Statue de François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Colonial memorial statue in Saint-Denis, La Réunion.

The Statue of François Mahé de La Bourdonnais is a bronze figure of a standing man in eighteenth-century dress, his right hand resting on a fluted anchor, set on a grey stone pedestal with a stepped cornice. A plaque on the pedestal names him commander of the king's naval armies in the Indian seas and governor general of the Îles de France et de Bourbon, born at Saint-Malo in 1799. Trees surround the monument at Place Candide-Azéma.

Sculptor Louis Rochet made the bronze between 1852 and 1855; it was shown and awarded a medal at the 1855 Exposition Universelle, then erected on 15 August 1856 on the place du Gouvernement. The statue, its pedestal, steps and surrounding grille were listed on the supplementary inventory of historic monuments on 14 August 2000. On 4 December 2023 the statue was taken down for renovation, after the city obtained a removal permit on 30 November 2023.

The statue's name honours Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, governor of the islands of France and Bourbon from 1733 to 1746. Since the 2010s it has been repeatedly daubed with paint by activists recalling his role in slavery, and the collective Laproptaz Nout Péi, grouping 43 island associations, campaigned for its removal. Mayor Ericka Bareigts noted that the enslaved population of Réunion rose from 648 in 1735 to 2,612 in 1740.

The statue stands on Place Candide-Azéma at Le Barachois, facing the Indian Ocean beside the prefecture in central Saint-Denis. It was moved on the morning of 4 December 2023 after the city obtained a permit to take it down for renovation, so check its current position before setting out.

The statue is one of three monuments to Mahé de La Bourdonnais: two cast from Auguste Dumont's model were inaugurated in 1859, in Port-Louis, Mauritius, and outside the ramparts of Saint-Malo. A bronze bust also stands in the Pamplemousses district of Mauritius. The Saint-Denis bronze, by Louis Rochet, was shown and awarded a medal at the 1855 Exposition Universelle before being erected on 15 August 1856.