MAYOTTE

FRENCH COLONY OF MAYOTTE
In 1841 the island of Mayotte/Mawuti - a Sultanate established in the 16th
century (?) - was sold to France by its ruler. It was formally annexed and
organized as a French Colony in 1843. 
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FRENCH CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
(also in charge of the relations with the neighbouring Sultanates of Anjouan
Grande Comore and Mohéli)

Commissioners

(subordinated to the Governors of La Réunion) 

1869 - 1871   Joseph Christophe Colomb (2x) 
1871 - 1875   Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre           1813 -         
1875          Claude Fontaine* 
1875          François Marie Ferriez*                        1834 -  
1875 - 1878   Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre (2x) 

Commandants

(subordinated to the Governors of La Réunion) 

1878          Jean Roblin* 
1878 - 1879   Charles Vassal* 
1879          Charles Bayet* 
1879          Edouard Sasias* 
1879 - 1885   François Marie Ferriez                         s.a. 
1885 - 1887   Anne Leodor Gerville-Reache 
1887          Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville        1831 - 1889 

Governors 

1887 - 1888   Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville        s.a. 
1888 - 1893   Clovis Papinaud                                1844 - 1900 
1893 - 1896   Théodore Étienne Mondésir Lacascade            1841 - 1906 

Administrators Superior

(subordinated to the Governors General of Madagascar) 

1896 - 1897   Auguste Pereton* 
1897 - 1899   Louis Alexandre Mizon                          1853 - 1899 

Governors 

1899 - 1900   Clovis Papinaud                                s.a. 
1900 - 1902   Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal
1902          Louis Lemaire*
1902 - 1904   Alfred Albert Martineau 
1904 - 1905   Jules Martin*                                  1855 -  
1905 - 1906   Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet 
1906 - 1907   Fernand Foureau 
1907 - 1908   Paul Patté* 

Administrators

(subordinated to the Governors General of Madagascar) 

1908 - 1909   Charles Henri Vergnes 
1909 - 1910   Ernest Bonneval 
1910 - 1911   Michel Astor 
1911          Frédéric Estèbe 
1911 - 1912   Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton 

In 1912 Mayotte joined with the three other Comoro islands to become the new
French dependency of the Comoros


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