(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| French Suzerainty | ||
| 5 September 1900 to 10 October 1900 | Émile Gentil, Commandant | |
| Under the lieutenant governors of Oubangui-Chari | ||
| 10 October 1900 to 1901 | Georges Destenave, Commandant | |
| 1901 to 1901 | ... Julien, Commandant | |
| 1902 to 1904 | Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant | 1st Term |
| 1904 to 1906 | Henri Gouraud, Commandant | |
| 1906 to 1908 | Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant | 2nd Term |
| 1908 to 1909 | Constant Millot, Commandant | |
| 6 October 1909 to 15 January 1910 | Henry Moll, Commandant | |
| Incorporated into French Equatorial Africa | ||
| 15 January 1910 to 1910 | Henry Moll, Commandant | |
| 1910 to 1911 | Joseph Édouard Maillard, Commandant | |
| 1911 to 1912 | Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant | 3rd Term |
| 1912 to 1912 | James Édouard Hirtzman, Commandant | |
| 1912 to 1913 | Gabriel Julien Joseph Briand, Commandant | 1st Term |
| 1913 to 1915 | Victor Emmanuel Étienne Largeau, Commandant | 4th Term |
| 1915 to 1916 | Gabriel Julien Joseph Briand, Commandant | 2nd Term |
| 1916 to 1918 | Clément Léon Martelly, Commandant | |
| 1918 to 17 March 1920 | Albert Ducarré, Commandant | |
| 10 August 1920 to 30 January 1923 | Fernand Marie Joseph Antoine Lavit, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| 30 January 1923 to 1925 | François Reste, acting Lieutenant-Governor | 1st Term |
| 1925 to 1925 | Antoine Touzet, Lieutenant-Governor | |
| 9 April 1925 to 25 January 1926 | François Reste, Lieutenant-Governor | 2nd Term |
| 25 January 1926 to 13 January 1928 | Marcel de Coppet, acting Lieutenant-Governor | 1st Term |
| 13 January 1928 to 21 April 1929 | Adolphe Deitte, Lieutenant-Governor | 1st Term |
| 21 April 1929 to 22 November 1929 | Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Lieutenant-Governor | 1st Term |
| 22 November 1929 to 14 May 1932 | Marcel de Coppet, Lieutenant-Governor | 2nd Term |
| 14 May 1932 to 26 January 1933 | Georges David Pierre Marie Prouteaux, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| 26 January 1933 to 17 August 1934 | Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate | 1st Term |
| 17 August 1934 to 21 May 1935 | Adolphe Deitte, Governor-Delegate | 2nd Term |
| 21 May 1935 to 30 May 1935 | Richard Brunot, Governor-Delegate | 2nd Term |
| 30 May 1935 to 23 October 1936 | Pierre Simon Antonin Bonnefont, acting Governor-Delegate | |
| 23 October 1936 to 24 October 1936 | Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Governor-Delegate | 2nd Term |
| 24 October 1936 to 28 March 1938 | Max de Masson de Saint-Félix, Governor-Delegate | |
| 28 March 1938 to 1939 | Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Governor-Delegate | 3rd Term |
| 1939 to 19 November 1938 | Émile Buhot-Launay, acting Governor | |
| 19 November 1938 to 12 November 1940 | Félix Éboué, Governor | |
| 12 November 1940 to 30 July 1942 | Pierre-Olivier Lapie, Governor | |
| 30 July 1942 to 5 November 1943 | André Latrille, Governor | |
| 5 November 1943 to 27 October 1946 | Jacques Rogué, Governor | |
| French overseas territory | ||
| 27 October 1946 to 24 November 1948 | Jacques Rogué, Governor | |
| 24 November 1948 to 7 July 1949 | Paul Le Layec, Governor | |
| 7 July 1949 to 27 January 1951 | Henry de Mauduit, Governor | |
| 27 January 1951 to 19 October 1951 | Charles Hanin, acting Governor | |
| 19 October 1951 to 19 December 1951 | François Casamatta, acting Governor | |
| 19 December 1951 to 3 November 1956 | Ignace Colombani, Governor | |
| 3 November 1956 to 22 January 1959 | René Troadec, Governor | |
| Republic of Chad | Autonomous | |
| 22 January 1959 to 11 August 1960 | Daniel Doustin, High Commissioner | |
| 11 August 1960 | Independence as Republic of Chad | |
For continuation after independence, see: President of Chad