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