- List of colonial heads of Cuba
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List of Colonial Heads of Cuba
Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.
Tenure Incumbent Notes Spanish Suzerainty Governors 1535 to 1538 Gonzalo de Guzmán 1538 to 1542 Hernando de Soto 1544 to 1546 Juan 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 Vadés 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 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 Fernandez Córdoba Ponce de León 1685 to 1687 Manuel de Murguia y Mena 1687 to 1689 Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa 1689 to 1697 Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas 1697 to 1702 Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo 1705 to 1706 Luis Chirino Vandevale 1706 to January 1708 Pedro Álvarez de Villamarín 18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711 Laureano José de Torres Ayala y Quadros Castellanos, marqués de Casa Torres 26 May 1711 to 1718 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 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 Funes Villalpando Abarca de Bolea, 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 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 Bassecourt y Bryas, conde de Santa Clara 1799 to 1812 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 1838 to January 1840 Joaquín de Ezpeleta January 1840 to 1841 Pedro 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 1869 to 10 October 1868 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 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 For continuation after independence see List of Presidents of Cuba
See also
Categories:- Colonial heads of Cuba
- Governors of Cuba
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