List of colonial governors of Spanish Guinea

Map of Spanish Guinea.
Coat of arms of the Spanish Guinea

This is a list of European (Spanish and British) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Spanish Guinea, an area equivalent to modern-day Equatorial Guinea.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Spanish suzerainty
24 October 1778 to 14 November 1778Felipe de los Santos Toro y Freyre, conde de Argelejo, Governor
14 November 1778 to 30 December 1781Joaquín Primo de Rivera y Pérez de Acal, Governor
30 December 1781 to 27 October 1827Vacant
British suzerainty
Superintendents and Governors of Fernando Pó
(1849–1855 also British Consuls of the Bight of Biafra, Nigeria)
27 October 1827 to 4 April 1829William Fitz William Owen, Superintendent
4 April 1829 to 1830Edward Nicolls, Superintendent1st time
1830 to 1831John Beecroft, acting Superintendent1st time
18 August 1831 to 1833Edward Nicolls, Superintendent2nd time
1833 to 10 June 1854John Beecroft, Superintendent2nd time
10 June 1854 to 27 May 1858James W. B. Lynslager, acting Superintendent
Spanish suzerainty
27 May 1858 to 1 September 1859Carlos de Chacón y Michelena, Governor
1 September 1859 to 30 June 1862José de la Gándara y Navarro, Governor
30 June 1862 to 1 August 1865Pantaleón López de la Torre Ayllón, Governor
1 August 1865 to 31 August 1865Francisco Osorio, acting Governor
31 August 1865 to 18 September 1865Félix Recio, acting Governor1st time
18 September 1865 to 1 April 1868José Gómez de Barreda, Governor
1 April 1868 to 9 August 1868Félix Recio, acting Governor2nd time
9 August 1868 to 18 July 1869Joaquín de Souza y Gallardo, Governor
21 August 1869 to 11 September 1869Clemente Ramos, acting Governor
11 September 1869 to 21 January 1870Manuel Vial, acting Governor1st time
21 January 1870 to 11 June 1870Zoilo Sánchez Ocaña, Governor
11 June 1870 to 16 August 1870Manuel Vial, acting Governor2nd time
16 August 1870 to 14 February 1871Felipe C. Argüelles, acting Governor1st time
14 February 1871 to 28 April 1871Federico Anrich, Governor
28 April 1871 to 1 October 1871Felipe C. Argüelles, acting Governor2nd time
1 October 1871 to 23 June 1872Antonio Vivar, acting Governor
23 June 1872 to 5 December 1872Pedro Osa, acting Governor
5 December 1872 to 22 November 1874Ignacio García Tudela, Governor
22 November 1874 to 22 January 1875Jacobo Varela, acting Governor
22 January 1875 to 13 February 1877Diego Santisteban y Chamorro, Governor
13 February 1877 to 1 February 1879Alejandro Arias Salgado, Governor
1 February 1879 to 21 April 1879Luis de la Pila, acting Governor
21 April 1879 to 20 June 1879Juan Aguilar, acting Governor
20 June 1879 to 24 July 1879José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, acting Governor1st time
24 July 1879 to 3 September 1880Enrique Santaló y Sáenz de Tejada, Governor
3 September 1880 to 24 January 1883José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, Governor2nd time
24 January 1883 to 25 January 1883Francisco Romera, acting Governor
25 January 1883 to 28 December 1884Antonio Cano, Governor
28 December 1884 to 28 January 1885Waldo Pérez Cossio, acting Governor
28 January 1885 to 1 October 1887José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, Governor3rd time
1 October 1887 to 8 November 1887Juan de la Rocha, acting Governor
8 November 1887 to 4 February 1888Luis Navarro, Governor
4 February 1888 to 20 April 1888José de Ibarra, acting Governor1st time
20 April 1888 to 21 April 1890Antonio Morena Guerra, Governor
21 April 1890 to 4 November 1890José de Ibarra, Governor2nd time
4 November 1890 to 22 December 1890José Gómez de Barreda, Governor
22 December 1890 to 24 December 1891José de Barrasa y Fernández de Castro, Governor
24 December 1891 to 10 April 1892Antonio Martínez, Governor
10 April 1892 to 12 May 1893Eulogio Merchán y Rico, Governor
12 May 1893 to 17 May 1893Dionisio Shelly, acting Governor1st time
17 May 1893 to 1 June 1893Pio Porcell, acting Governor
1 June 1893 to 29 July 1893Dionisio Shelly, acting Governor2nd time
29 July 1893 to 16 February 1895José de la Puente y Bassavé, Governor
16 February 1895 to 21 July 1895Agustín Cuesta, acting Governor
21 July 1895 to 19 May 1897Adolfo de España y Gómez de Humarán, Governor
19 May 1897 to 19 June 1897Armando Pontes, acting Governor
19 June 1897 to 21 July 1897Mateo Mezquida, acting Governor
21 July 1897 to 19 October 1897Manuel Rico, Governor
19 October 1897 to 7 November 1899José Rodríguez de Vera, Governor
7 November 1899 to 30 November 1899Francisco Guarro, acting Governor
30 November 1899 to 12 December 1899Guillermo Lacave, acting Governor
14 December 1899 to 3 March 1901Francisco Dueñas, Governor
3 March 1901 to 25 February 1905José de Ibarra y Autrán, Governor
25 February 1905 to 26 March 1906José Gómez de la Serna, Governor
26 March 1906 to 20 September 1906Diego Saavedra y Magdalena, Governor1st time
20 September 1906 to 18 February 1907Ángel Barrera y Luyando, Governor1st time
18 February 1907 to 17 August 1908Luis Ramos Izquierdo y Vivar, Governor
17 August 1908 to 30 September 1908Luis Dabán, acting Governor
30 September 1908 to 19 October 1908Diego Saavedra y Magdalena, acting Governor2nd time
19 October 1908 to 10 September 1910José Centeno y Anchorena, Governor
10 September 1910 to 8 February 1924Ángel Barrera y Luyando, Governor2nd time
8 February 1924 to 8 February 1926Carlos Tovar de Revilla, Governor
8 February 1926 to 1 March 1931Miguel Núñez de Prado y Susbielas, Governor
1 January 1928 to 14 August 1928Adolfo García Amilivia, acting GovernorActing for Prado
2 August 1930 to 1 March 1931José Domínguez Manresa, acting GovernorActing for Prado
20 April 1931 to 1 November 1931José Domínguez Manresa, interim Governor1st time
1 November 1931 to 14 November 1932Gustavo de Sostoa y Sthamer, Governor
14 November 1931 to 15 November 1932Pedro Agustín González Ordóñez, acting Governor
15 November 1932 to 10 July 1933José Domínguez Manresa, interim Governor2nd time
10 July 1933 to 1 September 1934Estanislao Lluesma García, Governor
1 September 1934 to 5 September 1935José Domínguez Manresa, acting Governor3rd time
5 September 1934 to 10 December 1935Ángel Manzaneque Feltrer, Governor
15 June 1935 to 10 December 1935Luis Serrano Maranges, acting GovernorActing for Feltrer, 1st time
10 December 1935 to 25 September 1936Luis Sánchez Guerra y Sáinz, Governor
15 September 1936 to 25 September 1936Estanislao Lluesma García, GovernorAppointed, did not take office
25 March 1936 to 12 April 1936Carlos Vázquez Ruiz, acting GovernorActing for Guerra y Sáinz
25 September 1936 to 1 January 1937Luis Serrano Maranges, acting GovernorNationalist, in rebellion on Fernando Pó from 19 September 1936; 2nd time
25 September 1936 to 14 October 1936Miguel Hernández Porcel, SubgovernorRepublican, in dissidence in Río Muni
12 December 1936 to 14 December 1936Carlos Vázquez Ruiz, acting GovernorActing for Serrano
1 January 1937 to 15 December 1937Manuel de Mendívil y Elío, Governor
15 December 1937 to 5 March 1942Juan Fontán y Lobé, Governor
12 June 1938 to 21 September 1938Natividad Calzada y Castañeda, acting GovernorActing for Fontán
30 August 1939 to 15 December 1939Víctor Suances Díaz del Río, acting GovernorActing for Fontán
22 August 1940 to 16 September 1940Fernando González Lavín, acting GovernorActing for Fontán
16 September 1940 to 17 May 1941Víctor Suances Díaz del Río, acting GovernorActing for Fontán
14 August 1941 to 13 October 1941Pedro Cano Manuel Aubarede, acting GovernorActing for Fontán
13 October 1941 to 5 March 1942José Luis Soraluce Irastorza, acting GovernorActing for Fontán
5 March 1942 to 12 February 1944Mariano Alonso Alonso, Governor
18 October 1943 to 12 February 1944Rufino Pérez Barrueco, acting GovernorActing for Alonso
12 February 1944 to 6 March 1949Juan María Bonelli Rubio, Governor
13 September 1944 to 2 March 1945Joaquín Bosch de la Barrera, acting GovernorActing for Bonelli
9 August 1946 to 22 February 1947Joaquín Bosch de la Barrera, acting GovernorActing for Bonelli
12 April 1948 to 8 August 1948Carlos Rodríguez Solano y Dueñas, acting GovernorActing for Bonelli
6 March 1949 to April 1949Pedro Grajera Torres, acting Governor
April 1949 to 21 February 1962Faustino Ruíz González, Governor
November 1953 to 1954Hermenegildo Altozano Moraleda, acting GovernorActing for Ruíz González
21 February 1962 to 1 January 1964Francisco Núñez Rodríguez, GovernorA referendum on autonomy was held on 15 December 1963, approving the proposal
1 January 1964Self-rule as Equatorial Guinea
1 January 1964 to 10 March 1964Francisco Núñez Rodríguez, Governor
10 March 1964 to July 1964Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Governor
July 1964 to August 1966Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Commissioner-General
August 1966 to 12 October 1968Víctor Suances Díaz del Río, Commissioner-General
12 October 1968Independence as Republic of Equatorial Guinea

For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Equatorial Guinea

See also

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