List of colonial governors of Spanish Guinea

Map of Spanish Guinea.

Coat of arms of the Spanish Guinea

This is a list of European (Spanish and British) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Spanish Guinea, an area equivalent to modern-day Equatorial Guinea.

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
Spanish suzerainty
24 October 1778 to 14 November 1778		, Governor
14 November 1778 to 30 December 1781		[es], Governor
30 December 1781 to 27 October 1827	Vacant
British suzerainty
Superintendents later Governors of Fernando Pó (1849–1855 also British Consuls of the Bight of Biafra, Nigeria)
27 October 1827 to 4 April 1829		William Fitzwilliam Owen, Superintendent
4 April 1829 to 1830		Edward Nicolls, Superintendent	1st time
1830 to 1831		John Beecroft, acting Superintendent	1st time
18 August 1831 to 1833		Edward Nicolls, Superintendent	2nd time
1833 to 10 June 1854		John Beecroft, Superintendent	2nd time
10 June 1854 to 27 May 1858		, acting Superintendent
Spanish suzerainty
27 May 1858 to 1 September 1859		[es], Governor
1 September 1859 to 30 June 1862		José de la Gándara y Navarro, Governor
30 June 1862 to 1 August 1865		, Governor
1 August 1865 to 31 August 1865		, acting Governor
31 August 1865 to 18 September 1865		, acting Governor	1st time
18 September 1865 to 1 April 1868		, Governor
1 April 1868 to 9 August 1868		, acting Governor	2nd time
9 August 1868 to 18 July 1869		, Governor
21 August 1869 to 11 September 1869		, acting Governor
11 September 1869 to 21 January 1870		, acting Governor	1st time
21 January 1870 to 11 June 1870		, Governor
11 June 1870 to 16 August 1870		, acting Governor	2nd time
16 August 1870 to 14 February 1871		, acting Governor	1st time
14 February 1871 to 28 April 1871		[es], Governor
28 April 1871 to 1 October 1871		, acting Governor	2nd time
1 October 1871 to 23 June 1872		, acting Governor
23 June 1872 to 5 December 1872		, acting Governor
5 December 1872 to 22 November 1874		, Governor
22 November 1874 to 22 January 1875		, acting Governor
22 January 1875 to 13 February 1877		, Governor
13 February 1877 to 1 February 1879		, Governor
1 February 1879 to 21 April 1879		, acting Governor
21 April 1879 to 20 June 1879		, acting Governor
20 June 1879 to 24 July 1879		, acting Governor	1st time
24 July 1879 to 3 September 1880		, Governor
3 September 1880 to 24 January 1883		, Governor	2nd time
24 January 1883 to 25 January 1883		, acting Governor
25 January 1883 to 28 December 1884		, Governor
28 December 1884 to 28 January 1885		, acting Governor
28 January 1885 to 1 October 1887		, Governor	3rd time
1 October 1887 to 8 November 1887		, acting Governor
8 November 1887 to 4 February 1888		, Governor
4 February 1888 to 20 April 1888		, acting Governor	1st time
20 April 1888 to 21 April 1890		, Governor
21 April 1890 to 4 November 1890		, Governor	2nd time
4 November 1890 to 22 December 1890		, Governor
22 December 1890 to 24 December 1891		, Governor
24 December 1891 to 10 April 1892		, Governor
10 April 1892 to 12 May 1893		, Governor
12 May 1893 to 17 May 1893		, acting Governor	1st time
17 May 1893 to 1 June 1893		, acting Governor
1 June 1893 to 29 July 1893		, acting Governor	2nd time
29 July 1893 to 16 February 1895		, Governor
16 February 1895 to 21 July 1895		, acting Governor
21 July 1895 to 19 May 1897		, Governor
19 May 1897 to 19 June 1897		, acting Governor
19 June 1897 to 21 July 1897		, acting Governor
21 July 1897 to 19 October 1897		, Governor
19 October 1897 to 7 November 1899		, Governor
7 November 1899 to 30 November 1899		, acting Governor
30 November 1899 to 12 December 1899		, acting Governor
14 December 1899 to 3 March 1901		, Governor
3 March 1901 to 25 February 1905		, Governor
25 February 1905 to 26 March 1906		, Governor
26 March 1906 to 20 September 1906		, Governor	1st time
20 September 1906 to 18 February 1907		, Governor	1st time
18 February 1907 to 17 August 1908		, Governor
17 August 1908 to 30 September 1908		, acting Governor
30 September 1908 to 19 October 1908		, acting Governor	2nd time
19 October 1908 to 10 September 1910		[es], Governor
10 September 1910 to 8 February 1924		, Governor	2nd time
8 February 1924 to 8 February 1926		, Governor
8 February 1926 to 1 March 1931		[es], Governor
1 January 1928 to 14 August 1928		, acting Governor	Acting for Prado
2 August 1930 to 1 March 1931		, acting Governor	Acting for Prado
20 April 1931 to 1 November 1931		, interim Governor	1st time
1 November 1931 to 14 November 1932		, Governor
14 November 1931 to 15 November 1932		, acting Governor
15 November 1932 to 10 July 1933		, interim Governor	2nd time
10 July 1933 to 1 September 1934		, Governor
1 September 1934 to 5 September 1935		, acting Governor	3rd time
5 September 1934 to 10 December 1935		, Governor
15 June 1935 to 10 December 1935		, acting Governor	Acting for Feltrer, 1st time
10 December 1935 to 25 September 1936		, Governor
15 September 1936 to 25 September 1936		, Governor	Appointed, did not take office
25 March 1936 to 12 April 1936		, acting Governor	Acting for Guerra y Sáinz
25 September 1936 to 1 January 1937		, acting Governor	Nationalist, in rebellion on Fernando Pó from 19 September 1936; 2nd time
25 September 1936 to 14 October 1936		, Subgovernor	Republican, in dissidence in Río Muni
12 December 1936 to 14 December 1936		, acting Governor	Acting for Serrano
1 January 1937 to 15 December 1937		[es], Governor
15 December 1937 to 5 March 1942		[es], Governor
12 June 1938 to 21 September 1938		, acting Governor	Acting for Fontán
30 August 1939 to 15 December 1939		, acting Governor	Acting for Fontán
22 August 1940 to 16 September 1940		, acting Governor	Acting for Fontán
16 September 1940 to 17 May 1941		, acting Governor	Acting for Fontán
14 August 1941 to 13 October 1941		, acting Governor	Acting for Fontán
13 October 1941 to 5 March 1942		, acting Governor	Acting for Fontán
5 March 1942 to 12 February 1944		Mariano Alonso Alonso, Governor
18 October 1943 to 12 February 1944		, acting Governor	Acting for Alonso
12 February 1944 to 6 March 1949		, Governor
13 September 1944 to 2 March 1945		, acting Governor	Acting for Bonelli
9 August 1946 to 22 February 1947		, acting Governor	Acting for Bonelli
12 April 1948 to 8 August 1948		, acting Governor	Acting for Bonelli
6 March 1949 to April 1949		, acting Governor
April 1949 to 21 February 1962		, Governor
November 1953 to 1954		, acting Governor	Acting for Ruíz González
21 February 1962 to 1 January 1964		[es], Governor	A referendum on autonomy was held on 15 December 1963, approving the proposal
1 January 1964	Self-rule as Equatorial Guinea
1 January 1964 to 10 March 1964		[es], Governor
10 March 1964 to July 1964		, Governor
July 1964 to August 1966		, Commissioner-General
August 1966 to 12 October 1968		, Commissioner-General
12 October 1968	Independence as Republic of Equatorial Guinea^[1]