This article lists the administrators of the French protectorate of Laos, and also encompass the Japanese occupation of Laos.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| French suzerainty | |||
| 1887 to 5 June 1894 |  |
Auguste Jean Marie Pavie, Vice-Consul | |
| 5 June 1894 to April 1895 | Auguste Jean Marie Pavie, Commissioner-General | ||
| 1 June 1895 to 30 April 1899 | Marie Auguste Armand Tournier, Commandant-Superior of Bas-Laos | In Khong, Champasak | |
| 1 June 1895 to 9 March 1897 | Joseph Vacle, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos | 1st time, in Luang Prabang | |
| 1 May 1897 to 11 October 1898 | Louis Paul Luce, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos | In Luang Prabang | |
| 11 October 1898 to April 1899 | Joseph Vacle, Interim Commandant-Superior of Haut-Laos | 2nd time, in Luang Prabang | |
| September 1895 to March 1896 | Léon Jules Pol Boulloche, Resident-Superior | ||
| 30 April 1899 to February 1903 | Marie Auguste Armand Tournier, Resident-Superior | ||
| 12 February 1903 to May 1906 | Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Interim Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 11 May 1906 to 1 April 1907 | Louis Saturnin Laffont, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 1 April 1907 to January 1912 | Georges Marie Joseph Mahé, Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 24 August 1910 to 27 July 1911 | Antoine Georges Amédeé Ernest Outrey, Acting Resident-Superior | Acting for Mahé | |
| 9 January 1912 to July 1913 | Louis Antoine Aubry de la Noë, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 4 July 1913 to October 1913 | Claude Léon Garnier, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 9 October 1913 to February 1914 | Jean Édouard Bourcier Saint-Chaffray, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 31 May 1914 to May 1918 | Claude Léon Garnier, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 3 May 1918 to March 1931 | Jules Georges Théodore Bosc, Resident-Superior | ||
| 26 April 1921 to January 1923 | Joël Daroussin, Interim Resident-Superior | Acting for Bosc | |
| 7 May 1925 to January 1926 | Jean-Jacques Dauplay, Interim Resident-Superior | Acting for Bosc | |
| 21 May 1928 to 12 December 1928 | Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior | Acting for Bosc | |
| 21 March 1931 to 12 May 1931 | Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 25 March 1931 | Pierre André Michel Pagès, Resident-Superior | Did not take office | |
| 21 May 1931 to 4 June 1931 | Yves Charles Châtel, Resident-Superior | ||
| 11 June 1931 to 21 November 1931 | Paul Raimond Octane Le Boulanger, Interim Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 21 November 1931 to 11 February 1932 | Jules Nicolas Thiebaut, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 11 February 1932 to 16 December 1933 | Aristide Eugène Le Fol, Resident-Superior | ||
| 16 December 1933 to 1 January 1934 | Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Acting Resident-Superior | 1st time | |
| 1 January 1934 to July 1934 | Louis Frédéric Eckert, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 10 July 1934 to 4 August 1934 | Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Acting Resident-Superior | 2nd time | |
| 4 August 1934 to April 1938 | Eugène Henri Roger Eutrope, Resident-Superior | ||
| 25 November 1934 to 13 October 1935 | Frédéric Claire Guillaume Louis Marty, Interim Resident-Superior | ||
| 5 April 1938 to 16 November 1940 | André Touzet, Resident-Superior | ||
| 16 November 1940 to 29 December 1941 | Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques, Interim Resident-Superior | 3rd time | |
| 29 December 1941 to August 1945 | Louis Antoine Marie Brasey, Resident-Superior | Japanese prisoner 10 March 1945 – 9 June 1945 | |
| Japanese suzerainty | |||
| 10 March 1945 to August 1945 | Sako Masanori, Commander | In Vientiane | |
| 5 April 1945 to 22 August 1945 | Ishibashi, Supreme Counselor | In Luang Prabang | |
| French suzerainty | |||
| 29 August 1945 to 6 April 1946 | Hans Imfeld, Commissioner | Acting to 23 September 1945 | |
| 6 April 1946 to July 1947 | Jean Léon François Marie de Raymond, Commissioner | ||
| 29 July 1947 to 20 March 1948 | Maurice Marie Auguste Michaudel, Interim Commissioner | ||
| 20 March 1948 to August 1949 | Alfred Gabriel Joseph Valmary, Interim Commissioner | ||
| 8 August 1949 to April 1953 | Robert Louis Aimable Régnier, Commissioner | ||
| 27 April 1953 to January 1954 | Miguel Joaquim de Pereyra, High Commissioner | ||
| 6 January 1954 to 1955 | Michel Georges Eugène Breal, High Commissioner | ||