Cameroon



1858-1914


YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1858 UK colony
1884 14 july German Protectorate Gustav Nachtigal
1884 19 july Max Buchner
1885 1 april Eduard von Knorr
1885 3 july Julius von Soden (I)
1887 13 may Jesko von Puttkamer (I)
1887 4 october Eugen von Zimmerer (I)
1888 17 january Julius von Soder (II)
1889 26 december Eugen von Zimmerer (II)
1890 17 april Markus Graf Pfeil
1890 3 august Kurz
1890 14 august Jesko von Puttkamer (II)
1890 2 december Leist (I)
1891 7 august Bruno von Schuckmann
1892 5 january Eugen von Zimmerer (III)
1893 27 january Leist (II)
1893 24 february Eugen von Zimmerer (IV)
1894 31 december Jesko von Puttkamer (III)
1895 27 march von Lücke
1895 5 may Jesko von Puttkamer (IV)
1895 27 october Theodor Seitz (I)
1896 14 june German colony of North-West Africa
1897 11 september Jesko von Puttkamer (V)
1898 12 january Theodor Seitz (II)
1898 14 october Jesko von Puttkamer (VI)
1900 17 january August Köhler
1900 1 august Diehl
1900 6 september von Kamptz
1900 16 november Jesko von Puttkamer (VII)
1901 1 janaury German colony
1902 3 february Plehn
1902 3 october Jesco von Puttkamer (VIII)
1904 9 may Otto Gleim (I)
1905 31 january Jesko von Puttkamer (IX)
1906 31 january Oberst Müller
1906 november Otto Gleim (II)
1907 1 july Theodor Seitz (I)
1909 10 february Hansen (I)
1909 october Theodor Seitz (II)
1910 27 august Steinhausen
1910 september Hansen (II)
1910 25 october Otto Gleim (III)
1911 25 october Hansen (III)
1912 29 march Karl Ebermaier (I)
1913 9 october Full
1914 9 october Karl Ebermaier (II)

1914-1957

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1914 26 september French-British occupation Joseph Gauderique Aymerich
1916 8 october Lucien Louis Fourneau
1919 6 march Jules Gaston Henri Carde
1919 28 june French colony
1922 20 july French Trust Territory
1923 6 march Albéric Auguste Fournier
1923 29 april Théodore Paul Marchand (I)
1924 27 december Ernest Bleu (I)
1925 11 may Théodore Paul Marchand (II)
1926 2 march Ernest Bleu (II)
1926 31 october Théodore Paul Marchand (III)
1929 26 april Ernest Bleu (III)
1929 26 october Théodore Paul Marchand (IV)
1931 19 june Ernest Bleu (IV)
1932 6 february Théodore Paul Marchand (V)
1932 31 august Paul Auguste François Bonnecarrère
1934 7 july Jules-Vincent Repiquet
1936 Gaston Camille Guibet
1937 june Pierre François Boissons
1938 16 november Richard Edmond Maurice Édouard Brunot
1940 29 august Philippe Marie de Hauteclocque dit Leclerc
1940 12 november Pierre Charles Albert Cournarie
1943 20 july Hubert Eugène Paul Carras
1944 15 november Henri Pierre Nicolas
1946 16 january Alexis Leger
1946 16 march Robert Delavignette
1947 25 march Robert Casimir (I)
1947 april René Hoffherr
1949 7 july Robert Casimir (II)
1950 10 january Jean-Louis Marie André Soucadoux
1954 2 december Roland Joanes Louis Pré
1956 17 april Pierre Messmer

1957-1961

YEAR DATE EVENT PRIME MINISTER HIGH COMMISSIONER
1957 29 october Independent in the French Comunity Andre' Maria Mbida Pierre Messmer
1958 29 january Jean-Paul Ramadier
1958 18 february Ahmedou Ahidjo Xavier Antoine Torré
1960 1 january Republic Ahmedou Ahidjo

1961-1975

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
1961 1 october Federal Republic Ahmedou Ahidjo
1972 Republic

1975-

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
1975 20 may Paul Biya
1982 6 november Paul Biya M. Bello Bouba
1983 Luc Ayang
1984 -
1991 Sadou Hyatou
1992 9 april Simon Achidi Achu
1996 19 september Peter Mafamy Musonge
2004 8 december Ephraïm Inoni
2009 8 december Philemon Yang


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