List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin

Resident-Superior of Tonkin
Résident supérieur du Tonkin (French) Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ (Vietnamese) 統使北圻 (chữ Hán)
The seal of the Resident-Superior of the French protectorate of Tonkin.
Reports to	Governor-General of French Indochina
Residence	Residential palace of the Tonkin Governor (from 1919)
Seat	Hanoi
Precursor	Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin
Formation	8 April 1886
First holder	Paulin François Alexandre Vial
Final holder	François Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès (as commissioner)

The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使北圻) was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Tonkin and a separate one for Annam.^[1]