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 | Viceroy of the Indies | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Suzerainty | ||||
| Governors | ||||
| 1511 to 12 June 1524 | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar | Diego Columbus (1511 –1526) | Joanna of Castile (1504 –1555) | |
| Charles I (1516 –1556) | ||||
| Governor of New Spain | ||||
| Hernán Cortés (1521) | ||||
| Cristóbal de la Tapia (1521) | ||||
| Hernán Cortés (1521 –1524) | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 14 March 1525 to 27 April 1526 | Juan 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) | ||||
| 27 April 1526 to 6 November 1531 | Gonzalo 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 –1534) | ||||
| 7 November 1531 to 7 September 1532 | Juan de Vadillo | |||
| 1 March 1532 to 1 February 1534 | Manuel de Rojas y Cordova | |||
| Viceroy of New Spain | ||||
| 14 November 1535 to 1537 | Gonzalo de Guzmán | Antonio de Mendoza (1535 –1550) | ||
| 20 March 1537 to 12 May 1539 | Hernando de Soto | |||
| 12 May 1539 to 1544 | Isabel de Bobadilla | Wife of Hernando de Soto | ||
| 1544 to 5 June 1546 | Juanes de Ávila | |||
| 5 June 1546 to 1548 | Antonio de Cháves | |||
| 1549 to 8 March 1555 | Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo | |||
| Luis de Velasco (1550 –1564) | ||||
| 1556 to 1565 | Diego de Mazariegos | Philip II (1556–1598) | ||
| Francisco Ceinos Dean of the Audiencia (1564–1566) | ||||
| 19 September 1565 to 24 November 1567 | Francisco García Osorio | |||
| Gastón Carrillo de Peralta (1566–1567) | ||||
| 24 November 1567 to 16 September 1574 | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | Alonso Muñoz
Luis Carrillo (1567–1568) | ||
| Martín Enríquez de Almanza (1568–1580) | ||||
| 1572 to 1574 | Sancho Pardo Donlebún | |||
| 1574 to 13 February 1577 | Gabriel de Montalvo[2][3] | |||
| 13 February 1577 to 1579 | Francisco Carreño | |||
| 27 April 1579 to 1 September 1579 | Gaspar de Torres | |||
| 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) | ||||
| 1589 to 1593 | Juan de Tejeda | |||
| Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1590–1595) | ||||
| 1593 to 1602 | Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo | |||
| Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca (1595–1603) | ||||
| 1602 to 1607 | Pedro de Valdez | Philip III (1598 –1621) | ||
| Juan de Mendoza y Luna (1603–1607) | ||||
| 1607 to 1616 | Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda | Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1607–1611) | ||
| García Guerra Archbishop of Mexico (1611–1612) | ||||
| Pedro Otárola Dean of the Audiencia (1612) | ||||
| Diego Fernández de Córdoba (1612–1621) | ||||
| 1616 to 6 June 1619 | Sancho de Alquiza | |||
| 1619 to 1620 | Jerónimo de Quero | |||
| 1620 to 1624 | Francisco de Venegas | |||
| Paz de Valecillo
Dean of the Audiencia | ||||
| Philip IV (1621 –1665) | ||||
| Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimental (1621–1624) | ||||
| 1624 to 16 June 1626 | Damián Velásquez de Contreras | No viceroy | ||
| Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo (1624–1635) | ||||
| 16 June 1626 to 7 October 1630 | Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera | |||
| 7 October 1630 to 24 May 1634 | Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra | |||
| 24 May 1634 to 1639 | Francisco Riaño y Gamboa | |||
| Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz (1635–1640) | ||||
| 1639 to 1647 | Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento | |||
| Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla (1640–1642) | ||||
| Juan de Palapox y Mendoza
Bishop of Puebla | ||||
| García Sarmiento de Sotomayor (1642–1648) | ||||
| 1647 to 7 October 1653 | Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares | |||
| Marcos de Torres y Rueda
Bishop of Yucatan | ||||
| Matías de Peralta
Dean of the Audiencia | ||||
| Luis Enríquez de Guzmán (1650–1653) | ||||
| Francisco Fernández de la Cueva (1653–1660) | ||||
| 7 October 1653 to 1654 | Francisco Xelder | |||
| 1654 to 1656 | Juan de Montanos Blázquez | |||
| 1656 to 1658 | Diego Rangel | |||
| 1658 to 1663 | Juan de Salamanca | |||
| Juan de Leyva de la Cerda (1660–1664) | ||||
| 1663 to 30 July 1664 | Rodrigo Flores de Aldana | |||
| Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas
Bishop of Puebla | ||||
| 30 July 1664 to 6 May 1670 | Francisco Oregón y Gascón | |||
| Antonio Sebastián de Toledo (1664–1673) | ||||
| Charles II (1665 –1700) | ||||
| 6 May 1670 to 1680 | Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma | |||
| Pedro Nuño Colón
(1673) | ||||
| Payo Enríquez de Ribera Manrique
Bishop of Puebla and Archbishop of Mexico | ||||
| 1680 to 1685 | José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León | Tomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo (1680–1686) | ||
| 1685 to 1687 | Manuel de Murguia y Mena | Removed from office for illicit trade | ||
| Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega (1686–1688) | ||||
| 1687 to 1689 | Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa | |||
| Gaspar Melchor Baltasar de la Cerda (1688–1696) | ||||
| 1689 to 3 October 1695 | Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas | |||
| 3 October 1695 to 20 September 1702 | Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, Marquis of the Vado del Maestre | |||
| Promoted to captain-general of New Granada | Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
Bishop of Durango, Bishop of Guatemala, Bishop of Michoacán and Archbishop of Mexico | |||
| José Sarmiento Valladares (1696–1701) | ||||
| Philip V (1700 –1724) | ||||
| Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
Archbishop of Mexico | ||||
| 20 September 1702 to 4 December 1702 | Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo | Former gentleman of the Elector of Bavaria; died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office | ||
| Francisco V Férnandez de la Cueva (1702–1710) | ||||
| 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, Marquis of Casa Torres | Former governor of Spanish Florida | ||
| Fernando de Alencastre Noroña (1710–1716) | ||||
| 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, Marquis of Casa Torres | Restored to office | ||
| 26 May 1716 to 23 August 1717 | Vicente de Raja | |||
| Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán (1716–1722) | ||||
| 23 August 1717 to 23 June 1718 | Gómez Mazaver Ponce de León | Provisional governor | ||
| 23 June 1718 to 29 September 1724 | Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega | |||
| Juan de Acuña y Bejarano (1722–1734) | ||||
| Luis I (1724) | ||||
| 29 September 1724 to 18 March 1734 | Dionisio Martínez de la Vega | Philip V (1724 –1746) | ||
| Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta Archbishop of Mexico (1734–1740) | ||||
| 18 March 1734 to 22 April 1746 | Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, Count of Revillagigedo | |||
| Pedro de Castro Figueroa y Salazar (1740–1741) | ||||
| Pedro Malo de Villavicencio
President of the Audiencia | ||||
| Pedro Cebrián y Agustín (1742–1746) | ||||
| 22 April 1746 to 21 July 1746 | Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes | |||
| Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas (1746–1755) | Ferdinand VI (1746 –1759) | |||
| 21 July 1746 to 9 June 1747 | Diego Peñalosa | |||
| 9 June 1747 to 18 May 1760 | Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega | |||
| Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón (1755–1760) | ||||
| Charles III (1759 –1788) | ||||
| Francisco Antonio de Echávarri
Dean of the Audiencia | ||||
| Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (1760) | ||||
| 18 May 1760 to 7 February 1761 | Pedro Alonso | Provisional governor | ||
| Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) | ||||
| 7 February 1761 to 13 August 1762 | Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna | |||
| British Suzerainty | Secretary of State for the Southern Department | |||
| 13 August 1762 to 1 January 1763 | George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle | The Earl of Egremont | George III (1760 –1820) | |
| 1 January 1763 to 8 July 1763 | William Keppel | |||
| Spanish Suzerainty (during the British occupation of La Habana) | Viceroy of New Spain | |||
| 7 September 1762 to 8 July 1763 | Fernando de Cagigal de la Vega, Marquess de Casa Cagigal | Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) | Charles III (1759 –1788) | |
| Spanish Suzerainty | Viceroy of New Spain | |||
| 8 July 1763 to 27 June 1765 | Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, Count of Ricla | Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) | Charles III (1759 –1788) | |
| 27 June 1765 to 13 July 1765 | Diego Manrique | |||
| 13 July 1765 to 19 March 1766 | Pascual Jiménez de Cisneros | Provisional governor | ||
| 19 March 1766 to 14 August 1771 | Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Henestrosa y Lasso de la Vega | |||
| Carlos Francisco de Croix (1766–1771) | ||||
| 14 August 1771 to 18 November 1771 | Diego José Navarro García de Valladares | 1st Term (Provisional governor) | ||
| 18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777 | Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre | |||
| Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (1771–1779) | ||||
| 12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782 | Diego José Navarro García de Valladares | 2nd Term (Provisional governor) | ||
| Francisco Romá y Rosell
Regent of the Audiencia | ||||
| Martín de Mayorga Ferrer
Captain General of Guatemala | ||||
| 12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782 | Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat | |||
| 29 December 1782 to 4 February 1785 | Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga | |||
| Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
Captain General of Guatemala | ||||
| Vicente de Herrera y Rivero
Regent of the Audiencia | ||||
| 4 February 1785 to 7 April 1785 | Bernardo de Gálvez | |||
| 7 April 1785 to 28 December 1785 | Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón | Provisional governor | ||
| Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid (1785–1786) | ||||
| 28 December 1785 to 18 April 1789 | José Manuel de Ezpeleta | |||
| Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño
Regent of the Audiencia | ||||
| Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
Archbishop of Mexico | ||||
| Manuel Antonio Flórez Mandonaldo (1787–1789) | ||||
| 18 April 1789 to 8 July 1790 | Domingo Cabello y Robles | Provisional governor | ||
| Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco (1789–1794) | ||||
| Charles IV (1788 –1808) | ||||
| 8 July 1790 to 6 December 1796 | Luis de las Casas y Aragorri | |||
| Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca (1794–1798) | ||||
| 6 December 1796 to 13 May 1799 | Juan Procopio de Bassecourt Thieulaine y Bryas López de Ochoa, Count of Santa Clara | |||
| Miguel José de Azanza (1798–1800) | ||||
| 13 May 1799 to 14 April 1812 | Salvador José de Muro, 2nd Marquis of Someruelos | |||
| Félix Berenguer de Marquina (1800–1803) | ||||
| José de Iturrigaray (1803–1808) | ||||
| Ferdinand VII (1808) | ||||
| Joseph I (1808 –1813) | ||||
| Pedro de Garibay (1808–1809) | ||||
| Francisco Javier de Lizana
Archbishop of Mexico | ||||
| Pedro Catani (1810) | ||||
| Francisco Javier Venegas (1810–1813) | ||||
| 14 April 1812 to 2 July 1816 | Juan Ruíz de Apodaca | |||
| Félix María Calleja del Rey (1813–1816) | ||||
| 2 July 1816 to 29 August 1819 | José Cienfuegos | Ferdinand VII(1813 –1833) | ||
| Juan Ruiz de Apodaca (1816–1821) | ||||
| 28 August 1819 to 3 March 1821 | Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño | |||
| 3 March 1821 to 19 July 1822 | Nicolás de Mahy y Romo | |||
| Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez (1821) | ||||
| 19 July 1822 to 2 May 1823 | Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón | |||
| Provisional Governor | Juan O'Donojú (1821) | |||
| Minister of Overseas [4] | ||||
| Ramón López-Pelegrín (1821–1822)[5] | ||||
| Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo (1822)[5] | ||||
| Diego Clemencín (1822)[5] | ||||
| José Manuel de Vadillo (1822–1823)[5] | ||||
| 2 May 1823 to 15 May 1832 | Francisco Dionisio Vives | |||
| Pedro Urquinaona (1823)[5] | ||||
| Francisco de Paula Ossorio y Vargas (1823) Interim[5] | ||||
| No minister (1823–1836) | ||||
| 15 May 1832 to 1 June 1834 | Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca | Isabella II (1833 –1868) | ||
| 1 June 1834 to 20 April 1838 | Miguel Tacón y Rosique | |||
| Depending on the Minister of the Navy (1836–1847) | ||||
| 20 April 1838 to 10 January 1840 | Joaquín de Ezpeleta | |||
| 10 January 1840 to 7 March 1841 | Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón | |||
| 7 March 1841 to 15 September 1843 | Jerónimo Valdés | |||
| 15 September 1843 to 21 October 1843 | Francisco Javier de Ulloa | Provisional Governor | ||
| 21 October 1843 to 29 March 1848 | Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan | |||
| No minister (1847–1851) | ||||
| 29 March 1848 to 11 November 1850 | Federico Roncali | |||
| 11 November 1850 to 16 April 1852 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 1st Term | ||
| Juan Bravo Murillo (1851–1852)[6] | ||||
| 16 April 1852 to 3 December 1853 | Valentín Cañedo | |||
| Federico Roncali (1852–1853)[6] | ||||
| Francisco Lersundi (1853)[6] | ||||
| 3 December 1853 to 21 September 1854 | Juan González de la Pezuela | |||
| Luis José Sartorius, Count of San Luis (1853–1854)[6] | ||||
| Depending on the Minister of State (1854–1856) | ||||
| 21 September 1854 to 24 November 1859 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 2nd Term | ||
| No minister (1856) | ||||
| Depending on the Minister of Development (1856–1858) | ||||
| Depending on the Minister of State (1858) | ||||
| Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1858) Also prime minister | ||||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell (1858–1863) Also prime minister | ||||
| 24 November 1859 to 10 December 1862 | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke of la Torre | |||
| 10 December 1862 to 30 May 1866 | Domingo Dulce | 1st Term | ||
| Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1863) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Diego López Ballesteros (1864) | ||||
| Manuel Seijas Lozano (1864–1865) | ||||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1865–1866) | ||||
| 30 May 1866 to 3 November 1866 | Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea | 1st Term | ||
| Alejandro de Castro y Casal (1866–1867) | ||||
| 3 November 1866 to 24 September 1867 | Joaquín del Manzano | |||
| 24 September 1867 to 21 December 1867 | Blas Villate | 1st Term (Provisional governor) | ||
| Carlos Marfori y Callejas (1867–1868) | ||||
| 21 December 1867 to 4 January 1869 | Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea | 2nd Term | ||
| Tomás Rodríguez Rubí (1868) | ||||
| José Nacarino Bravo (1868) | ||||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1868–1869) | Francisco Serrano Regent (1868 –1871) | |||
| 4 January 1869 to 2 June 1869 | Domingo Dulce | 2nd Term | ||
| Juan Bautista Topete (1869) Interim | ||||
| 2 June 1869 to 28 June 1869 | Felipe Ginovés del Espinar | Provisional Governor | ||
| 28 June 1869 to 13 December 1870 | Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas | |||
| Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1869–1870) | ||||
| Segismundo Moret (1870) | ||||
| 13 December 1870 to 11 July 1872 | Blas Villate | 2nd Term | ||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1870–1871) | ||||
| Amadeo I (1871 –1873) | ||||
| Tomás Mosquera (1871) | ||||
| Víctor Balaguer (1871) | ||||
| Juan Bautista Topete (1871–1872) | ||||
| Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1872) | ||||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1872) | ||||
| Eduardo Gasset y Artime (1872) | ||||
| 11 July 1872 to 18 April 1873 | Francisco Ceballos y Vargas | |||
| Tomás Mosquera (1872–1873) | ||||
| Francisco Salmerón y Alonso (1873) | Estanislao Figueras President (1873) | |||
| José Cristóbal Sorní (1873) | ||||
| 18 April 1873 to 4 November 1873 | Cándido Pieltaín | Francesc Pi i Margall President (1873) | ||
| Francisco Suñer (1873) | ||||
| Eduardo Palanca (1873) | Nicolás Salmerón President (1873) | |||
| Santiago Soler y Pla (1873–1874) | Emilio Castelar President (1873–1874) | |||
| 4 November 1873 to 6 April 1874 | Joaquín Jovellar y Soler | 1st Term | ||
| Víctor Balaguer (1874) | Francisco Serrano President (1874) | |||
| Antonio Romero Ortiz (1874) | ||||
| 6 April 1874 to 1 March 1875 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 3rd Term | ||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1874–1877) | Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | |||
| 1 March 1875 to 8 March 1875 | Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo | 1st Term (Provisional Governor) | ||
| 8 March 1875 to 18 January 1876 | Blas Villate | 3rd Term | ||
| 18 January 1876 to 18 June 1878 | Joaquín Jovellar y Soler | 2nd Term | ||
| Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1877–1878) | ||||
| José Elduayen Gorriti (1878–1879) | ||||
| 18 June 1878 to 5 February 1879 | Arsenio Martínez Campos | 1st Term | ||
| 5 February 1879 to 17 April 1879 | Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo | 2nd Term (Provisional Governor) | ||
| Manuel Orovio Echagüe (1879) Interim | ||||
| Salvador Albacete (1879) | ||||
| 17 April 1879 to 28 November 1881 | Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata | 1st Term | ||
| José Elduayen Gorriti (1879–1880) | ||||
| Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo (1880–1881) | ||||
| Fernando León y Castillo (1881–1883) | ||||
| 28 November 1881 to 5 August 1883 | Luis Prendergast y Gordon, Marquis of Victoria de las Tunas | |||
| Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1883) | ||||
| 5 August 1883 to 28 September 1883 | Tomás y Regna | Provisional Governor | ||
| 28 September 1883 to 8 November 1884 | Ignacio María del Castillo | |||
| Estanislao Suárez Inclán (1883–1884) | ||||
| Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1884–1885) | ||||
| 8 November 1884 to 25 March 1886 | Ramón Fajardo e Izquierdo | |||
| Germán Gamazo (1885–1886) | Maria Christina of Austria Regent (1885–1886) | |||
| 25 March 1886 to 15 July 1887 | Emilio Calleja | 1st Term | Alfonso XIII (1886–1931) | |
| Víctor Balaguer (1886–1888) | ||||
| 15 July 1887 to 13 March 1889 | Sabas Marín y González | 1st Term | ||
| Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1888) | ||||
| Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1888–1890) | ||||
| 13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890 | Manuel Salamanca y Negrete | |||
| 6 February 1890 to 4 April 1890 | José Sánchez y Gómez | Provisional Governor | ||
| 4 April 1890 to 24 August 1890 | José Chinchilla | |||
| Antonio María Fabié (1890–1891) | ||||
| 24 August 1890 to 20 June 1892 | Camilo de Polavieja | |||
| Francisco Romero Robledo (1891–1892) | ||||
| 20 June 1892 to 15 July 1893 | Alejandro Rodríguez Arias y Rodulfo | |||
| Antonio Maura (1892–1894) | ||||
| 15 July 1893 to 16 September 1893 | José Arderius | Provisional Governor | ||
| 16 September 1893 to 16 April 1895 | Emilio Calleja | 2nd Term | ||
| Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1894–1895) | ||||
| Buenaventura Ábarzuza Ferrer (1894–1895) | ||||
| Tomás Castellano y Villarroya (1895–1897) | ||||
| 16 April 1895 to 20 January 1896 | Arsenio Martínez Campos | 2nd Term | ||
| 20 January 1896 to 11 February 1896 | Sabas Marín y González | 2nd Term (Provisional Governor) | ||
| 11 February 1896 to 31 October 1897 | Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife | |||
| Segismundo Moret (1897–1898) | ||||
| 31 October 1897 to 30 November 1898 | Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata | 2nd Term | ||
| Vicente Romero Girón (1898) | ||||
| 30 November 1898 to 1 January 1899 | Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos | |||
| American Suzerainty | Secretary of the Navy | USA President | ||
| 1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899 | John Ruller Brooke | John Davis Long (1897–1902) | Wiliam McKinley (1897–1901) | |
| 23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902 | Leonard Wood[7] | |||
| William Henry Moody (1902–1904) | Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) | |||
| Republic of Cuba | ||||
| 20 May 1902 | See List of Presidents of Cuba | |||
| American Occupation | Secretary of the Navy | USA President | ||
| 29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906 | William Howard Taft | Provisional governor | Charles Bonaparte (1905–1906) | Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) |
| 13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909 | Charles Edward Magoon[8] | Provisional governor | ||
| Victor H. Metcalf (1906–1908) | ||||
| Truman Handy Newberry (1908–1909) | ||||
For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba.
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cuba". The History Files. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- ^ Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. 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. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019739033 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Depending ministry of the Spanish colonies
- ^ a b c d e f As Secretary of State of the Overseas Governance
- ^ a b c d Depending of the President of the Council of Ministers as an additional affair.
- ^ "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
[edit]- "Governors of Cuba", Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, New York, 1860
