List of colonial governors of Senegal

! style="width:18%;"|Tenure

! style="width:30%;"|Incumbent

! style="width:20%;"|Notes

|colspan="3"|French rule of Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island by Chartered Companies

|colspan="3"|Expanding to small posts along West African Coast as Far as Gabon until 1850s

|colspan="3"|Governors of the {{ill|Compagnie Normande|fr|Compagnie normande}}

|1626 to 1658

|1626–1631

|1631–1641

|1641–1648

|1649–1650

|1651–1658

|colspan="3"|Governors of the {{ill|Compagnie du Cap-Vert et du Sénégal|fr}}

|1658 to 1664

|1658–1661

|1661–28 May 1664

|colspan="3"|Governors of the Compagnie Française des Indes Occidentales

|1664 to 1672

|28 May 1664 – 1668

|1668– 9 April 1672

|colspan="3"|Governor of the Compagnie du Sénégal

|1672 to 1673

|1672–1673

|colspan="3"|Director of the Compagnie du Sénégal

|1674 to 1682

|1674–1682

|colspan="3"|Director of the Compagnie d'Afrique

|1682 to 1684

|1682–12 September 1684

|colspan="3"|Directors of the {{ill|Compagnie de Guinée|fr}}

|1684 to 1696

|12 September 1684 – 1689

|1689–1690

|1690 – Jan 1693

|Jan 1693 – Jul 1693

|Jul 1693 – Mar 1696

|colspan="3"|Directors of the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal

|1696 to 1709

|Mar 1696– 4 April 1697

|4 April 1697 – 1 May 1702

|1702–1706

|1706–1709

|colspan="3"|Directors of the Compagnie de Rouen

|1710 to 1718

|1710–15 August 1711

|1712– 2 May 1713

|20 April 1714 – 15 December 1718

|colspan="3"|Directors of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales

|1718 to 1758

|15 December 1718 – May 1720

|May 1720 – Apr 1723

|1723–1725

| 1725

|1725–1726

|1726–1733

|1733– 7 March 1733

|1733–1738

|1738–1746

|1746–30 April 1758

|colspan="3"|

|colspan="3"|British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia.

|colspan="3"|British Governors

|1758 to 1779

|30 April 1758 – 10 February 1763

|10 February 1763 – 25 May 1765

|25 May 1765 – Nov 1775

|25 May 1765 – Apr 1766

|Nov 1775– 8 April 1777

|8 April 1777 – 18 August 1778

|18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779

|18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779

|colspan="3"|British Lieutenant Governors

|1776 to 1779

|Apr 1776–24 January 1774

|24 January 1774 – Aug 1775

|Aug 1774 – Nov 1775

|Nov 1775 – Dec 1775

|Dec 1775– 8 August 1776

|8 August 1776 – 1776

|1776–18 August 1778

|18 August 1778 – 11 February 1779

|colspan="3"|French Reclaiming of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island.

|colspan="3"|Royal government, then French First Republic, then French First Empire. From 1789 under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon.

|colspan="3"|French Governors

|1779 to 1809

|11 February 1779 – Mar 1779

|Mar 1779– 7 March 1781

| 7 March 1781 – Jul 1782

|Jul 1782 – Feb 1784

|Feb 1784 – Feb 1786

|Feb 1786 – Dec 1787

|Dec 1787 – Jan 1801

|Jan 1801– 2 July 1802

|2 July 1802 – 27 October 1802

|27 October 1802 – 12 September 1807

|Sep 1807–13 July 1809

|colspan="3"|

|colspan="3"|British Seizure of Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Gorée Island and The Gambia.

|colspan="3"|British Governors

|1809 to 1817

|13 July 1809 – 1811

|1811–1814

|1814–25 January 1817

|colspan="3"|French Reclaim Senegalese Possessions Ruled From Saint-Louis, Senegal and Gorée Island.

|colspan="3"|Royal government restored by British. Under Ministry of the Navy, controlling all posts to Gabon until the 1850s.

|colspan="3"|French Commandants

|1817 to 1828

|25 January 1817 – Dec 1817

|Dec 1817–13 March 1819

|13 March 1819 – 14 August 1820

|14 August 1820 – 1 March 1821

|1 March 1821 – 18 May 1827

|18 May 1827 – 7 January 1828

|colspan="3"|French Governors

|7 January 1828 – 11 May 1829

|11 May 1829 – 24 May 1831

|24 May 1831 – 18 October 1833

|18 October 1833 – 15 November 1833

|13 November 1833 – 10 May 1834

|10 May 1834 – 1 July 1836

|1 July 1836 – Dec 1836

|Dec 1836–13 September 1837

|13 September 1837 – 12 April 1839

|colspan="3"|1839–1854: Posts from Gambia south under command of Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa. See Colonial heads of Gabon

|12 April 1839 – 19 May 1841

|19 May 1841 – 7 May 1842

|colspan="3"|1842–1860: For subdivision Colony of Gorée and Dependencies see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire

|7 May 1842 – 5 February 1843

|5 February 1843 – 24 May 1844

|24 May 1844 – Jul 1844

|Jul 1844–11 December 1845

|11 December 1845 – 20 March 1846

|20 March 1846 – 30 August 1846

|30 August 1846 – 24 August 1847

|24 August 1847 – 7 September 1847

|7 September 1847 – Nov 1847

|Nov 1847 – Aug 1850

|Aug 1850–11 October 1850

|11 October 1850 – 16 December 1854

|May 1853–30 January 1854

|31 January 1854 – 16 December 1854

|colspan="3"|1854: all other West African possessions fall under subdivision of Senegal: Colony of Gorée and Dependencies.

|16 December 1854 – 1 June 1861

|4 September 1858 – 12 February 1859

|colspan="3"|4 October 1860: Ivory Coast territory moved to the Ivory Coast-Gabon colony see Colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire

|1 June 1861 – 1 December 1861

|1 December 1861 – 13 May 1863

|13 May 1863 – 14 July 1863

|14 July 1863 – 1 May 1865

|1 May 1865 – 17 August 1869

|18 August 1869 – 17 October 1869

|17 October 1869 – 18 June 1876

|18 June 1876 – Apr 1880

|colspan="3"|27 February 1880: Haut-Sénégal military region created as sub division. See Colonial heads of Mali

|Apr 1880– 4 August 1881

|4 August 1881 – Oct 1881

|Oct 1881–28 June 1882

|colspan="3"|1882: Coastal sections of Guinea separated from Senegal, become Rivières du Sud, later French Guinee.

|28 June 1882 – 16 November 1882

|16 November 1882 – 28 June 1883

|28 June 1883 – 25 July 1883

|25 July 1883 – 15 April 1884

|15 April 1884 – 14 April 1886

|colspan="3"|1886: Gabon and Eastern coastal possessions separated from Senegal, become French Congo

|14 April 1886 – 29 April 1888

|29 April 1888 – 22 September 1890

|colspan="3"|18 August 1890: French Sudan Territory separated from Senegal. See: Colonial heads of Mali

|22 September 1890 – 19 May 1895

|19 May 1895 – 28 June 1895

|colspan="3"|Incorporated into French West Africa – 16 June 1895 Command of French West Africa Handed to Governor General

|colspan="3"|Governors of Sénégal now subordinate to Governor General of French West Africa

|28 June 1895 – 1 November 1900

|1 November 1900 – 26 January 1902

|26 January 1902 – 15 March 1902

|15 March 1902 – 11 November 1902

|11 November 1902 – 26 August 1907

|26 August 1907 – 15 December 1907

|15 December 1907 – 10 June 1908

|10 June 1908 – 17 October 1908

|17 October 1908 – 23 February 1909

|23 February 1909 – 2 May 1909

|2 May 1909 – 5 February 1911

|5 February 1911 – 13 May 1914

|13 May 1914 – 1916

|20 March 1917 – 23 September 1920

|23 September 1920 – 17 September 1921

|17 September 1921 – 4 July 1925

|4 July 1925 – 23 May 1926

|23 May 1926 – 23 October 1926

|23 October 1926 – 12 March 1929

|12 March 1929 – 4 July 1930

|4 July 1930 – 15 August 1931

|15 August 1931 – 14 October 1931

|14 October 1931 – Dec 1936

|Dec 1936–25 October 1938

|25 October 1938 – 1940

|1 January 1941 – 22 December 1942

|22 December 1942 – 2 December 1943

|2 December 1943 – Jun 1945

|Jun 1945 – Apr 1946

|Apr 1946–20 May 1947

|20 May 1947 – 19 October 1950

|19 October 1950 – 25 April 1952

|25 April 1952 – 19 February 1954

|19 February 1954 – 31 October 1955

|31 October 1955 – 10 February 1957

|10 February 1957 – 25 November 1958

|colspan="3"|African High Commissioner of the French Union

|25 November 1958 – 20 June 1960