List of colonial governors of Cuba
This is a list of colonial heads of Cuba.[1]
Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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Spanish Suzerainty | ||
Governors | ||
1511 to 1524 | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar | |
1524 to 1526 | Juan de Altamarino | |
1526 to 1531 | Gonzalo de Guzmán | |
1531 to 1532 | Juan de Vadillo | |
1532 to 1534 | Manuel de Rojas y Cordova | |
1535 to 1537 | Gonzalo de Guzmán | |
1538 to 1542 | Hernando de Soto | |
1544 to 1546 | Juanes de Ávila | |
1546 to 1548 | Antonio de Cháves | |
1549 to 1555 | Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo | |
1556 to 1565 | Diego de Mazariegos | |
1565 to 1567 | Francisco García Osorio | |
1567 | Francisco de Zayas | |
1567 to 1574 | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | |
1572 to 1574 | Sancho Pardo Donlebún | |
1574 to 1577 | Gabriel de Montalvo[2][3] | |
1577 to 1579 | ||
1579 to 1584 | Gaspar de Torres | |
1584 to 1589 | ||
1589 to 1593 | ||
1593 to 1602 | Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo | |
1602 to 1608 | ||
1608 to 1616 | Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda | |
1616 to 1619 | Sancho de Alquiza | |
1620 to 1624 | Francisco de Venegas | |
1624 to 1626 | Damián Velásquez de Contreras | |
1626 to 1630 | Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera | |
1630 to 1634 | Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra | |
1634 to 1639 | Francisco Riaño y Gamboa | |
1639 to 1647 | Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento | |
1647 to 1653 | Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares | |
1653 to 1654 | Francisco Xelder | |
1654 to 1656 | Juan de Montanos Blázquez | |
1656 to 1658 | Diego Rangel | |
1658 to 1663 | Juan de Salamanca | |
1663 to 1664 | Rodrigo Flores de Aldana | |
1664 to 1670 | Francisco Oregón y Gascón | |
1670 to 1680 | Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma | |
1680 to 1685 | José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León | |
1685 to 1687 | Manuel de Murguia y Mena | Removed from office for illicit trade |
1687 to 1689 | Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa | |
1689 to 1697 | Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas | |
1697 to 1702 | Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, marqués del Vado | Promoted to captain-general of New Granada |
1702 | Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo | Former gentleman of the Elector of Bavaria; died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office |
4 December 1702 to 13 May 1706 | Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Vandeval | Interim governor (military and civil) |
13 May 1706 to 8 July 1706 | Pedro Álvarez de Villarín | Died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office |
8 July 1706 to 18 January 1708 | Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Vandeval | Interim governor (military and civil) |
18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711 | Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, marqués de Casa Torres | Former governor of Spanish Florida |
18 February 1711 to 10 June 1711 | Pablo Cavero | Assumed 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 1713 | Luis Chacón | Interim governor |
14 February 1713 to 26 May 1716 | Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, marqués de Casa Torres | Restored to office |
26 May 1716 to 1717 | Vicente de Raja | |
1718 | Gómez Mazaver Ponce de León | Acting governor |
23 June 1718 to 1724 | Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega | |
29 September 1724 to 1734 | Dionisio Martínez de la Vega | |
1734 to 1746 | Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, conde de Revillagigedo | |
1746 | Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes | |
1746 to 1747 | Diego Peñalosa | |
1747 to 1760 | Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega | |
1760 to 1761 | Pedro Alonso | |
1761 to 1762 | Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna | |
British Suzerainty | ||
12 August 1762 to 1 January 1763 | George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle | |
1 January 1763 to July 1763 | William Keppel | |
Spanish Suzerainty | ||
1763 to 1765 | Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, conde de Ricla | |
1765 to 1766 | Diego Manrique | |
1766 to 1771 | Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega | |
1771 to 1777 | Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, marqués de la Torre | |
1777 to 1780 | Diego José Navarro García de Valladares | |
1781 to 1782 | Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat | |
1782 to 1785 | Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga | |
5 April 1785 to November 1785 | Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón | |
1 December 1785 to 1789 | José Manuel de Ezpeleta | |
18 April 1789 to 1790 | Domingo Cabello y Robles | |
1790 to 1796 | Luis de las Casas y Aragorri | |
1796 to 1799 | Juan Procopio de Bassecourt Thieulaine y Bryas López de Ochoa, conde de Santa Clara | |
1799 to 1812 | Salvador José de Muro, 2nd Marquis of Someruelos | |
1812 to 1816 | Juan Ruíz de Apodaca | |
1816 to 1819 | José Cienfuegos | |
1819 to 1819 | Juan María Echeverri | |
1819 to 1821 | Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño | |
1821 to 1822 | Nicolás de Mahy y Romo | |
1822 to 1823 | Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón, Provisional Governor | |
1823 to 1832 | Francisco Dionisio Vives | |
1832 to 1834 | Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca | |
1834 to 1838 | ||
1838 to January 1840 | Joaquín de Ezpeleta | |
January 1840 to 1841 | Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón | |
1841 to September 1843 | Jerónimo Valdés | |
September 1843 to October 1843 | Francisco Javier de Ulloa, Provisional Governor | |
October 1843 to 1848 | Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan | |
1848 to 1850 | Federico Roncali | |
1850 to 1852 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 1st Term |
1852 to 1853 | Valentín Cañedo | |
December 1853 to September 1854 | Juan González de la Pezuela | |
September 1854 to November 1859 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 2nd Term |
1859 to 1862 | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre | |
1862 to May 1866 | Domingo Dulce | 1st Term |
May 1866 to November 1866 | Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea | 1st Term |
November 1866 to September 1867 | Joaquín del Manzano | |
September 1867 to December 1867 | Blas Villate | 1st Term |
December 1867 to January 1869 | Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea | 2nd Term |
January 1869 to 2 June 1869 | Domingo Dulce | 2nd Term |
2 June 1868 to 10 October 1869 | Felipe Ginovés del Espinar, Provisional Governor | |
10 October 1868 to 28 June 1869 | Felipe Ginovés del Espinar, Provisional Governor | |
28 June 1869 to 1870 | Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas | |
1870 to 1872 | Blas Villate | 2nd Term |
1872 to April 1873 | Francisco Ceballos y Vargas | |
April 1873 to November 1873 | Cándido Pieltaín | |
November 1873 to 1874 | Joaquín Jovellar y Soler | 1st Term |
1874 to May 1875 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 3rd Term |
May 1875 to June 1875 | Buenaventura Carbó, Provisional Governor | |
June 1875 to January 1876 | Blas Villate | 3rd Term |
January 1876 to October 1876 | Joaquín Jovellar y Soler | 2nd Term |
October 1876 to February 1879 | Arsenio Martínez Campos | 1st Term |
February 1879 to April 1879 | Caetano Figueroa, Provisional Governor | |
April 1879 to 1881 | Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata | 1st Term |
1881 to August 1883 | Luis Prendergast y Gordon, marqués de Victoria de las Tunas | |
August 1883 to September 1883 | Tomás y Regna, Provisional Governor | |
September 1883 to 1884 | Ignacio María del Castillo | |
1884 to 1886 | Ramón Fajardo | |
1886 to 1887 | Emilio Calleja | 1st Term |
1887 to 1889 | Sabas Marín | 1st Term |
13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890 | Manuel Salamanca y Negrete | |
February 1890 to April 1890 | José Sánchez y Gómez, Provisional Governor | |
April 1890 to August 1890 | José Chinchilla | |
August 1890 to 1892 | Camilo de Polavieja | |
1892 to July 1893 | Alejandro Rodríguez Arias | |
July 1893 to September 1893 | José Arderius, Provisional Governor | |
September 1893 to 1895 | Emilio Calleja | 2nd Term |
1895 to January 1896 | Arsenio Martínez Campos | 2nd Term |
January 1896 | Sabas Marín, Provisional Governor | 2nd Term |
17 January 1896 to October 1897 | Valeriano 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 1899 | Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos | |
American Suzerainty | ||
1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899 | John Ruller Brooke | |
23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902 | Leonard Wood[4] | |
Republic of Cuba | ||
20 May 1902 | See List of Presidents of Cuba | |
American Occupation | ||
29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906 | William Howard Taft | Provisional governor |
13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909 | Charles Edward Magoon[5] | Provisional governor |
For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba.
See also[]
- List of governors of Provincia de Santiago de Cuba
- Timeline of Cuban history
References[]
- ^ "Cuba". The History Files. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- ^ Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: . ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0.
- ^ Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Resumen historico". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Madrid: Mellado – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Records of the Military Government of Cuba". National Archives. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- ^ "NEW GOVERNORS FOR CUBA.; American Army Officers Put in as Executives in the Provinces". New York Times archives. August 7, 1908. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
Further reading[]
- "Governors of Cuba", Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, New York, 1860
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