| Term |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| French Indochina |
| French Indochina formed (Cambodia, Annam, Tonkin, and Cochinchina, and from 3 October 1893, Laos) |
| 16 November 1887 to April 1888 |
Jean Antoine Ernest Constans, Governor-General |
| April 1888 to 31 May 1889 |
Étienne Antione Guillaume Richaud, Governor-General |
| 31 May 1889 to April 1891 |
Jules Georges Piquet, Governor-General |
| April 1891 to June 1891 |
Bideau, acting Governor-General |
| June 1891 to 31 December 1894 |
Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, Governor-General |
| March 1894 to October 1894 |
Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Lanessan |
| December 1894 to February 1895 |
François Pierre Rodier, acting Governor-General |
| February 1895 to 10 December 1896 |
Paul Armand Rosseau, Governor-General |
| December 1896 to 13 February 1897 |
Augustin Juline Fourès, acting Governor-General |
| 13 February 1897 to October 1902 |
Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, Governor-General |
| October 1902 to February 1908 |
Jean Baptiste Paul Beau, Governor-General |
| 18 February 1908 to September 1908 |
Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, acting Governor-General |
| September 1908 to January 1910 |
Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Governor-General |
| January 1910 to February 1911 |
Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié, acting Governor-General |
| February 1911 to November 1911 |
Paul Louis Luce, Governor-General |
| November 1911 to January 1914 |
Albert Pierre Sarraut, Governor-General |
1st time |
| January 1914 to 7 April 1915 |
Joost van Vollenhoven, acting Governor-General |
| April 1915 to May 1916 |
Ernest Nestor Roume, Governor-General |
| May 1916 to January 1917 |
Jean Eugène Charles, acting Governor-General |
| January 1917 to May 1919 |
Albert Pierre Sarraut, Governor-General |
2nd time |
| May 1919 to February 1920 |
Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General |
1st time |
| February 1920 to April 1922 |
Maurice Long, Governor-General |
| April 1922 to August 1922 |
François Marius Baudouin, acting Governor-General |
| August 1922 to April 1925 |
Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General |
| April 1925 to November 1925 |
Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General |
2nd time |
| 18 November 1925 to January 1928 |
Alexandre Varenne, Governor-General |
| January 1928 to August 1928 |
Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General |
3rd time |
| 22 August 1928 to 15 January 1934 |
Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier, Governor-General |
| 15 January 1934 to September 1936 |
Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Governor-General |
| September 1936 to 23 August 1939 |
Joseph Jules Brévié, Governor-General |
| 23 August 1939 to 25 June 1940 |
Georges Catroux, acting Governor-General |
| 25 June 1940 to 9 March 1945 |
Jean Decoux, Governor-General |
| Japanese Occupation of French Indochina |
| 9 March 1945 to 28 August 1945 |
Yuitsu Tsuchihashi, Governor-General |
| 9 March 1945 to 15 August 1945 |
Takeshi Tsukamoto, acting Governor-General |
Acting for Tsuchihashi |
| Allied Military Administration |
| Above 16th parallel |
| 9 September 1945 to 6 March 1946 |
Lu Han, Military Governor (Republic of China) |
| Below 16th parallel |
| 6 September 1945 to 28 January 1946 |
Douglas David Gracey, Military Governor (United Kingdom) |
| French Indochina |
| 23 September 1945 to 5 October 1945 |
Jean Marie Arsène Cédile, acting High Commissioner |
| 5 October 1945 to 31 October 1945 |
Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque, dit Leclerc, acting High Commissioner |
| 31 October 1945 to 1 April 1947 |
Georges Louis Marie Thierry d'Argenlieu, High Commissioner |
| 1 April 1947 to 20 October 1948 |
Émile Bollaert, High Commissioner |
| 20 October 1948 to 17 December 1950 |
Léon Marie Adolphe Pascal Pignon, High Commissioner |
| 17 December 1950 to 11 January 1952 |
Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny, High Commissioner |
| 11 January 1952 to 1 April 1952 |
Raoul Albin Louis Salan, acting High Commissioner |
| 1 April 1952 to 27 April 1953 |
Jean Letourneau, High Commissioner |
| 27 April 1953 to 17 August 1953 |
Jean Letourneau, Commissioner-General |
| 17 August 1953 to 10 April 1954 |
Maurice Dejean, Commissioner-General |
| 10 April 1954 to 2 June 1955 |
Paul Henri Romuald Ély, Commissioner-General |
| June 1955 to 21 July 1956 |
Henri Hoppenot, Commissioner-General |
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