List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin

Resident-Superior of Tonkin
Résident supérieur du Tonkin (French)
Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ (Vietnamese)
統使北圻 (chữ Hán)
The seal of the Resident-Superior of the French protectorate of Tonkin.
Reports toGovernor-General of French Indochina
ResidenceResidential palace of the Tonkin Governor (from 1919)
SeatHanoi
PrecursorResident-General of Annam and Tonkin
Formation8 April 1886
First holderPaulin François Alexandre Vial
Final holderFrançois Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès (as commissioner)

The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使北圻) was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Tonkin and a separate one for Annam.[1]

List

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List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
French Suzerainty
8 April 1886 to November 1886 Paulin François Alexandre Vial, Resident-Superior In Hanoi; the city became permanent administrative seat
20 November 1886 to 29 January 1887 Jean Thomas Raoul Bonnal, Resident-Superior 1st time
1887 to 1888 Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Acting Resident-Superior
29 April 1888 to 10 May 1889 Eusèbe Irénée Parreau, Resident-Superior
29 May 1889 to 6 April 1890 Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior 1st time
7 April 1890 to 3 February 1891 Jean Thomas Raoul Bonnal, Acting Resident-Superior 2nd time
3 February 1891 to 27 October 1891 Ernest Albert Brière, Resident-Superior 2nd time
27 October 1891 to 20 July 1893 Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Resident-Superior 1st time
20 July 1893 to 30 March 1895 François Pierre Rodier, Resident-Superior Acting to 15 October 1894
30 March 1895 to 13 May 1895 Louis Paul Luce, Acting Resident-Superior
13 May 1895 to 18 June 1895 Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, Acting Resident-Superior 2nd time
18 July 1895 to 9 March 1897 Paul Julien Auguste Fourès, Resident-Superior 1st time
1897 Léon Jules Paul Boulloche, Resident-Superior
26 July 1897 to 30 August 1905 Paul Julien Auguste Fourès, Resident-Superior 2nd time
30 August 1905 to 2 April 1907 Élie Jean-Henri Groleau, Acting Resident-Superior
April 1907 to July 1907 Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, Resident-Superior
July 1907 to April 1909 Louis Jules Morel, Resident-Superior
April 1909 to September 1909 Marie Joseph Ulderic de Miribel, Acting Resident-Superior
September 1909 to August 1912 Paul Simoni, Resident-Superior
20 August 1912 to 15 December 1912 Jean-François dit Eugène Charles, Acting Resident-Superior
16 December 1912 to 8 June 1915 Léon Louis Jean Georges Destenay, Resident-Superior
8 June 1915 to 1917 Maurice Joseph Le Gallen, Resident-Superior
4 December 1917 to 1919 Jean Baptiste Édouard Bourcier de Saint-Chaffray, Resident-Superior
22 August 1919 to 1921 Louis Félix Marie Edouard Rivet, Acting Resident-Superior
27 February 1921 to 1924 Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, Resident-Superior
5 July 1924 to 10 November 1924 Jean Adrien Gaston Poulin, Acting Resident-Superior
13 November 1924 to 2 December 1925 Jean-Félix Krautheimer, Acting Resident-Superior
2 December 1925 to 1930 Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Resident-Superior
28 February 1927 to 7 August 1928 Maurice Fernand Graffeuil, Acting Resident-Superior Acting for Robin
7 August 1928 to 26 December 1928 Jules Marie Douguet, Acting Resident-Superior Acting for Robin
25 November 1930 to 1937 Auguste Eugène Ludovic Tholance, Resident-Superior
27 July 1933 to 10 September 1933 Joseph Jules Bride, Acting Resident-Superior Acting for Tholance
1937 Pierre Abel Delsalle, Acting Resident-Superior
1937 to 1939 Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior
8 February 1939 - 1939 Maurice Emile Henry de Tastes, Acting Resident-Superior
25 August 1939 to 1940 Henri Georges Rivoal, Acting Resident-Superior
16 November 1940 to 1941 Émile Louis François Grandjean, Resident-Superior Interim to 11 December 1940
18 June 1941 to 1942 Edouard André Delsalle, Resident-Superior
21 November 1942 to 1944 Jean Marie Norbert Haelewyn, Resident-Superior Acting to 16 March 1943
23 August 1944 to 9 March 1945 Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet, Acting Resident-Superior
Japanese Suzerainty
March 1945 to August 1945 Nishimura Kumao, Resident
Vietnamese Administration
17 April 1945 to 17 August 1945 Phan Ke Toai, Imperial Lieutenant
17 August 1945 to August 1945 Nguyen Xuan Chu, Imperial Lieutenant
French Suzerainty
18 August 1945 to 1945 Pierre Messmer, Acting Commissioner
4 October 1945 to 1947 Jean Roger Sainteny, Commissioner
18 February 1947 to 2 December 1947 Miguel Joaquim de Pereyra, Acting Commissioner
2 December 1947 to August 1949 Yves Jean Digo, Commissioner Acting to 20 March 1948
8 August 1949 to 28 November 1949 Raymond Gilbert Félix Koch, Acting Commissioner
28 November 1949 to 10 November 1950 Marcel Jean Marie Alessandri, Commissioner
10 November 1950 to 6 January 1951 Pierre Georges Jacques Marie Boyer de La Tour du Moulin, Commissioner
6 January 1951 to 7 February 1951 Raoul Albin Louis Salan, Acting Commissioner
7 February 1951 to 27 April 1953 François Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès, Commissioner

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Trần Gia Phụng. Trung Kỳ Dân biến 1908. Toronto, Canada, 2008. Pages: 35-40.
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