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List of colonial governors of Cuba

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This is a list of colonial heads of Cuba.[1]

Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

No. Tenure Incumbent Notes Viceroy of the Indies Secretary of the Indies Valido

Secretary of the Universal Bureau

First Secretary of State

 Regent Monarch
Spanish Suzerainty
Governors
1 1511 to 12 June 1524Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar Diego Columbus (1511 –1526) Vacant (Overseas Affairs hold by the President of the Council of the Indies) No valido Ferdinand II of Aragón Governor of Castile
(1507 –1516)[note 1]		 Joanna (1504 –1555)[note 2]
Cardinal Cisneros (1516–1517)[note 1]
No regent Charles I (1516 –1556)
Governor of New Spain
Hernán Cortés (1521)
Cristóbal de la Tapia (1521)
Hernán Cortés (1521 –1524)
2 12 June 1524 to 14 March 1525 Manuel de Rojas y Cordova
Alonso de Estrada
Rodrigo de Albornoz
Alonso de Zuazo (1524)
Gonzalo de Salazar
Pedro Almíndez Chirino
Alonso de Zuazo (1524 –1525)
Gonzalo de Salazar
Pedro Almíndez Chirino
Alonso de Estrada
Rodrigo de Albornoz
Alonso de Zuazo (1525)
3 14 March 1525 to 27 April 1526Juan de Altamarino
Gonzalo de Salazar
Pedro Almíndez Chirino
Alonso de Zuazo (1525)
Gonzalo de Salazar
Pedro Almíndez Chirino (1525 –1526)
Alonso de Estrada
Rodrigo de Albornoz (1526)
4 27 April 1526 to 6 November 1531Gonzalo Nuño de Guzmán
Hernán Cortés (1526)
Luis Ponce de León (1526 –1527)
Marcos de Aguilar (1526 –1527)
Alonso de Estrada
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Luis de la Torre (1527)
Alonso de Estrada
Luis de la Torre (1527 –1528)
Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán
Juan Ortiz de Matienzo
Diego Delgadillo (1528–1529)
Juan Ortiz de Matienzo
Diego Delgadillo (1529 –1531)
Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal
Vasco de Quiroga
Juan de Salmerón
Alonso de Maldonado
Francisco Ceinos (1531 –1535)
5 7 November 1531 to 7 September 1532Juan de Vadillo
6 1 March 1532 to 1 February 1534Manuel de Rojas y Cordova
7 28 March 1535 to 1537 Gonzalo Nuño de Guzmán
Viceroy of New Spain
Antonio de Mendoza (1535 –1550)
8 20 March 1537 to 12 May 1539Hernando de Soto
9 12 May 1539 to 1544Isabel de BobadillaWife of Hernando de Soto
10 1544 to 5 June 1546Juanes de Ávila
11 5 June 1546 to 1548Antonio de Cháves
12 1549 to 8 March 1555Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo
Luis de Velasco (1550 –1564)
13 1556 to 1565Diego de Mazariegos Philip II (1556–1598)
Francisco Ceinos Dean of the Audiencia
(1564–1566)
14 19 September 1565 to 24 November 1567Francisco García Osorio
Gastón Carrillo de Peralta (1566–1567)
Alonso Muñoz

Luis Carrillo (1567–1568)

15 24 November 1567 to 16 September 1574Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Martín Enríquez de Almanza (1568–1580)
16 1572 to 1574Sancho Pardo Donlebún
17 1574 to 13 February 1577Gabriel de Montalvo[2][3]
18 13 February 1577 to 1579Francisco Carreño
19 27 April 1579 to 1 September 1579Gaspar de Torres
20 1580 to 1589 Gabriel de Luján
Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza (1580–1583)
Luis de Villanueva y Zapata Dean of the Audiencia
(1583–1584)
Pedro de Moya y Contrerás Archbishop of Mexico
(1584–1585)
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga (1585–1590)
21 31 March 1589 to April 1595Juan de Tejeda
Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1590–1595)
22 April 1593 to 20 June 1602Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo
Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca (1595–1603)
Duke of Lerma (1598–1618)[note 3] Philip III (1598 –1621)
23 20 June 1602 to 16 June 1608Pedro de Valdez
Juan de Mendoza y Luna (1603–1607)
Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1607–1611)
24 16 June 1608 to 1616Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda
García Guerra Archbishop of Mexico
(1611–1612)
Pedro Otárola Dean of the Audiencia
(1612)
Diego Fernández de Córdoba (1612–1621)
25 1616 to 6 June 1619Sancho de Alquiza
Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval (1618–1621)[note 3]
26 1619 to 1620 Jerónimo de Quero
Paz de Valecillo

Dean of the Audiencia
(1621)

27 14 August 1620 to 16 March 1624 Francisco de Venegas
Philip IV (1621 –1665)
Baltasar de Zúñiga (1621–1622)[note 3]
Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimental (1621–1624)
28 16 March 1624 to 16 June 1626 Damián Velásquez de Contreras Count-Duke of Olivares (1622–1643)[note 3]
No viceroy
Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo (1624–1635)
29 16 June 1626 to 7 October 1630Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera
30 7 October 1630 to 24 May 1634Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra
31 24 May 1634 to 1639Francisco Riaño y Gamboa
Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz (1635–1640)
32 1639 to 1647Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento
Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla (1640–1642)
Juan de Palapox y Mendoza

Bishop of Puebla
(1642)

García Sarmiento de Sotomayor (1642–1648)
Luis de Haro (1643–1661)[note 3]
33 1647 to 7 October 1653Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares
Marcos de Torres y Rueda

Bishop of Yucatan
(1648–1649)

Matías de Peralta

Dean of the Audiencia
(1649–1650)

Luis Enríquez de Guzmán (1650–1653)
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva (1653–1660)
34 7 October 1653 to 1654Francisco Xelder
35 1654 to 1656Juan de Montanos Blázquez
36 1656 to 1658Diego Rangel
37 1658 to 1663 Juan de Salamanca
Juan de Leyva de la Cerda (1660–1664)
No valido[note 4]
38 1663 to 30 July 1664Rodrigo Flores de Aldana
Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas

Bishop of Puebla
(1664)

39 30 July 1664 to 6 May 1670Francisco Oregón y Gascón
Antonio Sebastián de Toledo (1664–1673)
Juan Everardo Nithard (1665–1669)[note 3] Mariana of Austria (1665–1675)[note 5] Charles II (1665 –1700)
Fernando de Valenzuela (1669–1677)[note 3]
40 6 May 1670 to 31 August 1680Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma
Pedro Nuño Colón

(1673)

Payo Enríquez de Ribera Manrique

Bishop of Puebla and Archbishop of Mexico
(1673–1680)

No regent
John Joseph of Austria (1677–1679)[note 6]
Duke of Medinaceli (1679–1685)[note 6]
Tomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo (1680–1686)
41 31 August 1680 to 2 July 1685José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León
Count of Oropesa (1685–1691)[note 6]
42 2 July 1685 to 1687 Manuel de Murguia y Mena Removed from office for illicit trade
Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega (1686–1688)
43 1687 to 1689Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa
Gaspar Melchor Baltasar de la Cerda (1688–1696)
44 1689 to 3 October 1695Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas
Cardinal Portocarrero(1691–1698)[note 3]
45 3 October 1695 to 20 September 1702Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, Marquis of the Vado del MaestrePromoted to captain-general of New Granada
Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez

Bishop of Durango, Bishop of Guatemala, Bishop of Michoacán and Archbishop of Mexico
(1696)

José Sarmiento Valladares (1696–1701)
Count of Oropesa (1698–1699)[note 6]
Cardinal Portocarrero(1699–1700)[note 3] Cardinal Portocarrero(1700)[note 7]
Government Board of the Realms (1700–1701)[note 8] Vacant[note 9]
Antonio de Ubilla (1700–1705)[note 10] Philip V (1700 –1724)
Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez

Archbishop of Mexico
(1701–1702)

 Cardinal Portocarrero(1701–1703)
46 20 September 1702 to 4 December 1702Pedro Nicolás Benítez de LugoFormer gentleman of the Elector of Bavaria; died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
Francisco V Férnandez de la Cueva (1702–1710)
Int. 4 December 1702 to 13 May 1706Luis Chacón

Nicolás Chirino Vandeval

 Interim governors

military governor

civil governor

Marquess of Mejorada del Campo (1705–1714)[note 10]
No regent
47 13 May 1706 to 8 July 1706Pedro Álvarez de VillarínDied of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
Int. 8 July 1706 to 18 January 1708Luis Chacón

Nicolás Chirino Vandeval

 Interim governors

military governor

civil governor

48 18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa TorresFormer governor of Spanish Florida
Fernando de Alencastre Noroña (1710–1716)
49 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
Int. 10 June 1711 to 14 February 1713Luis ChacónInterim governor
50 14 February 1713 to 26 May 1716Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa TorresRestored to office
Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco (1714)[note 10]
José de Grimaldo (1714–1724)[note 10]
Bernardo Tinajero de la Escalera (1714–1715)[note 11]
No secretary
51 26 May 1716 to 23 August 1717 Vicente de Raja
Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán (1716–1722)
Int. 23 August 1717 to 23 June 1718Gómez Mazaver Ponce de LeónProvisional governor
52 23 June 1718 to 29 September 1724Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega
Miguel Fernández Durán (1720–1721)[note 11]
Andres Matías de Pes Marzaraga (1721–1723)[note 11]
Juan de Acuña y Bejarano (1722–1734)
No secretary
Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño (1724–1726)[note 11]
Luis I (1724)
Juan Bautista de Orendáin (1724)[note 10]
Philip V (1724 –1746)
José de Grimaldo (1724–1725)[note 10]
53 29 September 1724 to 18 March 1734Dionisio Martínez de la Vega
Baron Ripperda (1725–1726)[note 10]
José de Grimaldo (1725–1726)[note 10]
José de Patiño y Rosales (1726–1736)[note 11]
Juan Bautista de Orendáin (1726–1734)[note 10]
Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta Archbishop of Mexico
(1734–1740)
54 18 March 1734 to 22 April 1746Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, Count of Revillagigedo
José de Patiño y Rosales (1734–1736)[note 12]
Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero (1736–1739)[note 11] Marquis of Villarias (1736–1746)[note 12]
Marquis of Villarias (1739–1746)[note 11]
Pedro de Castro Figueroa y Salazar (1740–1741)
Pedro Malo de Villavicencio

President of the Audiencia
(1741–1742)

Pedro Cebrián y Agustín (1742–1746)
Marquess of Ensenada (1743–1754)[note 11]
55 22 April 1746 to 21 July 1746Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes
Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas (1746–1755) Ferdinand VI (1746 –1759)
56 21 July 1746 to 9 June 1747 Diego Peñalosa
José de Carvajal (1746–1754)[note 12]
57 9 June 1747 to 18 May 1760Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega
Duke of Huéscar (1754)
Interim[note 12]
Ricardo Wall (1754–1763)[note 12]
Ricardo Wall (1754)[note 13]
Julián de Arriaga (1754–1776)[note 13]
Elisabeth Farnese (1759)[note 14] Charles III (1759 –1788)
No regent
Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón (1755–1760)
Francisco Antonio de Echávarri

Dean of the Audiencia
(1760)

Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (1760)
Acting 18 May 1760 to 7 February 1761 Pedro Alonso Provisional governor
Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766)
58 7 February 1761 to 13 August 1762Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna
British Suzerainty Secretary of State for the Southern Department Prime Minister
59a 13 August 1762 to 1 January 1763George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle The Earl of Egremont (1761–1763) John Stuart (1761–1763) No regent George III (1760 –1820)
60a 1 January 1763 to 8 July 1763 William Keppel
George Grenville (1763–1765)
Spanish Suzerainty (during the British occupation of La Habana) Viceroy of New Spain Secretary of State for the Indies First Secretary of State
59 7 September 1762 to 8 July 1763 Fernando de Cagigal de la Vega, Marquess de Casa Cagigal Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) Julián de Arriaga (1754–1776) Ricardo Wall (1754–1763) No regent Charles III (1759 –1788)
Spanish Suzerainty Viceroy of New Spain Secretary of the Indies First Secretary of State

Prime Minister
60 8 July 1763 to 27 June 1765Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, Count of Ricla Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) Julián de Arriaga (1754–1776)[note 13] Ricardo Wall (1754–1763)[note 12] No regent Charles III (1759 –1788)
Jerónimo Grimaldi (1763–1777)[note 12]
61 27 June 1765 to 13 July 1765Diego Manrique
Int. 13 July 1765 to 19 March 1766Pascual Jiménez de CisnerosProvisional governor
62 19 March 1766 to 14 August 1771Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Henestrosa y Lasso de la Vega
Carlos Francisco de Croix (1766–1771)
63 14 August 1771 to 18 November 1771Diego José Navarro García de Valladares1st Term (Provisional governor)
64 18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777 Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre
Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (1771–1779)
José de Gálvez (1776–1787)[note 13]
Count of Floridablanca(1777–1792)[note 12]
Acting 12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782Diego José Navarro García de Valladares2nd Term (Provisional governor)
Francisco Romá y Rosell

Regent of the Audiencia
(1779)

Martín de Mayorga Ferrer

Captain General of Guatemala
(1779–1783)

65 12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat
66 29 December 1782 to 4 February 1785Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo

Captain General of Guatemala
(1783–1784)

Vicente de Herrera y Rivero

Regent of the Audiencia
(1784–1785)

67 4 February 1785 to 7 April 1785Bernardo de Gálvez
Acting 7 April 1785 to 28 December 1785 Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón Provisional governor
Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid (1785–1786)
68 28 December 1785 to 18 April 1789José Manuel de Ezpeleta
Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño

Regent of the Audiencia
(1786–1787)

Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta

Archbishop of Mexico
(1787)

Count of Floridablanca(1787)
Interim[note 13]
Antonio Porlier[note 15]
Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán (1787–1792)[note 16]
Manuel Antonio Flórez Mandonaldo (1787–1789)
69 18 April 1789 to 8 July 1790Domingo Cabello y RoblesProvisional governor
Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco (1789–1794)
Charles IV (1788 –1808)
70 8 July 1790 to 6 December 1796Luis de las Casas y Aragorri
No secretary (affairs of Indies distributed among different secretariats) Count of Aranda (1792)
Interim[note 12]
Manuel Godoy (1792–1798)[note 12]
Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca (1794–1798)
71 6 December 1796 to 13 May 1799Juan Procopio de Bassecourt Thieulaine y Bryas López de Ochoa, Count of Santa Clara
Francisco Saavedra (1798–1799)[note 12]
Miguel José de Azanza (1798–1800)
Mariano Luis de Urquijo (1799)[note 12]
72 13 May 1799 to 14 April 1812 Salvador José de Muro, 2nd Marquis of Someruelos Pedro Cevallos (1799–1808)[note 12]
Félix Berenguer de Marquina (1800–1803)
José de Iturrigaray (1803–1808)
Ferdinand VII (1808)
Miguel José de Azanza

1st Duke of Santa Fe(1808–1813)[note 17]

 Mariano Luis de Urquijo (1808–1813)[note 12] Joseph I (1808 –1813)
Pedro de Garibay (1808–1809)[note 18]
Francisco Javier de Lizana

Archbishop of Mexico
(1809–1810)[note 18]

Pedro Catani (1810)[note 18]
Francisco Javier Venegas (1810–1813)[note 18]
73 14 April 1812 to 2 July 1816Juan Ruíz de Apodaca
Félix María Calleja del Rey (1813–1816)[note 18]
No secretary Juan O'Donojú (1813)
Interim[note 12]
Fernando de Laserna (1813)
Interim[note 12]
Manuel Antonio de la Bodega y Mollinedo (1813–1814)[note 19] José Luyando (1813–1814)
Interim[note 12]		 Ferdinand VII(1813 –1833)
Miguel de Lardizabal (1814–1815)[note 19][note 13] José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas (1814)[note 12]
No secretary Pedro Cevallos (1814–1816)[note 12]
Juan Esteban Lozano de Torres (1816)[note 12]
Pedro Cevallos (1816)[note 12]
74 2 July 1816 to 29 August 1819José Cienfuegos Jovellanos
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca (1816–1821)
José García de León (1816–1818)[note 12]
Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1818–1819)
Interim[note 12]
75 28 August 1819 to 3 March 1821Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño
Manuel González Salmón (1819)
Interim[note 12]
Joaquín José Melgarejo (1819–1820)[note 12]
Antonio González Salmón (1820)
Interim[note 19]
Juan Jabat Aztal (1820)
Interim[note 12]
Antonio Porcel Román (1820)[note 19]
Evaristo Pérez de Castro (1820–1821)[note 12]
Ramón Gil de la Cuadra (1820–1821)[note 19]
Antonio de Guilleman (1821)
Interim[note 19]		 Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca (1821)
Interim[note 12]
76 3 March 1821 to 19 July 1822Nicolás de Mahy y Romo
Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez (1821) Francisco de Paula Escudero (1821)
Interim[note 12]
Ramón Olaguer Feliú (1821)[note 19]
Ramón López Pelegrín (1821–1822)[note 19] Eusebio Bardají y Azara (1821–1822)[note 12]
Juan O'Donojú (1821)
Minister of Overseas[note 20]
Ramón López-Pelegrín (1821–1822)[note 19]
Ramón López-Pelegrín (1822)
Interim[note 12]
José Gabriel de Silva (1822)[note 12]
Ramón López-Pelegrín (1822)
Interim[note 12]
Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo (1822)[note 19] Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1822)[note 12]
Int. 19 July 1822 to 2 May 1823 Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón Provisional Governor Diego Clemencín (1822)[note 19]
José Manuel de Vadillo (1822–1823)[note 19] Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor (1822–1823)
Interim since 28 February 1823[note 12]
77 2 May 1823 to 15 May 1832Francisco Dionisio Vives José Manuel de Vadillo (1823)
Interim[note 12]
Pedro Urquinaona (1823)[note 19] Santiago Usoz y Mozi (1823)
Interim[note 12]
José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo (1823)[note 12]
Francisco de Paula Ossorio y Vargas (1823) Interim[note 19]
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar (1823)
Interim[note 12]
No minister (1823–1836)
Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay (1823)
Interim[note 12]
José Luyando (1823)
Interim[note 12]
Víctor Damián Sáez (1823)
Interim until 7 August 1823[note 12]
Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1823)[note 12]
Narciso Heredia (1823–1824)[note 12]
Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1824–1825)[note 12]
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo (1825–1826)[note 12]
Manuel González Salmón (1826–1832)[note 12]
Antonio de Saavedra (1832)
Interim[note 12]
78 15 May 1832 to 1 June 1834 Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca
Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1832–1834)[note 12]
Maria Christina of Two-Sicilies (1833–1840) Isabella II (1833 –1868)
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1834–1835)[note 21]
79 1 June 1834 to 20 April 1838Miguel Tacón y Rosique
José María Queipo de Llano (1835)[note 21]
Miguel Ricardo de Álava (1835)[note 21]
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1835–1836)
Interim[note 21]
Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1836)[note 21]
José María Calatrava (1836–1837)[note 21]
Depending on the Minister of the Navy (1836–1847)
Ildefonso Díez de Rivera (1837)
Interim [note 21]
José María Calatrava (1837)[note 21]
Baldomero Espartero (1837)[note 21]
Eusebio Bardají y Azara (1837)[note 21]
Narciso Heredia (1837–1838)[note 21]
80 20 April 1838 to 10 January 1840Joaquín Ezpeleta Enrile
Bernardino Fernández de Velasco (1838)[note 21]
Evaristo Pérez de Castro (1838–1840)[note 21]
81 10 January 1840 to 7 March 1841Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón
Antonio González (1840)[note 21]
Valentín Ferraz (1840)[note 21]
Modesto Cortázar (1840)
Interim[note 21]
Vicente Sancho (1840)[note 21]
Baldomero Espartero(1840–1841)[note 21]
Baldomero Espartero(1840–1843)
82 7 March 1841 to 15 September 1843Jerónimo Valdés
Joaquín María Ferrer (1841)[note 21]
Antonio González (1841–1842)[note 21]
José Ramón Rodil (1842–1843)[note 21]
Joaquín María López (1843)[note 21]
Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1843)[note 21]
Joaquín María López (1843)[note 21][note 22]
Acting 15 September 1843 to 21 October 1843Francisco Javier de UlloaProvisional Governor
Salustiano Olózaga (1843)[note 21] No regent
83 21 October 1843 to 29 March 1848Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan
Luis González Bravo (1843–1844)[note 21]
Ramón María Narváez (1844–1846)[note 21]
Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1846)[note 21]
Ramón María Narváez (1846)[note 21]
Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1846–1847)[note 21]
Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1847)[note 21]
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco (1847)[note 21]
No minister (1847–1851)
84 29 March 1848 to 11 November 1850Federico Roncali
Florencio García Goyena (1847)[note 21]
Ramón María Narváez (1847–1849)[note 21]
Serafín María de Sotto (1849)[note 21]
Ramón María Narváez (1849–1851)[note 21]
85 11 November 1850 to 16 April 1852José Gutiérrez de la Concha1st Term
Juan Bravo Murillo (1851–1852)[note 23]
86 16 April 1852 to 3 December 1853Valentín Cañedo
Federico Roncali (1852–1853)[note 23]
Francisco Lersundi (1853)[note 23]
87 3 December 1853 to 21 September 1854Juan González de la Pezuela
Luis José Sartorius, Count of San Luis (1853–1854)[note 23]
Depending on the Minister of State (1854–1856) Fernando Fernández de Córdova (1854)[note 21]
Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1854)[note 21]
Baldomero Espartero(1854–1856)[note 21]
88 21 September 1854 to 24 November 1859José Gutiérrez de la Concha2nd Term
No minister (1856)
Depending on the Minister of Development (1856–1858)
Depending on the Minister of State (1858) Leopoldo O'Donnell (1856)[note 21]
Ramón María Narváez (1856–1857)[note 21]
Francisco Armero Peñaranda (1857–1858)[note 21]
Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1858)[note 21]
Leopoldo O'Donnell (1858–1863)[note 24]
89 24 November 1859 to 10 December 1862Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke of la Torre
90 10 December 1862 to 30 May 1866Domingo Dulce1st Term
Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1863) Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1863–1864)[note 21]
José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana (1863) Interim
Francisco Permanyer Tuyets (1863)
José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana (1863–1864) Interim
Alejandro de Castro y Casal (1864) Lorenzo Arrazola (1864)[note 21]
Diego López Ballesteros (1864) Alejandro Mon y Méndez (1864)[note 21]
Manuel Seijas Lozano (1864–1865) Ramón María Narváez (1864–1865)[note 21]
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1865–1866) Leopoldo O'Donnell (1865–1866)[note 21]
91 30 May 1866 to 3 November 1866Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea1st Term
Alejandro de Castro y Casal (1866–1867) Ramón María Narváez (1866–1867)[note 21]
92 3 November 1866 to 24 September 1867Joaquín del Manzano
Int. 24 September 1867 to 21 December 1867Blas Villate1st Term (Provisional governor)
Carlos Marfori y Callejas (1867–1868)
93 21 December 1867 to 4 January 1869Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea2nd Term
Luis González Bravo (1868)[note 21]
Tomás Rodríguez Rubí (1868) José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana (1868)[note 21]
José Nacarino Bravo (1868)
Adelardo López de Ayala (1868–1869) Juan Prim (1869–1870)[note 21] Francisco Serrano (1868 –1871)
94 4 January 1869 to 2 June 1869Domingo Dulce2nd Term
Juan Bautista Topete (1869) Interim
Acting 2 June 1869 to 28 June 1869Felipe Ginovés del EspinarProvisional Governor
95 28 June 1869 to 13 December 1870Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas
Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1869–1870)
Segismundo Moret (1870)
96 13 December 1870 to 11 July 1872Blas Villate2nd Term
Adelardo López de Ayala (1870–1871) Juan Bautista Topete (1870–1871)
Interim[note 21]
Francisco Serrano (1872)[note 21] No regent Amadeo I (1871 –1873)
Tomás Mosquera (1871) Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1871)[note 21]
Víctor Balaguer (1871) José Malcampo (1871)[note 21]
Juan Bautista Topete (1871–1872) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872)[note 21]
Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1872)
Adelardo López de Ayala (1872) Francisco Serrano (1872)[note 21]
Eduardo Gasset y Artime (1872) Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1872–1873)[note 21]
97 11 July 1872 to 18 April 1873Francisco Ceballos y Vargas
Tomás Mosquera (1872–1873)
Francisco Salmerón y Alonso (1873) Estanislao Figueras (1873)[note 25] President
Estanislao Figueras (1873)
José Cristóbal Sorní (1873)
98 18 April 1873 to 4 November 1873Cándido Pieltaín Francesc Pi i Margall (1873)[note 25] Francesc Pi i Margall (1873)
Francisco Suñer (1873)
Eduardo Palanca (1873) Nicolás Salmerón (1873)[note 25] Nicolás Salmerón (1873)
Santiago Soler y Pla (1873–1874) Emilio Castelar (1873–1874)[note 25] Emilio Castelar (1873–1874)
99 4 November 1873 to 6 April 1874Joaquín Jovellar y Soler1st Term
Víctor Balaguer (1874) Francisco Serrano (1874)[note 25] Francisco Serrano President (1874)
Juan Zavala (1874)[note 21]
Antonio Romero Ortiz (1874)
100 6 April 1874 to 1 March 1875José Gutiérrez de la Concha3rd Term Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1874)[note 21]
Adelardo López de Ayala (1874–1877) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875)[note 21] Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875)[4] Monarch
No regency Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
Acting 1 March 1875 to 8 March 1875 Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo 1st Term (Provisional Governor)
Joaquín Jovellar (1875)[note 21]
101 8 March 1875 to 18 January 1876Blas Villate3rd Term
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1875–1879)[note 21]
102 18 January 1876 to 18 June 1878Joaquín Jovellar y Soler2nd Term
Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1877–1878)
José Elduayen Gorriti (1878–1879)
103 18 June 1878 to 5 February 1879Arsenio Martínez Campos1st Term
Acting 5 February 1879 to 17 April 1879Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo2nd Term (Provisional Governor)
Manuel Orovio Echagüe (1879) Interim Arsenio Martínez-Campos (1879)[note 21]
Salvador Albacete (1879)
104 17 April 1879 to 28 November 1881 Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata1st Term
José Elduayen Gorriti (1879–1880) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1879–1881)[note 21]
Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo (1880–1881)
Fernando León y Castillo (1881–1883) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1881–1883)[note 21]
105 28 November 1881 to 5 August 1883Luis Prendergast y Gordon, Marquis of Victoria de las Tunas
Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1883)
Acting 5 August 1883 to 28 September 1883Tomás y RegnaProvisional Governor
106 28 September 1883 to 8 November 1884Ignacio María del Castillo
Estanislao Suárez Inclán (1883–1884) José Posada Herrera (1883–1884)[note 21]
Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1884–1885) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1884–1885)[note 21]
107 8 November 1884 to 25 March 1886Ramón Fajardo e Izquierdo
Germán Gamazo (1885–1886) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1885–1890)[note 21] Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) Vacant
108 25 March 1886 to 15 July 1887Emilio Calleja1st Term Alfonso XIII (1886–1931)
Víctor Balaguer (1886–1888)
109 15 July 1887 to 13 March 1889Sabas Marín y González1st Term
Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1888)
Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1888–1890)
110 13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890Manuel Salamanca y Negrete
Int. 6 February 1890 to 4 April 1890José Sánchez y GómezProvisional Governor
111 4 April 1890 to 24 August 1890José Chinchilla
Antonio María Fabié (1890–1891) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1890–1892)[note 21]
112 24 August 1890 to 20 June 1892Camilo de Polavieja
Francisco Romero Robledo (1891–1892)
113 20 June 1892 to 15 July 1893Alejandro Rodríguez Arias y Rodulfo
Antonio Maura (1892–1894) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1892–1895)[note 21]
Int. 15 July 1893 to 16 September 1893José ArderiusProvisional Governor
114 16 September 1893 to 16 April 1895Emilio Calleja2nd Term
Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1894)
Buenaventura Ábarzuza Ferrer (1894–1895)
Tomás Castellano y Villarroya (1895–1897) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1895–1897)[note 21]
115 16 April 1895 to 20 January 1896Arsenio Martínez Campos2nd Term
Acting 20 January 1896 to 11 February 1896Sabas Marín y González2nd Term (Provisional Governor)
116 11 February 1896 to 31 October 1897Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife
Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero (1897)[note 21]
Segismundo Moret (1897–1898) Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1897–1899)[note 21]
117 31 October 1897 to 30 November 1898Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata2nd Term
Vicente Romero Girón (1898–1899)
118 30 November 1898 to 1 January 1899Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos
American Suzerainty Secretary of War[note 26] USA Vice President USA President
1 1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899John Rutter Brooke Russell A. Alger (1897–1899) Garret Hobart (1895–1899) Wiliam McKinley (1897–1901)
Elihu Root (1899–1904) Vacant
2 23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902 Leonard Wood[5]
Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
Vacant Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
Republic of Cuba
20 May 1902 to 29 September 1906See List of Presidents of Cuba
American Occupation Secretary of War[note 26] USA Vice President USA President
Acting 29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906William Howard TaftProvisional governor William Howard Taft (1904–1908) Charles W. Fairbanks (1905–1909) Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
Acting 13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909Charles Edward Magoon[6]Provisional governor
Luke Edward Wright (1908–1909)

For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba.

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 In absence of Joanna of Castile, where its confined
  2. ↑ Co-monarch with his son Charles since 1516
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 As valido of the King of Spain
  4. ↑ Personalist government of Philip IV
  5. ↑ As regent during the minority of his son, Charles II
  6. 1 2 3 4 As Chief Minister of Spain
  7. ↑ During the illness of Charles II
  8. ↑ After the death of Charles II
  9. ↑ Until the coronation of Philip of Anjou
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 As Secretary of the Universal Bureau
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 As Secretary of State for the Navy and the Indies of Spain
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 As First Secretary of State of Spain
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 As Secretary of State for the Indies
  14. ↑ Until the arrival of Charles III
  15. ↑ As Secretary of State for Grace and Justice of Indies
  16. ↑ As Secretary of State for War, Treasury, Commerce and Navigation of Indies
  17. ↑ As Minister of the Indies of Spain
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 Loyal to Ferdinand VII during the Spanish War of Independence
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 As Secretary of State for Overseas Governance
  20. ↑ Depending ministry of the Spanish colonies
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 As President of the Minsterial Council of Spain
  22. ↑ As President of the Provisional Government
  23. 1 2 3 4 Depending on the President of the Council of Ministers as an additional affair.
  24. ↑ Depending on the Overseas over the President of the Council of Ministers as an additional affair.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 As President of the Executive Power
  26. 1 2 Responsible to the Bureau of Insular Affairs regarding Cuba after the April 11, 1899 ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris.

References

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  1. ↑ "Cuba". The History Files. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum [es]. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0.
  3. ↑ Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Resumen historico". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Madrid: Mellado. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019739033 – via HathiTrust.
  4. ↑ As President of the Regency Ministry
  5. ↑ "Records of the Military Government of Cuba". National Archives. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ "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.

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