German South West Africa
 
German South West Africa (Namibia), coat of arms (1914) - vector image
 
09 Apr 1883               Purchased for Adolf Lüderitz
24 Apr 1884               German South West Africa Protectorate
14 Sep 1892               Crown Colony
09 Jul 1915               Occupation by South Africa
28 Aug 1915               Last German forces surender
17 Dec 1920               League of Nations Mandate under South Africa
21 Mar 1990               Independent as Namibia
 
Magistrates
09 Apr      - 12 May 1883 Heinrich Vogelsang
12 May 1883 - 07 Oct 1884 Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz
Reichskommissare
07 Oct 1884 -    May 1885 Gustav Nachtigal
   May 1885 -    Aug 1890 Heinrich Ernst Goering
   Aug 1890 -    Mar 1891 Louis Nels
   Mar 1891 - 15 Mar 1894 Curt von Francois
Governors
15 Mar 1894 - 19 Aug 1905 Theodor von Leutwein
19 Aug      -    Nov 1905 Adrian Diedrich Lothar von Trotha
   Nov 1905 - 20 May 1907 Friedrich von Lindequist
20 May 1907 - 20 Jun 1910 Bruno von Schuckmann
28 Aug 1910 - 1919        Theodor Seitz
 
German East Africa
 
German East Africa (Tanzania), coat of arms (1914) - vector image
 
17 Mar 1885               Area acquired by the German East Africa Company,
                           Protectorate from 27 May 1885
01 Jan 1891               German East Africa colony
18 Sep 1916               Belgian conquest of Ruanda-Urundi
09 Oct 1916 - 14 Nov 1918 Gradual British occupation
20 Jul 1922 - 11 Dec 1946 League of Nations Mandate under Britain
11 Dec 1946 - 09 Dec 1961 UN trust territory under Britain
09 Dec 1961               Independence
 
Administrator
27 May 1885 - 08 Feb 1888 Karl Peters
Reichskommissare
08 Feb 1888 - 21 Feb 1891 Hermann von Wissmann
Governors
14 Feb 1891 - 15 Sep 1893 Julius Freiherr von Soden
15 Sep 1893 - 25 Apr 1895 Friedrich Radbod Freiherr
                           von Schele
25 Apr 1895 - 03 Dec 1896 Hermann von Wissmann
03 Dec 1896 - 12 Mar 1901 Eduard von Liebert
12 Mar 1901 - 15 Apr 1896 Gustav Adolf Graf Gotzen
15 Apr 1906 - 22 Apr 1912 Georg Albrecht Freiherr
                           von Rechenberg
22 Apr 1912 - 14 Nov 1918 Albert Heinrich Schnee

 

Kamerun (North-West Africa)

 

Cameroon (German colony), coat of arms (1914) - vector image

 

14 Jul 1884               German Protectorate

15 Jun 1896 - 04 Mar 1916 German Crownland

01 Jan 1901               Renamed Kamerun

26 Sep 1914               British-French occupation

04 Mar 1916               German capitulation

 

Reichskommissare

14 Jul      - 19 Jul 1884 Gustav Nachtigal

19 Jul 1884 - 01 Apr 1885 Maximilian Buchner (acting)

01 Apr      - 04 Jul 1885 Eduard von Knorr (acting)

Governors

04 Jul 1885 - 14 Feb 1891 Julius Freiherr von Soden ........ 1846-1921

15 Apr 1891 - 13 Aug 1895 Eugen von Zimmerer ............... 1843-1918

13 Aug 1895 - 09 May 1907 Jesco von Puttkamer .............. 1855-1917

09 May 1907 - 27 Aug 1910 Theodor Seitz .................... 1863-1949

28 Aug 1910 - 29 Jan 1912 Otto Gleim ....................... 1836-1929

29 Jan 1912 - 04 Mar 1916 Karl Ebermaier ................... 1862-1943

 
Kiaochow (Qingdao)
 
14 Nov 1897 - 07 Mar 1899 German occupation
06 Mar 1898               Leased to Germany for 99 years
23 Aug 1914               Lease cancelled by China
07 Nov 1914 - 10 Dec 1922 Japanese occupation
10 Dec 1922               Returned to China
 
Military Governor
14 Nov 1897 - 07 Mar 1898 Otto von Diederichs
Governors
07 Mar 1898 - 19 Feb 1899 Carl Rosendahl
19 Feb 1899 - 27 Jan 1901 Otto Ferdinand Paul Jaschke
27 Jan      - 08 Jun 1901 Maximilian Rollmann
08 Jun 1901 - 19 Aug 1911 Oskar Truppel
19 Aug 1914 - 07 Nov 1914 Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
 
Deutsch-Neuguinea
 
New Guinea (German colony), coat of arms (1914) - vector image
 
03 Nov 1884               German protectorate over North-eastern New Guinea
                           (Kaiser Wilhelmsland) administered by the
                            German New Guinea Company
11 Nov 1914               Australian occupation of German New Guinea
17 Dec 1920               League of Nations Mandate under Australia
 
Commissioner 
       1885 -    Jan 1887 Gustav von Oertzen ............... 1836-1911
Landeshauptleute 
10 Jun 1886 - 01 Mar 1888 Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz .... 1834-1910
01 Mar 1888 - 31 Oct 1889 Reinhold Kraetke ................. 1845-1934
Commissioner 
21 Aug 1889 - 31 Aug 1892 Friedrich Rose ................... 1855-1922
Landeshauptleute
01 Sep 1892 - 03 Mar 1895 Georg Schmiele ................... 1855-1895
03 Mar 1895 - 17 Aug 1896 Hugo Rüdiger 
22 Sep 1896 - 13 Aug 1897 Kurt von Hagen ................... 1859-1897
15 Aug 1897 - 11 Sep 1897 Albert Hahl ...................... 1868-1945
11 Sep 1897 - 31 Mar 1899 Hugo Skopnik 
Governors
01 Apr 1899 - 10 Jul 1901 Rudolf von Bennigsen ............. 1860-1912
10 Jul 1901 - 13 Apr 1914 Albert Hahl
13 Apr      - 17 Oct 1914 Eduard Haber ..................... 1866-1947
                          (acting)
 
Samoa
 
Samoa (German colony), coat of arms (1914) - vector image
 
21 Jan 1879               Germany granted naval base of Saluafuta
14 Jul 1889               Tripartite German-UK-US protectorate
01 Mar 1900               Annexed by Germany (except American Samoa)
29 Aug 1914               New Zealand occupation
17 Dec 1920               League of Nations Mandate under New Zealand
 
Governors
01 Mar 1900 - 19 Dec 1911 Wilhelm Heinrich Solf
19 Dec 1911 - 29 Aug 1914 Erich Schultz-Ewerth