French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Administrators-superior (in Paris,
France)
Crozet 24 Jan 1772 Îles Crozets discovered and claimed for France by Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (b. 1724 - d. 1772). 29 Jan 1939 France reaffirms sovereignty over Îles Crozets. 1961 Erected into a district of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Îles Crozet). 2007? Renamed Archipel des Crozet. District Chiefs 1961 - 1962 Alfred Faure (1st time) (b. 1925 - d. 1968) 1962 - 1963 Alfred Faure (2nd time) (s.a.) 1963 - 1964 Alfred Faure (3rd time) (s.a.) 1964 - 1965 Serge Seilhan 1965 - 1966 Jean-Claude Perrein 1966 - 1967 Raymond Vernet (1st time) 1967 - 1968 Claude Dousset 1968 - 1969 Raymond Vernet (2nd time) 1969 - 1970 Irénée Prio 1970 - 1971 Alain Lamalle 1971 - 1972 Alain Dorbath 1972 - 1973 Alain Duret 1973 - 1974 Joseph Normand (1st time) 1974 - 1975 Benoit Tollu 1975 - 1976 Joseph Normand (2nd time) 1976 - 1977 Bernard Stanguennec 1977 - 1978 Michel Gnos 1978 - 1979 Jean-Michel Cotte-Verdy 1979 - 1980 Jean-Jacques Baloud 1980 - 1981 Bernard Despin 1981 - 1982 Michel Bourchanin 1982 - 1983 Jean-Luc Caby 1983 - 1984 Gérard Boutin 1984 - 1985 Jean-Jacques Laroza 1985 - 1986 Bernard Fantou 1986 - 1987 Raymond Laurent 1987 - 1988 Jean-Jacques Paugam 1988 - 1989 Rémy Maunier 1989 - 1990 Joël Martel-Thoumian 1990 - 1991 Marc Mottet 1991 - 1992 Serge Nogaro 1992 - 1993 Denis Le Meur 1993 - 1994 Thierry Thomas + Henri Gouge (1st time) + Michel Janssens 1994 - 1995 Dominique Ben + Michel Pouder + Henri Gouge (2nd time) 1995 - 1996 Denis Prêté 1996 - 1997 André Cornet + René Barth 1997 - 1998 Marc-Antoine Colomb de Daunant + Didier Drouet (1st time) 1998 - 1999 Didier Drouet (2nd time) + Serge Max 1999 - 2000 Gilles Kerlidou (b. 1949) 2000 - 2001 Chrystelle Vieuxmaire + Philippe Carrette 2001 - 2002 François Grosvalet 2002 - 2003 Didier Drouet 2003 - 2004 Philippe Le Prieur 2004 - 2005 Thierry Deles (b. 1963?) 2005 - 2006 Laurent Besnard 2006 - 2007 Bernard Todisco (b. 1964?) + Pascal Paillé 2007 - 2008 Olivier Delclos (b. 1971?) 2008 - 2009 Patrick Haon 2009 - 2010 Sylvain Duvacher 2010 - 2011 Marianne-Frédérique Pussiau (f) 2011 - 2012 Pierre Miollan 2012 - 2013 François Zablot (b. 1962?) 2013 - 31 Aug 2014 Serge Fuster (b. 1968?) 31 Aug 2014 - 2015 Alain Ricci 3 Sep 2015 - 2016 Raphaël Sheffield (b. 1979?) 17 Aug 2016 - 2017 Régis Gliere (b. 1985?) 16 Aug 2017 - 2018 Christopher Alquier 10 Aug 2018 - 2019 Mathieu LeRoy (b. 1982?) Aug 2019 - 31 Aug 2020 Aurélie Dupont (f) 31 Aug 2020 - Aug 2021 Mariane Benoît (f) (b. 1968?) Aug 2021 - 10 Aug 2022 Stéphane Jacques Henri Bellati (b. 1962?) 10 Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 Cyrille Jacob (b. 1972?) 14 Aug 2023 - Sep 2024 Bruno Perrier 4 Sep 2024 - Yann Boulay Îles Éparses 15 Mar 2007 Îles Éparses (Scattered Islands)(Bassas da India, Europa, Glorioso, Juan de Nova, and Tromelin Islands)(see Fr. Minor dependencies) erected into a district of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (as Îles Éparses de l'Océan Indien). District Chiefs of the Îles Éparses and Secretaries-general of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Administration (in Réunion) 1 Oct 2007 - 2009 Serge Gouès (b. 1963) 6 Sep 2009 - 2012 Patrick Venant (b. 1958) 9 May 2012 - 2016 Christophe Jean 4 Jul 2016 - 2018 Anne Tagand (f) (b. 1974) Jun 2018 - Jul 2020 Christine Geoffroy (f) (b. 1962) Jul 2020 - 22 Jul 2022 Thierry Jean-Pierre Dousset (b. 1971) 22 Jul 2022 - 8 Apr 2024 Gilbert Manciet (b. 1966) 8 Apr 2024 - Amélie Puccinelli (f) Kerguelen 12 Feb 1772 Kerguelen Islands discovered by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen- Trémarec (b. 1734 - d. 1797). 1825 - 1827 British sealer John Nunn (b. 1806 - d. af.1860) and three crew members from Favourite are shipwrecked on Kerguelen until they are rescued by Capt. Alexander Distant during his hunting campaign. 1 Jan 1893 France officially takes possession of the Islands and in Jul 1893 right of exploitation granted to René-Émile Bossière (b. 1859 - d. 1941) and Henry Émile Bossière (b. 1857 - d. 1941) for 50 years. 1950 Port-aux-Français station is permanently established. 20 Oct 1956 Erected into a district of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Îles Kerguelen). 2007? Renamed Archipel des Kerguelen. Expedition chiefs Dec 1949 - Apr 1950 Pierre René Jean Sicaud (1st time) (b. 1911 - d. 1998) Nov 1950 - May 1951 Pierre René Jean Sicaud (2nd time) (s.a.) May 1951 - Dec 1951 F. Armengaud (1st time) Dec 1951 - Dec 1952 C. Mouzon Dec 1952 - Dec 1953 A. Prues Dec 1953 - Jan 1955 F. Armengaud (2nd time) District chiefs Jan 1955 - Nov 1955 F. Armengaud Nov 1955 - May 1956 J. Heurgon (1st time) May 1956 - May 1957 Pascal May 1957 – Apr 1958 Yves Jules Armand Leblond (b. 1921 - d. 2006) Apr 1958 - Dec 1958 Xavier Richert (b. 1913 - d. 1992) Dec 1958 - Apr 1959 F. Tessonniere Apr 1959 – Nov 1960 Jean Marie Dominique Ernest (b. 1914 – d. 2002) Nov 1960 - Jan 1962 J.M. Roly (1st time) Jan 1962 - Dec 1962 J. Heurgon (2nd time) Dec 1962 - Dec 1963 J. Mercier Dec 1963 - Dec 1964 J.M. Roly (2nd time) Dec 1964 - Dec 1965 E. Moulaert (1st time) Dec 1965 - Dec 1966 H. Guichard Dec 1966 - Jan 1968 Serge Seilhan (1st time) Jan 1968 - Jan 1969 E. Moulaert (2nd time) Jan 1969 - Dec 1969 Serge Seilhan (2nd time) Dec 1969 - Jan 1971 Claude Dousset (1st time) Jan 1971 - Dec 1971 Y. Arbelot-Repaire Dec 1971 - Dec 1972 Claude Dousset (2nd time) Dec 1972 – Jan 1974 René Geoffroy Albert de Peyronnet (b. 1926 - d. 2018) Jan 1974 – Oct 1974 Maurice Mahut (b. 1926 – d. 1991) Oct 1974 - Apr 1975 H. Amar Apr 1975 - Jan 1976 R. Meunier Jan 1976 - Jan 1977 R. Buntz Jan 1977 - Jan 1978 S. Paris Jan 1978 - Dec 1978 G. Sala Dec 1978 - Jan 1980 J.-P. Gestin Jan 1980 - Jan 1981 G. Moncot Jan 1981 - Dec 1981 Claude Chaufriasse Dec 1981 - Dec 1982 J. Tournier Dec 1982 - Nov 1983 M. Lesueur Nov 1983 - Nov 1984 M. Rouille Nov 1984 - Nov 1985 C. Steiner Nov 1985 - Nov 1986 R. Canevet Nov 1986 - Dec 1987 C. Debrieux Dec 1987 - Nov 1988 E. Farlegni Nov 1988 - Dec 1989 G. Le Noc Dec 1989 - Nov 1990 J.C. Vaillant Nov 1990 - Dec 1991 A. Duret-Nauche (1st time) Dec 1991 - Nov 1992 J. Serra Nov 1992 - Nov 1993 A. Dupe Jul 1994 - Nov 1994 Michel Engler (1st time) Nov 1994 - Aug 1995 A. Duret-Nauche (2nd time) Aug 1995 - Nov 1995 Gilles Kerlidou (1st time) (b. 1949) Nov 1995 - Apr 1996 Michel Engler (2nd time) Apr 1996 - Dec 1996 Gilles Kerlidou (2nd time) (s.a.) Dec 1996 - Mar 1997 Michel Engler (3rd time) Mar 1997 - Dec 1997 A. Duret-Nauche (3rd time) Dec 1997 - Aug 1998 Marc Mottet Aug 1998 – Mar 1999 Michel Béal Mar 1999 – Nov 1999 Bruno Navez Nov 1999 – Nov 2000 Thierry Micol Nov 2000 – Nov 2001 Jean-François Vanacker (1st time) Nov 2001 – Nov 2002 Joël Salaun Nov 2002 – Sep 2003 Roger Rolland Sep 2003 – Sep 2004 François Grosvalet Sep 2004 – Sep 2005 Didier Drouet Sep 2005 – Sep 2006 Philippe Le Prieur Sep 2006 – Sep 2007 Marie France Roy (f) (b. 1947?) Sep 2007 - 2 Sep 2008 Yann Libessart (b. 1972) 2 Sep 20008 – Sep 2009 Frédéric Martineau Sep 2009 – Sep 2010 Nathalie Deschamps (f) Sep 2010 - Sep 2011 Marc Bertrand Sep 2011 - Sep 2012 Patrick Haon Sep 2012 - Sep 2013 Jean-François Vanacker (2nd time) Sep 2013 - 7 Sep 2014 Christian Fressignac (b. 1955?) 7 Sep 2014 - Sep 2015 Yves Plaquevent 3 Sep 2015 - 2016 Thierry Deles (b. 1963?) 23 Aug 2016 - Aug 2017 Paul-Alexandre Neveu (1st time) (b. 1988?) 21 Aug 2017 - 2018 Annabelle Djeribi (f) 10 Aug 2018 - 2019 Laurent Jaunatre (b. 1966?) Aug 2019 - 7 Sep 2020 Stéphane Defranoux (b. 1965?) 7 Sep 2020 - Aug 2021 Paul-Alexandre Neveu (2nd time) (s.a.) Aug 2021 - 17 Aug 2022 Philippe Guéna (b. 1973?) 17 Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 Valérie Laurence Marianne (b. 1965?) Covacho (f) 22 Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 Philippe Hoest 26 Aug 2024 - Damien Blanchet Saint-Paul et Nouvelle-Amsterdam 28 Mar 1792 Îles Amsterdam et Saint-Paul claimed for France by Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (b. 1737 - d. 1797). 8 Jun 1843 Governor of Réunion annexes the Îles Amsterdam et Saint-Paul for France (formally from 1 Jul 1843). 1 Jan 1893 French ship L'Eure reaffirms French sovereignty over the Amsterdam et Saint-Paul. 20 Oct 1956 Erected into a district of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam). 2007? Renamed Îles Saint-Paul et Nouvelle-Amsterdam. Expedition chiefs Dec 1949 - 1951 Paul de Martin de Viviés (b. 1908 - d. 1971) 1951 - 1952 J. Gilbert 1952 M. Bonnet 1953 A. Rouaus 1953 - 1955 M. Malick District chiefs 1955 J. Alt 1956 J. Deramond 1957 D. Auphan 1958 M. Aubert (1st time) 1959 J. Barnaud 1960 M. Aubert (2nd time) 1960 - 1961 J. Bessuges 1961 - 1962 M. Aubert (3rd time) 1962 - 1963 G. Chemarin 1963 - 1964 M. Mahieu 1964 - 1965 R. Amar 1965 - 1966 J. Legorrec 1966 - 1967 J. Navarro (1st time) 1967 - 1968 U. Chabert 1968 - 1969 J.-J. Leonetout 1969 - 1970 J. Navarro (2nd time) 1970 - 1971 J. Chuiton 1971 - 1972 J.-F. Meffre 1972 - 1973 J.-Y. Roumeguere 1973 - 1974 M. Sergeat 1974 - 1975 J.-P. Gestin 1975 - 1976 S.-D. Ghozy 1976 - 1977 Claude Chaufriasse (1st time) 1977 - 1978 J. Barthe 1978 - 1979 Claude Chaufriasse (2nd time) 1979 - 1980 C. Hude 1890 - 1981 J.-M. Louchard 1981 - 1982 R. Sonet 1982 - 1983 J.-J. Boileau 1983 - 1984 L. Gaufeny 1984 - 1985 B. Beauchesne 1985 - 1986 J.-C. Rigal 1986 - 1987 Jean-Luc Caby 1987 - 1988 H. de Saint-Pern 1988 - 1989 M. Taillardas 1989 - 1990 J.L. Courtin 1990 - 1991 P. Neble 1991 - 1992 J.C. Bureau de Colombier 1992 - 1993 Ph. Ledieu 1993 - 1994 René Barth (1st time) + Claude Chaufriasse (3rd time) 1994 - 1995 René Barth (2nd time) + P. Foras (1st time) 1995 - 1996 P. Bouland 1996 - 1997 Marc-Antoine Colomb de Daunant + O. Feuillet 1997 - 1998 Thierry Micol + B. Sinardet 1998 - 1999 Michel Janssens + Didier Drouet 1999 - 2000 P. Foras (2nd time) 2000 - 2001 J.-C. Pouzet 2001 - 2002 M. Grunwald 2002 - 2003 Joël Martel-Thoumian 2003 - 2004 D. Rochard 2004 - 2005 H. Conseil 2005 - 2006 François Colas 2006 - 2007 Anne Marchal (f) (b. 1974?) 2007 - 2008 Arnaud Quiniou 2008 - 2009 Olivier Labeur Aug 2009 - Oct 2010 Eliane Ledoux (f) 2010 - 2011 Jean-Louis Carre 2011 - 2012 Eric Vialette Anchen 2012 - 2013 Pierre-Henri Lipere 2013 - 13 Sep 2014 Eric Morbo (b. 1979?) 13 Sep 2014 - 2015 Alain Quivoron (b. 1959) 3 Sep 2015 - 2016 Nicolas Allemand (b. 1981?) 29 Aug 2016 - 2017 Laurent Le Guinec 1 Sep 2017 - 2018 Mathias Régnier 10 Aug 2018 - 2019 Luc Lauverjat (b. 1965?) Aug 2019 - 12 Sep 2020 Jean-Charles Mégias (b. 1963?) 12 Sep 2020 - Aug 2021 Christophe Bellon (b. 1972) Aug 2021 - 21 Aug 2022 Samuel Marfing (b. 1973?) 21 Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 Jean-Philippe Branne (b. 1966?) 28 Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 Gwenola François (f) 20 Aug 2024 - Fabienne Bonnefoy (f) Terre Adélie 21 Nov 1924 Terre Adélie (Adelie Land) in Antarctica is officially annexed by France. 9 Apr 1950 - 23 Jan 1952 Port-Martin the first French Antarctic station. 1 Jan 1956 Dumont d'Urville Antarctic station established. 1960 Erected into a district of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terre Adélie). 2007? Renamed La Terre-Adélie. Expedition chiefs 1949 - Jan 1950 Max Henri Jacques Douguet (b. 1903 - d. 1989) 8 Feb 1950 - Jan 1951 André Franck Liotard (b. 1905 - d. 1982) Jan 1951 - Jan 1952 Michel Barré (b. 1919 - d. 2005) Jan 1952 - 24 Jan 1952 Alex Garcia 24 Jan 1952 - 14 Jan 1953 Mario Marret (at Pointe Géologie) (b. 1920 - d. 2000) Jan 1953 - Jan 1956 Vacant Jan 1956 - 10 Feb 1957 Robert Guillard (1st time) (b. 1919 - d. 2013) Feb 1957 - Jan 1958 Bertrand Imbert (b. 1924 - d. 2011) Jan 1958 - 27 Jan 1959 Charles Gaston Rouillon (b. 1915 - d. 2007) 27 Jan 1959 - 1960 René Merle (1st time) District chiefs (also chiefs of Dumont d'Urville station) Feb 1960 - Feb 1961 Alfred Faure (b. 1925 - d. 1968) Feb 1961 - Feb 1962 Fernand Digeon Feb 1962 - Jan 1963 René Merle (2nd time) Feb 1963 - Jan 1964 Robert Guillard (2nd time) (s.a.) Jan 1964 - Mar 1965 Jean Morin (b. c.1922 - d. 2015) Mar 1965 - Mar 1966 Claude Lorius (b. 1932 - d. 2023) Mar 1966 - Mar 1967 René Merle (3rd time) Mar 1967 - Feb 1968 André Hougron Feb 1968 - Mar 1969 Fernand d'Amato Mar 1969 - Jan 1970 Jean-François Guyader Jan 1970 - Jan 1917 Claude Volck (1st time) (b. 19.. - d. 2002) Jan 1971 - Feb 1972 Bernard Barriquand (1st time) Feb 1972 - Dec 1972 Robert Guillard (3rd time) (s.a.) Dec 1972 - Dec 1973 Jean-Pierre Jacquin Dec 1973 - Feb 1975 Bernard Barriquand (1st time) Feb 1975 - Dec 1975 Claude Volck (2nd time) (s.a.) Dec 1975 - Jan 1977 Alain Duret (1st time) Jan 1977 - Jan 1978 Robert Guillard (4th time) (s.a.) Jan 1978 - Dec 1978 Jean-Claude Chacun Dec 1978 - Jan 1980 Alain Duret (2nd time) Jan 1980 - Dec 1980 Bernard Stanguennec Dec 1980 - Dec 1981 Robert Chauchon (b. 1922 - d. 2015) Dec 1981 - Dec 1982 Bernard Pontoizeau Dec 1982 - Dec 1983 Claude Chaufriasse (1st time) Dec 1983 - Jan 1985 Michel Engler Jan 1985 - Dec 1985 Francis-Alain de Montaigne Dec 1985 - Jan 1987 Jean-Paul Stefanini Jan 1987 - Jan 1988 Christian Grevisse (b. 1951) Jan 1988 - Dec 1988 Jacques Durieux (1st time) Dec 1988 - Dec 1989 Jean-François Houssin Dec 1989 - Jan 1991 Claude Chaufriasse (2nd time) Jan 1991 - Jan 1992 Bernard Lefebvre Jan 1992 - Jan 1993 Georges Reverte Jan 1993 - Dec 1993 Gilles Kerlidou (b. 1949) Dec 1993 - Jan 1995 Jacques Durieux (2nd time) Jan 1995 - Dec 1995 Jean-Baptiste Seigneuric (b. 1967) Dec 1995 - Dec 1996 Charles-Gilles Testa (b. 1947) Dec 1996 - Dec 1997 Gilles Chanet (b. c.1962 - d. 2009) Dec 1997 - Jan 1999 Richard Gaud (1st time) Jan 1999 - Jan 2000 Jean Claude Laval Jan 2000 - Mar 2001 Michel Galliot Mar 2001 - Mar 2002 Didier Drouet Mar 2002 - Jan 2003 Philippe Marcille Jan 2003 - Jan 2004 Richard Gaud (2nd time) Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 Frédéric Champly Dec 2004 - Jan 2006 Didier Belleoud (b. 1956) Jan 2006 - Jan 2007 Ariane Richasse (f) Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Franck Gérard (b. 1969?) Dec 2007 - Dec 2008 Thierry Deles (b. 1963?) Dec 2008 - Nov 2009 Laurence de la Ferrière (f) (b. 1957) Nov 2009 - Dec 2009 Bernard Beghadid Dec 2009 - Dec 2010 Marie-France Roy (f) (b. 1947?) Dec 2010 - Dec 2011 Marion François (f) Dec 2011 - Dec 2012 Arnaud Quiniou Dec 2012 - Dec 2013 Maxime Aimetti Dec 2013 - Dec 2014 Stéphane Cottereau (b. 1969?) Dec 2014 - Nov 2015 François Grosvalet Nov 2015 - 2016 Olivier Delclos (b. 1971?) Dec 2016 - 2017 Serge Fuster (1st time) Dec 2017 - 2018 Hélène Larmet (f) Dec 2018 - 2019 Alain Quivoron (b. 1959) Dec 2019 - 2020 Régis Glière (b. 1985?) Dec 2020 - 2021 Serge Fuster (2nd time) Dec 2021 - Nov 2022 Jean-Philippe Guérin 16 Nov 2022 - 20 Nov 2023 Laurent Le Guiniec 20 Nov 2023 - 17 Nov 2024 Geoffrey Houpert 17 Nov 2024 - Pierre Bascelli © Ben Cahoon |