Editing Reichskommissar (section)

==== German South-West Africa ====
*from 24 April 1884 as German South West Africa protectorate, only incumbent (7 October 1884 – May 1885) Gustav Nachtigal (b. 1834 – d. 1885; ''see above''), staying on shortly for the status transition
*from 30 April 1885 – 1889 under the rule of the private [[German South West Africa Colonial Company]] (''Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für Südwest-Afrika''), only incumbent (May 1885 – August 1890): [[Heinrich Ernst Göring]] (acting) (b. 1839 – d. 1913)
* again as imperial protectorate (?)
**first the abovementioned Heinrich Ernst Göring, de facto staying on
**August 1890 – March 1891 [[Louis Nels]] (acting) (b. 1855 – d. 1910)
**March 1891 – November 1893 [[Curt von François]] (b. 1852 – d. 1931), who stayed on when the country was declared on 14 September 1892 the German crown colony of South West Africa, and later again as the first of two [[Landeshauptleute]] ("captains of the territory")