Senegal
 

1794 - 1809, 1817 - 25 Nov 1958 25 Nov 1958 - 4 Apr 1959 4 Apr 1959 - 20 Aug 1960 Adopted 20 Aug 1960 Map of Senegal Hear National Anthem "Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons" (Pluck Your Koras, Strike the Balafons) Text of National Anthem Adopted 1960 Constitution (7 Jan 2001; in French) Capital: Dakar (Saint-Louis 1659-1809, 1817-1904, 1817-8 Jan 1958; Freetown 1809-1817) (Mali Fed.:  Dakar 4 Apr 1959 - 20 Aug 1960; Senegambia: Dakar 1 Feb 1982 - 30 Sep 1989) Currency: Communauté Financière Africaine Franc (XOF);  eCFA (2016-2017) National Holiday: 4 Apr (1960) Fête Nationale du Sénégal (Independence Day) Population: 15,736,368 (2019) GDP: $54.8 billion (2017) Exports: $2.36 billion (2017) Imports: $5.21 billion (2017) Ethnic groups: Wolof 37.1%, Pular 26.2%, Serer 17%, Mandinka 5.6%, Jola 4.5%, Soninke 1.4%, other 8.3% (includes Europeans and persons of Lebanese descent) (2017) Total Active Armed Forces: 13,620 (2010) French Troops: 350 (2016) Merchant marine: 32 ships (2019) Religions: Muslim 95.9% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 4.1% (mostly Roman Catholic) (2016) International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfCFTA, AfDB, AIIB (signatory), APM, AU, BCEAO, BTWC, CD, CEN-SAD, CPLP (associate observer), CTBT, EBRD (applicant), ECOWAS, EITI,  ESCR, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IDB, IEA (association), IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISESCO, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LU, MIGA, NAM, NPT, NTBT, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Senegal Index Chronology   1626                       First French settlements in Senegal (Saint-Louis)                              (under the Compagnie Normande de Sénégambia). 1658                       Administered by Compagnie du Cap Vert et du                               Sénégal. 28 May 1664                Under Compagnie des Indes Occidentales.  9 Apr 1672                Under Compagnie de Sénégal ou d'Afrique.   1 Nov 1677                French squadron commanded by a vice-admiral Count                              Jean II d'Estrées capture the island of Gorée. 10 Aug 1678                Gorée ceded to France by Dutch in Treaty of Nijmegen. 1679                       Kings of Rufisque, "Portudal" and "Joal" ceded                              ownership of the coasts between Cape Verd and the                              Gambia River to France. 1682                       Under Compagine d'Afrique. 12 Sep 1684                Under the Compagine de Guineé.  1 Jan 1693 - Jul 1693     English occupation. Mar 1696                   Under the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal. 11 Jul 1710                Under the Compagnie des Marchands de Rouen. 15 Dec 1718                Under the Compagnie des Indes Orientales                              (French East India Company). 30 Apr 1758 - 11 Feb 1779  British occupation of Fort St. Louis (and Gorée on                              31 Dec 1758). 10 Feb 1763                Gorée Island restored to France. 1763                       French negotiate with the Damel du Cayor (Meïssa                              Bigué Ngoné Fall), the cession of the Cape Verd                              peninsula from Cape Manuel to Cape Bernard. 25 May 1765                British colony of Senegambia. Apr 1766                   Senegambia a crown colony. 30 Jan 1779                Senegal retaken France (Gambia posts taken on                              11 Feb 1779).  3 Sep 1783                Formally restored to France by (U.K.)(taking                              possession 23 May 1784). 13 Jul 1809 - 25 Jan 1817  British occupation (in Gorée from 1800). 25 Jan 1817                French reoccupy Senegal colony.  1 Nov 1854 - 26 Feb 1859  Gorée detached from Senegal, becoming part of the                              Colony of Gorée and Dependencies, headed by the                              Commandant of the Naval Division of the Western                              Coasts of Africa (see Gabon). 16 Jun 1895                Part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidental                              Française)(AOF)(Dahomey, French Guinea, French                              Sudan, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal,                              and Upper Volta). 13 Feb 1904                Senegal colony and protectorate. 16 Jun 1940 - 23 Nov 1942  Administration loyal to Vichy France (from 23 Nov                              1942 [under Darlan to 24 Dec 1942], Free French). 23-25 Sep 1940             Failed Free French and Allied assault on Dakar. 27 Oct 1946                Senegal overseas territory of France. 25 Nov 1958                Autonomy (State of Senegal [État du Sénégal]). 25 Nov 1958                Member state of the Communauté (French Community). 24 Jan 1959                Republic of Senegal (République du Sénégal)  4 Apr 1959                Sudanese Republic (now Mali) and Senegal form the                              Mali Federation, which accedes to independence                              20 Jun 1960 (see Mali). 20 Aug 1960                Senegal withdraws from the Mali Federation. 26 Aug 1960                Senegal is proclaimed a sovereign state.  1 Feb 1982 - 30 Sep 1989  Part of the Senegambia Confederation (Confédération                              de la Sénégambie) with The Gambia. 26 Dec 1982                Secessionist movement in Casamance region begins. Senegal Traditional States French West Africa (1895-1958) Dakar and Dependencies (1924-1946) Gorée (1588-1817, 1854-1859) Casamance Historical Maps of Senegal

French West Africa (AOF) 

Map of French West Africa	Capital: Dakar (Senegal) (Gorée 1902-1904; Saint-Louis 1895-1902)	Population: 18,000,000 (1959 est.); 14,944,800 (1937)
Currency: 1958-1960: Communauté Financière Africaine Franc (XOF); 1945-4 Dec 1958: French West African Franc (XCOF); 1895-1945 French West African Franc (XOAF)	Exports: $221.1 million (1953)	Imports: $350.5 million (1953)

Governors-general
16 Jun 1895 -  1 Nov 1900  Jean Baptiste Émile Louis          (b. 1853 - d. 1933)
                             Barthélémy Chaudié 
15 Jul 1897 -  2 Oct 1897  Noël Eugène Ballay                 (b. 1847 - d. 1902)
                             (acting for Chaudié)    
28 Jul 1898 - 13 Nov 1898  Noël Eugène Ballay                 (s.a.)
                             (acting for Chaudié)    
 1 Nov 1900 - 26 Jan 1902  Noël Eugène Ballay                 (s.a.)
19 Apr 1901 - 26 Oct 1901  Victor Lanrezac (acting for Ballay)(b. 1854 - d. 1916)
26 Jan 1902 - 15 Mar 1902  Pierre Paul Marie Capest (acting)  (b. 1857 - d. 1924)
15 Mar 1902 - 15 Dec 1907  Ernest Roume                       (b. 1858 - d. 1941)
29 Jun 1902 - 25 Oct 1902  Victor Liotard (acting for Roume)  (b. 1858 - d. 1916)
10 Jun 1903 - 29 Oct 1903  Martial Henri Merlin               (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
                             (acting for Roume)
 8 Jul 1904 -  5 Nov 1904  Martial Henri Merlin               (s.a.)
                             (acting for Roume)
21 Jul 1905 -  5 Nov 1905  Martial Henri Merlin               (s.a.)
                             (acting for Roume)
18 Mar 1905 - 22 Apr 1905  Camille Guy (acting for Roume)     (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
15 Dec 1907 -  9 Mar 1908  Martial Henri Merlin (1st time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 9 Mar 1908 - 26 Jun 1915  Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty       (b. 1866 - d. 1915)
Jan 1912 - Aug 1912        Marie François Joseph Clozel       (b. 1860 - d. 1918)
                             (acting for Ponty)
14 Jun 1915 -  3 Jun 1917  Marie François Joseph Clozel       (s.a.)
                             (acting for Ponty to 26 Jun 1915)
 3 Jun 1917 - 22 Jan 1918  Joost van Vollenhoven              (b. 1877 - d. 1918)
22 Jan 1918 - 30 Jul 1919  Gabriel Louis Angoulvant (acting)  (b. 1872 - d. 1932)
30 Jul 1919 - 16 Sep 1919  Charles Désiré Auguste Brunet      (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
                             (acting)
16 Sep 1919 - 18 Mar 1923  Martial Henri Merlin (2nd time)    (s.a.)
18 Mar 1923 - 15 Oct 1930  Jules Gaston Henri Cardé           (b. 1874 - d. 1949)
31 May 1924 - 19 Oct 1924  Auguste Alphonse Henri Dirat       (b. 1872 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Cardé)
17 Apr 1926 - 19 Nov 1926  Auguste Alphonse Henri Dirat       (s.a.)
                             (acting for Cardé)
23 Mar 1929 - 30 Oct 1929  Auguste Alphonse Henri Dirat       (s.a.)
                             (acting for Cardé)
15 Oct 1930 - 27 Sep 1936  Joseph Jules Brévié                (b. 1889 - d. 1964)
 6 Apr 1933 -  2 Dec 1933  Albéric Auguste Fournier           (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Brévié)
 7 May 1935 -  5 Dec 1935  Pierre François Boisson            (b. 1894 - d. 1948)
                             (acting for Brévié)
27 Sep 1936 - 14 Jul 1938  Jules Marcel de Coppet             (b. 1881 - d. 1968)
14 Jul 1938 - 28 Oct 1938  Léon Geismar (acting)              (b. 1895 - d. 1944)
28 Oct 1938 - 10 Aug 1939  Pierre François Boisson (1st time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
10 Aug 1939 - 25 Jun 1940  Léon Henri Charles Cayla           (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
25 Jun 1940 - 13 Jul 1943  Pierre François Boisson (2nd time) (s.a.)
                            (also named High Commissioner for all French Africa,
                             responsible for the territories that did not rally 
                             to the Free French)
14 Nov 1942 - 24 Dec 1942  Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan  (b. 1881 – d. 1942)
                             (High Commissioner of France for North and West Africa)
24 Dec 1942 -  3 Jun 1943  Henri Honoré Giraud                (b. 1879 - d. 1949)
                             (acting High Commissioner of France for North Africa)
13 Jul 1943 -  2 Apr 1946  Pierre Charles Cournarie           (b. 1895 - d. 1968)
May 1946 - 27 Jan 1948     René Victor Marie Barthès          (b. 1894 - d. 1965)
27 Jan 1948 - 24 May 1951  Paul Léon Albin Béchard            (b. 1899 - d. 1982)
24 May 1951 - 21 Sep 1952  Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet (acting)(b. 1904 - d. 2007)
21 Sep 1952 -  5 Jul 1956  Bernard Cornut-Gentille            (b. 1909 - d. 1992)
 5 Jul 1956 -  4 Apr 1957  Gaston Custin                      (b. 1903 - d. 1993)
High Commissioners
 4 Apr 1957 - Jul 1958     Gaston Custin                      (s.a.)
Jul 1958 - 22 Dec 1958     Pierre Messmer                     (b. 1916 - d. 2007)

Governors of the Compagnie Normande de Rouen de Sénégambie
1626 - 1631                Thomas Lambert (Lombard)            (d. 1631)
1631 - 1641                Jacques Fuméchon
1641 - 1648                Jean Colyer (Caullier)
1649 - 1650                sieur de Soussy (Souffy)            (d. 1650)
1651 - 1658                sieur Mésineau                      (d. 1658)
Governors of the Compagnie du Cap-Vert et du Sénégal
1658 - 1661                sieur Raguenet                      (d. 1661)
1662 - 1664                sieur du Boulay                     (d. 1664)
Governors and Directors of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales in St.-Louis
1665 - 1668                sieur Jacquet
1668 -  9 Apr 1672         sieur de Richemont                  (d. 1673)
Governor of the Compagnie du Sénégal
1672 - 1673                sieur de Richemont (acting)         (s.a.)
Director and Commandant-general of the Compagnie du Sénégal ou d'Afrique
1674 - 1682                Jacques Fuméchon         
Directors of the Compagnie d'Afrique
1682                       Dancourt
1682 - 12 Sep 1684         Denis Basset
Directors-general of the Compagnie de Guinée
12 Sep 1684 - Jul 1688     Louis Moreau de Chambonneau        (d. 1695)
                             (1st time)
1688                       Jacques Fuméchon   
1688 - 1689                Louis Moreau de Chambonneau        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1689 - 1693                Michel Jajolet de La Courbe        (d. af.1713)
                             (interim)
 1 Jan 1693 - Jul 1693     John Booker -English commander     (d. 1693)
Jul 1696 - 1695            Louis Moreau de Chambonneau        (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
Directors and Commandants of the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal
1695 - 20 Aug 1697         Jean Bourguignon (acting)
20 Aug 1697 - 12 Apr 1702  André Brué                         (b. 1654 - d. 1738)
12 Apr 1702 - 1706         Jacques Joseph Lemaître
1706 - 11 Jul 1710         Michel Jajolet de La Courbe        (s.a.)
Directors of the Compagnie des Marchands de Rouen
11 Jul 1710 - 15 Aug 1711  Guillaume Joseph Mustellier        (b. 16.. - d. 1711)
1712 -  2 May 1713         Pierre, sieur de Richebourg        (d. 1713)
20 Apr 1714 - 15 Dec 1718  André Brué                         (s.a.)
Directors of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales
15 Jun 1720 - Apr 1723     Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert    (d. 1725/26)
                             (1st time) 
Apr 1723 - 1725            Julien du Bellay
1725                       Nicolas Desprès de Saint-Robert    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
1725 - 1726                Arnaud Plumet (acting)
1726 - 1733                Jean Levens de la Rouquette
1733 -  7 Mar 1733         François Etienne sieur Le Juge     (d. 1733)
                             (did not take office)
1733 - 1738                Sebastian Devaulx (acting to 1736)
1738 - 1746                Pierre Félix Barthélemy David      (b. 1711 - d. 1795)
1746 - 30 Apr 1758         Jean-Baptiste Estoupan de la Brüe
British Governors
30 Apr 1758 - 1763         Richard Alchorne Worge             (b. 1707 - d. 1774)
Dec 1763 - 25 May 1765     John Barnes
25 May 1765 - Nov 1775     Charles O'Hara                     (b. 1730 - d. 1805)
Nov 1775 -  8 Apr 1777     Matthias MacNamara
 8 Apr 1777 - 18 Aug 1778  John Clarke                        (d. 1778)
18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779  William Lacy
                             (did not assume office)
18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779  George Fall (acting)
Lieutenant governors
25 May 1765 - 24 Jan 1774  Joseph Debat
                             (Gambia Superintendent of
                             Trade to Apr 1766)
24 Jan 1774 - Aug 1775     William Myres
Aug 1774 - Nov 1775        Matthias MacNamara
Nov 1775 - Dec 1775        Thomas Sharpless (acting)
Dec 1775 -  8 Aug 1776     Joseph Wall                        (b. 1737 - d. 1802)
 8 Aug 1776 - 1776         George Fall (acting) (1st time)
1776 - 18 Aug 1778         William Lacy (acting)
18 Aug 1778 - 11 Feb 1779  George Fall (acting) (2nd time)
Governors
11 Feb 1779 - Mar 1779     Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron,     (b. 1747 - d. 1793)
                             duc de Lauzun
Mar 1779 -  7 Mar 1781     Jacques Joseph Eyriès              (b. 1733 - d. 1798)
 7 Mar 1781 - Jul 1782     Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (acting)
Jul 1782 - Feb 1784        Anne Gaston Dumontet
Feb 1784 - Feb 1786        Louis Legardeur, sieur de          (b. 1721 - d. 1786)
                             Repentigny 
Feb 1786 - Dec 1787        Stanislas Jean Boufflers,          (b. 1738 - d. 1815)
                             chevalier de Boufflers
Dec 1787 - Jan 1801        François Blanchot de Verly         (b. 1735 - d. 1807)
                             (1st time) 
Jan 1801 -  2 Jul 1802     de Charbonnes (acting)
 2 Jul 1802 - 27 Oct 1802  Louis Henri Pierre Lasserre
27 Oct 1802 - 12 Sep 1807  François Blanchot de Verly         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Sep 1807 - 13 Jul 1809     Pierre Levasseur 
British Governors
13 Jul 1809 - 1811         Charles William Maxwell            (b. 1776 - d. 1848)
1811 - 1814                Charles William MacCarthy          (b. 1764 - d. 1824)
1814 - Dec 1816            Thomas Brereton                    (b. 1782 - d. 1831)
Dec 1816 - 25 Jan 1817     D. Mackenzie (acting)     
Commandants
1815 - 1816                Élie-Joseph, comte de Trigant      (b. 1759 - d. 1833)
                             de Beaumont (did not take office)
25 Apr 1816 -  1 Jan 1818  Julien Schmaltz (1st time)         (b. 1771 - d. 1826)
                             (arrived 25 Jan 1817)
 2 Jan 1818 - 10 Jul 1819  Aimé Benjamin Fleuriau (acting)    (b. 1785 - d. 1862)
10 Jul 1819 - 10 Aug 1820  Julien Schmaltz (2nd time)         (s.a.)
11 Aug 1820 - 28 Feb 1822  Louis Jean Lecoupe de Montereau,   (b. 1772 - d. 1840)
                             baron Le Coupé (acting)
 1 Mar 1822 - 31 Aug 1824  Jacques-François, baron Roger      (b. 1787 - d. 1849)
                             (1st time)
 1 Sep 1824 - 31 Oct 1825  Gaud Amable Hugon (acting)         (b. 1783 - d. 1862)
 1 Nov 1825 - 18 May 1827  Jacques-François, baron Roger      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
19 May 1827 -  6 Jan 1828  Hyacinthe Benjamin Gerbidon        (b. 1786 - d. 1854)
                             (acting)
Governors
 7 Jan 1828 - 10 May 1829  Louis Jean Guillaume Jubelin       (b. 1787 - d. 1860)
11 May 1829 - 27 May 1831  Pierre Édouard Brou                (b. 1786 - d. 1862)
28 May 1831 - 17 Oct 1833  Thomas Renault de Saint-Germain    (b. 1781 - d. 1833)
18 Oct 1833 - 14 Nov 1833  Jean-Baptiste Bertrand Armand      (b. 1795 - d. 1849)
                             Cadéot (acting)
15 Nov 1833 - 10 May 1834  Eustache Louis Jean Quernel        (b. 1787 - d. 1847)
14 May 1834 - 30 Jun 1836  Louis Pujol                        (b. 1790 - d. 1855)
 1 Jul 1836 - 28 Dec 1836  Louis Augustin Médéric Malavois    (b. 1793 - d. 1836)
29 Dec 1836 - 14 Sep 1837  Louis Laurent Auguste Guillet      (b. 1794 - d. 1871)
                             (acting)
15 Sep 1837 - 11 Apr 1839  Julien Armand Soret                (b. 1783 - d. 1864)
11 Apr 1839 - 18 May 1841  Guillaume Basile Charmasson de     (b. 1780 - d. 1864)
                             Puylaval                   
19 May 1841 -  6 May 1842  Jean-Baptiste Montagniés de        (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
                             La Roque
 7 May 1842 -  5 Feb 1843  Paul Pageot des Noutières (acting) (b. 1802 - d. 1879)
 6 Feb 1843 - 31 Jan 1844  Louis Édouard Bouët                (b. 1808 - d. 1871)
                             (from 1844, Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez)
 1 Feb 1844 - 24 Jul 1844  Auguste-Lazare Laborel (acting)    (b. 1798 - d. 1853)
25 Jul 1844 - 11 Dec 1845  Pierre Maurice Thomas (acting)
12 Dec 1845 - 20 Mar 1846  François Marie Charles Ollivier    (b. 1784 - d. 1846)
21 Mar 1846 - 29 Aug 1846  Louis-Antoine Houbé (acting)       (b. 1798 - d. 18..)
30 Aug 1846 - 23 Aug 1847  Ernest Bourdon, comte de Gramont   (b. 1805 - d. 1847)
24 Aug 1847 -  7 Sep 1847  Jean-François Caille (acting)      (b. 1799 - d. 1847)
 7 Sep 1847 - Nov 1847     Léandre Adolphe Joseph Bertin du   (b. 1804 - d. 1884)
                             Château (1st time)(acting)
Nov 1847 -  1 May 1848     Auguste Laurent François Baudin    (b. 1800 - d. 1877)
                             (1st time) 
 1 May 1848 - 23 Nov 1848  Léandre Adolphe Joseph Bertin du   (s.a.)
                             Château (2nd time)(acting)
23 Nov 1848 - Aug 1850     Auguste Laurent François Baudin    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
Aug 1850 - 11 Oct 1850     Pierre Auguste Eugène Aumont       (b. 1802 - d. 1860)
                             (acting)
11 Oct 1850 - 22 May 1853  Auguste Léopold Protet (1st time)  (b. 1808 - d. 1862)
22 May 1853 - 30 Jan 1854  André César Vérand (acting)        (b. 1805 - d. 1870)
30 Jan 1854 - 16 Dec 1854  Auguste Léopold Protet (2nd time)  (s.a.)
16 Dec 1854 -  1 Jun 1861  Louis Léon César Faidherbe         (b. 1818 - d. 1889)
                             (1st time)
 4 Sep 1858 - 12 Feb 1859  Armand Robin (acting for Faidherbe)(b. 1813 - d. 1867)
 1 Jun 1861 -  1 Dec 1861  Léopold François Stephan (acting)  (b. 1815 - d. 1886)
 1 Dec 1861 - 13 May 1863  Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry         (b. 1815 - d. 1887)
13 May 1863 - 14 Jul 1863  Jean Émile Pinet-Laprade (1st time)(b. 1822 - d. 1869)
                             (acting)
14 Jul 1863 -  1 May 1865  Louis Léon César Faidherbe         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 1 May 1865 - 17 Aug 1869  Jean Émile Pinet-Laprade (2nd time)(s.a.)
                             (acting to 12 Jul 1865)
18 Aug 1869 - 17 Oct 1869  Ferdinand Charles Alexandre Tredos (b. 1820 - d. 1897) 
                             (acting)
17 Oct 1869 - 18 Jun 1876  François-Xavier Michel Valière     (b. 1826 - d. 1886)
18 Jun 1876 - Apr 1880     Louis Alexandre Esprit Gaston      (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
                             Brière de I'Isle 
Apr 1880 -  4 Aug 1881     Louis Ferdinand de Lanneau         (b. 1822 - d. 1881)
 4 Aug 1881 - Oct 1881     Marie Auguste Deville de Perière   (b. 1825 - d. 1901)
                             (acting)
Oct 1881 - 28 Jun 1882     Henri Philibert Canard             (b. 1824 - d. 1894)
28 Jun 1882 - 16 Nov 1882  Aristide Louis Antoine Vallon      (b. 1826 - d. 1897)
16 Nov 1882 - 28 Jun 1883  Charles Étienne René Servatius     (b. 1878 - d. 1932)
28 Jun 1883 - 25 Jul 1883  Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher  (b. 1837 - d. 1896) 
                             (acting)
25 Jul 1883 - 15 Apr 1884  Henry Bourdiaux (acting)           (b. 1838 - d. 1899)
15 Apr 1884 - 14 Apr 1886  Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Seignac     (b. 1833 - d. 1902)
14 Apr 1886 - 29 Apr 1888  Jules Genouille                    (b. 1839 - d. 1923)
29 Apr 1888 - 22 Sep 1890  Clément Léon Émile Thomas          (b. 1840 - d. 1925)
22 Sep 1890 - 19 May 1895  Henri Félix de Lamothe             (b. 1843 - d. 1926)
19 May 1895 - 28 Jun 1895  Louis Mouttet (acting)             (b. 1857 - d. 1902)
28 Jun 1895 -  1 Nov 1900  Jean-Baptiste Émile Louis          (b. 1853 - d. 1933) 
                             Barthélémy Chaudié
 1 Nov 1900 - 26 Jan 1902  Noël Eugène Ballay                 (b. 1847 - d. 1902)
Lieutenant-governors
26 Jan 1902 - 15 Mar 1902  Pierre Paul Marie Capest           (b. 1857 - d. 1924)
15 Mar 1902 - 11 Nov 1902  Ernest Roume                       (b. 1858 - d. 1934)
11 Nov 1902 - 26 Aug 1907  Camille Lucien Xavier Guy          (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
26 Aug 1907 - 15 Dec 1907  Joost van Vollenhouven (acting)    (b. 1877 - d. 1918)
15 Dec 1907 - 10 Jun 1908  Martial Henri Merlin               (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
10 Jun 1908 - 17 Oct 1908  Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne         (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
                             (1st time) 
17 Oct 1908 - 23 Feb 1909  Jules Maurice Gourbeil             (b. 1867 - d. 1948)
23 Feb 1909 -  2 May 1909  Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudart       (b. 1859 - d. 1942) 
                             (acting)
 2 May 1909 -  5 Feb 1911  Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
 5 Feb 1911 - 13 May 1914  Henri François Charles Cor         (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
13 May 1914 - 14 Feb 1916  Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti  (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
20 Mar 1917 - 23 Sep 1920  Ernest Fernand Levêque             (b. 1852 - d. 1927)
1919 - 1919                Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac      (b. 1876 – d. af.1934)
                             (acting for Levêque)
23 Sep 1920 - 17 Sep 1921  Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier   (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
                             (acting)
17 Sep 1921 -  4 Jul 1925  Pierre Jean Henri Didelot          (b. 1870 - d. 1941)
 4 Jul 1925 - 23 May 1926  Camille Théodore Daniel Maillet    (b. 1879 – d. 1954) 
                             (1st time)(acting)
23 May 1926 - 23 Oct 1926  Joseph Zébédée Olivier Vadier      (b. 1881 - d. 1963) 
                             (acting)
23 Oct 1926 - 12 Mar 1929  Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore    (b. 1882 - d. 1975)
12 Mar 1929 -  4 Jul 1930  Maurice Beurnier (1st time)        (b. 1878 - d. 1949)
 4 Jul 1930 - 15 Aug 1931  Camille Théodore Daniel Maillet    (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time)
15 Aug 1931 - 14 Oct 1931  Benoît Louis Rebonne (acting)
14 Oct 1931 - Dec 1936     Maurice Beurnier (2nd time)        (s.a.)
Dec 1936 - 25 Oct 1938     Louis Lefebvre
25 Oct 1938 - 1940         Georges Hubert Parisot             (b. 1887 – d. 1969)
 1 Jan 1941 - 22 Dec 1942  Georges Pierre Rey                 (b. 1897 - d. 1977)
22 Dec 1942 -  2 Dec 1943  Hubert Jules Deschamps             (b. 1900 - d. 1979)
 2 Dec 1943 - Jun 1945     Charles Jean Dagain                (b. 1885 - d. 1969)
Jun 1945 - Apr 1946        Pierre Louis Maestracci            (b. 1893 - d. 1960)
Apr 1946 - 20 May 1947     Oswald Durand                      (b. 1888 - d. 1982)
20 May 1947 - 19 Oct 1950  Laurent Marcel Wiltord             (b. 1900 - d. 1953)
19 Oct 1950 - 25 Apr 1952  Camille Victor Bailly              (b. 1907 - d. 1984)
25 Apr 1952 - 19 Feb 1954  Lucien Eugène Geay                 (b. 1900 - d. 1976)
19 Feb 1954 - 31 Oct 1955  Maxime Antoine Marie Jourdain      (b. 1910 - d. 2003)
31 Oct 1955 - 10 Feb 1957  Jean Colombani                     (b. 1903 - d. 1977)
10 Feb 1957 - 25 Nov 1958  Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami   (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
High Commissioner
25 Nov 1958 - 20 Jun 1960  Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami   (s.a.)
President of the Council
20 Jun 1960 -  5 Sep 1960  Mamadou Dia                        (b. 1910 - d. 2009)  UPS
Presidents
 5 Sep 1960 - 31 Dec 1980  Léopold Sédar Senghor              (b. 1906 - d. 2001) UPS;1976 PSS
 1 Jan 1981 -  1 Apr 2000  Abdou Diouf                        (b. 1935)            PSS
                             (also president of Senegambia 1 Feb 1982 - 30 Sep 1989)
 1 Apr 2000 -  2 Apr 2012  Abdoulaye Wade                     (b. 1926)            PDS
 2 Apr 2012 -  2 Apr 2024  Macky Sall                         (b. 1961)            APR
 2 Apr 2024 -              Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye      (b. 1980)            PASTEF

Vice President of the Council of Government
18 May 1957 - 26 Jul 1958  Mamadou Dia                        (s.a.)               BPS
President of the Council of Government
26 Jul 1958 - 24 Jan 1959  Mamadou Dia                        (s.a.)               UPS
President of the Council (Prime minister)
24 Jan 1959 - 18 Dec 1962  Mamadou Dia                        (s.a.)               UPS
18 Dec 1962 - 26 Feb 1970  Post abolished
Prime ministers
26 Feb 1970 - 31 Dec 1980  Abdou Diouf                        (s.a.)              UPS;1976 PSS
 1 Jan 1981 -  3 Apr 1983  Habib Thiam (1st time)             (b. 1933 - d. 2017)  PSS
 3 Apr 1983 - 29 Apr 1983  Moustapha Niasse (1st time)        (b. 1939)            PSS
                             (interim)
29 Apr 1983 -  8 Apr 1991  Post abolished
 8 Apr 1991 -  3 Jul 1998  Habib Thiam (2nd time)             (s.a.)               PSS
 3 Jul 1998 -  5 Apr 2000  Mamadou Lamine Loum                (b. 1952)            PSS
 5 Apr 2000 -  3 Mar 2001  Moustapha Niasse (2nd time)        (s.a.)               AFP
 3 Mar 2001 -  4 Nov 2002  Mame Madior Boye (f)               (b. 1940)            Non-party
 4 Nov 2002 - 21 Apr 2004  Idrissa Seck                       (b. 1959)            PDS
21 Apr 2004 - 19 Jun 2007  Macky Sall                         (s.a.)               PDS
19 Jun 2007 - 30 Apr 2009  Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré            (b. 1951)            Non-party
30 Apr 2009 -  5 Apr 2012  Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye            (b. 1958)            PDS
 5 Apr 2012 -  3 Sep 2013  Abdoul Mbaye                       (b. 1953)            Non-party
 3 Sep 2013 -  8 Jul 2014  Aminata Touré (f)                  (b. 1962)            APR
 8 Jul 2014 - 14 May 2019  Mohamed Boun Abdallah Dionne       (b. 1959 - d. 2024)  Non-party
14 May 2019 - 17 Sep 2022  Post abolished
17 Sep 2022 -  9 Mar 2024  Amadou Ba                          (b. 1961)            APR
 9 Mar 2024 -  8 Apr 2024  Sidiki Kaba                        (b. 1950)            APR
 8 Apr 2024 -              Ousmane Sonko                      (b. 1974)            PASTEF

Territorial Disputes: Cross-border trafficking in persons, timber, wildlife, and cannabis; rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance find refuge in Guinea-Bissau.

Party abbreviations: AFP = Alliance des Forces de Progrès (Alliance of the Forces of Progress, social democratic, center-left, split from PSS, est.13 Aug 1999); APR = Alliance Pour la République "Yakaar" (Alliance for the Republic "Hope", social conservative, economic liberal,  centrist, split from PDS, est.1 Dec 2008); PASTEF = Patriotes Africains du Sénégal pour le Travail, l'Éthique et la Fraternité (African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity, left-wing populist, Pan-Africanist, banned 31 Jul 2023 - 27 Mar 2024, est.Jan 2014); PSS = Parti Socialiste du Sénégal (Socialist Party of Senegal, democratic socialist, African nationalist, 1976-2000 ruling party, former UPS, est.Dec 1976); PDS = Parti Démocratique Sénégalais (Senegalese Democratic Party, liberal, centrist, est.31 Jul 1974); 
- Former parties: BPS = Bloc Populaire Sénégalais (Senegalese Popular Bloc, social-democratic, Feb 1957-1958, merged into UPS); UPS = Union progressiste Sénégalaise (Senegalese Progressive Union, democratic socialist, 1960-1974 ruling party, 1958-Dec 1976, renamed PSS)

Dakar and Dependencies

27 Nov 1924                Circumscription of Dakar and Dependencies (Circonscription de
                             Dakar et dépendances), incl. Gorée and Rufisque (separated
                             from Senegal and directly subordinated to the Governor-general
                             of French West Africa).
16 Jun 1940 - 23 Nov 1942  Administration loyal to Vichy France (from 23 Nov 1942,
                             Free French).
19 May 1946                Re-incorporated into Senegal (by Décret no. 46-1108 du 17 mai 1946
                             Suppression de la Circonscription de Dakar et dépendances.
                             JORF du 19 mai 1946).

Administrators supérieur
(subordinated to the governors-general of French West Africa)
1925                       François Eugène Paul Bernard   (b. 1879 - d. 19..)
1925 – 1931                Joseph Zébédée Olivier Vadier  (b. 1881 – d. 1931)
 1 Jan 1932 - 1940         Louis Charles Léonce Ponzio    (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
1940 – 1943                Pierre Edouard Bienès          (b. 1896 – d. 1951)
1943 - 1945                Albert Mercadier               (b. 1897 - d. 1979)
1945 – 1946                André Marie Becq               (b. 1889 – d. 1960)

1444                       Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Dinis Diaz and claimed for
                             Portugal (named Ilha de Palma).
1617 - 23 Jan 1663         Dutch colony (Goede Reede or Goeree).
23 Jan 1664 - 14 Oct 1664  English occupation.
11 Oct 1664 - 15 Nov 1677  Dutch rule restored (Goeree).
 1 Nov 1677 - 1692         French rule (Gorée)(taking possession 15 Nov 1677), part
                             of Senegal (ceded to France 10 Aug 1678 by  Treaty of Nijmegen).
 8 Feb 1693 - Jul 1693     English occupation (see under Senegal).
Jul 1693                   French rule restored.
31 Dec 1758 - 10 Feb 1763  British occupy Gorée (and from 30 Apr 1758, Senegal). 
10 Feb 1763                Gorée Island restored to France, part of Senegal.
 8 May 1779 - 23 May 1784  British occupation (formally ceded to France by treaty 3 Sep 1783).
1800 - 18 Jan 1804         British occupation. 
18 Jan 1804 -  9 Mar 1804  French re-occupation.
 9 Mar 1804                British re-occupation (from 13 Jul 1809 in rest of Senegal).
25 Jan 1817                Part of French Senegal colony.
 1 Nov 1854                Gorée detached from Senegal colony and put under the rule of a
                             Commandant Supérieur, Chef de la Division Navale des Côtes
                             Occidentales d'Afrique (Naval Division of the Western Coasts
                             of Africa)(see under Gabon). A commandant particulier also
                             existed. Colony of Gorée and Dependencies (Colonie de Gorée et
                             Dépendances).
26 Feb 1859                Gorée is re-incorporated into Senegal and put under the rule of
                             a Commandant Supérieur de Gorée et Dépendance.
12 Oct 1882                Gorée et Dépendances is put under the direct rule of the
                             governor of Senegal. 

Governors
1617 - 1664                ....
23 Jan 1664 - Jan 1664     Sir Robert Holmes                  (b. c.1622 - d. 1692)
Jan 1664 - Oct 1664        Morgan Facey
 2 Oct 1664 - 14 Oct 1664  Sir George Abercromby
1664 - 16..                Jan Cellarius
16.. - 15 Nov 1677         Hopsak 
15 Nov 1677 - 12 Sep 1763  the governors of Senegal
Commandants, Administrators general and Commissioners of the Navy
12 Sep 1763 - Nov 1764     Pierre, sieur Poncet de la Rivière (b. 1701 - d. 1784)
Nov 1764 - Mar 1765        .... (acting)
Mar 1765 - Jul 1767        Jean-Georges le Baillif de         (b. 1719 - d. ....)
                             Mesnager
Jul 1767 - Mar 1768        Claude Le Lardeux de La Gastière   (d. 1768)
Mar 1768 -  4 Oct 1768     Maiziére (acting)
 4 Oct 1768 - 10 Dec 1772  Pierre Louis de Rastel de          (b. 1729 - d. 1779)
                             Rocheblave
10 Dec 1772                Antoine Jean-Baptiste Georges Louis(b. 1725 - d. 1773)
                             Desmarets Montchaton (acting)
10 Dec 1772 - Nov 1774     Charles Hippolyte de Boniface      (d. 1782)
Nov 1774 - Dec 1777        Joseph Alexandre Le Brasseur       (b. 1745 - d. 1794)
Dec 1777 - Aug 1778        Alexandre David Armény de Paradis  (b. 1734 - d. 1778)
Aug 1778 - 31 Jan 1779     Charles Boucher (acting)
31 Jan 1779 - Mar 1779     Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de    (b. 1747 - d. 1793)
                             Lauzun
British Lieutenant governors
 8 May 1779 - May 1779     John Mackenzie, Lord Macleod       (b. 1727 - d. 1789)
10 May 1779 - Jul 1780     George Herbert Adams               (b. 17.. - d. 1809)
Jul 1780 -  3 Sep 1783     Joseph Wall                        (b. 1737 - d. 1802)
British Commandants (from 1809, subordinated to British Governors of Senegal and Gorée)
 5 Apr 1800 - 1803         John Fraser                        (b. 1760 - d. 1843)
1803 - 18 Jan 1804         Charles Stevenson
18 Jan 1804 -  9 Mar 1804  French rule
 9 Mar 1804-bf.15 Mar 1804 Charles Pickford (Picford)         (b. 1769 - d. 1841)
15 Mar 1804 - 1805         William Murray                 
c.Mar 1805 - Sep 1808      Edward Lloyd                       (d. 1847)
Sep 1808 - Jul 1811        Charles William Maxwell            (b. 1776 - d. 1848)
c.1811 - 1816              James Chisholm                     (b. 1765? - d. 1821)
1816 - 25 Jan 1817         D. Mackenzie
French Captain commanding the African battalion (bataillon d'Afrique)
(charged by the Governor with civil and military administration of the island of Gorée)
 3 Feb 1817 - 21 Sep 1817  Bertrand Baignères
Commandant pour le Roi de Gorée et dépendances
21 Sep 1817 - 24 Apr 1818  Pierre Ferdinand de Gavot          (b. 1756 - d. 1832)
Commandants Particuliers de l'île de Gorée et dépendances
25 Apr 1818 - 23 May 1822  Hervé-Hubert
24 May 1822 - 17 Apr 1823  Cogniasse de Lage
18 Apr 1823 - 25 Apr 1824  Gaud-Amable, baron Hugon           (b. 1783 - d. 1862)
26 Apr 1824 - 24 Jan 1832  Charles Alexandre Hesse 
25 Jan 1832 - 29 Jun 1832  Fort (acting)
30 Jun 1832 - 11 May 1833  Eustache Louis Jean Quernel        (b. 1787 - d. 1847)
12 May 1833 - 24 Jun 1836  Louis Augustin Médéric Malavois    (b. 1793 - d. 1836)
24 Jun 1836 - 14 Apr 1845  Henry Louis Félicité Victor Dagorne(b. 1793 - d. 1846)
15 Apr 1845 - 11 Jan 1846  Jean-François Caille (acting)      (b. 1799 - d. 1847)
12 Jan 1846 -  6 May 1847  Petit
 7 May 1847 - 26 Jul 1848  Pierre Claude-Amable Gachot        (b. 1796 - d. 1858)
26 Jan 1849 -  3 Mar 1849  Parent (acting)
 4 Mar 1849 - 26 Apr 1853  Pierre Aumont (acting)             (b. 1802 - d. 1860)
27 Jul 1849 - 25 Jan 1853  Roche (acting for Aumont)
27 Apr 1853 - 31 Oct 1854  Timoléon Jean-François Ropert      (b. 1813 - d. 1872)
                             (acting)
Commandant Supérieur des Établissements Français de la Côte Occidentale
 1 Nov 1854 - 26 Feb 1859  Auguste Léopold Prôtet             (b. 1808 - d. 1862)
Commandants-Supérieur Gorée-Gabon
1854 - 23 Mar 1856         Jérôme Félix de Monléon            (b. 1798 - d. 1856)
Apr 1856 - 26 Feb 1859     Auguste Léopold Prôtet             (s.a.)
Commandants-Particuliers Gorée
 1 Nov 1854 - 19 Aug 1855  Timoléon Jean-François Ropert      (s.a.)
20 Aug 1855 - 15 Jan 1859  Jean Isidore Raoul Paul d'Alteyrac (b. 1813 - d. 1869)
16 Jan 1859 -  2 Mar 1859  Étienne Georges Catherine de Cools (b. 1811 - d. 1861)
                             (interim)
Commandants Supérieurs de Gorée et Dépendances
 3 Mar 1859 - 24 Jul 1861  Jean Émile Pinet-Laprade (1st time)(b. 1822 - d. 1869)
23 Jul 1861 -  2 Jan 1862  Cornu (acting)
 3 Jan 1862 -  2 May 1863  Jean Émile Pinet-Laprade (2nd time)(s.a.)
 3 May 1863 - 15 Jul 1863  Fontaine (acting)
16 Jul 1863 - 11 Jul 1864  Jean Émile Pinet-Laprade (3rd time)(s.a.)
12 Jul 1864 - 15 Dec 1864  Charles Gabriel Felicité Martin    (b. 1823 - d. 1876)
                             des Pallières (acting)
16 Dec 1864 - 30 Apr 1865  Jean Émile Pinet-Laprade (4th time)(s.a.)
 1 May 1865 - 15 Oct 1865  Pierre Nicolas Ringot (interim)
16 Oct 1865 - 24 Jun 1866  Louis Alexandre Flize (1st time)   (b. 1828 - d. 1871)
                             (interim)
25 Jun 1866 - 20 Jan 1867  Pierre Alexandre Mailhetard        (b. 1822 - d. 1885)
                             (interim)
21 Jan 1867 - 24 May 1867  Louis Alexandre Flize (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (interim)
25 May 1867 -  4 Oct 1867  Hopfer (acting)
Commandants du 2nd Arrondissement
 5 Oct 1867 -  6 May 1870  Pierre Alexandre Mailhetard        (s.a.)
 7 May 1870 - 10 Jul 1872  Henri Philibert Canard (1st time)  (b. 1824 - d. 1894)
11 Jul 1872 - 29 Nov 1872  Pèrichout
                             (acting)
30 Nov 1872 - 26 May 1874  Henri Philibert Canard (2nd time)  (s.a.)
27 May 1874 - 15 Nov 1874  Alexis Wendling (acting)           (b. 1841 - d. 1895)
16 Nov 1874 - 26 Jun 1877  Henri Philibert Canard (3rd time)  (s.a.)
27 Jun 1877 - 15 Nov 1877  Gabet (acting)
15 Nov 1877 - 26 May 1879  Henri Philibert Canard (4th time)  (s.a.)
27 May 1879 - 29 Nov 1879  Charles Émile Boilève (acting)     (b. 1837 - d. 1900)
30 Nov 1879 - 14 Jun 1880  Henri Philibert Canard (5th time)  (s.a.)
15 Jun 1880 - 17 May 1882  Jacquemart
18 May 1882 - 11 Oct 1882  d'Étienne

1645                       Portuguese under Gonçalo Gamboa Ayala establish a trading
                             post at Ziguinchor (Siggcoor).
23 Jan 1836                French establish a trading post at Carabane (Karabane).
 4 Feb 1850                First of several French protectorate treaties with local rulers
                             is signed.
12 May 1886                Ziguinchor formally ceded to France by Portugal in exchange for
                             territory near Massabé on the Loango coast.  
22 Apr 1888                Beginning of French administration, Ziguinchor part of Senegal
                             colony.
10 Aug 1889                U.K. formally cedes its claims in the area to France.
18 Jan 1894                Casamance is put under an Administrateur Supérieur by Senegal.
 1 Jun 1907                Casamance is split into two circles: Cercle de Haute Casamance
                             (Circle of Upper Casamance) with a capital Sédihou, and the
                             Cercle de Basse Casamance (Circle of Lower Casamance) with a
                             capital at Ziguinchor.
14 Mar 1960                Casamance circles are formed into two regions: Region of the
                             Casamance (Région de la Casamance) capital at Ziguinchor, and
                             Region of Eastern Senegal (Région du Sénégal Oriental) capital
                             at Tambacounda.
20 Jun 1960                Part of independent Senegal.
26 Dec 1982                Separatist rebellion begins in the Casamance region.
18 Dec 1983                Demonstrators demand the independence of Casamance.
24 Mar 1984                Casamance region is split into: Kolda Region (Région de Kolda),
                             and Ziguinchor Region (Région de Ziguinchor), and Eastern Senegal
                             region is renamed Tambacounda Region (Région de Tambacounda).
 7 Apr 1984                Senegal prohibits official use of name "Casamance."
30 Dec 2004                Diamacouné Senghor signs a peace agreement with Senegal, which
                             is rejected by some factions of the MFDC. This division has
                             deeply divided Casamance's independence movement.
10 Sep 2008                Sédhiou Region (Région de Sédhiou) split from the Kolda region,
                             and Kédougou Region (Région de Kédougou) split from Tambacounda
                             region.

Administrateurs Supérieur
18 Jan 1894 – 1896         A. Farque
1896 – 1898                G. Adam
1898 – 1900                Seguin
1900 - c.Jul 1901          Forestier
c.1902 - 1905?             Henri Charles Dominique de         (b. 1860 - d. 19..)
                             Labretoigne du Mazel
1905 - 19 Jul 1906         Georges Lucien Marie Aubry Lecomte (b. 1859 - d. 1941)
19 Jul 1906 – 11 May 1908  Guyon
1908 - Jun 1914            Joseph Edmé Charles Maclaud        (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
Jun 1914 – 1917            Richard Edmond Maurice Edouard     (b. 1883 – d. 1958)
                             Brunot 
1917 – 1921                Benquey
1921 – 1924                Gabriel Omer Descemet              (b. 1879 - d. 1961)
c.1926 - c.Jan 1927        Maubert
1928 - c.Apr 1929          Georges Emler
c.Apr 1930 - c.Jul 1931    Fernand? Reynier
193.                       Hamon
193. - 1933                Astruc
1933 – 30 Jun 1937         Jean Georges Charles Albert        (b. 1885 – d. 1937)
                             Chartier
18 Jun 1937 -  4 Oct 1938  Henri Hontarréde                   (b. 1886 - d. 1962)
1938 - 1939                Jules Surlemont (acting)           (b. 1897 - d. 1983)
1939                       Henri Carbou                       (b. 1882 - d. 1973)
Commandants de Cercle
18 Nov 1939 - af.Oct 1940  Haumant
af.Oct 1940 - 14 Apr 1942  Dumas                
14 Apr 1942 - 31 May 1944  Sajous
31 May 1944 – 1947         Claude Michel                      (b. 1899 – d. 1977)
1947 – 1948                Romain Paul Marie Cazenave         (b. 1897 - d. 1976)
1948 – 1948                Marc Marie Joseph Auber            (b. 1898 – d. 19..)
1948 - 1952                ....
c.Jul 1952 - 1954          Jules Surlemont                    (s.a.)
1954 – 1955                Jacques Victor Mary                (b. 1910 – d. 2001)
195. - 1958                Bernard Follin
1958? - 1960               Paul Arondel                       (b. 1894 - d. 1960)

Secretary-general of the MFDC
1982 - Aug 2001            Abbé Augustin Diamacouné Senghor   (b. 1928 - d. 2007)  MFDC
                            (23 Dec 1982 - 2 Jan 1988, 14 Jun 1990 - 24 Apr 1990,
                             19 Mar 1993 - 1993 imprisoned by Senegal;
                             in Guinea-Bissau exile Jul/Aug 1992 - 19 Mar 1993)
23 Dec 1982 - Feb 1984     Seven Members
                           (acting for Senghor)
                           - Diédhiou
                           - Ousmane Tamba 
                           - Bountou Badji
                           - et. al.
Feb 1984 - Jan 1993        Sidi Badji (1st time)(interim)     (b. 1920? - d. 2003) MFDC
21 Feb 1993 - 26 May 2003  Sidy Badji (2nd time)              (s.a.)               MFDC
                            (interim; in opposition)
Aug 2001 - Nov 2001        Jean-Marie François Biagui                              MFDC
2002 - 14 Jan 2007         Abbé Augustin Diamacouné Senghor   (s.a.)               MFDC

Party abbreviation: MFDC = Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de le Casamance (Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance, regionalist, 1947-1960, refounded 1982, separatist,
est. 2,300 troops [2002])