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Map of Guadeloupe Hear National Anthem
"La Marseillaise"
Text of National Anthem Constitution
 (28 Sep 1958)
Capital: Basse-Terre
(Fort Olive 1635-1643)
Currency: Euro (EUR);
1960-1 Jan 2002 French Franc
(FRF); 1960-75 French Antilles
 Franc (XNF); 1851-1960
Guadeloupe Franc (GPF) 
National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789)
Fête Nationale
 (National Holiday
"Bastille Day")
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Local Holiday: 27 May (1848)
Abolition de l'Esclavage
(Abolition of Slavery Day)
Population: 449,173 (2018)
GDP: $11.6 billion (2016)
Exports: $181.4 million (2011)
Imports: $3.45 billion (2011)
Ethnic groups: Creole (mulatto) 76.7%, black 10%,
Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asian) 10%, white 2%,
East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese and other 1.3% (2000)
Total Active French Armed Forces: 1,250 (2006)
(includes forces in Martinique)

Defense is the Responsibility of France 
Merchant marine: None (2008)
Religions: Roman Catholic 86.4%, Jehovah's Witness 3.9%,
Protestant 4.5%, atheist/non-religious 3.1%, other 2.1% (2000)
International Organizations/Treaties: ACS (associate), OECS (associate), UPU, WFTU, WMO
Guadeloupe
Index
Chronology

14 Nov 1493                Discovered & claimed for Spain by Columbus, named
                             Isla de Santa María de Guadalupe de Extremadura.
28 Jun 1635                Guadeloupe (Guadaloupe) a French colony (under the
                            
Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique to 1649).
1635 - Apr 1759            Part of the French Antilles colony 
                             (see Martinique).
1664 - Dec 1674            Administered by the Compagnie des Indies 
                             Occidentales.
Dec 1674                   French crown colony.
27 Apr 1759 -  4 Jul 1763  British occupation.
1768 - 1775                Part of the French Antilles colony 
                             (see Martinique).
21 Apr 1794 -  2 Jun 1794  British occupation (Basse-Terre taken 24 Apr 1794).
25 Oct 1797 - 19 Apr 1801  Organized as a département of France.
28 Jan 1810                British invasion begun, Basse-Terre surrenders on
                             6 Feb 1810.
 6 Feb 1810 -  7 Dec 1814  British occupation.

 3 Mar 1813 - 30 May 1814  Ceded to Sweden by France.
18 Jun 1815                Governor declares for Emperor Napoléon I.
10 Aug 1815 - 26 Jul 1816  British occupation.

14 Sep 1939 - Sep 1943     Subordinated to High Commissioner and Commander
                             of the Theater Atlantic West (see Martinique).
24 Jun 1940 - 14 Jul 1943  Administration loyal to Vichy France
                             (from 14 Jul 1943, under Free French).
19 Mar 1946                French overseas département.
28 Mar 2003                French overseas region.
 7 Dec 2003                Referendum on status change to collectivité
                             territoriale defeated by 72.98%.
 
9 Jul 2007                Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin made separate
                             French overseas collectivités.

Marie-Galante
(1649-1729,1792-94)


 
 
 
 
 
 

Governors
28 Jun 1635 -  4 Nov 1635  Jean Duplessis, sieur d'Ossonville (d. 1635)
 
4 Nov 1635 - Nov 1640     Charles Liénard de L'Olive         (d. 1643)
                            
(from 2 Dec 1637, captain-general)
25 Nov 1640 - Sep 1643     Jean Aubert

 
7 Sep 1643 - Aug 1644     Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré  (b. 1616 - d. 1682)
                             (1st time)(governor and sénéchal)
Aug 1644 - May 1645        Marivet (interim)
29 May 1645 -  8 Jul 1654  Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(governor and sénéchal)
 8 Jul 1654 - 1656        
de Boisseret (acting)
1656 - 1664                Charles Houël, sieur de Petit-Pré  (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)(governor and sénéchal)
23 Jun 1664 -  5 Nov 1664  Ducoudray (interim)

 5 Nov 1664 - 1669         Claude François du Lyon            (b. 1633? - d. 1674)
1669 - 1677                Charles François du Lyon           (d. 1677)
1677                       de Baas de l'Herpinière
                             (may not have served)
 
5 Jul 1677 - 15 Jun 1695  Pierre Hencelin (Hincelin)         (d. 1695)
15 Jun 1695 - 1702         Charles Auger                      (b. 1640 - d. 1705)
1703 - 1705                Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (absent)(b. 16.. - d. 1706)
Aug 1703 - 1704            Bonaventure-François de Boisfermé  (b. 1661 - d. 1722)      
                             (interim)
1704 -  1 May 1717         Georges Robert Cloche de Mont-     (b. 16.. - d. 1717)
                             Saint-Rémy de La Malmaison   
May 1717 - Mar 1719        Savinien Michel Lagarrigue de      (b. 1660 - d. 1722)
                             Savigny (interim)
22 Jun 1717                François de Pas de Mazencourt,     (b. c.1660 - d. 1731)
                             marquis de Feuquières
                             (did not take office)
May 1719 - Oct 1727        Alexandre Vaultier de Moyencourt,  (b. 1658 - d. 1728)
                             seigneur de Reuilly, comte de
                             Moyencourt
 
3 Feb 1728 - 27 Jul 1734  Robert Giraud du Poyet             (b. 1665 - d. 1740)
27 Jul 1734 - 17 Aug 1737  Charles de Brunier, marquis de     (b. 1687 - d. 1746)
                             Larnage 
17 Aug 1737 - Oct 1749     Gabriel d'Erchigny de Clieu        (b. 1687 - d. 1774)
                            
(1st time)
Oct 1749 - Dec 1750        de Lafond (1st time)(interim)
Dec 1750 - 15 Aug 1752     Gabriel d'Erchigny de Clieu        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)   
15 Aug 1752 - 27 Dec 1753  de Lafond (2nd time)(interim)
27 Dec 1753 - 1757         Jean Antoine Joseph, chevalier    
(b. 1717 - d. 1794)
                             de Mirabeau 
Mar 1757 - 27 Apr 1759     Charles François Emmanuel Nadeau   (b. 1703 - d. 1786)
                             du Treil
27 Apr 1759 -  1 May 1759  John Barrington                    (b. c.1705 - d. 1764)
 
1 May 1759 - 11 Mar 1760  Byam Crump                         (d. 1760)
Mar 1760 -  4 Jul 1763     Campbell Dalrymple                 (b. 1725 - d. 1767)
Governors-general
 4 Jul 1763 - 24 Jun 1764  François Charles de Bourlamarque   (b. 1716 - d. 1764)

24 Jun 1764 - 20 Mar 1765  Henri Édouard, baron de Copley
                             (interim)
20 Mar 1765 - 29 Nov 1768  Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos, comte    (b. 1714 - d. 1785)
                            
de Nolivos
Governors
29 Nov 1768 - 27 Feb 1769 
Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès    (b. 1730 - d. 1800)
                             de Malartic
27 Feb 1769 - Aug 1771     François Claude Amour du Chariol,  (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
                             marquis de Bouillé 
Aug 1771 - 14 Apr 1773     Louis François de Dion             (b. 1730 - d. 1794)
                            
(interim to 18 Mar 1772)
14 Apr 1773 - 29 Dec 1775  Édouard Hilaire Louis de Tilly,    (b. 1738 - d. 1785)
                            
comte de Tilly (interim)
29 Dec 1775 - 1782         Bache Elzéar Alexandre, comte      (b. 1720 - d. 1793)
                             d'Arbaud de Jouques
16 Nov 1782 - 28 Mar 1783  Claude Charles de Marillac,        (b. 1731 - d. 1800)
                             vicomte de Damas
28 Mar 1783 - 27 May 1784  Jean Thomas Bauné de la Saulais,   (b. 1724 - d. 1812)
                             comte de la Saulais (interim)
27 May 1784 -  9 Jun 1786  Charles François, baron de Clugny  (b. 1741 - d. 1792) 
                             de Thénisey (1st time) 
 
9 Jun 1786 -  4 Dec 1786  comte de Micond (acting)
 4 Dec 1786 - 25 Jul 1792  Charles François, baron de Clugny  (s.a.) 
                             de Thénisey (2nd time) 
25 Jul 1792 -  5 Jan 1793  René Marie, vicomte d'Arrot        (b. 1754 - d. 1821)

                             (de Darrot) (interim)
 5 Jan 1793 - 20 Mar 1793  Jean Baptiste Raimond Lacrosse     (b. 1765 - d. 1829) 
                             (provisional)
20 Mar 1793 - 24 Apr 1794  Georges Henri Victor Collot        (b. 1750 - d. 1805)
Governor
21 Apr 1794 -  2 Jun 1794  Thomas Dundas                      (b. 1750 - d. 1794)
Commissioners delegated by the National Convention
 7 Jun 1794 -  6 Jan 1795  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (b. 1762 - d. 1826)
 6 Jan 1795 - 26 Jan 1796  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (s.a.)
                           + Gaspard Goyrand (to Apr 1795)    (b. 1764 - d. 1799)
                           + Alexandre Lebas                  (b. 1756 - d. 18..)
Agents Particulier of the Executive Directory
26 Jan 1796 - 22 Nov 1798  Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues        (s.a.)
                           + Alexandre Lebas
22 Nov 1798 - 17 Oct 1799  Edme Étienne Borne-Desfourneaux    (b. 1767 - d. 1849)
17 Oct 1799 - 11 Dec 1799  Marie Auguste Paris                (b. 1771 - d. 1814)
                             (provisional)

11 Dec 1799 - 29 May 1801  Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin      (b. 1762 - d. 1828)
                           + René Gaston Baco de la Chapelle  (b. 1751 - d. 1800)
                             (to 30 Dec 1800)
                           + Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc,       (b. 1751 - d. 1828)
                              comte de Laveaux (to 28 Feb 1800) 
                           + Maurice Henry Bresseau           (b. 1759 - d. 18..)
                             (from 2 Mar 1800)

Captains-general
29 May 1801 -  1 Nov 1801  Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse     (s.a.)
                             (1st time) 
24 Oct 1801 -  6 May 1802  Magloire Pélage                    (b. 1766 - d. 1810)
                            (president of provisional council
                             of government, in rebellion)
 
7 May 1802 -  3 Sep 1802  Antoine Richepance                 (b. 1770 - d. 1802)
                            
(general in chief)
 4 Aug 1802
-  8 May 1803  Jean Baptiste Raymond Lacrosse     (s.a.)
                             (acting for Richepance to 3 Sep 1802)
                             (2nd time) 
 
8 May 1803 -  6 Feb 1810  Manuel Louis Jean Augustin Ernouf  (b. 1753 - d. 1827)

Governors
 
6 Feb 1810 - 10 Jul 1810  Sir George Beckwith                (b. 1753 - d. 1823)
10 Jul 1810 - 30 Aug 1810  Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael (interim) (b. 1764 - d. 1813)
30 Aug 1810 - 26 Jun 1813  Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis     (b. 1758 - d. 1832)

                             Cochrane
26 Jun 1813 -  7 Dec 1814  Sir John Skinner                   (b. 1752 - d. 1827)
 7 Dec 1814 - 14 Dec 1814  Baron Eugène Édouard Boyer de      (b. 1774 - d. 1856)
                             Peyreleau (interim)

14 Dec 1814 - 10 Aug 1815  Charles Alexandre Léon Durand,     (b. 1761 - d. 1848)
                             comte de Linois
Governors-general
10 Aug 1815 - 26 Jul 1816  Sir James Leith                    (b. 1763 - d. 1816)

26 Jul 1816 - 30 Jun 1823  Antoine Philippe, comte de Lardenoy(b. 1747 - d. 1825)

Governors and Administrators for the King
 1 Jul 1823 - 18 May 1826  Louis Léon Jacob                   (b. 1768 - d. 1854)

18 May 1826 -  1 Jun 1826  Louis François, baron Vatable      (b. 1773 - d. 1853)
                             (1st time)(acting)
Governors for the King
 1 Jun 1826 -  1 May 1830  Jean Julien, baron Angot des       (b. 1773 - d. 1844)

                             Rotours
 
1 May 1830 -  8 Jul 1831  Louis François, baron Vatable      (s.a.)
                            
(2nd time) 
Governors
 8 Jul 1831 -  3 Jun 1837  René Arnous des Saulsays           (b. 1769 - d. 1852)

 
3 Jun 1837 - 15 Jun 1841  Louis Jean Guillaume Jubelin       (b. 1787 - d. 1860) 
15 Jun 1841 -  7 Jun 1845  Jean Baptiste Marie Augustin       (b. 1786 - d. 1845)
                             Gourbeyre
 
7 Jun 1845 - 31 Oct 1845  Joseph Athanase Varlet (interim)   (b. 1787 - d. 1864)
31 Oct 1845 -  5 Jun 1848  Jean-François Layrle               (b. 1791 - d. 1881)

 5 Jun 1848 - 12 Oct 1848  Alexandre Gatine                   (b. 1805 - d. 1864)
                             (commissioner-general of the republic)
12 Oct 1848 - 14 Apr 1849  Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron     (b. 1796 - d. 1872)
                             (1st time)
14 Apr 1849 - 12 Dec 1849  Jean Jacques Louis Fabvre          (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
                             (provisional)
12 Dec 1849 -  1 Nov 1851  Jacques Amédée Philippe Fiéron     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 1 Nov 1851 - 26 Nov 1851  Jean-Baptiste Honoré Chaumont      (b. 1803 - d. 1869)
                             (interim)

26 Nov 1851 - 12 Dec 1853  Tranquille Aubry-Bailleul          (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
13 Dec 1853 - 13 Jan 1854  Louis Laurent Auguste Guillet      (b. 1794 - d. 1871)
                             (1st time) (interim)

13 Jan 1854 - 28 May 1856  Philibert Augustin Bonfils         (b. 1809 - d. 1871)
29 May 1856 -  4 Mar 1857  Louis Laurent Auguste Guillet      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (interim)

 5 Mar 1857 - 12 Mar 1859  Philippe Victor Touchard           (b. 1810 - d. 1879)
13 Mar 1859 -  4 Jan 1860  Napoléon Joseph Louis Bontemps     (b. 1813 - d. 1872)
                             (interim)
 5 Jan 1860 - 11 Jan 1862  Charles Victor Frébault (1st time) (b. 1813 - d. 1888)
11 Jan 1862 -  4 Jul 1862  Louis Hippolyte de Lormel          (b. 1806 - d. 1888)
                             (acting)
 
4 Jul 1862 - 26 Feb 1864  Charles Victor Frébault (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Feb 1864 - 19 May 1864  Joseph Desmazes (1st time)(acting)
(b. 1806 - d. 1882)
19 May 1864 - 20 Apr 1866  Louis Hippolyte de Lormel          (s.a.)
                             
(1st time) 
20 Apr 1866 - 13 Dec 1866  Joseph Desmazes (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
13 Dec 1866 -  7 Dec 1868  Louis Hippolyte de Lormel          (s.a.)
                              (2nd time) 
 
7 Dec 1868 - 24 Apr 1870  Joseph Desmazes (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1870 - 24 Mar 1873  Marie Gabriel Couturier (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1898) 

24 Mar 1873 - 23 Aug 1873  Octave Bernard Gilbert-Pierre      (b. 1817 - d. 1882)
                             (acting)

23 Aug 1873 - 10 Aug 1879  Marie Gabriel Couturier (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Aug 1879 - 21 Dec 1879  H
ippolyte Pierre Mazé (1st time)   (b. 1818 - d. 1892)
                             (acting)
21 Dec 1879 -  2 Nov 1880  Marie Gabriel Couturier (3rd time) (s.a.)
 2 Nov 1880 - 28 Dec 1880  Jean Joseph Marie Léonce Laugier   (b. 1829 - d. 1900)
                             (1st time)

28 Dec 1880 -  9 Jul 1881  Hippolyte Pierre Mazé (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 9 Jul 1881 - 12 May 1885  Jean Joseph Marie Léonce Laugier   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
12 May 1885 - 21 Dec 1885  Villebrode Coridon (acting)        (b. 1848 - d. 19..)
21 Dec 1885 - 23 Mar 1886  Jean Joseph Marie Léonce Laugier   (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
23 Mar 1886 - 12 Apr 1886  Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher  (b. 1837 - d. 1896)

                            
(1st time)
12 Apr 1886 - 22 Sep 1886  L.J.P. Sainte-Luce (acting) 
22 Sep 1886 - 31 Jan 1891  Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
31 Jan 1891 - 22 Feb 1891  Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouët        (b. 1844 - d. 1933)

                            
(1st time)
22 Feb 1891 - 10 Mar 1891  Félix Gabriel Antoine Feillet      (b. 1866 - d. ....)
                             (acting)
10 Mar 1891 -  9 Jul 1894  Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouët        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)

 
9 Jul 1894 -  8 Jun 1895  Marie Jacques Noël Pardon          (b. 1854 - d. 1910)

 
8 Jun 1895 - 10 Jun 1895  Jean Jules Armand Charles Couzinet (b. 1854 - d. 1906)
                             (1st time)(acting)
10 Jun 1895 - 11 Jul 1895  Dauphin Moracchini (1st time)      (b. 1846 - d. 1903)
11 Jul 1895 - 21 Feb 1896  Jean Jules Armand Charles Couzinet (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)
21 Feb 1896 -  1 Jun 1900  Dauphin Moracchini (1st time)      (b. 1846 - d. 1903)

 
1 Jun 1900 -  6 Jul 1901  Joseph Pascal François (acting)    (b. 1853 - d. 1914)
 6 Jul 1901 - 12 Jul 1902  Martial Henri Merlin               (b. 1860 - d. 1935)

12 Jul 1902 - 15 Oct 1902  Charles Amédée Rognon (acting)     (b. 1861 - d. 1911)
15 Oct 1902 -  1 Dec 1904  Paul Marie Armand Beuverand de     (b. 1847 - d. 1913)

                             La Loyère
 
1 Dec 1904 -  8 Apr 1905  Jules Louis Richard (acting)       (b. 1854 - d. 1915)
 8 Apr 1905 -  1 Aug 1906  Léon Jules Pol Boulloche           (b. 1859 - d. 1922)

 
1 Aug 1906 - 20 Aug 1906  Paul Joseph Cécile Artaud (acting) (b. 1851 - d. 1920)
20 Aug 1906 - 21 Jul 1907  William Maurice Fawtier (1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1926)
                             (acting)
21 Jul 1907 - 29 Jun 1908  Victor Marie Louis Ballot          (b. 1853 - d. 1939)

30 Jun 1908 - 21 Feb 1909  Philippe Marius Henry (acting)     (b. 1865 - d. 1915)
21 Feb 1909 -  6 Nov 1910  Henri François Charles Cor         (b. 1864 - d. 1932)

 6 Nov 1910 -  6 Apr 1911  William Maurice Fawtier (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 6 Apr 1911 - Feb 1913     Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne         (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
14 Apr 1913 - 12 Jun 1914  Émile Joseph Merwart (1st time)    (b. 1869 - d. 1960)
12 Jun 1914 - 25 Jul 1914  Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret        (b. 1866 - d. 19..)
                             (interim)
25 Jul 1914 - 1917         Émile Joseph Merwart (2nd time)    (s.a.)
 5 Jun 1917 - 18 Jun 1917 
Alexandre Émile Joyeux (acting)    (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
18 Jun 1917 - 1919         Jules Maurice Gourbeil
            (b. 1867 - d. 1948)
22 Jan 1919 - 12 Jun 1920  Raoul de la Vaissière (interim)
12 Jun 1920 - 1924         Pierre Louis Alfred 
Duprat         (b. 1880 - d. 1953)
25 Jul 1924 - 1924         Eugène Stanislas Josselin Robert   (b. 1867 - d. 1956)
                             (interim)
19 Oct 1924 -  2 Apr 1926  Maurice Beurnier                   (b. 1878 - d. 1949)
                            
(interim to 30 Dec 1924)
24 Jun 1926 -  2 Apr 1929  Louis Martial Innocent Gerbinis    (b. 1871 - d. 1954)

Apr 1929 - 1931            Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier   (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
Aug 1931 - 1933            Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau       (b. 1883 - d. 1936)
 9 May 1933 - 25 Oct 1936  Joseph Louis Bouge                 (b. 1878 - d. 1960)
25 Oct 1936 - 26 Jul 1938  Adolphe Félix Sylvestre Éboué      (b. 1884 - d. 1944)
26 Jul 1938 - 29 Nov 1938  Léopold Arthur André Allys (acting)(b. 1888 - d. 1968)
29 Nov 1938 - 21 Feb 1940  Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype (b. 1886 - d. 1956)

21 Feb 1940 - 30 Apr 1940  Georges Marin Émile Venard (acting)(b. 1883 - d. 1974)
30 Apr 1940 - 15 Jul 1943  Constant Louis Sylvain Sorin       (b. 1901 - d. 1970)

 
9 Jul 1943 - 15 Jul 1943  Paul Valentino (in rebellion)      (b. 1902 - d. 1988)
15 Jul 1943 - 21 Sep 1943  Georges Émile Albert Poirier       (b. 1894 - d. 19..)
                            
(acting)
21 Sep 1943 - 1945         Maurice Pierre Eugène François     (b. 1900 - d. 1994)
                             Stéphane Bertaut
 
4 Oct 1945 - 1946         André Pierre (interim)
19 Jun 1946 - 12 Oct 1947  
Ernest Maurice de Nattes           (b. 1908 - d. 1994)
Prefects (10 May 1982 - 24 Feb 1988, Commissioners of the Republic;
from 9 Jul 2007, also Representatives of the State in the Collectivités
of Saint-Barthélemy
and Saint-Martin)
12 Oct 1947 - 1947         Jean Henri Pougnet                 (b. 1909 - d. 1972)
26 Dec 1947 - 24 Nov 1950  Gilbert Eugène Félicien Marie      (b. 1908 - d. 1983)

                             Philipson 
16 Jan 1951 - Dec 1952     Gaston Claude Villéger             (b. 1904 - d. 1986)
11 Dec 1952 - 18 May 1954  Jacques Brunel                     (b. 1909 - d. 1964)
18 May 1954 - 18 Dec 1955  Jacques Ravail                     (b. 1907 - d. 1971)

22 Dec 1955 -  6 Mar 1958  Guy Malines                        (b. 1909 - d. 1984)
                             (acting to 22 May 1956)
 6 Mar 1958 -  1 Oct 1960  Jean-Pierre Abeille                (b. 1907 - d. 1981)
 1 Oct 1960 -  1 Aug 1965  Albert Bonhomme                    (b. 1913 - d. 1975)
 1 Aug 1965 - 12 Jul 1967  Pierre Bolotte                     (b. 1921 - d. 2008)
16 Aug 1967 - 16 Dec 1969  Jean Deleplanque                   (b. 1919 - d. 2021)
16 Dec 1969 -  1 Jul 1973  Pierre Mathieu Brunon              (b. 1922 - d. 2000)
12 Jul 1973 - 15 Nov 1975  Jacques Jean Louis Le Cornec       (b. 1927 - d. 2022)
15 Nov 1975 - 15 Oct 1978  Jean-Claude Aurousseau             (b. 1929)
15 Oct 1978 - 28 Feb 1982  Guy Pierre Marie Maillard          (b. 1930 - d. 2013)
28 Feb 1982 - 13 Feb 1984  Robert Miguet                      (b. 1929 - d. 2019)
Feb 1984 - Apr 1986        Maurice Saborin                    (b. 1933)
 9 Apr 1986 -  4 Nov 1987  Yves Bonnet                        (b. 1935)
 4 Nov 1987 - Nov 1989     Bernard Sarazin                    (b. 1929)
Nov 1989 - 18 Jul 1991     Jean-Paul Proust                   (b. 1940 - d. 2010)
31 Jul 1991 -  6 Oct 1993  Franck Perriez                     (b. 1944)
 6 Oct 1993 - 21 Nov 1994  Alain Pierre Frouté                (b. 1939)
21 Nov 1994 - 16 Oct 1996  Michel Diefenbacher                (b. 1947 - d. 2017)
16 Oct 1996 - 12 Nov 1996  Dominique Vian (1st time) (acting) (b. 1944)
12 Nov 1996 - 16 Aug 1999  Jean Fedini                        (b. 1938)
16 Aug 1999 -  6 Aug 2002  Jean-François Carenco              (b. 1952)
 6 Aug 2002 - 17 Jul 2004  Dominique Vian (2nd time)          (s.a.)
17 Jul 2004 - 17 Aug 2004  Denis Labbé (acting)               (b. 1952)
17 Aug 2004 - 12 Jun 2006  Paul Girot de Langlade             (b. 1946)
12 Jun 2006 - 28 Oct 2007  Jean-Jacques Brot                  (b. 1956)
28 Oct 2007 -  5 Nov 2007  Yvon Alain (acting)                (b. 1955)
 5 Nov 2007 - Nov 2008     Emmanuel Berthier                  (b. 1957)
 8 Dec 2008 - Nov 2009     Nicolas Desforges                  (b. 1955)
23 Nov 2009 - 24 Aug 2011  Jean-Luc Michel Fabre              (b. 1949)
17 Jul 2011 - 11 Sep 2011  Philippe Jaumouillé                (b. 1954 - d. 2021)
                             (acting [for Fabre to 24 Aug 2011])
11 Sep 2011 - 14 Feb 2013  Amaury de Saint-Quentin            (b. 1960)
14 Feb 2013 -  1 Dec 2014  Marcelle Pierrot (f)               (b. 1949)
 1 Dec 2014 - 22 Aug 2017  Jacques Billant                    (b. 1960)
22 Aug 2017 -  4 Sep 2017  Virginie Kles (f)(1st time)(acting)(b. 1961)
 4 Sep 2017 - 18 May 2018  Éric Maire                         (b. 1954)
18 May 2018 - 28 May 2018  Virginie Kles (f)(2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)
28 May 2018 -  7 Jul 2020  Philippe Gustin                    (b. 1960)
 7 Jul 2020 -
10 Aug 2020  Virginie Klès (f)(3rd time)(acting)(s.a.)
10 Aug 2020 - 31 Jan 2023  Alexandre Rochatte                 (b. 1969)
31 Jan 2023 -  6 Feb 2023  Maurice Tubul (acting)             (b. 1965)
 6 Feb 2023 -              Xavier Lefort                      (b. 1965)


Presidents of the General Council (Conseil général)

(holding executive power from 2 Mar 1982)
17 Nov 1945 - 12 Oct 1949  Joseph Pitat                       (b. 1908 - d. 1969)  SFIO
12 Oct 1949 - 19 Sep 1950  Furcie Tirolien                    (b. 1886 - d. 1965)  RPF
19 Sep 1950 - 17 Oct 1951  Henri Rinaldo (1st time)           (b. 1909 - d. 1985)  MSG
17 Oct 1951 - 17 Nov 1952  Omer Ninine                                             SFIO
17 Nov 1952 - 24 Dec 1953  Adrien Georges Bourgarel (1st time)(b. 1900 - d. 1990)  MRP
24 Dec 1953 - 14 Nov 1954  Council dissolved by decree
14 Nov 1954 - 20 Nov 1956  René Toribio                       (b. 1912 - d. 1990)  SFIO
20 Nov 1956 -  2 Dec 1957  Adrien Georges Bourgarel (2nd time)(s.a.)               MRP      
 2 Dec 1957 -  3 Oct 1973  Henri Rinaldo (2nd time)           (s.a.)               SFIO+DVG
 3 Oct 1973 - 17 Mar 1976  Lucien Bernier (1st time)          (b. 1914 - d. 1989)  RRS
17 Mar 1976 - 28 Mar 1979  Georges Dagonia                    (b. 1930 - d. 2007)  PS
28 Mar 1979 - 24 Mar 1982  Lucien Bernier (2nd time)          (s.a.)               RRS
24 Mar 1982 - 25 Mar 1985  Lucette Michaux-Chevry (f)         (b. 1929 - d. 2021)  URC+RPR
25 Mar 1985 - 27 Mar 1998  Dominique Larifla                  (b. 1936)            PS;1994 GUSR
27 Mar 1998 - 23 Mar 2001  Marcellin Lubeth                   (b. 1922)            PPDG
23 Mar 2001 -  2 Apr 2015  Jacques Gillot                     (b. 1948)            GUSR
President of the Departmental Council (Conseil départemental)
 2 Apr 2015 -  1 Jul 2021  Josette Borel-Lincertin (f)        (b. 1941)            PS
 1 Jul 2021 -              Guy Losbar                         (b. 1961)            GUSR

Presidents of the Regional Council (Conseil régional)
1975 - 1980                Pierre Mathieu                                          PPG;1977 PS
1980 - 1981                Robert Pentier                     (b. 1920 - d. 2017)  PS
1981 - 1982                Marcel Esdras                      (b. 1927 - d. 1988)  UDF
1981 - 1983                Marcel Gargar                      (b. 1911 - d. 2004)  PCG
28 Feb 1983 - 21 Mar 1986  José Moustache                     (b. 1932 - d. 2013)  URC+RPR
Mar 1986 - 29 Mar 1992     Félix Proto                        (b. 1942 - d. 2013)  PS
29 Mar 1992 -  2 Apr 2004  Lucette Michaux-Chevry (f)         (s.a.)            OG+RPR;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 -  3 Aug 2012  Victorin Lurel (1st time)          (b. 1951)            PS 
 3 Aug 2012 -  2 May 2014  Josette Borel-Lincertin (f)        (s.a.)               PS
 2 May 2014 - 18 Dec 2015  Victorin Lurel (2nd time)          (s.a.)               PS
18 Dec 2015 -              Ary Chalus                         (b. 1961)            GUSR


Intendants of Justice, Police and Finances of Guadeloupe
1763 - 1766                Louis de Thomassin de Peynier      (b. 1705 - d. 1794)
1766 - 1768                Jean Louis Honoré d'Hesmivy,       (b. 1719 - d. 1769)
                             baron de Moissac
1768 - 1790                the Intendants of Martinique
Ordonnateur
(subordinated to the Intendants of the Îles-du-Vent on Martinique)
1769 - 1775                Antoine Bernard d'Eu de Montdenoix (b. 1731 - d. 1805)
                             (1st time)
1775 - 1780               
Louis de Thomassin de Peynier      (s.a.)
                             (intendant)

1780 - 1781                Antoine Bernard d'Eu de Montdenoix (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)

1781                       Constant de Boispineau (interim)
1781 - 1786                Claude Nicolas Fayolle
             (b. 1735 - d. c.1802)
1786 - 1789                Eugène Joseph Stanislas Foulon
                             d'Éscotier                       (b. 1753 – d. 1835)
1789 - 1790                Pierre Iger (interim)
1791 - 1792                Guillot de Rochepierre (interim)
1792 -  5 Dec 1792         Minut                              (d. 1792)
Intendants
of Justice, Police and Finances of Guadeloupe
1792 - 1814               
Post abolished
14 Dec 1814 - 1815         Léger François Trutié de Vaucresson(b. 1774 - d. 1849)
                             (interim)
26 Jan 1815 - 1816         Jean-François César de Guilhermy   (b. 1761 - d. 1829)

30 Aug 1816 - 12 Jan 1818  Eugène Joseph Stanislas Foulon
                             d'Éscotier                       (s.a.)

Party abbreviations: DVD = Divers Droite (Diverse Right, right-wing candidates not members of any large party); DVG = Divers Gauche (Diverse Left, left-wing candidates not members of a large party); GUSR = Guadeloupe Unie, Solidaire et Responsable (Guadeloupe United, Solidarity and Responsible, autonomist, social-liberal, to 6 Nov 2016 formerly 'Guadeloupe Unie, Socialisme et Réalités' [Guadeloupe United, Socialism and Realities] a social-democratic party, est.1994); LR = Les Républicains (The Republicans, center-right, former UMP, est.30 May 2015); OG = Objectif Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe Objective, conservative grouping, incl. RPR, est.1992); PCG = Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen (Guadeloupe Communist Party, est.1958); PPDG = Parti Progressiste Démocratique Guadeloupéen (Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe, split from PCG, est.1991); PS = Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party, social-democratic, former SFIO, est.4 May 1969);
- Former parties: MRP = Mouvement Républicain Populaire (Republican People's Movement, christian democratic, center-right, 1944-1967); MSG = Mouvement Socialiste Guadeloupéen (Guadeloupe Socialist Movement, 1948-1974); PPG = Parti Progressiste Guadeloupéen (Progressive Party of Guadeloupe); RRS = Parti Républicain, Radical et Radical-Socialiste (Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party, moderate, centrist, 1901-1940 & 1945-1978, then UDF); SFIO = Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (French Section of the Workers Internationale, moderate left of center, 1905-1969, renamed PS); RPF = Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally of the French People, Gaullist conservative, 1947-1955); RPR = Rassemblement Pour la République (Rally for the Republic, Gaullist, conservative, 1976-2002 successor to UDR, merged into UMP); UDF = Union pour la Démocratie Française (Union for French Democracy, center-right, 1978-2007); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, merger of RPR, DL and the main part of UDF, 23 Apr 2002-30 May 2015, renamed LR); URC = Union du Rassemblement du Centre (Rally of the Centre Union, local conservative alliance of RPR and UDF)

Marie-Galante

 3 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus,
                             named Santa Maria la Galante.
 8 Nov 1648                Marie-Galante (Marigalante) annexed by France, incorporated into
                             Guadeloupe.

 4 Sep 1649 - 1653         Leased by the King of France to Jacques de Boisseret; de
                             Boisseret's widow formally cedes the family claim in 1660.
1691 - 1696                Abandoned.
26 May 1759 - 1763         British occupation.
 1 Nov 1792                Republican inhabitants of Marie-Galante proclaim their
                             independence from still royalist Guadeloupe while affirming
                             their attachment to the new French republic.
12 Feb 1793                Commission des douze reorganized as assemblée coloniale
                             administrative; secession from G
uadeloupe cancelled.
20 Apr 1794                Self-government ended by British occupation.

Governors
 4 Sep 1649 - 1653         Jacques de Boisseret               (d. 1653)
1653 - 1655                Madeleine Houël de Boisseret (f)   (b. 1613 - d. 1655)
1670 - 1677                Jacques de Boisseret, chevalier    (d. 1677)
                             de Thémericourt         
1679 - 1686                Charles-François d'Angennes,       (b. 1648 - d. 1691)
                             marquis de Maintenon
 1 Jan 1686 - 1695         Charles Auger
1695 - 1696                de Laurière                        (d. 1696)
1696 - 1702                Bonaventure-François de Boisfermé  (b. 1661 - d. 1722)
23 Aug 1714 - 1723         Charles de Brunier, marquis de     (b. 1687 - d. 1746)
                             Larnage -Royal Lieutenant
Jun 1723 - 1724            Ravary -Royal Lieutenant           (d. 1724)
1724 - 1725                Robert Philippe de Longvilliers    (b. 1671? - d. 1761)
                             de Poincy (1st time)(acting)
1725 - 1726                La Chassagne (acting)
Mar 1726 - 1729            Pierre Le Bègue                    (d. 1729)
1729 - 1748                Robert Philippe de Longvilliers    (s.a.)
                             de Poincy (2nd time)
1748? - 1752?              Joseph de Jarrier de La  
                             Chassaigne -Royal Lieutenant  
                             (1st time)
15 Feb 1752 - 1759         Nicolas Baptiste des Merliers      (b. 1688 - d. 1761)
                             de Longueville
1759 - 26 May 1759         Joseph de Jarrier de La Chassaigne
                             (2nd time) (acting)
British Governor
1759 - 1763                Francis Maclean                    (b. 1717? - d. 1781)

Governors-particular
1763 - 1776                Marc Étienne de Joubert            (b. 1716 - d. 1784)
1777 - Aug 1779            Pierre Joseph de Neyon de Villiers (b. 1718 - d. 1780)
1779 - 27 Jun 1785         Auguste Lescuiller Descoudrelles   (d. 1785)
1785? - 1790               Jean Étienne, marquis de Ségur     (b. 1731 - d. 1789)
                             d'Aguesseau
1790 -  1 Nov 1792         Emmanuel Joseph Desnoyers          (b. 1733 - d. c.1798)
Presidents of the Commission (Comité des Douze, called "république des douze")
 1 Nov 1792 - 12 Feb 1793  Robert Philippe Claude Deshayes    (b. 1740 - d. 1808)
                             (Deshaies)
                           + Dominique Murat                  (b. 1742 - d. 1819)






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