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 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 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 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 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
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	See List of Presidents of Cuba
United States of America 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