List of resident commissioners of the New Hebrides

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.^[1]

A 1905 map of the New Hebrides, in German

List of officeholders

Tenure Incumbent Notes British Administration of New Hebrides Subordinated to the High Commissioners for the Western Pacific (at Fiji to 1952, then at the Solomon Islands) 1887 to 1902 British Naval Commission 1902 to 1907 Ernest Goldfinch Rason, Resident Commissioner December 1907 to 1924 Merton King, Resident Commissioner 1924 to 17 August 1927 Geoffrey Bingham Whistler Smith-Rewse, Resident Commissioner 1927 to 1940 George Joy, Resident Commissioner 1940 to 1950 Richard Denis Blandy, Resident Commissioner 1950 to 1955 Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman, Resident Commissioner From 10 June 1954, Sir Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman 1955 to 1962 John Shaw Rennie, Resident Commissioner 1962 to 1966 Alexander Mair Wilkie, Resident Commissioner 1966 to 1973 Colin Hamilton Allan, Resident Commissioner 1973 to 1975 Roger William Houssemayne du Boulay, Resident Commissioner 1975 to October 1978 John Stuart Champion, Resident Commissioner November 1978 to 1980 Andrew Christopher Stuart, Resident Commissioner 30 July 1980 Independence as Republic of Vanuatu[2]

Tenure Incumbent Notes French Administration of New Hebrides Subordinated to the High Commissioners in the Pacific Ocean (from 22 March 1907 the Governors of New Caledonia) 1887 to 1901 French Naval Commission 1901 to 1904 Gaudence Charles Faraut, Resident Commissioner 1904 to January 1908 Charles Bord, Resident Commissioner 1908 to 1909 Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard, Resident Commissioner 1909 to 1911 Jules Martin, Resident Commissioner 1911 to 1913 Jules Vincent Repiquet, Resident Commissioner 1913 to 1916 Jacques Louis Miramende, Resident Commissioner 1st time 1916 to 1918 Edmond Lippmann, Resident Commissioner 1918 to 1919 Lucien Huques Arthur Nielly, Resident Commissioner 1919 to 1920 Alfred Solari, Resident Commissioner 1920 to 1921 Jacques Louis Miramende, Resident Commissioner 2nd time 1921 to 1923 Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Resident Commissioner 1st time 1923 to 1925 Auguste Adolphe Joseph Marie Raoul de la Vaissière, Resident Commissioner 1925 to 1929 Henri Joseph Marie d'Arboussier, Resident Commissioner 2nd time 1929 to 1930 Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly, Resident Commissioner 1930 to 1931 Maurice Georges Tronet, Resident Commissioner 1931 to 1933 Antoine Louis Carlotti, Resident Commissioner 1933 to 1935 Henri Sautot, Resident Commissioner 1st time 1935 to 1937 Fernand Gaston Georges Émile Robert Casimir, Resident Commissioner 1937 to 1940 Henri Sautot, Resident Commissioner 2nd time 1940 to 1947 Robert Charles Henri Kuter, Resident Commissioner 1947 to 1949 André Ménard, Resident Commissioner 1949 to 1958 Pierre Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Anthonioz, Resident Commissioner 1958 to 1960 Benjamin Marcel Favreau, Resident Commissioner 1960 to 1965 Maurice Charles Jules Delauney, Resident Commissioner 1965 to 1969 Jacques Mouradian, Resident Commissioner 1969 to 1974 Robert Jules Amédée Langlois, Resident Commissioner 1974 to 1978 Robert Gauger, Resident Commissioner 1978 Bernard Pottier, Resident Commissioner 1978 to 1980 Jean-Jacques Robert, Resident Commissioner 30 July 1980 Independence as Republic of Vanuatu[2]

For continuation after independence, see: President of Vanuatu

See also

• History of Vanuatu
• Politics of Vanuatu
• President of Vanuatu
• Prime Minister of Vanuatu

References

1. Blais, Hélène (2019). "Sharing Colonial Sovereignty? The Anglo-French Experience of the New Hebrides Condominium, 1880s–1930s". In Fichter, James R. (ed.). British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Springer International Publishing. pp. 225–247. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97964-9_10. ISBN 9783319979649. S2CID 201397581.
2. "British-French Control Ends in New Hebrides, Now Named Vanuatu". New York Times. Associated Press. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

External links

• World Statesmen – Vanuatu