 
 7 Dec 1868 - 24 Apr 1870  Joseph Desmazes (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1870 - 24 Mar 1873  Marie Gabriel Couturier (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1898) 
24 Mar 1873 - 23 Aug 1873  Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre      (b. 1817 - d. 1882)
                             (acting)
23 Aug 1873 - 10 Aug 1879  Marie Gabriel Couturier (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Aug 1879 - 21 Dec 1879  Hippolyte Pierre Mazé (1st time)   (b. 1818 - d. 1892)
                             (acting)
21 Dec 1879 -  2 Nov 1880  Marie Gabriel Couturier (3rd time) (s.a.)
 2 Nov 1880 - 28 Dec 1880  Jean Joseph Marie Léonce Laugier   (b. 1829 - d. 1900)
                             (1st time)
28 Dec 1880 -  9 Jul 1881  Hippolyte Pierre Mazé (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 9 Jul 1881 - 12 May 1885  Jean Joseph Marie Léonce Laugier   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
12 May 1885 - 21 Dec 1885  Villebrode Coridon (acting)        (b. 1848 - d. 19..)
21 Dec 1885 - 23 Mar 1886  Jean Joseph Marie Léonce Laugier   (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
23 Mar 1886 - 12 Apr 1886  Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher  (b. 1837 - d. 1896)
                             (1st time)
12 Apr 1886 - 22 Sep 1886  L.J.P. Sainte-Luce (acting) 
22 Sep 1886 - 31 Jan 1891  Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
31 Jan 1891 - 22 Feb 1891  Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouët        (b. 1844 - d. 1933)
                             (1st time)
22 Feb 1891 - 10 Mar 1891  Félix Gabriel Antoine Feillet      (b. 1866 - d. ....)
                             (acting)
10 Mar 1891 -  9 Jul 1894  Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouët        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 9 Jul 1894 -  8 Jun 1895  Marie Jacques Noël Pardon          (b. 1854 - d. 1910)
 8 Jun 1895 - 10 Jun 1895  Jean Jules Armand Charles Couzinet (b. 1854 - d. 1906)
                             (1st time)(acting)
10 Jun 1895 - 11 Jul 1895  Dauphin Moracchini (1st time)      (b. 1846 - d. 1903)
11 Jul 1895 - 21 Feb 1896  Jean Jules Armand Charles Couzinet (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)
21 Feb 1896 -  1 Jun 1900  Dauphin Moracchini (1st time)      (b. 1846 - d. 1903)
 1 Jun 1900 -  6 Jul 1901  Joseph Pascal François (acting)    (b. 1853 - d. 1914)
 6 Jul 1901 - 12 Jul 1902  Martial Henri Merlin               (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
12 Jul 1902 - 15 Oct 1902  Charles Amédée Rognon (acting)     (b. 1861 - d. 1911)
15 Oct 1902 -  1 Dec 1904  Paul Marie Armand Beuverand de     (b. 1847 - d. 1913)
                             La Loyère
 1 Dec 1904 -  8 Apr 1905  Jules Louis Richard (acting)       (b. 1854 - d. 1915)
 8 Apr 1905 -  1 Aug 1906  Léon Jules Pol Boulloche           (b. 1859 - d. 1922)
 1 Aug 1906 - 20 Aug 1906  Paul Joseph Cécile Artaud (acting) (b. 1851 - d. 1920)
20 Aug 1906 - 21 Jul 1907  William Maurice Fawtier (1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1926)
                             (acting)
21 Jul 1907 - 29 Jun 1908  Victor Marie Louis Ballot          (b. 1853 - d. 1939)
30 Jun 1908 - 21 Feb 1909  Philippe Marius Henry (acting)     (b. 1865 - d. 1915)
21 Feb 1909 -  6 Nov 1910  Henri François Charles Cor         (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
 6 Nov 1910 -  6 Apr 1911  William Maurice Fawtier (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 6 Apr 1911 - Feb 1913     Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne         (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
14 Apr 1913 - 12 Jun 1914  Émile Joseph Merwart (1st time)    (b. 1869 - d. 1960)
12 Jun 1914 - 25 Jul 1914  Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret        (b. 1866 - d. 19..)
                             (interim)
25 Jul 1914 - 1917         Émile Joseph Merwart (2nd time)    (s.a.)
 5 Jun 1917 - 18 Jun 1917  Alexandre Émile Joyeux (acting)    (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
18 Jun 1917 - 1919         Jules Maurice Gourbeil             (b. 1867 - d. 1948)
22 Jan 1919 - 12 Jun 1920  Raoul de la Vaissière (interim)
12 Jun 1920 - 1924         Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat         (b. 1880 - d. 1953)
25 Jul 1924 - 1924         Eugène Stanislas Josselin Robert   (b. 1867 - d. 1956)
                             (interim)
19 Oct 1924 -  2 Apr 1926  Maurice Beurnier                   (b. 1878 - d. 1949)
                             (interim to 30 Dec 1924)
24 Jun 1926 -  2 Apr 1929  Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis    (b. 1871 - d. 1954)
Apr 1929 - 1931            Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier   (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
Aug 1931 - 1933            Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau       (b. 1883 - d. 1936)
 9 May 1933 - 25 Oct 1936  Joseph Louis Bouge                 (b. 1878 - d. 1960)
25 Oct 1936 - 26 Jul 1938  Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué      (b. 1884 - d. 1944)
26 Jul 1938 - 29 Nov 1938  Léopold Arthur André Allys (acting)(b. 1888 - d. 1968)
29 Nov 1938 - 21 Feb 1940  Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype (b. 1886 - d. 1956)
21 Feb 1940 - 30 Apr 1940  Georges Marin Émile Venard (acting)(b. 1883 - d. 1974)
30 Apr 1940 - 15 Jul 1943  Constant Louis Sylvain Sorin       (b. 1901 - d. 1970)
 9 Jul 1943 - 15 Jul 1943  Paul Valentino (in rebellion)      (b. 1902 - d. 1988)
15 Jul 1943 - 21 Sep 1943  Georges Émile Albert Poirier       (b. 1894 - d. 19..)
                             (acting)
21 Sep 1943 - 1945         Maurice Pierre Eugène François     (b. 1900 - d. 1994)
                             Stéphane Bertaut
 4 Oct 1945 - 1946         André Pierre (interim)
19 Jun 1946 - 12 Oct 1947  Ernest Maurice de Nattes           (b. 1908 - d. 1994)
Prefects (10 May 1982 - 24 Feb 1988, Commissioners of the Republic;
from 9 Jul 2007, also Representatives of the State in the Collectivités
of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin)
12 Oct 1947 - 1947         Jean Henri Pougnet                 (b. 1909 - d. 1972)
26 Dec 1947 - 24 Nov 1950  Gilbert Eugène Félicien Marie      (b. 1908 - d. 1983)
                             Philipson 
16 Jan 1951 - Dec 1952     Gaston Claude Villéger             (b. 1904 - d. 1986)
11 Dec 1952 - 18 May 1954  Jacques Brunel                     (b. 1909 - d. 1964)
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 - d. 2008)
16 Aug 1967 - 16 Dec 1969  Jean Deleplanque                   (b. 1919 - d. 2021)
16 Dec 1969 -  1 Jul 1973  Pierre Mathieu Brunon              (b. 1922 - d. 2000)
12 Jul 1973 - 15 Nov 1975  Jacques Jean Louis Le Cornec       (b. 1927 - d. 2022)
15 Nov 1975 - 15 Oct 1978  Jean-Claude Aurousseau             (b. 1929)
15 Oct 1978 - 28 Feb 1982  Guy Pierre Marie Maillard          (b. 1930 - d. 2013)
28 Feb 1982 - 13 Feb 1984  Robert Miguet                      (b. 1929 - d. 2019)
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                    (b. 1929)
Nov 1989 - 18 Jul 1991     Jean-Paul Proust                   (b. 1940 - d. 2010)
31 Jul 1991 -  6 Oct 1993  Franck Perriez                     (b. 1944)
 6 Oct 1993 - 21 Nov 1994  Alain Pierre Frouté                (b. 1939)
21 Nov 1994 - 16 Oct 1996  Michel Diefenbacher                (b. 1947 - d. 2017)
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 - Nov 2008     Emmanuel Berthier                  (b. 1957)
 8 Dec 2008 - Nov 2009     Nicolas Desforges                  (b. 1955)
23 Nov 2009 - 24 Aug 2011  Jean-Luc Michel Fabre              (b. 1949)
17 Jul 2011 - 11 Sep 2011  Philippe Jaumouillé                (b. 1954 - d. 2021)
                             (acting [for Fabre to 24 Aug 2011])
11 Sep 2011 - 14 Feb 2013  Amaury de Saint-Quentin            (b. 1960)
14 Feb 2013 -  1 Dec 2014  Marcelle Pierrot (f)               (b. 1949)
 1 Dec 2014 - 22 Aug 2017  Jacques Billant                    (b. 1960)
22 Aug 2017 -  4 Sep 2017  Virginie Kles (f)(1st time)(acting)(b. 1961)
 4 Sep 2017 - 18 May 2018  Éric Maire                         (b. 1954)
18 May 2018 - 28 May 2018  Virginie Kles (f)(2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)
28 May 2018 -  7 Jul 2020  Philippe Gustin                    (b. 1960)
 7 Jul 2020 - 10 Aug 2020  Virginie Klès (f)(3rd time)(acting)(s.a.)
10 Aug 2020 - 31 Jan 2023  Alexandre Rochatte                 (b. 1969)
31 Jan 2023 -  6 Feb 2023  Maurice Tubul (acting)             (b. 1965)
 6 Feb 2023 -              Xavier Lefort                      (b. 1965)

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                                             SFIO
17 Nov 1952 - 24 Dec 1953  Adrien Georges Bourgarel (1st time)(b. 1900 - d. 1990)  MRP
24 Dec 1953 - 14 Nov 1954  Council dissolved by decree
14 Nov 1954 - 20 Nov 1956  René Toribio                       (b. 1912 - d. 1990)  SFIO
20 Nov 1956 -  2 Dec 1957  Adrien Georges Bourgarel (2nd time)(s.a.)               MRP      
 2 Dec 1957 -  3 Oct 1973  Henri Rinaldo (2nd time)           (s.a.)               SFIO+DVG
 3 Oct 1973 - 17 Mar 1976  Lucien Bernier (1st time)          (b. 1914 - d. 1989)  RRS
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.)               RRS
24 Mar 1982 - 25 Mar 1985  Lucette Michaux-Chevry (f)         (b. 1929 - d. 2021)  URC+RPR
25 Mar 1985 - 27 Mar 1998  Dominique Larifla                  (b. 1936)            PS;1994 GUSR
27 Mar 1998 - 23 Mar 2001  Marcellin Lubeth                   (b. 1922)            PPDG
23 Mar 2001 -  2 Apr 2015  Jacques Gillot                     (b. 1948)            GUSR
President of the Departmental Council (Conseil départemental)
 2 Apr 2015 -  1 Jul 2021  Josette Borel-Lincertin (f)        (b. 1941)            PS
 1 Jul 2021 -              Guy Losbar                         (b. 1961)            GUSR

Presidents of the Regional Council (Conseil régional)
1975 - 1980                Pierre Mathieu                                          PPG;1977 PS
1980 - 1981                Robert Pentier                     (b. 1920 - d. 2017)  PS
1981 - 1982                Marcel Esdras                      (b. 1927 - d. 1988)  UDF
1981 - 1983                Marcel Gargar                      (b. 1911 - d. 2004)  PCG
28 Feb 1983 - 21 Mar 1986  José Moustache                     (b. 1932 - d. 2013)  URC+RPR
Mar 1986 - 29 Mar 1992     Félix Proto                        (b. 1942 - d. 2013)  PS
29 Mar 1992 -  2 Apr 2004  Lucette Michaux-Chevry (f)         (s.a.)            OG+RPR;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 -  3 Aug 2012  Victorin Lurel (1st time)          (b. 1951)            PS 
 3 Aug 2012 -  2 May 2014  Josette Borel-Lincertin (f)        (s.a.)               PS
 2 May 2014 - 18 Dec 2015  Victorin Lurel (2nd time)          (s.a.)               PS
18 Dec 2015 -              Ary Chalus                         (b. 1961)            GUSR

Intendants of Justice, Police and Finances of Guadeloupe
1763 - 1766                Louis de Thomassin de Peynier      (b. 1705 - d. 1794)
1766 - 1768                Jean Louis Honoré d'Hesmivy,       (b. 1719 - d. 1769)
                             baron de Moissac
1768 - 1790                the Intendants of Martinique
Ordonnateur (subordinated to the Intendants of the Îles-du-Vent on Martinique)
1769 - 1775                Antoine Bernard d'Eu de Montdenoix (b. 1731 - d. 1805)
                             (1st time)
1775 - 1780                Louis de Thomassin de Peynier      (s.a.)
                             (intendant)
1780 - 1781                Antoine Bernard d'Eu de Montdenoix (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1781                       Constant de Boispineau (interim)
1781 - 1786                Claude Nicolas Fayolle             (b. 1735 - d. c.1802)
1786 - 1789                Eugène Joseph Stanislas Foulon
                             d'Éscotier                       (b. 1753 – d. 1835)
1789 - 1790                Pierre Iger (interim)
1791 - 1792                Guillot de Rochepierre (interim)
1792 -  5 Dec 1792         Minut                              (d. 1792)
Intendants of Justice, Police and Finances of Guadeloupe
1792 - 1814                Post abolished
14 Dec 1814 - 1815         Léger François Trutié de Vaucresson(b. 1774 - d. 1849)
                             (interim)
26 Jan 1815 - 1816         Jean-François César de Guilhermy   (b. 1761 - d. 1829)
30 Aug 1816 - 12 Jan 1818  Eugène Joseph Stanislas Foulon
                             d'Éscotier                       (s.a.)

 3 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus,
                             named Santa Maria la Galante.
 8 Nov 1648                Marie-Galante (Marigalante) annexed by France, incorporated into
                             Guadeloupe, first settlement form Guadeloupe.
 4 Sep 1649                Jacques de Boisseret purchased the island from the Compagnie des
                             Isles d'Amérique (de Boisseret's widow formally surrenders the
                             family claim in 1660).
1653                       Boisseret and the few colonists are massacred by the Caribs
Jun 1676                   Island is pillaged by the Dutch.
1690, 1691                 Island is pillaged by the English.
1691 - 1696                Abandoned, re-settlement of the island prohibited by the governor-
                             general of Martinique.
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.
12 Feb 1793                Commission des douze reorganized as assemblée coloniale
                             administrative; secession from Guadeloupe cancelled.
20 Apr 1794                Self-government ended by British occupation.

Governors of Marie-Galante
 4 Sep 1649 - 1653         Jacques de Boisseret               (d. 1653)
1653 - 1655                Madeleine Houël de Boisseret (f)   (b. 1613 - d. 1655)
1670 - 1677                Jacques de Boisseret, chevalier    (d. 1677)
                             de Thémericourt         
1679 - 1686                Charles-François d'Angennes,       (b. 1648 - d. 1691)
                             marquis de Maintenon
 1 Jan 1686 - 1692         Charles Auger de La Motte          (b. c. 1640 - d. 1705)
1692 - 1695                Vacant
1695 - 1696                de Laurière                        (d. 1696)
1696 - 1702                Bonaventure-François de Boisfermé  (b. 1661 - d. 1722)
23 Aug 1714 - 1723         Charles de Brunier, marquis de     (b. 1687 - d. 1746)
                             Larnage -Royal Lieutenant
Jun 1723 - 1724            Ravary -Royal Lieutenant           (d. 1724)
1724 - 1725                Robert Philippe de Longvilliers    (b. 1671? - d. 1761)
                             de Poincy (1st time)(acting)
1725 - 1726                La Chassagne (acting)
Mar 1726 - 1729            Pierre Le Bègue                    (d. 1729)
1729 - 1748                Robert Philippe de Longvilliers    (s.a.)
                             de Poincy (2nd time)
1748? - 1752?              Joseph de Jarrier de La  
                             Chassaigne -Royal Lieutenant  
                             (1st time)
15 Feb 1752 - 1759         Nicolas Baptiste des Merliers      (b. 1688 - d. 1761)
                             de Longueville
1759 - 26 May 1759         Joseph de Jarrier de La Chassaigne
                             (2nd time) (acting)
British Governor
1759 - 1763                Francis Maclean                    (b. 1717? - d. 1781)
Governors-particular
1763 - 1776                Marc Étienne de Joubert            (b. 1716 - d. 1784)
1777 - Aug 1779            Pierre Joseph de Neyon de Villiers (b. 1718 - d. 1780)
1779 - 27 Jun 1785         Auguste Lescuiller Descoudrelles   (d. 1785)
1785? - 1790               Jean Étienne, marquis de Ségur     (b. 1731 - d. 1789)
                             d'Aguesseau
1790 -  1 Nov 1792         Emmanuel Joseph Desnoyers          (b. 1733 - d. c.1798)
Presidents of the Commission (Comité des Douze, called "république des douze")
 1 Nov 1792 - 12 Feb 1793  Robert Philippe Claude Deshayes    (b. 1740 - d. 1808)
                             (Deshaies)
                           + Dominique Murat                  (b. 1742 - d. 1819)