European (as well as Japanese and Chinese) colonial administrators (French: Gouverneurs généraux de l'Indochine française) had historically been responsible for the territory of French Indochina, an area equivalent to modern-day Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and the Chinese city of Zhanjiang.

The following have held the position of governor-general of French Indochina.^[1][2]

Post–1945

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
High commissioner (Hauts-commissaires de France en Indochine)
–		Jean Cédile [fr] (1908–1984) Acting	23 September 1945	5 October 1945	12 days
–		Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1908–1984) Acting	5 October 1945	31 October 1945	26 days
1		Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889–1964) Appointed as the High Commissioner 17 August 1945, but did not enter his position until 2 November.	2 November 1945	27 March 1947	1 year, 145 days
2		Émile Bollaert (1890–1978)	27 March 1947	20 October 1948	1 year, 207 days
3		Léon Pignon (1908–1976)	20 October 1948	13 December 1950	2 years, 54 days
4		Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952)	13 December 1950	11 January 1952 †	1 year, 29 days
5		Raoul Salan (1899–1984)	11 January 1952	18 April 1952	98 days
6		Jean Letourneau (1907–1986)	18 April 1952	27 April 1953	1 year, 9 days
Commissioners-general (Commissaires généraux en Indochine)
1		Jean Letourneau (1907–1986)	27 April 1953	23 July 1953	87 days
2		Maurice Dejean [fr] (1899–1982) Served at the time of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu	23 July 1953	4 June 1954	316 days
3		Paul Ély (1897–1975)	4 June 1954	April 1955	9 months
4		Henri Hoppenot (1891–1977)	April 1955	21 July 1956	1 year, 3 months

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