List of colonial governors of Cuba
List of Colonial Heads of Cuba Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. For continuation after independence see List of Presidents of Cuba

List of colonial governors of Cuba

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Table Section Text: List of Colonial Heads of Cuba Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. For continuation after independence see List of Presidents of Cuba

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

Spanish Suzerainty

Governors

1511 to 1524	Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

1524 to 1525	Manuel de Rojas y Cordova

1511 to 1524	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

1577 to 1579	Francisco Carreño

1579 to 1584	Gaspar de Torres

1584 to 1589	Gabriel de Luján

1589 to 1593	Juan de Tejeda

1593 to 1602	Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo

1602 to 1608	Pedro de Valdez

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 de Flores y 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 governors (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 governors (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	Miguel Tacón y Rosique

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 1854	Juan González de la Pezuela

1854 to 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

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,	provisional governor

Sentence(s)

Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca was Governor of Cuba.

final_sentence: Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca was Governor of Cuba.