The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thá»Âng sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使åÂÂå») was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Tonkin and a separate one for Annam.
List of administrators of the French protectorate of Tonkin
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)