List of governors of Togo
Togo was a German colony from 1884 until the First World War. The administration was headed by a governor or a commissioner. The first head of the local central administration was the Imperial Consul Heinrich Randad from July 6, 1884 to June 26, 1885.
The ranks of governors and commissioners were as follows:
- 1884: Gustav Nachtigal (Reich Commissioner for West Africa)
- 1884–1885: Julius Freiherr von Soden (High Commissioner of Togo)
- 1885–1887: Ernst Falkenthal (Commissioner of Togoland)
- 1887–1888: Jesko von Puttkamer
- 1888–1891: Eugen von Zimmerer
- 1891–1892: vacant
- 1892–1895: Jesko von Puttkamer (Commissioner of Togo, since 1893 with the title of Governor )
- 1895–1902: August Köhler (since 1898 with the title of governor)
- 1902–1903: Woldemar Horn (governor)
- 1903–1905: Julius Graf Zech auf Neuhofen (provisional as deputy governor)
- 1905–1910: Julius Graf Zech auf Neuhofen (governor)
- 1910–1912: Edmund Brückner (governor)
- 1912–1914: Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (governor)
- 1914: Hans Georg von Doering (Deputy Governor)