List of administrators of the French protectorate of Laos
This article lists the administrators of the French protectorate of Laos, and also encompass the Japanese occupation of Laos.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| French suzerainty | |||
| 1887 to 5 June 1894 |  |
Auguste Jean Marie Pavie, Vice-Consul | |
| 5 June 1894 to April 1895 | Auguste Jean Marie Pavie, Commissioner-General | ||
| 1 June 1895 to 30 April 1899 | Marie Auguste Armand Tournier, Commandant-Superior of Bas-Laos | In Khong, Champasak | |
| 1 June 1895 to 9 March 1897 | Joseph Vacle, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos | 1st time, in Luang Prabang | |
| 1 May 1897 to 11 October 1898 | Louis Paul Luce, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos | In Luang Prabang | |
| 11 October 1898 to April 1899 | Joseph Vacle, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos | 2nd time, in Luang Prabang | |
| September 1895 to March 1896 | Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Resident-Superior | ||
| 30 April 1899 to February 1903 | Marie Auguste Armand Tournier, Resident-Superior | ||
| 12 February 1903 to May 1906 | Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Interim Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 11 May 1906 to 1 April 1907 | Louis Saturnin Laffont, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 1 April 1907 to January 1912 | Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 24 August 1910 to 27 July 1911 | Antoine Georges Amédeé Ernest Outrey, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Mahé | |
| 9 January 1912 to July 1913 | Louis Antoine Aubry de la Noë, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 4 July 1913 to October 1913 | Claude Léon Garnier, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 9 October 1913 to February 1914 | Jean Édouard Bourcier Saint-Chaffray, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 31 May 1914 to May 1918 | Claude Léon Garnier, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 3 May 1918 to March 1931 | Jules Georges Théodore Bosc, Resident-Superior | ||
| 26 April 1921 to January 1923 | Joël Daroussin, Interim Resident-Superior | Acting for Bosc | |
| 7 May 1925 to January 1926 | Jean-Jacques Dauplay, Interim Resident-Superior | Acting for Bosc | |
| 21 May 1928 to 12 December 1928 | Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior | Acting for Bosc | |
| 21 March 1931 to 12 May 1931 | Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 25 March 1931 | Pierre André Michel Pagès, Resident-Superior | Did not take office | |
| 21 May 1931 to 4 June 1931 | Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior | ||
| 11 June 1931 to 21 November 1931 | Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 21 November 1931 to 11 February 1932 | Jules Nicolas Thiebaut, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 11 February 1932 to 16 December 1933 | Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Resident-Superior | ||
| 16 December 1933 to 1 January 1934 | Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 1 January 1934 to July 1934 | Louis Frédéric Eckert, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 10 July 1934 to 4 August 1934 | Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 4 August 1934 to April 1938 | Eugène Henri Roger Eutrope, Resident-Superior | ||
| 25 November 1934 to 13 October 1935 | Frédéric Claire Guillaume Louis Marty, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 5 April 1938 to 16 November 1940 | André Touzet, Resident-Superior | ||
| 16 November 1940 to 29 December 1941 | Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Interim Resident-Superior | 3rd time | |
| 29 December 1941 to August 1945 | Louis Antoine Marie Brasey, Resident-Superior | Japanese prisoner 10 March 1945 – 9 June 1945 | |
| Japanese suzerainty | |||
| 10 March 1945 to August 1945 | Sako Masanori, Commander | In Vientiane | |
| 5 April 1945 to 22 August 1945 | Ishibashi, Supreme Counselor | In Luang Prabang | |
| French suzerainty | |||
| 29 August 1945 to 6 April 1946 | Hans Imfeld, Commissioner | Acting to 23 September 1945 | |
| 6 April 1946 to July 1947 | Jean Léon François Marie de Raymond, Commissioner | ||
| 29 July 1947 to 20 March 1948 | Maurice Marie Auguste Michaudel, Interim Commissioner | ||
| 20 March 1948 to August 1949 | Alfred Gabriel Joseph Valmary, Interim Commissioner | ||
| 8 August 1949 to April 1953 | Robert Louis Aimable Régnier, Commissioner | ||
| 27 April 1953 to January 1954 | Miguel Joaquim de Pereyra, High Commissioner | ||
| 6 January 1954 to 1955 | Michel Georges Eugène Breal, High Commissioner | ||