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List of colonial governors of Cuba

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This is a list of colonial heads of Cuba.

Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

TenureIncumbentNotesViceroy of the IndiesMonarchGovernor of New SpainViceroy of New SpainSecretary of State for the Southern DepartmentViceroy of New SpainViceroy of New SpainMinister of Overseas1898 Treaty of Paris]].USA PresidentSecretary of WarUSA President
Spanish Suzerainty
Governors
1511 to 12 June 1524Diego Velázquez de CuéllarDiego Columbus (1511 –1526)Ferdinand II of Aragón *Governor of Castile
(1507 –1516)*
Cardinal Cisneros Regent (1516–1517)
Charles I (1516 –1556)
Hernán Cortés (1521)
Cristóbal de la Tapia (1521)
Hernán Cortés (1521 –1524)
12 June 1524 to 14 March 1525Manuel 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)
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)
27 April 1526 to 6 November 1531Gonzalo 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)
7 November 1531 to 7 September 1532Juan de Vadillo
1 March 1532 to 1 February 1534Manuel de Rojas y Cordova
14 November 1535 to 1537Gonzalo de GuzmánAntonio de Mendoza (1535 –1550)
20 March 1537 to 12 May 1539Hernando de Soto
12 May 1539 to 1544Isabel de BobadillaWife of Hernando de Soto
1544 to 5 June 1546Juanes de Ávila
5 June 1546 to 1548Antonio de Cháves
1549 to 8 March 1555Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo
Luis de Velasco (1550 –1564)
1556 to 1565Diego de MazariegosPhilip II (1556–1598)
*Francisco Ceinos Dean of the Audiencia
(1564–1566)*
19 September 1565 to 24 November 1567Francisco García Osorio
Gastón Carrillo de Peralta (1566–1567)
24 November 1567 to 16 September 1574Pedro Menéndez de Avilés*Alonso Muñoz*
Martín Enríquez de Almanza (1568–1580)
1572 to 1574Sancho Pardo Donlebún
1574 to 13 February 1577Gabriel de Montalvo{{cite bookauthor= Leopoldo Fornés Bonavíatitle=Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y culturayear= 2003Editorial Verbumes}}location=Madridisbn=978-84-7962-248-0language=estitle=Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cubaauthor= Jacobo de la Pezuelalanguage=esyear= 1863publisher=Melladochapter=Resumen historico
13 February 1577 to 1579Francisco Carreño
27 April 1579 to 1 September 1579Gaspar de Torres
1580 to 1589Gabriel 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 1593Juan de Tejeda
Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1590–1595)
1593 to 1602Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo
Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca (1595–1603)
1602 to 1607Pedro de ValdezPhilip III (1598 –1621)
Juan de Mendoza y Luna (1603–1607)
1607 to 1616Gaspar Ruíz de PeredaLuis 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 1619Sancho de Alquiza
1619 to 1620Jerónimo de Quero
1620 to 1624Francisco de Venegas
*Paz de Valecillo*
Philip IV (1621 –1665)
Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimental (1621–1624)
1624 to 16 June 1626Damián Velásquez de Contreras*No viceroy*
Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo (1624–1635)
16 June 1626 to 7 October 1630Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera
7 October 1630 to 24 May 1634Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra
24 May 1634 to 1639Francisco Riaño y Gamboa
Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz (1635–1640)
1639 to 1647Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento
Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla (1640–1642)
Juan de Palapox y Mendoza
García Sarmiento de Sotomayor (1642–1648)
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
Matías de Peralta
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán (1650–1653)
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva (1653–1660)
7 October 1653 to 1654Francisco Xelder
1654 to 1656Juan de Montanos Blázquez
1656 to 1658Diego Rangel
1658 to 1663Juan de Salamanca
Juan de Leyva de la Cerda (1660–1664)
1663 to 30 July 1664Rodrigo Flores de Aldana
Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas
30 July 1664 to 6 May 1670Francisco Oregón y Gascón
Antonio Sebastián de Toledo (1664–1673)
Charles II (1665 –1700)
6 May 1670 to 1680Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma
Pedro Nuño Colón
Payo Enríquez de Ribera Manrique
1680 to 1685José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de LeónTomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo (1680–1686)
1685 to 1687Manuel de Murguia y MenaRemoved from office for illicit trade
Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega (1686–1688)
1687 to 1689Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa
Gaspar Melchor Baltasar de la Cerda (1688–1696)
1689 to 3 October 1695Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas
3 October 1695 to 20 September 1702Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, Marquis of the Vado del Maestre
Promoted to captain-general of New GranadaJuan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
José Sarmiento Valladares (1696–1701)
Philip V (1700 –1724)
Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
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)
4 December 1702 to 13 May 1706Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino VandevalInterim governor (military and civil)
13 May 1706 to 8 July 1706Pedro Álvarez de VillarínDied of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
8 July 1706 to 18 January 1708Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino VandevalInterim governor (military and civil)
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)
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
10 June 1711 to 14 February 1713Luis ChacónInterim governor
14 February 1713 to 26 May 1716Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa TorresRestored to office
26 May 1716 to 23 August 1717Vicente de Raja
Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán (1716–1722)
23 August 1717 to 23 June 1718Gómez Mazaver Ponce de LeónProvisional governor
23 June 1718 to 29 September 1724Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega
Juan de Acuña y Bejarano (1722–1734)
Luis I (1724)
29 September 1724 to 18 March 1734Dionisio Martínez de la VegaPhilip V (1724 –1746)
Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta *Archbishop of Mexico
(1734–1740)*
18 March 1734 to 22 April 1746Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, Count of Revillagigedo
Pedro de Castro Figueroa y Salazar (1740–1741)
Pedro Malo de Villavicencio
Pedro Cebrián y Agustín (1742–1746)
22 April 1746 to 21 July 1746Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes
Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas (1746–1755)Ferdinand VI (1746 –1759)
21 July 1746 to 9 June 1747Diego Peñalosa
9 June 1747 to 18 May 1760Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega
Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón (1755–1760)
Charles III (1759 –1788)
*Francisco Antonio de Echávarri*
Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (1760)
18 May 1760 to 7 February 1761Pedro AlonsoProvisional governor
Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766)
7 February 1761 to 13 August 1762Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna
British Suzerainty
13 August 1762 to 1 January 1763George Keppel, 3rd Earl of AlbemarleThe Earl of EgremontGeorge III (1760 –1820)
1 January 1763 to 8 July 1763William Keppel
Spanish Suzerainty (during the British occupation of La Habana)
7 September 1762 to 8 July 1763Fernando de Cagigal de la Vega, Marquess de Casa CagigalJoaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766)Charles III (1759 –1788)
Spanish Suzerainty
8 July 1763 to 27 June 1765Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, Count of RiclaJoaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766)Charles III (1759 –1788)
27 June 1765 to 13 July 1765Diego Manrique
13 July 1765 to 19 March 1766Pascual Jiménez de CisnerosProvisional governor
19 March 1766 to 14 August 1771Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Henestrosa y Lasso de la Vega
Carlos Francisco de Croix (1766–1771)
14 August 1771 to 18 November 1771Diego José Navarro García de Valladares1st Term (Provisional governor)
18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre
Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (1771–1779)
12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782Diego José Navarro García de Valladares2nd Term (Provisional governor)
*Francisco Romá y Rosell*
Martín de Mayorga Ferrer
12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat
29 December 1782 to 4 February 1785Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
*Vicente de Herrera y Rivero*
4 February 1785 to 7 April 1785Bernardo de Gálvez
7 April 1785 to 28 December 1785Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del RincónProvisional governor
Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid (1785–1786)
28 December 1785 to 18 April 1789José Manuel de Ezpeleta
Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño
Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
Manuel Antonio Flórez Mandonaldo (1787–1789)
18 April 1789 to 8 July 1790Domingo Cabello y RoblesProvisional governor
Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco (1789–1794)
Charles IV (1788 –1808)
8 July 1790 to 6 December 1796Luis de las Casas y Aragorri
Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca (1794–1798)
6 December 1796 to 13 May 1799Juan 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 1812Salvador 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
Pedro Catani (1810)
Francisco Javier Venegas (1810–1813)
14 April 1812 to 2 July 1816Juan Ruíz de Apodaca
Félix María Calleja del Rey (1813–1816)
2 July 1816 to 29 August 1819José CienfuegosFerdinand VII(1813 –1833)
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca (1816–1821)
28 August 1819 to 3 March 1821Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño
3 March 1821 to 19 July 1822Nicolás de Mahy y Romo
Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez (1821)
19 July 1822 to 2 May 1823Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón
Provisional GovernorJuan O'Donojú (1821)
Ramón López-Pelegrín (1821–1822)
Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo (1822)
Diego Clemencín (1822)
José Manuel de Vadillo (1822–1823)
2 May 1823 to 15 May 1832Francisco Dionisio Vives
Pedro Urquinaona (1823)
*Francisco de Paula Ossorio y Vargas (1823) Interim*
*No minister (1823–1836)*
15 May 1832 to 1 June 1834Mariano Ricafort Palacín y AbarcaIsabella II (1833 –1868)
1 June 1834 to 20 April 1838Miguel Tacón y Rosique
*Depending on the Minister of the Navy (1836–1847)*
20 April 1838 to 10 January 1840Joaquín de Ezpeleta
10 January 1840 to 7 March 1841Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón
7 March 1841 to 15 September 1843Jerónimo Valdés
15 September 1843 to 21 October 1843Francisco Javier de UlloaProvisional Governor
21 October 1843 to 29 March 1848Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan
*No minister (1847–1851)*
29 March 1848 to 11 November 1850Federico Roncali
11 November 1850 to 16 April 1852José Gutiérrez de la Concha1st Term
Juan Bravo Murillo (1851–1852)
16 April 1852 to 3 December 1853Valentín Cañedo
Federico Roncali (1852–1853)
Francisco Lersundi (1853)
3 December 1853 to 21 September 1854Juan González de la Pezuela
Luis José Sartorius, Count of San Luis (1853–1854)
*Depending on the Minister of State (1854–1856)*
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 (1858–1863) Also prime minister
24 November 1859 to 10 December 1862Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke of la Torre
10 December 1862 to 30 May 1866Domingo Dulce1st 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 1866Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea1st Term
Alejandro de Castro y Casal (1866–1867)
3 November 1866 to 24 September 1867Joaquín del Manzano
24 September 1867 to 21 December 1867Blas Villate1st Term (Provisional governor)
Carlos Marfori y Callejas (1867–1868)
21 December 1867 to 4 January 1869Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea2nd 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 1869Domingo Dulce2nd Term
*Juan Bautista Topete (1869) Interim*
2 June 1869 to 28 June 1869Felipe Ginovés del EspinarProvisional Governor
28 June 1869 to 13 December 1870Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas
Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1869–1870)
Segismundo Moret (1870)
13 December 1870 to 11 July 1872Blas Villate2nd 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 1873Francisco 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 1873Cándido PieltaínFrancesc 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 1874Joaquín Jovellar y Soler1st Term
Víctor Balaguer (1874)Francisco Serrano President (1874)
Antonio Romero Ortiz (1874)
6 April 1874 to 1 March 1875José Gutiérrez de la Concha3rd Term
Adelardo López de Ayala (1874–1877)Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
1 March 1875 to 8 March 1875Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo1st Term (Provisional Governor)
8 March 1875 to 18 January 1876Blas Villate3rd Term
18 January 1876 to 18 June 1878Joaquín Jovellar y Soler2nd Term
Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1877–1878)
José Elduayen Gorriti (1878–1879)
18 June 1878 to 5 February 1879Arsenio Martínez Campos1st Term
5 February 1879 to 17 April 1879Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo2nd Term (Provisional Governor)
*Manuel Orovio Echagüe (1879) Interim*
Salvador Albacete (1879)
17 April 1879 to 28 November 1881Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata1st Term
José Elduayen Gorriti (1879–1880)
Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo (1880–1881)
Fernando León y Castillo (1881–1883)
28 November 1881 to 5 August 1883Luis Prendergast y Gordon, Marquis of Victoria de las Tunas
Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1883)
5 August 1883 to 28 September 1883Tomás y RegnaProvisional Governor
28 September 1883 to 8 November 1884Ignacio María del Castillo
Estanislao Suárez Inclán (1883–1884)
Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1884–1885)
8 November 1884 to 25 March 1886Ramón Fajardo e Izquierdo
Germán Gamazo (1885–1886)Maria Christina of Austria Regent (1885–1886)
25 March 1886 to 15 July 1887Emilio Calleja1st TermAlfonso XIII (1886–1931)
Víctor Balaguer (1886–1888)
15 July 1887 to 13 March 1889Sabas Marín y González1st Term
Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1888)
Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1888–1890)
13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890Manuel Salamanca y Negrete
6 February 1890 to 4 April 1890José Sánchez y GómezProvisional Governor
4 April 1890 to 24 August 1890José Chinchilla
Antonio María Fabié (1890–1891)
24 August 1890 to 20 June 1892Camilo de Polavieja
Francisco Romero Robledo (1891–1892)
20 June 1892 to 15 July 1893Alejandro Rodríguez Arias y Rodulfo
Antonio Maura (1892–1894)
15 July 1893 to 16 September 1893José ArderiusProvisional Governor
16 September 1893 to 16 April 1895Emilio Calleja2nd Term
Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1894–1895)
Buenaventura Ábarzuza Ferrer (1894–1895)
Tomás Castellano y Villarroya (1895–1897)
16 April 1895 to 20 January 1896Arsenio Martínez Campos2nd Term
20 January 1896 to 11 February 1896Sabas Marín y González2nd Term (Provisional Governor)
11 February 1896 to 31 October 1897Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife
Segismundo Moret (1897–1898)
31 October 1897 to 30 November 1898Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata2nd Term
Vicente Romero Girón (1898)
30 November 1898 to 1 January 1899Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos
American Suzerainty
1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899John Rutter BrookeRussell A. Alger (1897–1899)Wiliam McKinley (1897–1901)
Elihu Root (1899–1904)
23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902Leonard WoodTheodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
Republic of Cuba
20 May 1902 to 29 September 1906See List of Presidents of Cuba
American Occupation
29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906William Howard TaftProvisional governorWilliam Howard Taft (1904–1908)Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909Charles Edward MagoonProvisional governor
Luke Edward Wright (1908–1909)

For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba.

References

References

  1. "Cuba".
  2. In absence of [[Joanna of Castile]], where its confined
  3. Depending ministry of the [[Spanish colonies]]
  4. As '''Secretary of State of the Overseas Governance'''
  5. Depending of the [[List of prime ministers of Spain. President of the Council of Ministers]] as an additional affair.
  6. Responsible to the [[Bureau of Insular Affairs]] regarding Cuba after the April 11, 1899 ratification of the [[Treaty of Paris (1898). 1898 Treaty of Paris]].
  7. "Records of the Military Government of Cuba".
  8. (August 7, 1908). "NEW GOVERNORS FOR CUBA.; American Army Officers Put in as Executives in the Provinces.".
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