List of colonial governors in 1896

Belgium

 * Congo Free State
 * Théophile Wahis, Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1892–1908)
 * Émile Wangermée, acting Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1896–1900)

France

 * French Somaliland – Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888–1899)
 * Guinea –
 * Paul Jean François Cousturier, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1895–1896)
 * Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1896–1898)

Germany

 * Military District of Ujiji
 * Hans Von Ramsay (1896-1897)

Japan

 * Taiwan
 * Kabayama Sukenori, Governor-General of Taiwan (21 May 1895 – June 1896)
 * Katsura Tarō, Governor-General of Taiwan (2 June 1896 – October 1896)
 * Nogi Maresuke, Governor-General of Taiwan (14 October 1896 – January 1898)

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General of Angola (1893–1896)
 * Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1896–1897)

United Kingdom

 * Malta Colony – Arthur Fremantle, Governor of Malta (1893–1899)
 * Colony of Natal – Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1893–1901)
 * New South Wales – Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales (1895–1899)
 * North-Eastern Rhodesia – Patrick William Forbes, Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1895–1897)
 * Queensland – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, Governor of Queensland (1896 - 31 December 1900 then State Governor on Australia's Federation to 1901)
 * Royal Niger Company – Sir George Taubman Goldie, Governor of the Royal Niger Company (1895–1900)
 * Tasmania – Jenico Preston, Lord Gormanston, Governor of Tasmania (1893–1900)
 * South Australia – Sir Thomas Buxton, Governor of South Australia (1895–1899)
 * Victoria – Thomas, Earl Brassey, Governor of Victoria (1895–1900)
 * Western Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia (1895–1900)