Colonial heads of Cuba
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List of Colonial Heads of Cuba
| Term | 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 to 1574 | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | |
| 1575 to 1577 | Gabriel 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 | Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, marqués del Vado | |
| 1702 to 1705 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 1st Term |
| 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 Arragorri | |
| 1796 to 1799 | Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas, conde de Santa Clara | |
| 1799 to 1812 | Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de 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 | 2nd Term |
| 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 | ||
| Republic of Cuba | ||
| 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 Gómez, Provisional Governor | |
| April 1890 to August 1890 | José Chinchilla | |
| August 1890 to 1892 | Camilo García de Polavieja y del Castillo | |
| 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 | |
| October 1897 to 1898 | Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata | 2nd Term |
| 26 November 1898 to 1 January 1899 | Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos | |
| United States of America 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 to Present | ||
