List of resident commissioners of the New Hebrides
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This is a list of the resident commissioners of the New Hebrides, an Anglo-French condominium encompassing the territory of the present-day Republic of Vanuatu, that was divided into two separate communities: one Anglophone and one Francophone.{{Cite book|last=Blais|first=Hélène|chapter=Sharing Colonial Sovereignty? The Anglo-French Experience of the New Hebrides Condominium, 1880s–1930s|date=2019|pages=225–247|editor-last=Fichter|editor-first=James R.|series=Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series|publisher=Springer International Publishing|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-97964-9_10|isbn=9783319979649|title=British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East|s2cid=201397581 }}
List of officeholders
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|colspan="3"|British Administration of New Hebrides | ||
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|colspan="3"|Subordinated to the High Commissioners for the Western Pacific (at Fiji to 1952, then at the Solomon Islands) | ||
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|1887 to 1902 | British Naval Commission | |
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|1902 to 1907 | Ernest Goldfinch Rason, Resident Commissioner | |
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|December 1907 to 1924 | Merton King, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1924 to 17 August 1927 | Geoffrey Bingham Whistler Smith-Rewse, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1927 to 1940 | George Joy, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1940 to 1950 | Richard Denis Blandy, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1950 to 1955 | Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman, Resident Commissioner | From 10 June 1954, Sir Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman |
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|1955 to 1962 | John Shaw Rennie, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1962 to 1966 | Alexander Mair Wilkie, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1966 to 1973 | Colin Hamilton Allan, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1973 to 1975 | Roger William Houssemayne du Boulay, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1975 to October 1978 | John Stuart Champion, Resident Commissioner | |
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|November 1978 to 1980 | Andrew Christopher Stuart, Resident Commissioner | |
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|30 July 1980 | colspan="2"|Independence as Republic of Vanuatu{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/07/30/archives/britishfrench-control-ends-in-new-hebrides-now-named-vanuatu.html|title=British-French Control Ends in New Hebrides, Now Named Vanuatu|newspaper=New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=30 July 1980|access-date=29 May 2022}} |
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! Tenure ! Incumbent ! Notes | ||
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|colspan="3"|French Administration of New Hebrides | ||
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|colspan="3"|Subordinated to the High Commissioners in the Pacific Ocean (from 22 March 1907 the Governors of New Caledonia) | ||
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|1887 to 1901 | French Naval Commission | |
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|1901 to 1904 | Gaudence Charles Faraut, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1904 to January 1908 | Charles Bord, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1908 to 1909 | Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1909 to 1911 | Jules Martin, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1911 to 1913 | Jules Vincent Repiquet, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1913 to 1916 | Jacques Louis Miramende, Resident Commissioner | 1st time |
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|1916 to 1918 | Edmond Lippmann, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1918 to 1919 | Lucien Huques Arthur Nielly, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1919 to 1920 | Alfred Solari, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1920 to 1921 | Jacques Louis Miramende, Resident Commissioner | 2nd time |
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|1921 to 1923 | Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Resident Commissioner | 1st time |
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|1923 to 1925 | Auguste Adolphe Joseph Marie Raoul de la Vaissière, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1925 to 1929 | Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Resident Commissioner | 2nd time |
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|1929 to 1930 | Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1930 to 1931 | Maurice Georges Tronet, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1931 to 1933 | Antoine Louis Carlotti, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1933 to 1935 | Henri Sautot, Resident Commissioner | 1st time |
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|1935 to 1937 | Fernand Gaston Georges Émile Robert Casimir, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1937 to 1940 | Henri Sautot, Resident Commissioner | 2nd time |
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|1940 to 1947 | Robert Charles Henri Kuter, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1947 to 1949 | André Ménard, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1949 to 1958 | Pierre Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Anthonioz, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1958 to 1960 | Benjamin Marcel Favreau, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1960 to 1965 | Maurice Charles Jules Delauney, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1965 to 1969 | Jacques Mouradian, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1969 to 1974 | Robert Jules Amédée Langlois, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1974 to 1978 | Robert Gauger, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1978 | Bernard Pottier, Resident Commissioner | |
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|1978 to 1980 | Jean-Jacques Robert, Resident Commissioner | |
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|30 July 1980 | colspan="2"|Independence as Republic of Vanuatu |
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For continuation after independence, see: President of Vanuatu
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vanuatu.html World Statesmen – Vanuatu]
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