List of colonial governors of Spanish Sahara

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Spanish Sahara, an area equivalent to modern-day Western Sahara.

Spanish Sahara (orange), 1959.
Coat of arms of the Spanish Sahara

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Spanish suzerainty
3 November 1884 to 10 July 1885Emilio Bonelli,
Commandant
Royal Commissioner on the West Coast of Africa
10 July 1885 to 6 April 1887Emilio Bonelli,
Royal Commissioner		Arrives in Río de Oro on 26 August 1885
Political and Military Subgovernors of Río de Oro
(subordinated to the captains-general of the Canary Islands)
6 April 1887 to bf. 1902Emilio Bonelli,
Subgovernor
1902 to 1 December 1903Ángel Villalobos,
Subgovernor
1 December 1903 to 1913Francisco Bens Argandoña,
Subgovernor
Delegates of the High Commissioner in the Southern Zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco
(subordinated to Spanish high commissioners in Morocco)
1913 to 7 November 1925Francisco Bens Argandoña,
Delegate		Occupation of Cape Juby and La Güera
7 November 1925 to 19 June 1932Guillermo de la Peña Cusi,
Delegate
19 June 1932 to 30 August 1933Eduardo Cañizares Navarro,
Delegate
30 August 1933 to 1 July 1934José González Deleito,
Delegate
1 July 1934 to 29 August 1934Benigno Martínez Portillo,
Delegate
Government delegates in the Sahara
(subordinated to Spanish high commissioners in Morocco)
29 August 1934 to 4 May 1936Benigno Martínez Portillo,
Government Delegate
4 May 1936 to 7 August 1936Carlos Pedemonte Sabín,
Government Delegate		Spanish coup of July 1936; start of the Spanish Civil War
7 August 1936 to 12 March 1937Rafael Gallego Sainz,
Government Delegate
12 March 1937 to 17 May 1940Antonio de Oro Pulido,
Government Delegate
Politico-Military Governor of Ifni and the Sahara and Delegate of the High Commissioner in the Southern Zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco
(subordinated to Spanish high commissioners in Morocco)
17 May 1940 to 24 July 1946José Bermejo López,
Governor
Governors of the Government of Spanish West Africa
24 July 1946 to 17 August 1949José Bermejo López,
Governor
17 August 1949 to 29 March 1952Francisco Rosaleny Burguet,
Governor
29 March 1952 to 26 February 1954Venancio Tutor Gil,
Governor
26 February 1954 to 23 May 1957Ramón Pardo de Santayana y Suárez,
Governor		Apostolic Prefecture of Spanish Sahara and Ifni established on 5 July 1954, with Félix Erviti Barcelona OMI as the first apostolic prefect
23 May 1957 to 10 January 1958Mariano Gómez-Zamalloa y Quirce,
Governor		Served at the start of the Ifni War
Governors-general of Spanish Sahara
10 January 1958 to 22 July 1958José Héctor Vázquez,
Governor-General		Served at the end of the Ifni War
27 July 1958 to 6 October 1961Mariano Alonso Alonso,
Governor-General
13 October 1961 to 21 February 1964Pedro Latorre Alcubierre,
Governor-General
6 March 1964 to 5 November 1965Joaquín Agulla y Jiménez-Coronado,
Governor-General
5 November 1965 to 26 November 1965Adolfo Artalejo Campos,
Governor-General
5 December 1965 to 2 February 1967Ángel Enríquez Larrondo,
Governor-General
18 February 1967 to 4 March 1971José María Pérez de Lema Tejero,
Governor-General		Served at the time of the Zemla Intifada
4 March 1971 to 6 June 1974Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil,
Governor-General
6 June 1974 to 6 February 1976Federico Gómez de Salazar y Nieto,
Governor-General		Served at the time of the Green March
14 February 1976Spain announces it has transferred sovereignty to Morocco
26 February 1976Spain terminates its administration
27 February 1976Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic proclaimed by the Polisario Front
14 April 1976Spanish Sahara is partitioned by Morocco (claiming Southern Provinces) and Mauritania (claiming Tiris al-Gharbiyya)
11 August 1979Mauritanian part of the territory annexed by Morocco

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