# Governor of Atlántico

The governor of the Department of Atlantico heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian Department of Atlántico. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department and is elected by popular vote. The current governor is Elsa Noguera De la Espriella.

## Governors

| Order | Name | Term |
| 1 | Diego A De Castro | 1905 - 1906 |
| 2 | Alberto Osorio | 1906 - 1907 |
| 3 | José Francisco Insignares | 1907 - 1908 |
| 4 | Daniel Carbonell | 1909 - 1910 |
| 5 | Anastacio Del Río | 1910 - 1911 |
| 6 | Rafael María Palacio | 1913 - 1913 |
| 7 | Pablo J. Bustillo | 1913 - 1914 |
| 8 | Teodosio Goenaga | 1914 - 1915 |
| 9 | Federico Castro Rodríguez | 1918 |
| 10 | Gabriel Martínez Aparicio | 1919 - 1922 |
| 11 | Eparquio González | 1922 - 1928 |
| 12 | José Ulises Osorio | 1928 - 1930 |
| 13 | Alberto Pumarejo | 1930 - 1931 |
| 14 | Juan B. Fernández | 1931 - 1932 |
| 15 | Juan Pablo Manotas | 1932 - 1934 |
| 16 | Nicolás Llinás Vega | 1934 - 1935 |
| 17 | José María Blanco Núñez | 1935 - 1936 |
| 18 | Rafael Blanco De La Rosa | 1936 - 1938 |
| 19 | Juan Antonio Donado | 1938 - 1940 |
| 20 | Joaquín Ramón Lafaurie | 1940 - 1942 |
| 21 | Alejo Solano Manotas | 1948 - 1949 |
| 22 | Rafael Gerlein Y Villate | 1949 |
| 23 | Alfredo Carbonell | 1949 - 1950 |
| 24 | T. Quintero De Fex | 1950 - 1951 |
| 25 | Eduardo Carbonell | 1951 - 1952 |
| 26 | Próspero Carbonell | 1952 - 1953 |
| 27 | Marco A. Villamizar | 1953 - 1954 |
| 28 | Jacinto E. Márquez | 1954 - 1956 |
| 29 | Julio E. Cesar Canal | 1956 - 1957 |
| 30 | Fernando J. Restrepo | 1957 |
| 31 | Néstor Madrid Malo | 1957 - 1958 |
| 32 | Alcides De La Espriella | 1958 - 1959 |
| 33 | Eduardo Martínez Gómez | 1961 - 1962 |
| 34 | José Victor Dugand R. | 1962 - 1963 |
| 35 | Francisco Posada De La Peña | 1963 - 1965 |
| 36 | Ernesto Mccausland | 1965 - 1966 |
| 37 | Eduardo Marino | 1969 - 1970 |
| 38 | Eduardo González Martínez | 1970 |
| 39 | Álvaro Dugand Donado | 1970 - 1971 |
| 40 | Antonio Abello Roca | 1971 - 1973 |
| 41 | José Tcherassi Guzmán | 1973 - 1974 |
| 42 | Roberto Gerlein Echeverría | 1974 - 1975 |
| 43 | Rafael Maldonado De Castro | 1975 - 1976 |
| 44 | Blanca Franco de Castro | 1976 - 1978 |
| 45 | Pedro Martín Leyes Hernandez | 1978 - 1981 |
| 46 | Roberto Pacini Solano | 1981 - 1982 |
| 47 | Abel Francisco Carbonell | 1982 - 1984 |
| 48 | Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala | 1984 - 1987 |
| 49 | Gerardo Certain | 1987 |
| 50 | Edgardo Sales Sales | 1987 - 1990 |
| 51 | Arturo Sarabia Better | 1990 - 1991 |
| 52 | Arnold Gómez Mendoza | 1991 |
| 53 | Gustavo Bell Lemus | 1992 - 1994 |
| 54 | Nelson Polo Hernández | 1995 - 1997 |
| 55 | Rodolfo Espinosa Meola | 1998 - 2000 |
| 56 | Ventura Díaz Mejía | 2000 - 2003 |
| 57 | Alejandro Char Chaljub | 2003 - 2003 |
| 58 | Carlos Rodado Noriega | 2004 - 2007 |
| 59 | Eduardo Verano De la Rosa | 2008 - 2011 |
| 60 | Jose Antonio Segebre Berardinelli | 2012 - 2015 |
| 61 | Eduardo Verano De la Rosa | 2016 - 2019 |
| 62 | Elsa Margarita Noguera de la Espriella | 2020 - 2023 |
| 63 | Eduardo Verano de la Rosa | 2024 - 2027 |

## Sources

* "Gobernadores". Dpto del Atlántico (in Spanish). Secretaria de Planeación Departamental. Retrieved 2015-10-01.