List of colonial governors of Cuba

List of Colonial Heads of Cuba

Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Spanish Suzerainty
Governors
1511 to 1524Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
1524 to 1525Manuel de Rojas y Cordova
1511 to 1524Juan de Altamarino
1526 to 1531Gonzalo de Guzmán
1531 to 1532Juan de Vadillo
1532 to 1534Manuel de Rojas y Cordova
1535 to 1537Gonzalo de Guzmán
1538 to 1542Hernando de Soto
1544 to 1546Juanes de Ávila
1546 to 1548Antonio de Cháves
1549 to 1555Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo
1556 to 1565Diego de Mazariegos
1565 to 1567Francisco García Osorio
1567Francisco de Zayas
1567 to 1574Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
1572 to 1574Sancho Pardo Donlebún
1574 to 1577Gabriel de Montalvo[1][2]
1577 to 1579Francisco Carreño
1579 to 1584Gaspar de Torres
1584 to 1589Gabriel de Luján
1589 to 1593Juan de Tejeda
1593 to 1602Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo
1602 to 1608Pedro de Valdez
1608 to 1616Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda
1616 to 1619Sancho de Alquiza
1620 to 1624Francisco de Venegas
1624 to 1626Damián Velásquez de Contreras
1626 to 1630Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera
1630 to 1634Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra
1634 to 1639Francisco Riaño y Gamboa
1639 to 1647Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento
1647 to 1653Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares
1653 to 1654Francisco Xelder
1654 to 1656Juan de Montanos Blázquez
1656 to 1658Diego Rangel
1658 to 1663Juan de Salamanca
1663 to 1664Rodrigo de Flores y Aldana
1664 to 1670Francisco Oregón y Gascón
1670 to 1680Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma
1680 to 1685José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León
1685 to 1687Manuel de Murguia y Menaremoved from office for illicit trade
1687 to 1689Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa
1689 to 1697Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas
1697 to 1702Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, marqués del Vadopromoted to captain-general of New Granada
1702Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugoformer gentleman of the Elector of Bavaria; died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
4 December 1702 to 13 May 1706Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Vandevalinterim governors (military and civil)
13 May 1706 to 8 July 1706Pedro Álvarez de Villaríndied of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
8 July 1706 to 18 January 1708Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Vandevalinterim governors (military and civil)
18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, marqués de Casa Torresformer governor of Spanish Florida
18 February 1711 to 10 June 1711Pablo Caveroassumed power after being sent by the Audiencia of Santo Domingo to investigate the misconduct of Casa Torres; died in Havana shortly afterwards
10 June 1711 to 14 February 1713Luis Chacóninterim governor
14 February 1713 to 26 May 1716Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, marqués de Casa Torresrestored to office
26 May 1716 to 1717Vicente de Raja
1718Gómez Mazaver Ponce de Leónacting governor
23 June 1718 to 1724Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega
29 September 1724 to 1734Dionisio Martínez de la Vega
1734 to 1746Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, conde de Revillagigedo
1746Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes
1746 to 1747Diego Peñalosa
1747 to 1760Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega
1760 to 1761Pedro Alonso
1761 to 1762Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna
British Suzerainty
12 August 1762 to 1 January 1763George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
1 January 1763 to July 1763William Keppel
Spanish Suzerainty
1763 to 1765Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, conde de Ricla
1765 to 1766Diego Manrique
1766 to 1771Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega
1771 to 1777Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, marqués de la Torre
1777 to 1780Diego José Navarro García de Valladares
1781 to 1782Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat
1782 to 1785Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
5 April 1785 to November 1785Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón
1 December 1785 to 1789José Manuel de Ezpeleta
18 April 1789 to 1790Domingo Cabello y Robles
1790 to 1796Luis de las Casas y Aragorri
1796 to 1799Juan Procopio de Bassecourt Thieulaine y Bryas López de Ochoa, conde de Santa Clara
1799 to 1812Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de Someruelos
1812 to 1816Juan Ruíz de Apodaca
1816 to 1819José Cienfuegos
1819 to 1819Juan María Echeverri
1819 to 1821Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño
1821 to 1822Nicolás de Mahy y Romo
1822 to 1823Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón, Provisional Governor
1823 to 1832Francisco Dionisio Vives
1832 to 1834Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca
1834 to 1838Miguel Tacón y Rosique
1838 to January 1840Joaquín de Ezpeleta
January 1840 to 1841Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón
1841 to September 1843Jerónimo Valdés
September 1843 to October 1843Francisco Javier de Ulloa, Provisional Governor
October 1843 to 1848Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan
1848 to 1850Federico Roncali
1850 to 1852José Gutiérrez de la Concha1st Term
1852 to 1853Valentín Cañedo
December 1853 to 1854Juan González de la Pezuela
1854 to 1859José Gutiérrez de la Concha2nd Term
1859 to 1862Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre
1862 to May 1866Domingo Dulce1st Term
May 1866 to November 1866Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea1st Term
November 1866 to September 1867Joaquín del Manzano
September 1867 to December 1867Blas Villate1st Term
December 1867 to January 1869Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea2nd Term
January 1869 to 2 June 1869Domingo Dulce2nd Term
2 June 1868 to 10 October 1869Felipe Ginovés del Espinar, Provisional Governor
10 October 1868 to 28 June 1869Felipe Ginovés del Espinar, Provisional Governor
28 June 1869 to 1870Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas
1870 to 1872Blas Villate2nd Term
1872 to April 1873Francisco Ceballos y Vargas
April 1873 to November 1873Cándido Pieltaín
November 1873 to 1874Joaquín Jovellar y Soler1st Term
1874 to May 1875José Gutiérrez de la Concha3rd Term
May 1875 to June 1875Buenaventura Carbó, Provisional Governor
June 1875 to January 1876Blas Villate3rd Term
January 1876 to October 1876Joaquín Jovellar y Soler2nd Term
October 1876 to February 1879Arsenio Martínez Campos1st Term
February 1879 to April 1879Caetano Figueroa, Provisional Governor
April 1879 to 1881 Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata 1st Term
1881 to August 1883Luis Prendergast y Gordon, marqués de Victoria de las Tunas
August 1883 to September 1883Tomás y Regna, Provisional Governor
September 1883 to 1884Ignacio María del Castillo
1884 to 1886Ramón Fajardo
1886 to 1887Emilio Calleja1st Term
1887 to 1889Sabas Marín1st Term
13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890Manuel Salamanca y Negrete
February 1890 to April 1890José Sánchez y Gómez, Provisional Governor
April 1890 to August 1890José Chinchilla
August 1890 to 1892Camilo de Polavieja
1892 to July 1893Alejandro Rodríguez Arias
July 1893 to September 1893José Arderius, Provisional Governor
September 1893 to 1895Emilio Calleja2nd Term
1895 to January 1896Arsenio Martínez Campos2nd Term
January 1896Sabas Marín, Provisional Governor2nd Term
17 January 1896 to October 1897Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí
October 1897 to 1898 Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata 2nd Term
26 November 1898 to 1 January 1899Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos
American Suzerainty
1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899John Ruller Brooke
23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902Leonard Wood
Republic of Cuba
20 May 1902See List of Presidents of Cuba
American Occupation
29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906William Howard Taftprovisional governor
13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909Charles Edward Magoon,provisional governor

For continuation after independence see List of Presidents of Cuba

See also

References

  1. ↑ Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0.
  2. ↑ Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Resumen historico". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). 1. Madrid: Mellado – via HathiTrust.

Further reading

  • "Governors of Cuba", Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, New York, 1860
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