List of French governors of Algeria

Governor of Algeria
Gouverneur d'Algérie
Official Arabic seal of the Governor General of Algeria
Longest serving Louis Tirman 26 November 1881 – 18 April 1891
Reports to	Head of State of France
Residence	Algiers: Dar Hassan Pacha Government Palace
Formation	5 July 1830
First holder	Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont (as Military Commander)
Final holder	Christian Fouchet (as High Commissioner)
Abolished	3 July 1962
Succession	President of Algeria

In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France, the conquest of Algeria was initiated by Charles X as an attempt to increase his popularity amongst the French people. The invasion began on 5 July 1830. Afterwards Algeria would become a territory within the French colonial empire from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems.