The governor of Bourbon or La Réunion was a French colonial role. When the island became a French overseas department in 1946, the role was replaced by a prefect.
For the French West India Company
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1665 | 8 May 1671 | Étienne Regnault |
| 9 May 1671 | End of November 1674 | Jacques de La Heure |
| End of November 1674 | 17 June 1678 | Henry Esse d'Orgeret |
| 18 June 1678 | January 1680 | Germain de Fleurimont Moulinier |
| January 1680 | 1 December 1686 | F. Bernardin de Quimper |
| 2 December 1686 | 9 December 1689 | Jean-Baptiste Drouillard |
| 11 December 1689 | 26 November 1690 | Henri Habert de Vauboulon |
| 26 November 1690 | 2 July 1696 | Directoire de Saint-Paul |
| 1 August 1696 | 6 June 1698 | Joseph Bastide |
| 21 October 1699 | 13 May 1701 | Jacques de La Cour |
| 12 June 1701 | 5 March 1709 | Jean-Baptiste de Villiers |
| 7 March 1709 | 24 March 1710 | Michel François Des Bordes |
| 22 April 1710 | 14 November 1715 | Antoine de Parat de Chaillenest |
| 4 December 1715 | 14 February 1718 | Henry de Justamond |
| 6 September 1718 | 22 August 1723 | Joseph Beauvollier de Courchant |
| 23 August 1723 | 1 December 1725 | Antoine Desforges-Boucher |
| 2 December 1725 | 28 May 1727 | Hélie Dioré |
| 21 July 1727 | 11 July 1735 | Pierre-Benoît Dumas |
| 12 July 1735 | 1 October 1735 | Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais |
| 2 October 1735 | 30 September 1739 | Charles L'Emery Dumont |
| 11 November 1739 | 12 December 1743 | Pierre-André d'Héguerty |
| 13 December 1743 | 8 May 1745 | Didier de Saint-Martin |
| 15 May 1745 | 31 October 1745 | Jean-Baptiste Azéma |
| 1 November 1745 | 18 December 1745 | Didier de Saint-Martin |
| 29 December 1745 | 28 March 1747 | Gérard Gaspard de Ballade |
| 14 April 1747 | 11 November 1748 | Didier de Saint-Martin |
| 22 November 1748 | 17 March 1749 | Gérard Gaspard de Ballade |
| 24 May 1749 | 23 August 1749 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher |
| 6 September 1749 | 16 October 1750 | Joseph Brenier |
| 16 October 1750 | 14 décembre 1752 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier |
| 12 July 1757 | 15 October 1757 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher |
| 19 October 1757 | 6 September 1763 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier |
| 7 September 1763 | 14 October 1763 | Jean Sentuary |
| 5 November 1763 | 30 March 1767 | François Jacques Bertin |
| 31 March 1767 | 4 November 1767 | Martin Adrien Bellier |
For the king of France
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 November 1767 | 26 July 1772 | Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe |
| 20 October 1772 | 4 March 1773 | De Savourin |
| 27 July 1773 | 4 October 1773 | Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe |
| 15 December 1773 | 15 October 1776 | Jean Guillaume de Steynauer |
| 26 October 1776 | 30 April 1779 | François de Souillac |
| 25 May 1779 | 22 August 1781 | Joseph Murinay, comte de Saint-Maurice |
| 25 August 1781 | 21 April 1785 | Joseph Chalvet, baron de Souville |
| 2 May 1785 | 15 February 1788 | Elie Dioré |
| 21 February 1788 | 15 August 1790 | David Charpentier de Cossigny |
French Revolution and British occupation
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1790 | 18 October 1792 | Dominique Prosper de Chermont |
| 19 October 1792 | 11 April 1794 | Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis |
| 12 April 1794 | 1 November 1795 | Pierre Alexandre Roubaud |
| 2 November 1795 | 7 October 1803 | Pierre Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy |
| 10 November 1803 | 31 December 1805 | François-Louis Magallon |
| 9 January 1806 | 25 September 1809 | Nicolas Ernault des Bruslys |
| 9 October 1809 | 8 July 1810 | Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne |
| 9 July 1810 | 20 December 1810 | Robert Townsend Farquhar |
| 20 December 1810 | 26 April 1811 | Henry Sheehy Keating |
| 26 April 1811 | 10 July 1811 | Robert Townsend Farquhar |
| 10 July 1811 | 5 April 1815 | Henry Sheehy Keating |
Bourbon Restoration to Second French Empire
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1815 | 30 June 1817 | Athanase Bouvet de Lozier |
| 1 July 1817 | 9 September 1818 | Hilaire Urbain de Laffite du Courteil |
| 13 September 1818 | 14 February 1821 | Pierre Bernard Milius |
| 15 February 1821 | 14 October 1826 | Louis-Henri de Freycinet |
| 20 October 1826 | 4 July 1830 | Achille Guy Marie, Comte de Cheffontaines |
| 5 July 1830 | 7 November 1832 | Étienne-Henri Mengin du Val d'Ailly |
| 8 November 1832 | 4 May 1838 | Jacques Philippe Cuvillier |
| 5 May 1838 | 14 October 1841 | Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell |
| 15 October 1841 | 4 June 1846 | Charles Léon Joseph Bazoche |
| 5 June 1846 | 13 October 1848 | Joseph Graeb |
| 13 October 1848 | 7 March 1850 | Joseph Napoléon Sébastien Sarda Garriga |
| 9 March 1850 | 14 February 1851 | Marie-Bon-Ézéchiel Barolet de Puligny |
| 15 February 1851 | 8 August 1852 | Louis Isaac Pierre Hilaire Doret |
| 8 August 1852 | 8 January 1858 | Louis Henri Hubert Delisle |
| 11 January 1858 | 27 March 1858 | Lefevre |
| 28 March 1858 | 19 September 1863 | Rodolphe Augustin, baron Darricau |
| 4 January 1865 | 23 October 1869 | Marie Jules Dupré |
| 27 September 1869 | 18 September 1875 | Louis Hippolyte de Lormel |
French Third Republic
| Start | End | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 19 November 1875 | 29 April 1879 | Pierre Aristide Faron |
| 6 May 1879 | 23 March 1886 | Pierre Étienne Cuinier |
| 11 October 1886 | 16 December 1887 | Émile Richaud |
| 16 December 1887 | 21 August 1888 | Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lougnon |
| 22 August 1888 | 7 May 1891 | Anne Louis Edouard Manès |
| 7 May 1891 | 20 November 1891 | Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lougnon |
| 20 November 1891 | 10 July 1893 | Anne Louis Edouard Manès |
| 11 July 1893 | 21 June 1895 | Henri Éloi Danel |
| 22 June 1895 | 12 August 1895 | Henri Roberdeau |
| 13 August 1895 | 19 May 1896 | Benedict Jacob de Cordemoy |
| 19 May 1896 | 30 October 1900 | Laurent Marie Émile Beauchamps |
| 30 October 1900 | 19 February 1901 | Charles André Madre |
| 19 February 1901 | 29 July 1905 | Paul Samary |
| 29 July 1905 | 30 August 1906 | Fernand Théron |
| 30 August 1906 | 7 November 1906 | Marius Verignon |
| 8 November 1906 | 27 December 1907 | Adrien Bonhoure |
| 1 January 1908 | 19 March 1908 | Henri Cor |
| 19 March 1908 | 18 January 1910 | Camille Guy |
| 18 January 1910 | 17 September 1910 | Philippe Émile Jullien |
| 11 July 1910 | 28 July 1910 | Marie Joachim Stanislas Sice |
| 18 September 1910 | 28 July 1912 | François Pierre Rodier |
| 30 August 1912 | 22 November 1912 | Hubert Auguste Garbit |
| 23 November 1913 | 1 June 1919 | Pierre Louis Alfred Duprat |
| 2 June 1919 | 26 July 1920 | Victor Jean Brochard |
| 27 July 1920 | 5 September 1922 | Frédéric Estebbe |
| 6 September 1922 | 21 August 1923 | Henri Cleret de Langavant |
| 22 August 1923 | 2 October 1924 | Maurice Lapalud |
| 31 March 1925 | 10 September 1928 | Jules Vincent Repiquet |
| 10 September 1928 | 17 May 1930 | Louis Fabre |
| 17 May 1930 | 28 November 1932 | Jules Vincent Repiquet |
| 28 November 1932 | 13 June 1934 | Louis Fabre |
| 14 June 1934 | 29 May 1936 | Alfred Paul Albert Choteau |
| 29 May 1936 | 16 August 1936 | Charles Victor Allard |
| 17 August 1936 | 27 October 1938 | Léon Hippolyte 1e Truitard |
| 28 October 1938 | 29 December 1939 | Joseph Court |
| 30 December 1939 | 1 December 1942 | Pierre Émile Aubert |
| 1 December 1942 | 17 July 1947 | André Capagorry |