List of colonial governors in 1896 - Events of 1897 - List of colonial governors in 1898 - Colonial governors by year

France

• French Somaliland - Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888-1899)
• Guinea - Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1896-1898)

Japan

• Taiwan - Nogi Maresuke, Governor-General of Taiwan (14 October 1896-January 1898)

Portugal

• Angola -
  1. Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1896-1897)
  2. António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General of Angola (1897-1900)

United Kingdom

• North-Eastern Rhodesia
  1. Patrick William Forbes, Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1895-1897)
  2. Henry Lawrence Daly, acting Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1897-1898)
• North-Western Rhodesia
  1. British South Africa Company establishes colony of North-Western Rhodesia, 9 April
  2. Robert Thorne Coryndon, Administrator of North-Western Rhodesia (1897-1907)