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Easternmost of the Comoro Island group in the Mozambique Channel, about 300 miles (480 km.) west of the northern tip of Madagascar, and roughly 320 miles (515 km.) east of northern Mozambique, on the African mainland. When the Comoros became independent in 1975, Mayotte elected to remain French, a circumstance not recognized by Comoros, which claims Mayotte to the present day. See also Anjouan, Grand Comoro, Mohéli.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
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Hassan | c. 1515 | c. 1530 | Mayotte | ||
Muhammad | c. 1530 | c. 1550 | Mayotte | ||
Isa | c. 1550 | c. 1590 | Mayotte | ||
Amina | c. 1590 | c. 1596 | Female; Regent. | Mayotte | |
Bwana Fuma ibn Ali | c. 1596 | c. 1620 | Regent | Mayotte | |
Ali I | c. 1620 | c. 1640 | Mayotte | ||
Umar | c. 1640 | c. 1680 | Mayotte | ||
Ali II | c. 1680 | c. 1700 | Mayotte | ||
Aisa | c. 1700 | c. 1714 | Female; Regent. | Mayotte | |
Monavo Fani | c. 1714 | c. 1720 | Female; Regent. | Mayotte | |
Abu Bakr | c. 1720 | 1727 | Mayotte | ||
Salim I | 1727 | 1752 | Mayotte | ||
Bwana Kombo I | 1752 | 1790 | Mayotte | ||
Salim II | 1790 | 1807 | Mayotte | ||
Salih | 1807 | 1817 | Mayotte | ||
Ahmad | 1817 | 1829 | Mayotte | ||
Bwana Kombo II | 1829 | 1832 | Mayotte | ||
Andrianametaka | 1832 | 1835 | Mayotte | ||
To Anjouan | 1835 | 1841 | Mayotte | ||
To France | 1841 | Present | Mayotte | ||
Pierre Passot | 1841 | 1844 | Governor | Mayotte | |
Paul Charles Rang | 03/1844 | 06/1844 | Mayotte | ||
Charles Louis Thiebault | 06/1844 | 10/1844 | Acting | Mayotte | |
August Le Brun | 1844 | 1846 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Pierre Passot | r. 1846 | 1849 | Mayotte | ||
Stanislas Fortunat Livet | 1849 | 1851 | Mayotte | ||
Philibert Bonfils | 1851 | 1853 | Mayotte | ||
André Brisset | 1853 | 1854 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Auguste Joseph Verand | 1854 | 1857 | Mayotte | ||
Charles Auguste Morel | 1857 | 1860 | Mayotte | ||
Charles Gabrié | 1860 | 1864 | Mayotte | ||
Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb | 1864 | 1868 | Mayotte | ||
Joseph Ferdinand Hayes | 1858 | 1859 | Acting. | Mayotte | |
L. J. Leguay | 1869 | 1869 | Acting. | Mayotte | |
Joseph Vincent Christophe Colomb | r. 1869 | 1871 | Mayotte | ||
Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre | 1871 | 1875 | Mayotte | ||
Claude Fontaine | 1875 | 1875 | Acting | Mayotte | |
François Marie Ferriez | 1875 | 1875 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Patrice Louis Jules Ventre de la Touloubre | r. 1875 | 1878 | Mayotte | ||
Jean Roblin | 1878 | 1878 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Charles Vassal | 1878 | 1879 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Charles Bayet | 1879 | 1879 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Edouard Sasias | 1879 | 1879 | Acting | Mayotte | |
François Marie Ferriez | r. 1879 | 1885 | Mayotte | ||
Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache | 1885 | 1887 | Mayotte | ||
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville | 1887 | 1888 | Mayotte | ||
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud | 1888 | 1893 | Mayotte | ||
Étienne Théodore Lacascade | 1893 | 1896 | Mayotte | ||
To Colony of Madagascar | 1896 | 1912 | Mayotte | ||
Auguste Pereton | 1896 | 1897 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon | 1897 | 1899 | Mayotte | ||
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud | r. 1899 | 1900 | Mayotte | ||
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal | 1900 | 1902 | Mayotte | ||
Louis Lemaire | 1902 | 1902 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Alfred Albert Martineau | 1902 | 1904 | Mayotte | ||
Jules Martin | 1904 | 1905 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet | 1905 | 1906 | Mayotte | ||
Fernand Foureau | 1906 | 1907 | Mayotte | ||
Paul Patté | 1907 | 1908 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Charles Henri Vergnes | 1908 | 1909 | Mayotte | ||
Ernest Bonneval | 1909 | 1910 | Mayotte | ||
Michel Astor | 1910 | 1911 | Mayotte | ||
Frédéric Estébe | 1911 | 1911 | Mayotte | ||
Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton | 1911 | 1912 | Mayotte | ||
To Comoros | 1912 | 1975 | Mayotte | ||
To Mayotte | 1975 | 1976 | Mayotte | ||
Younoussa Bamana | 1975 | 1976 | Mayotte | ||
Jean Marie Coussirou | 1976 | 1978 | Mayotte | ||
To France | 1976 | Present | Mayotte | ||
Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard | 1978 | 1980 | Mayotte | ||
Philippe Jacques Nicholas Kessler | 1980 | 1981 | Mayotte | ||
Pierre Sevellec | 1981 | 1982 | Mayotte | ||
Yves Bonnet | 1982 | 1982 | Mayotte | ||
Christian Pellerin | 1983 | 1984 | Mayotte | ||
François Bonnelle | 1984 | 1986 | Mayotte | ||
Guy Dupuis | 1986 | 1986 | Mayotte | ||
Akli Khider | 1986 | 1988 | Mayotte | ||
Daniel Limodin | 1988 | 1990 | Mayotte | ||
Jean-Paul Coste | 1990 | 1993 | Mayotte | ||
Jean-Jacques Debacq | 1993 | 1994 | Mayotte | ||
Alain Weil | 1994 | 1996 | Mayotte | ||
Philippe Boisadam | 1996 | 1998 | Mayotte | ||
Pierre Bayle | 1998 | 2001 | Mayotte | ||
Philippe de Mester | 2001 | 2002 | Mayotte | ||
Jean-Jacques Brot | 2002 | 2005 | Mayotte | ||
Jean-Paul Kihl | 2005 | 2007 | Mayotte | ||
Vincent Bouvier | 2007 | 2008 | Mayotte | ||
Denis Robin | 2008 | 2009 | Mayotte | ||
Christophe Peyrel | 2009 | 2009 | Acting. | Mayotte | |
Hubert Derache | 2009 | 2011 | Mayotte | ||
Patrick Duprat | 2011 | 2011 | Acting | Mayotte | |
Thomas Degos | 2011 | 2013 | Mayotte | ||
Jacques Witkowski | 2013 | 2014 | Mayotte | ||
Seymour Morsy | 2014 | 2016 | Mayotte | ||
Frédéric Veau | 2016 | 2018 | Mayotte | ||
Dominique Sorain | 2018 | 2019 | Mayotte | ||
Jean-François Colombet | 2019 | 2021 | Mayotte | ||
Thierry Suquet | 2021 | Present | Mayotte |
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