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( June 2013 ) Governor - General of the Philippines Residence Fort San Pedro ( 1565 -- 1572 ) Palacio del Gobernador ( 1572 -- 1863 ) Malacañang Palace ( 1863 -- 1945 ) Mansion House ( 1942 -- 1945 ) Appointer Viceroy of New Spain Monarch of Spain Monarch of Great Britain President of the United States Emperor of Japan Precursor Various, the barangay system Formation 27 April 1565 First holder Miguel López de Legazpi ( under Spain ) Dawsonne Drake ( under Great Britain ) Wesley Merritt ( under the United States ) Masaharu Homma ( under Japan ) Final holder Diego de los Ríos ( under Spain ) Dawsonne Drake ( under Great Britain ) Frank Murphy ( under the United States ) Tomoyuki Yamashita ( under Japan ) Abolished 6 October 1945 Succession President of the Philippines The Governor - General of the Philippines ( Spanish : Gobernador - General de Filipinas ; Filipino : Gobernador - Heneral ng Pilipinas ; Japanese : フィリピン 総督 ( Firipin sōtoku ) ; ) was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed mainly by Spain ( 1565 -- 1898 ) and the United States ( 1898 -- 1946 ), and briefly by Great Britain ( 1762 -- 1764 ) and Japan ( 1942 -- 1945 ). They were also the representative of the executive of the ruling power. On November 15, 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established as a transitional government to prepare the country for independence from the American control. The governor - general was replaced by an elected Filipino `` President of the Philippine Commonwealth '', as the chief executive of the Philippines, taking over many of the duties of the Governor - General. The former American Governor - General then became known as the High Commissioner to the Philippines. Contents 1 Under New Spain ( 1565 -- 1761 ) 2 British Occupation of Manila ( 1761 -- 1764 ) 3 Under New Spain ( 1764 -- 1821 ) 4 Direct Spanish control ( 1821 -- 1898 ) 5 United States Military Government ( 1898 -- 1902 ) 6 Insular Government ( 1901 -- 1935 ) 7 High Commissioner to the Philippines ( 1935 -- 42 and 1945 -- 46 ) 8 Japanese military governors ( 1942 -- 1945 ) 9 Timelines 9.1 1750 -- 1800 9.2 1800 -- 1850 9.3 1850 -- 1900 9.4 1900 -- 1950 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References Under New Spain ( 1565 -- 1761 ) From 1565 to 1898, the Philippines was under Spanish rule. From 1565 -- 1821, The governor and captain - general was appointed by the Viceroy of New Spain upon recommendation of the Spanish Cortes and governed on behalf of the Monarch of Spain. When there was a vacancy ( e.g. death, or during the transitional period between governors ), the Real Audiencia in Manila appoints a temporary governor from among its members. After 1821, the country was no longer under the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( present - day Mexico ) and administrative affairs formerly handled by New Spain were transferred to Madrid and placed directly under the Spanish Crown. Ad interim Real Audiencia # Picture Name From Until Monarch Miguel López de Legazpi April 27, 1565 August 20, 1572 Philip II ( 25 July 1554 -- 13 September 1598 ) Guido de Lavezaris August 20, 1572 August 25, 1575 Francisco de Sande August 25, 1575 April 1580 Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa April 1580 March 10, 1583 5 Diego Ronquillo March 10, 1583 May 16, 1584 6 Santiago de Vera May 16, 1584 May 1590 7 Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas June 1, 1590 October 25, 1593 8 Pedro de Rojas October 1593 December 3, 1593 9 Luís Pérez Dasmariñas December 3, 1593 July 14, 1596 10 Francisco de Tello de Guzmán July 14, 1596 May 1602 Philip III ( 13 September 1598 -- 31 March 1621 ) 11 Pedro Bravo de Acuña May 1602 June 24, 1606 12 Cristóbal Téllez de Almanza ( Real Audiencia ) June 24, 1606 June 15, 1608 13 Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia June 15, 1608 April 1609 14 Juan de Silva April 1609 April 19, 1616 15 Andrés Alcaraz ( Real Audiencia ) April 19, 1616 July 3, 1618 16 Alonso Fajardo de Entenza July 3, 1618 July 1624 Philip IV ( 31 March 1621 -- 17 September 1665 ) 17 Jeronimo de Silva ( Real Audiencia ) July 1624 June 1625 18 Fernándo de Silva July 1624 June 29, 1626 19 Juan Niño de Tabora June 29, 1626 July 22, 1632 20 Lorenzo de Olaza y Lecubarri ( Real Audiencia ) July 22, 1632 1633 21 Juan Cerezo de Salamanca August 29, 1633 June 25, 1635 22 Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera June 25, 1635 August 11, 1644 23 Diego Fajardo Chacón August 11, 1644 July 25, 1653 24 Sabiniano Manrique de Lara July 25, 1653 September 8, 1663 25 Diego de Salcedo September 8, 1663 September 28, 1668 Charles II ( 17 September 1665 -- 1 November 1700 ) 26 Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz September 28, 1668 September 24, 1669 27 Manuel de León September 24, 1669 September 21, 1677 28 Francisco Coloma y Maceda ( Real Audiencia ) April 11, 1677 September 25, 1677 29 Francisco Sotomayor y Mansilla ( Real Audiencia ) September 21, 1677 September 28, 1678 30 Juan de Vargas y Hurtado September 28, 1678 August 24, 1684 31 Gabriel de Curuzealegui y Arriola August 24, 1684 April 1689 32 Alonso de Avila Fuertes ( Real Audiencia ) April 1689 July 1690 33 Fausto Cruzat y Gongora July 25, 1690 December 8, 1701 Philip V November 1700 -- 15 January 1724 34 Domingo Zabálburu de Echevarri December 8, 1701 August 25, 1709 35 Martín de Urzúa y Arizmendi, count of Lizárraga August 25, 1709 February 4, 1715 36 José Torralba ( Real Audiencia ) February 4, 1715 August 9, 1717 37 Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda August 9, 1717 October 11, 1719 - Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta ( acting ) October 11, 1719 August 6, 1721 38 Toribio José Cosio y Campo August 6, 1721 August 14, 1729 Louis I ( 15 January -- 31 August 1724 ) Philip V ( 6 September 1724 -- 9 July 1746 ) 39 Fernándo Valdés y Tamon August 14, 1729 July 1739 40 Gaspar de la Torre July 1739 September 21, 1745 - Archbishop Juan Arrechederra ( acting ) September 21, 1745 July 20, 1750 Ferdinand VI ( 9 July 1746 -- 10 August 1759 ) 41 Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi July 20, 1750 July 26, 1754 42 Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban July 26, 1754 May 31, 1759 - Bishop Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta ( acting ) June 1759 May 31, 1761 Charles III ( 10 August 1759 -- 14 December 1788 ) - Archbishop Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra ( acting ) July 1761 October 6, 1762 Charles III British occupation of Manila ( 1761 -- 1764 ) Great Britain occupied Manila and the naval port of Cavite as part of the Seven Years ' War. # Picture Name From Until Monarch 43 Simón de Anda y Salazar ( Provisional Government in Bacolor, Pampanga ) October 6, 1762 February 10, 1764 Charles III 44 Dawsonne Drake November 2, 1762 May 31, 1764 George III Under New Spain ( 1764 -- 1821 ) After the British Government replaced their incumbent Governor General of the Philippines and they have given the nation to Spain Once more time, Spanish Governor General Francisco Javier de la Torre ascended to the Seat. # Picture Name From Until Monarch 45 Francisco Javier de la Torre March 17, 1764 July 6, 1765 Charles III 46 José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez July 6, 1765 July 1770 ( 43 ) Simón de Anda y Salazar July 1770 October 30, 1776 47 Pedro de Sarrio October 30, 1776 July 1778 48 José Basco y Vargas July 1778 September 22, 1787 ( 47 ) Pedro de Sarrio September 22, 1787 July 1, 1788 49 Félix Berenguer de Marquina July 1, 1788 September 1, 1793 Charles IV 50 Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León September 1, 1793 August 7, 1806 51 Mariano Fernández de Folgueras August 7, 1806 March 4, 1810 Ferdinand VII Joseph Bonaparte 52 Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar March 4, 1810 September 4, 1813 53 José Gardoqui Jaraveitia September 4, 1813 December 10, 1816 Ferdinand VII ( 51 ) Mariano Fernández de Folgueras December 10, 1816 September 15, 1821 Direct Spanish control ( 1821 -- 1898 ) After the 1821 Mexican War of Independence, Mexico became independent and was no longer part of the Spanish Empire. The Viceroyalty of New Spain ceased to exist. The Philippines, as a result, was directly governed from Madrid, under the Crown. # Picture Name From Until Monarch ( 51 ) Mariano Fernández de Folgueras September 16, 1821 October 30, 1822 Ferdinand VII 54 Juan Antonio Martínez October 30, 1822 October 14, 1825 55 Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca October 14, 1825 December 23, 1830 56 Pasqual Enrile y Alcedo December 23, 1830 March 1, 1835 Isabella II 57 Gabriel de Torres March 1, 1835 April 23, 1835 58 Joaquín de Crámer April 23, 1835 September 9, 1835 59 Pedro Antonio Salazar Castillo y Varona September 9, 1835 August 27, 1837 60 Andrés García Camba August 27, 1837 December 29, 1838 61 Luis Lardizábal December 29, 1838 February 14, 1841 62 Marcelino de Oraá February 14, 1841 June 17, 1843 63 Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre June 17, 1843 July 16, 1844 64 Narciso Clavería, 1st Count of Manila July 16, 1844 December 26, 1849 65 Antonio María Blanco December 26, 1849 July 29, 1850 66 Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía July 29, 1850 December 20, 1853 67 Ramón Montero y Blandino December 20, 1853 February 2, 1854 68 Manuel Pavía, 1st Marquis of Novaliches February 2, 1854 October 28, 1854 ( 67 ) Ramón Montero y Blandino October 28, 1854 November 20, 1854 69 Manuel Crespo y Cebrían November 20, 1854 December 5, 1856 ( 67 ) Ramón Montero y Blandino December 5, 1856 March 9, 1857 70 Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero March 9, 1857 January 12, 1860 71 Ramón María Solano y Llanderal January 12, 1860 August 29, 1860 72 Juan Herrera Dávila August 29, 1860 February 2, 1861 73 José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González February 2, 1861 July 7, 1862 74 Salvador Valdés July 7, 1862 July 9, 1862 75 Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham July 9, 1862 March 24, 1865 76 Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez March 24, 1865 April 25, 1865 77 Juan de Lara e Irigoyen April 25, 1865 July 13, 1866 78 José Laureano de Sanz y Posse July 13, 1866 September 21, 1866 79 Juan Antonio Osorio September 21, 1866 September 27, 1866 ( 76 ) Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez September 27, 1866 October 26, 1866 80 José de la Gándara y Navarro October 26, 1866 June 7, 1869 No Monarch 81 Manuel Maldonado June 7, 1869 June 23, 1869 82 Carlos María de la Torre y Navacerrada June 23, 1869 April 4, 1871 Amadeo I ( December 16, 1870 -- February 11, 1873 ) 83 Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutíerrez April 4, 1871 January 8, 1873 84 Manuel MacCrohon January 8, 1873 January 24, 1873 85 Juan Alaminos y Vivar January 24, 1873 March 17, 1874 No Monarch - Manuel Blanco Valderrama ( acting ) March 17, 1874 June 18, 1874 86 José Malcampo y Monje June 18, 1874 February 28, 1877 Alfonso XII ( December 29, 1874 -- November 25, 1885 ) 87 Domingo Moriones y Murillo February 28, 1877 March 20, 1880 88 Rafael Rodríguez Arias March 20, 1880 April 15, 1880 89 Fernando Primo de Rivera, 1st Marquis of Estella April 15, 1880 March 10, 1883 - Emilio Molíns 1st term, ( acting ) March 10, 1883 April 7, 1883 90 Joaquín Jovellar April 7, 1883 April 1, 1885 - Emilio Molíns 2nd term, ( acting ) April 1, 1885 April 4, 1885 91 Emilio Terrero y Perinat April 4, 1885 April 25, 1888 Alfonso XIII ( May 17, 1886 ) - Antonio Moltó y Díaz Berrio ( acting ) April 25, 1888 June 4, 1888 - Federico Lobatón y Prieto ( acting ) June 4, 1888 June 5, 1888 92 Valeriano Wéyler June 5, 1888 November 17, 1891 93 Eulogio Despujol November 17, 1891 March 1, 1893 - Federico Ochando ( acting ) March 1, 1893 May 4, 1893 94 Ramón Blanco, 1st Marquis of Peña Plata May 4, 1893 December 13, 1896 - Camilo de Polavieja, 1st Marquis of Polavieja ( acting ) December 13, 1896 April 15, 1897 - José de Lachambre ( acting ) April 15, 1897 April 23, 1897 95 Fernando Primo de Rivera, 1st Marquis of Estella April 23, 1897 April 11, 1898 96 Basilio Augustín April 11, 1898 July 24, 1898 - Fermín Jáudenes ( acting ) July 24, 1898 August 13, 1898 - Francisco Rizzo ( acting ) August 13, 1898 September 1898 - Diego de los Rios ( acting ) September 1898 June 3, 1899 United States military government ( 1898 -- 1902 ) See also : United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands The city of Manila was captured by American expeditionary forces on 13 August 1898. On 14 August 1898 the terms of the Spanish capitulation were signed. From this date, American government in the Philippines begins. General Wesley Merritt, in accordance with the instructions of the United States President, issued a proclamation announcing the establishment of United States military rule. During the transition period, executive authority in all civil affairs in the Philippine government was exercised by the military governor. # Picture Name From Until President Wesley Merritt August 14, 1898 August 30, 1898 William McKinley Elwell S. Otis August 28, 1898 May 5, 1900 Arthur MacArthur, Jr. May 5, 1900 July 4, 1901 Adna Chaffee July 4, 1901 July 4, 1902 Insular government ( 1901 -- 1935 ) See also : Insular Government On July 4, 1901, executive authority over the islands was transferred to the president of the Second Philippine Commission who had the title of Civil Governor, a position appointed by the President of the United States and approved by the United States Senate. For the first year, a Military Governor, Adna Chaffee, ruled parts of the country still resisting the American rule, concurrent with Civil Governor, William Howard Taft. Disagreements between the two were not uncommon. The following year, on July 4, 1902, Taft became the sole executive authority. Chaffee remained as commander of Philippine Division until September 30, 1902. After his retirement as Civil Governor, Governor Taft was appointed Secretary of War and he secured for his successor the adoption by Congress of the title Governor - General of the Philippine Islands thereby `` reviving the high designation used during the last period of Spanish rule and placing the office on a parity of dignity with that of other colonial empires of first importance ''. The term `` insular '' ( from insulam, the Latin word for island ) refers to U.S. island territories that are not incorporated into either a state or a federal district. All insular areas was under the authority of the U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs, a division of the US War Department. # Picture Name From Until President William Howard Taft July 4, 1901 February 1, 1904 William McKinley To September 1901 Theodore Roosevelt From September 1901 Luke Edward Wright February 1, 1904 November 3, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt Henry Clay Ide November 3, 1905 September 19, 1906 James Francis Smith September 20, 1906 November 11, 1909 5 William Cameron Forbes November 11, 1909 September 1, 1913 William Howard Taft - Newton W. Gilbert ( Acting Governor - General ) September 1, 1913 October 6, 1913 Woodrow Wilson 6 Francis Burton Harrison October 6, 1913 March 5, 1921 - Charles Yeater ( Acting Governor - General ) March 5, 1921 October 14, 1921 Warren G. Harding To September 1923 Calvin Coolidge 7 Leonard Wood October 14, 1921 August 7, 1927 - Eugene Allen Gilmore ( Acting Governor - General ) August 7, 1927 December 27, 1927 Calvin Coolidge 8 Henry L. Stimson December 27, 1927 February 23, 1929 - Eugene Allen Gilmore ( Acting Governor - General ) February 23, 1929 July 8, 1929 Herbert Hoover 9 Dwight F. Davis July 8, 1929 January 9, 1932 - George C. Butte ( Acting Governor - General ) January 9, 1932 February 29, 1932 10 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. February 29, 1932 July 15, 1933 11 Frank Murphy July 15, 1933 November 14, 1935 Became High Commissioner to the Philippines Franklin D. Roosevelt High Commissioner to the Philippines ( 1935 -- 42 and 1945 -- 46 ) See also : High Commissioner to the Philippines On November 15, 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated as a transitional government to prepare the country for independence. The office of President of the Philippine Commonwealth replaced the Governor - General as the country 's chief executive. The Governor - General became the High Commissioner of the Philippines with Frank Murphy, the last governor - general, as the first high commissioner. The High Commissioner exercised no executive power but rather represented the colonial power, the United States Government, in the Philippines. The high commissioner moved from Malacañang Palace to the newly built High Commissioner 's Residence, now the Embassy of the United States in Manila. After the Philippine independence on July 4, 1946, the last High Commissioner, Paul McNutt, became the first United States Ambassador to the Philippines. # Picture Name From Until President Frank Murphy November 14, 1935 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt Paul V. McNutt 1937 1939 Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. 1939 1942 Paul V. McNutt 1945 1946 Following Philippine independence became 1st U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry S Truman Japanese military Governors ( 1942 -- 1945 ) In December 1941, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was invaded by Japan as part of World War II. The next year, the Empire of Japan sent a military governor to control the country during wartime, followed by the formal establishment of the puppet second republic. # Picture Name From Until Emperor Masaharu Homma January 3, 1942 June 8, 1942 Emperor Hirohito Shizuichi Tanaka June 8, 1942 May 28, 1943 Shigenori Kuroda May 28, 1943 September 26, 1944 Tomoyuki Yamashita September 26, 1944 September 2, 1945 On September 2, 1945, the Governor - General position of the Philippines has now been abolished and the Philippines ' independence had been proclaimed helped by the United States on the 4th of July 1945 on the presidency of Manuel Roxas. The 5th President of the Philippines. Timelines 1750 -- 1800 1800 -- 1850 1850 -- 1900 1900 -- 1950 See also New Spain portal Philippines portal Spain portal Audiencia List of Viceroys of New Spain Spanish Empire History of the Philippines Military History of the Philippines United States Territory Governor - General Lists of office - holders Notes ^ Jump up to : Peterson 2007, p. 11. Jump up ^ David P. Barrows ; The Governor - General of the Philippines under Spain and the United States ; The American Historical Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 ( Jan., 1916 ), pp. 288 - 311 Jump up ^ David P. Barrows ; The Governor - General of the Philippines under Spain and the United States ; The American Historical Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 ( Jan., 1916 ), pp. 288 - 311 Jump up ^ David P. Barrows ; The Governor - General of the Philippines under Spain and the United States ; The American Historical Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 ( Jan., 1916 ), pp. 288 - 311 Jump up ^ Halstead, Murat ( 1898 ). The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico. p. 116. Jump up ^ Tucker, Spencer ( 2009 ). The Encyclopedia of the Spanish -- American and Philippine -- American Wars : A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC - CLIO. p. 457. ISBN 978 - 1 - 85109 - 951 - 1. ^ Jump up to : Elliott ( 1917 ), p. 509 Jump up ^ Elliott ( 1917 ), p. 4 Jump up ^ Tanner ( 1901 ), p. 383 Jump up ^ Philippine Academy of Social Sciences ( 1967 ). Philippine social sciences and humanities review. pp. 40. Jump up ^ Act of Congress of February 6, 1905 entitled : `` An Act To amend an Act approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled `` An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes, '' and to amend an Act approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled `` An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes '' and to amend an Act March second, nineteen hundred and three, entitled `` An Act to establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands, '' and to provide for the more efficient administration of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes. '' Section 8 thereof provided that `` the civil governor of the Philippine Islands shall hereafter be known as the governor - general of the Philippine Islands. Jump up ^ David P. Barrows ; The Governor - General of the Philippines under Spain and the United States ; The American Historical Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 ( Jan., 1916 ), pp. 288 - 311 Jump up ^ `` Island - from English to Latin ''. Google Translate. Retrieved on 2013 = 08 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations '' Archived 2012 - 09 - 25 at the Wayback Machine... U.S. Department of the Interior. Jump up ^ `` Insular ''. Merriam - Webster Dictionary. Retrieved on 2013 - 08 - 07. Jump up ^ Cahoon ( 2000 ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors - General of the Philippines. References Governors of the Philippines Cahoon, Ben ( 2000 ). `` Philippines ''. World 's Statesmen. Don Peterson ( 2007 - 2nd Qtr ), 1898 : Five Philippine Governors - General Serve Rapid Fire Terms, Philippine Philatelic Journal. Tanner, Dr. J.M. ( 1901 - 11 ). Improvement Era Vol. 5 No. 1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints. Elliott, Charles Burke ( 1917 ). The Philippines : To the End of the Commission Government, a Study in Tropical Democracy. The Bobbs - Merrill Company. Governors - General of the Philippines Spanish Governors - General of the Philippines 1565 -- 1898 Under the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( 1565 -- 1821 ) Miguel López de Legazpi Guido de Lavezaris Francisco de Sande Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa Diego Ronquillo Santiago de Vera Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas Pedro de Rojas Luis Pérez Dasmariñas Francisco Tello de Guzmán Pedro Bravo de Acuña Cristóbal Téllez de Almanza Count of Valle de Orizaba Juan de Silva Andrés Alcaraz Alonso Fajardo Jeronimo de Silva Fernándo de Silva Juan Niño de Tabora Lorenzo de Olaza Juan Cerezo de Salamanca Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera Diego Fajardo Sabiniano Manrique de Lara Diego de Salcedo Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz Manuel de León Francisco Coloma Francisco Sotomayor Juan de Vargas Gabriel de Curuzealegui Alonso de Ávila Fuertes Fausto Cruzat y Góngora Domingo Zabálburu de Echevarri Martín de Urzua y Arismendi José Torralba Fernando Bustamante Francisco de la Cuesta Toribio José Cosio Fernándo Valdés Gaspar de la Torre Juan de Arechederra Marquis of Brindisi and Ovando Pedro Manuel de Arandía Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta Manuel Rojo Simón de Anda Francisco Javier de la Torre José Antonio Raón Simón de Anda Pedro de Sarrio José Basco Pedro de Sarrio Félix Berenguer de Marquina Rafael María de Aguilar Mariano Fernández de Folgueras Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar José Gardoqui Jaraveitia Mariano Fernández de Folgueras Under Spain ( 1821 -- 1898 ) Mariano Fernández de Folgueras Juan Antonio Martínez Mariano Ricafort Pasqual Enrile Gabriel de Torres Joaquín de Crámer Pedro Antonio Salazar Andrés García Camba Luis Lardizábal Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre Narciso Clavería Antonio María Blanco Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo Ramón Montero Manuel Pavía Ramón Montero Manuel Crespo Ramón Montero Fernándo Norzagaray Ramón María Solano Juan Herrera Dávila José Lemery Salvador Valdés Rafael de Echague Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Cárlos María de la Torre Rafael de Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama Marquis of San Rafael Marquis of Oroquieta Rafael Rodríguez Arias Fernando Primo de Rivera Emilio Molíns Joaquín Jovellar Emilio Molíns Emilio Terrero Antonio Molto Federico Lobaton Valeriano Weyler Eulogio Despujol Federico Ochando Ramon Blanco Camilo de Polavieja José de Lachambre Fernando Primo de Rivera Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes Francisco Rizzo Diego de los Ríos Italics indicates a member of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. Smallcaps indicates an oidor of the Real Audiencia of Manila. American Governors - General of the Philippines 1898 -- 1935 Military Government ( 1898 -- 1902 ) Merritt Otis MacArthur Chaffee Insular Government ( 1901 -- 1935 ) Taft Wright Ide Smith Forbes Gilbert Harrison Yeater Wood Gilmore Stimson Gilmore Davis Butte Roosevelt Murphy Smallcaps indicate military governors Italics indicate acting governors Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines 1942 -- 1945 Masaharu Homma Shizuichi Tanaka Shigenori Kuroda Tomoyuki Yamashita See also Heads of state and government of the Philippines Head offices of state and government of the Philippines Current President Government recognized Non-Government recognized Defunct Gobernador General ( Spain and United Kingdom ) Military Governor / Civil Governor ( United States and Japan ) Prime Minister Aguinaldo / Marcos Sultan of Lanao of Maguindanao of Sulu Historic ( Royal titles ) Datus Rajahs Lakan Senapati Huang Apo Dayang Lakambini Binibini Leaders of present - day Southeast Asian countries Heads of state Brunei ( Monarch ) Cambodia ( Monarch ) East Timor ( President ) Indonesia ( President ) ( list ) Laos ( President ) Malaysia ( Monarch ) Myanmar ( President ) ( list ) Philippines ( President ) ( list ) Singapore ( President ) Thailand ( Monarch ) ( list ) Vietnam ( President ) ( list ) Heads of government Brunei Cambodia ( list ) East Timor Indonesia ( list ) Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines ( list ) Singapore ( list ) Thailand ( list ) Vietnam ( list ) Defunct heads of state and government Burma ( Monarch ) Dutch East Indies ( Governor - General ) Indonesia ( Prime Minister ) Laos ( Monarch ) Myanmar ( Prime Minister ) Philippines ( Consorts ) Philippines ( Governor - General ) Philippines ( Prime Minister ) Vietnam ( Monarch ) South Vietnam ( leaders ) ASEAN Chief executives of the United States Federal President of the United States State governors ( current list ) Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Territorial ( current list ) American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Defunct Pre-state territories Panama Canal Zone Cuba Philippine Islands ( until 1935 ) Philippine Commonwealth ( until 1946 ) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor-General_of_the_Philippines&oldid=808481436 '' Categories : Governors - General of the Philippines Captaincy General of the Philippines Insular Government of the Philippine Islands People of Spanish colonial Philippines Philippine Heads of State and Government Political office - holders in the Philippines People of American colonial Philippines 1565 establishments in the Philippines Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles needing cleanup from June 2013 All pages needing cleanup Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from June 2013 Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from June 2013 Articles containing Japanese - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bikol Central Català Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Kapampangan Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Русский Svenska Tagalog 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 3 November 2017, at 03 : 25. 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Question: who was the first spanish governor general of the philippines
Answer: Miguel López de Legazpi