List of governors of French Guiana

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The government of the French colony of French Guiana was headed by a governor until 1946, when the territory became an overseas department of France.[1]

Governors of Guiana during the Portuguese occupation (1809-1817)[edit]

  • January - October 1809 Colonel of Artillery Manuel Marques
  • October 1809 - February 1812 Pedro Alexandrino Pinto de Sousa
  • February 1812 - November 1817 João Severiano Maciel da Costa

Governors of French Guiana (1817-1946)[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Loi n° 46-451 du 19 mars 1946 tendant au classement comme départements français de la Guadeloupe, de la Martinique, de la Réunion et de la Guyane française". Government of the French Republic (in French). 19 March 1946. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Leonore : Le Cardinal, Leonce Pierre Henri". Culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  3. ^ "Leonore : Reache, Anne Leodor Philothee Metellus". Culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  4. ^ "Leonore : Barrie, Antoine Joseph Xavier". Culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-29.