| Term |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| French Suzerainty |
| 10 February 1894 to 13 July 1894 | Eugène Decazes, Director | |
| Upper Oubangui (Haut-Oubangui) |
| 13 July 1894 to 20 October 1894 | Eugène Decazes, Commissioner | |
| 20 October 1894 to 1897 | Victor Liotard, Commissioner | |
| 1897 to 1900 | Victor Liotard, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| 1900 to 29 December 1903 | Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| Upper Oubangui (Oubangui-Chari) |
| 29 December 1903 to May 1904 | Adolphe Cureau, Lieutenant-Governor | (contd.) |
| May 1904 to 22 August 1905 | Alphonse Iaeck, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| 22 August 1905 to 16 February 1906 | Victor Emmanuel Merlet, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| 16 February 1906 to 4 April 1906 | Louis Paul Émile Lamy, Governor-Delegate | |
| Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (constituent colony of Congo Français, renamed French Equatorial Africa in 1910) |
| April 4, 1906, to February 28, 1909 | Émile Merwart, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| February 28, 1909, to August 5, 1910 | Lucien Fourneau, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| August 5, 1910, to June 10, 1911 | Paul Adam, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| June 10, 1911, to October 12, 1916 | Frederic Estebe, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| October 12, 1916, to July 17, 1917 | Victor Merlet, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| July 17, 1917, to 16 May 1919 | Auguste Lamblin, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| May 16, 1919 to August 31, 1920 | Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| Oubangui-Chari (Oubangui-Chari and Chad are separated) |
| August 31, 1920 to December 1921 | Alphonse Diret, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| December 1921 to August 7, 1923 | Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| August 7, 1923 to November 1924 | Pierre Frangois, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| November 1924 to July 1, 1926 | Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| July 1, 1926, to July 1928 | Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| July 1928 to October 22, 1929 | Auguste Lamblin, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| October 22, 1929, to October 30, 1930 | Georges Prouteaux, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| October 30, 1930, to March 8, 1933 | Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| March 8, 1933, to February 1934 | Pierre Bonnefont, acting Lieutenant-Governor | |
| February 1934 to August 17, 1934 | Alphonse Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| August 17, 1934 to May 21, 1935 | Adolphe Deitte, Governor-Delegate | |
| May 21, 1935, to May 30, 1936 | Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate | |
| May 30, 1935, to October 24, 1936 | Pierre Bonnefont, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| October 24, 1936, to March 28, 1939 | Max Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor-Delegate | |
| March 28, 1939, to July 15, 1941 | Pierre de Saint-Mart, acting Governor | |
| July 15, 1941 to May 30, 1942 | Pierre de Saint-Mart, Governor | |
| May 30, 1942, to July 30, 1942 | André Latrille, acting Governor | |
| July 30, 1942, to April 3, 1946 | Henri Sautot, Governor | |
| April 3, 1946, to May 24, 1946 | Jean Chalvet, Governor | |
| May 24, 1946, to October 1946 | Henri Latour, acting Governor | |
| French overseas territory |
| October 1946 to April 25, 1948 | Jean Chalvet, Governor | (contd.) |
| April 25, 1948, to December 1, 1948 | Jean Mauberna, acting Governor | |
| December 1, 1948, to January 27, 1949 | Auguste Even, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| January 27, 1949, to January 4, 1950 | Pierre Delteil, Governor | |
| January 4, 1950, to March 1, 1950 | Auguste Even, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| March 1, 1950, to July 9, 1951 | Ignace Colombani, Governor | |
| July 9, 1951, to October 19, 1951 | Pierre Raynier, acting Governor | |
| October 19, 1951, to February 16, 1954 | Aime Grimald, Governor | |
| February 16, 1954, to March 23, 1955 | Louis Sanmarco, acting Governor | |
| March 23, 1957 to January 29, 1958 | Louis Sanmarco, Governor | |
| January 29, 1958, to December 1, 1958 | Paul Bordier, Governor | |
| Central African Republic | autonomous |
| December 1, 1958 to August 14, 1960 | Paul Bordier, High Commissioner | |
| August 14, 1960 | Independence as Central African Republic |