This is a list of colonial heads of Cuba.
Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.
| No. | Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | Viceroy of the Indies | Secretary of the Indies | Valido | Regent | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Suzerainty | ||||||||
| Governors | ||||||||
| 1 | 1511 to 12 June 1524 | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar | Diego Columbus (1511 –1526) | Vacant (Overseas Affairs hold by the President of the Council of the Indies) | No valido | Ferdinand II of Aragón Governor of Castile (1507 –1516) |
Joanna (1504 –1555) | |
| Cardinal Cisneros (1516–1517) | ||||||||
| No regent | Charles I (1516 –1556) | |||||||
| Governor of New Spain | ||||||||
| Hernán Cortés (1521) | ||||||||
| Cristóbal de la Tapia (1521) | ||||||||
| Hernán Cortés (1521 –1524) | ||||||||
| 2 | 12 June 1524 to 14 March 1525 | Manuel de Rojas y Cordova | ||||||
| Alonso de Estrada Rodrigo de Albornoz Alonso de Zuazo (1524) | ||||||||
| Gonzalo de Salazar Pedro Almíndez Chirino Alonso de Zuazo (1524 –1525) | ||||||||
| Gonzalo de Salazar Pedro Almíndez Chirino Alonso de Estrada Rodrigo de Albornoz Alonso de Zuazo (1525) | ||||||||
| 3 | 14 March 1525 to 27 April 1526 | Juan de Altamarino | ||||||
| Gonzalo de Salazar Pedro Almíndez Chirino Alonso de Zuazo (1525) | ||||||||
| Gonzalo de Salazar Pedro Almíndez Chirino (1525 –1526) | ||||||||
| Alonso de Estrada Rodrigo de Albornoz (1526) | ||||||||
| 4 | 27 April 1526 to 6 November 1531 | Gonzalo Nuño de Guzmán | ||||||
| Hernán Cortés (1526) | ||||||||
| Luis Ponce de León (1526 –1527) | ||||||||
| Marcos de Aguilar (1526 –1527) | ||||||||
| Alonso de Estrada Gonzalo de Sandoval Luis de la Torre (1527) | ||||||||
| Alonso de Estrada Luis de la Torre (1527 –1528) | ||||||||
| Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán Juan Ortiz de Matienzo Diego Delgadillo (1528–1529) | ||||||||
| Juan Ortiz de Matienzo Diego Delgadillo (1529 –1531) | ||||||||
| Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal Vasco de Quiroga Juan de Salmerón Alonso de Maldonado Francisco Ceinos (1531 –1535) | ||||||||
| 5 | 7 November 1531 to 7 September 1532 | Juan de Vadillo | ||||||
| 6 | 1 March 1532 to 1 February 1534 | Manuel de Rojas y Cordova | ||||||
| 7 | 28 March 1535 to 1537 | Gonzalo Nuño de Guzmán | ||||||
| Viceroy of New Spain | ||||||||
| Antonio de Mendoza (1535 –1550) | ||||||||
| 8 | 20 March 1537 to 12 May 1539 | Hernando de Soto | ||||||
| 9 | 12 May 1539 to 1544 | Isabel de Bobadilla | Wife of Hernando de Soto | |||||
| 10 | 1544 to 5 June 1546 | Juanes de Ávila | ||||||
| 11 | 5 June 1546 to 1548 | Antonio de Cháves | ||||||
| 12 | 1549 to 8 March 1555 | Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo | ||||||
| Luis de Velasco (1550 –1564) | ||||||||
| 13 | 1556 to 1565 | Diego de Mazariegos | Philip II (1556–1598) | |||||
| Francisco Ceinos Dean of the Audiencia (1564–1566) | ||||||||
| 14 | 19 September 1565 to 24 November 1567 | Francisco García Osorio | ||||||
| Gastón Carrillo de Peralta (1566–1567) | ||||||||
| Alonso Muñoz
Luis Carrillo (1567–1568) | ||||||||
| 15 | 24 November 1567 to 16 September 1574 | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | ||||||
| Martín Enríquez de Almanza (1568–1580) | ||||||||
| 16 | 1572 to 1574 | Sancho Pardo Donlebún | ||||||
| 17 | 1574 to 13 February 1577 | Gabriel de Montalvo | ||||||
| 18 | 13 February 1577 to 1579 | Francisco Carreño | ||||||
| 19 | 27 April 1579 to 1 September 1579 | Gaspar de Torres | ||||||
| 20 | 1580 to 1589 | Gabriel de Luján | ||||||
| Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza (1580–1583) | ||||||||
| Luis de Villanueva y Zapata Dean of the Audiencia (1583–1584) | ||||||||
| Pedro de Moya y Contrerás Archbishop of Mexico (1584–1585) | ||||||||
| Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga (1585–1590) | ||||||||
| 21 | 31 March 1589 to April 1595 | Juan de Tejeda | ||||||
| Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1590–1595) | ||||||||
| 22 | April 1593 to 20 June 1602 | Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo | ||||||
| Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca (1595–1603) | ||||||||
| Duke of Lerma (1598–1618) | Philip III (1598 –1621) | |||||||
| 23 | 20 June 1602 to 16 June 1608 | Pedro de Valdez | ||||||
| Juan de Mendoza y Luna (1603–1607) | ||||||||
| Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas (1607–1611) | ||||||||
| 24 | 16 June 1608 to 1616 | Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda | ||||||
| García Guerra Archbishop of Mexico (1611–1612) | ||||||||
| Pedro Otárola Dean of the Audiencia (1612) | ||||||||
| Diego Fernández de Córdoba (1612–1621) | ||||||||
| 25 | 1616 to 6 June 1619 | Sancho de Alquiza | ||||||
| Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval (1618–1621) | ||||||||
| 26 | 1619 to 1620 | Jerónimo de Quero | ||||||
| Paz de Valecillo
Dean of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| 27 | 14 August 1620 to 16 March 1624 | Francisco de Venegas | ||||||
| Philip IV (1621 –1665) | ||||||||
| Baltasar de Zúñiga (1621–1622) | ||||||||
| Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimental (1621–1624) | ||||||||
| 28 | 16 March 1624 to 16 June 1626 | Damián Velásquez de Contreras | Count-Duke of Olivares (1622–1643) | |||||
| No viceroy | ||||||||
| Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo (1624–1635) | ||||||||
| 29 | 16 June 1626 to 7 October 1630 | Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera | ||||||
| 30 | 7 October 1630 to 24 May 1634 | Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra | ||||||
| 31 | 24 May 1634 to 1639 | Francisco Riaño y Gamboa | ||||||
| Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz (1635–1640) | ||||||||
| 32 | 1639 to 1647 | Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento | ||||||
| Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla (1640–1642) | ||||||||
| Juan de Palapox y Mendoza
Bishop of Puebla | ||||||||
| García Sarmiento de Sotomayor (1642–1648) | ||||||||
| Luis de Haro (1643–1661) | ||||||||
| 33 | 1647 to 7 October 1653 | Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares | ||||||
| Marcos de Torres y Rueda
Bishop of Yucatan | ||||||||
| Matías de Peralta
Dean of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| Luis Enríquez de Guzmán (1650–1653) | ||||||||
| Francisco Fernández de la Cueva (1653–1660) | ||||||||
| 34 | 7 October 1653 to 1654 | Francisco Xelder | ||||||
| 35 | 1654 to 1656 | Juan de Montanos Blázquez | ||||||
| 36 | 1656 to 1658 | Diego Rangel | ||||||
| 37 | 1658 to 1663 | Juan de Salamanca | ||||||
| Juan de Leyva de la Cerda (1660–1664) | ||||||||
| No valido | ||||||||
| 38 | 1663 to 30 July 1664 | Rodrigo Flores de Aldana | ||||||
| Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas
Bishop of Puebla | ||||||||
| 39 | 30 July 1664 to 6 May 1670 | Francisco Oregón y Gascón | ||||||
| Antonio Sebastián de Toledo (1664–1673) | ||||||||
| Juan Everardo Nithard (1665–1669) | Mariana of Austria (1665–1675) | Charles II (1665 –1700) | ||||||
| Fernando de Valenzuela (1669–1677) | ||||||||
| 40 | 6 May 1670 to 31 August 1680 | Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma | ||||||
| Pedro Nuño Colón
(1673) | ||||||||
| Payo Enríquez de Ribera Manrique
Bishop of Puebla and Archbishop of Mexico | ||||||||
| No regent | ||||||||
| John Joseph of Austria (1677–1679) | ||||||||
| Duke of Medinaceli (1679–1685) | ||||||||
| Tomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo (1680–1686) | ||||||||
| 41 | 31 August 1680 to 2 July 1685 | José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León | ||||||
| Count of Oropesa (1685–1691) | ||||||||
| 42 | 2 July 1685 to 1687 | Manuel de Murguia y Mena | Removed from office for illicit trade | |||||
| Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega (1686–1688) | ||||||||
| 43 | 1687 to 1689 | Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa | ||||||
| Gaspar Melchor Baltasar de la Cerda (1688–1696) | ||||||||
| 44 | 1689 to 3 October 1695 | Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas | ||||||
| Cardinal Portocarrero(1691–1698) | ||||||||
| 45 | 3 October 1695 to 20 September 1702 | Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, Marquis of the Vado del Maestre | Promoted to captain-general of New Granada | |||||
| Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
Bishop of Durango, Bishop of Guatemala, Bishop of Michoacán and Archbishop of Mexico | ||||||||
| José Sarmiento Valladares (1696–1701) | ||||||||
| Count of Oropesa (1698–1699) | ||||||||
| Cardinal Portocarrero(1699–1700) | Cardinal Portocarrero(1700) | |||||||
| Government Board of the Realms (1700–1701) | Vacant | |||||||
| Antonio de Ubilla (1700–1705) | Philip V (1700 –1724) | |||||||
| Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
Archbishop of Mexico |
Cardinal Portocarrero(1701–1703) | |||||||
| 46 | 20 September 1702 to 4 December 1702 | Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo | Former gentleman of the Elector of Bavaria; died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office | |||||
| Francisco V Férnandez de la Cueva (1702–1710) | ||||||||
| Int. | 4 December 1702 to 13 May 1706 | Luis Chacón Nicolás Chirino Vandeval |
Interim governors military governor civil governor | |||||
| Marquess of Mejorada del Campo (1705–1714) | ||||||||
| No regent | ||||||||
| 47 | 13 May 1706 to 8 July 1706 | Pedro Álvarez de Villarín | Died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office | |||||
| Int. | 8 July 1706 to 18 January 1708 | Luis Chacón Nicolás Chirino Vandeval |
Interim governors military governor civil governor | |||||
| 48 | 18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711 | Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa Torres | Former governor of Spanish Florida | |||||
| Fernando de Alencastre Noroña (1710–1716) | ||||||||
| 49 | 18 February 1711 to 10 June 1711 | Pablo Cavero | Assumed power after being sent by the Audiencia of Santo Domingo to investigate the misconduct of Casa Torres; died in Havana shortly afterwards | |||||
| Int. | 10 June 1711 to 14 February 1713 | Luis Chacón | Interim governor | |||||
| 50 | 14 February 1713 to 26 May 1716 | Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa Torres | Restored to office | |||||
| Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco (1714) | ||||||||
| José de Grimaldo (1714–1724) | ||||||||
| Bernardo Tinajero de la Escalera (1714–1715) | ||||||||
| No secretary | ||||||||
| 51 | 26 May 1716 to 23 August 1717 | Vicente de Raja | ||||||
| Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán (1716–1722) | ||||||||
| Int. | 23 August 1717 to 23 June 1718 | Gómez Mazaver Ponce de León | Provisional governor | |||||
| 52 | 23 June 1718 to 29 September 1724 | Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega | ||||||
| Miguel Fernández Durán (1720–1721) | ||||||||
| Andres Matías de Pes Marzaraga (1721–1723) | ||||||||
| Juan de Acuña y Bejarano (1722–1734) | ||||||||
| No secretary | ||||||||
| Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño (1724–1726) | ||||||||
| Luis I (1724) | ||||||||
| Juan Bautista de Orendáin (1724) | ||||||||
| Philip V (1724 –1746) | ||||||||
| José de Grimaldo (1724–1725) | ||||||||
| 53 | 29 September 1724 to 18 March 1734 | Dionisio Martínez de la Vega | ||||||
| Baron Ripperda (1725–1726) | ||||||||
| José de Grimaldo (1725–1726) | ||||||||
| José de Patiño y Rosales (1726–1736) | ||||||||
| Juan Bautista de Orendáin (1726–1734) | ||||||||
| Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta Archbishop of Mexico (1734–1740) | ||||||||
| 54 | 18 March 1734 to 22 April 1746 | Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, Count of Revillagigedo | ||||||
| José de Patiño y Rosales (1734–1736) | ||||||||
| Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero (1736–1739) | Marquis of Villarias (1736–1746) | |||||||
| Marquis of Villarias (1739–1746) | ||||||||
| Pedro de Castro Figueroa y Salazar (1740–1741) | ||||||||
| Pedro Malo de Villavicencio
President of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| Pedro Cebrián y Agustín (1742–1746) | ||||||||
| Marquess of Ensenada (1743–1754) | ||||||||
| 55 | 22 April 1746 to 21 July 1746 | Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes | ||||||
| Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas (1746–1755) | Ferdinand VI (1746 –1759) | |||||||
| 56 | 21 July 1746 to 9 June 1747 | Diego Peñalosa | ||||||
| José de Carvajal (1746–1754) | ||||||||
| 57 | 9 June 1747 to 18 May 1760 | Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega | ||||||
| Duke of Huéscar (1754) Interim | ||||||||
| Ricardo Wall (1754–1763) | ||||||||
| Ricardo Wall (1754) | ||||||||
| Julián de Arriaga (1754–1776) | ||||||||
| Elisabeth Farnese (1759) | Charles III (1759 –1788) | |||||||
| No regent | ||||||||
| Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón (1755–1760) | ||||||||
| Francisco Antonio de Echávarri
Dean of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (1760) | ||||||||
| Acting | 18 May 1760 to 7 February 1761 | Pedro Alonso | Provisional governor | |||||
| Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) | ||||||||
| 58 | 7 February 1761 to 13 August 1762 | Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna | ||||||
| British Suzerainty | Secretary of State for the Southern Department | Prime Minister | ||||||
| 59a | 13 August 1762 to 1 January 1763 | George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle | The Earl of Egremont (1761–1763) | John Stuart (1761–1763) | No regent | George III (1760 –1820) | ||
| 60a | 1 January 1763 to 8 July 1763 | William Keppel | ||||||
| George Grenville (1763–1765) | ||||||||
| Spanish Suzerainty (during the British occupation of La Habana) | Viceroy of New Spain | Secretary of State for the Indies | First Secretary of State | |||||
| 59 | 7 September 1762 to 8 July 1763 | Fernando de Cagigal de la Vega, Marquess de Casa Cagigal | Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) | Julián de Arriaga (1754–1776) | Ricardo Wall (1754–1763) | No regent | Charles III (1759 –1788) | |
| Spanish Suzerainty | Viceroy of New Spain | Secretary of the Indies | First Secretary of State | |||||
| 60 | 8 July 1763 to 27 June 1765 | Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, Count of Ricla | Joaquín de Montserrat (1760–1766) | Julián de Arriaga (1754–1776) | Ricardo Wall (1754–1763) | No regent | Charles III (1759 –1788) | |
| Jerónimo Grimaldi (1763–1777) | ||||||||
| 61 | 27 June 1765 to 13 July 1765 | Diego Manrique | ||||||
| Int. | 13 July 1765 to 19 March 1766 | Pascual Jiménez de Cisneros | Provisional governor | |||||
| 62 | 19 March 1766 to 14 August 1771 | Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Henestrosa y Lasso de la Vega | ||||||
| Carlos Francisco de Croix (1766–1771) | ||||||||
| 63 | 14 August 1771 to 18 November 1771 | Diego José Navarro García de Valladares | 1st Term (Provisional governor) | |||||
| 64 | 18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777 | Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre | ||||||
| Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (1771–1779) | ||||||||
| José de Gálvez (1776–1787) | ||||||||
| Count of Floridablanca(1777–1792) | ||||||||
| Acting | 12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782 | Diego José Navarro García de Valladares | 2nd Term (Provisional governor) | |||||
| Francisco Romá y Rosell
Regent of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| Martín de Mayorga Ferrer
Captain General of Guatemala | ||||||||
| 65 | 12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782 | Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat | ||||||
| 66 | 29 December 1782 to 4 February 1785 | Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga | ||||||
| Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
Captain General of Guatemala | ||||||||
| Vicente de Herrera y Rivero
Regent of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| 67 | 4 February 1785 to 7 April 1785 | Bernardo de Gálvez | ||||||
| Acting | 7 April 1785 to 28 December 1785 | Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón | Provisional governor | |||||
| Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid (1785–1786) | ||||||||
| 68 | 28 December 1785 to 18 April 1789 | José Manuel de Ezpeleta | ||||||
| Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño
Regent of the Audiencia | ||||||||
| Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
Archbishop of Mexico | ||||||||
| Count of Floridablanca(1787) Interim | ||||||||
| Antonio Porlier
Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán (1787–1792) | ||||||||
| Manuel Antonio Flórez Mandonaldo (1787–1789) | ||||||||
| 69 | 18 April 1789 to 8 July 1790 | Domingo Cabello y Robles | Provisional governor | |||||
| Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco (1789–1794) | ||||||||
| Charles IV (1788 –1808) | ||||||||
| 70 | 8 July 1790 to 6 December 1796 | Luis de las Casas y Aragorri | ||||||
| No secretary (affairs of Indies distributed among different secretariats) | Count of Aranda (1792) Interim | |||||||
| Manuel Godoy (1792–1798) | ||||||||
| Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca (1794–1798) | ||||||||
| 71 | 6 December 1796 to 13 May 1799 | Juan Procopio de Bassecourt Thieulaine y Bryas López de Ochoa, Count of Santa Clara | ||||||
| Francisco Saavedra (1798–1799) | ||||||||
| Miguel José de Azanza (1798–1800) | ||||||||
| Mariano Luis de Urquijo (1799) | ||||||||
| 72 | 13 May 1799 to 14 April 1812 | Salvador José de Muro, 2nd Marquis of Someruelos | Pedro Cevallos (1799–1808) | |||||
| Félix Berenguer de Marquina (1800–1803) | ||||||||
| José de Iturrigaray (1803–1808) | ||||||||
| Ferdinand VII (1808) | ||||||||
| Miguel José de Azanza
1st Duke of Santa Fe(1808–1813) |
Mariano Luis de Urquijo (1808–1813) | Joseph I (1808 –1813) | ||||||
| Pedro de Garibay (1808–1809) | ||||||||
| Francisco Javier de Lizana
Archbishop of Mexico | ||||||||
| Pedro Catani (1810) | ||||||||
| Francisco Javier Venegas (1810–1813) | ||||||||
| 73 | 14 April 1812 to 2 July 1816 | Juan Ruíz de Apodaca | ||||||
| Félix María Calleja del Rey (1813–1816) | ||||||||
| No secretary | Juan O'Donojú (1813) Interim | |||||||
| Fernando de Laserna (1813) Interim | ||||||||
| Manuel Antonio de la Bodega y Mollinedo (1813–1814) | José Luyando (1813–1814) Interim |
Ferdinand VII(1813 –1833) | ||||||
| Miguel de Lardizabal (1814–1815) | José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas (1814) | |||||||
| No secretary | Pedro Cevallos (1814–1816) | |||||||
| Juan Esteban Lozano de Torres (1816) | ||||||||
| Pedro Cevallos (1816) | ||||||||
| 74 | 2 July 1816 to 29 August 1819 | José Cienfuegos Jovellanos | ||||||
| Juan Ruiz de Apodaca (1816–1821) | ||||||||
| José García de León (1816–1818) | ||||||||
| Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1818–1819) Interim | ||||||||
| 75 | 28 August 1819 to 3 March 1821 | Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño | ||||||
| Manuel González Salmón (1819) Interim | ||||||||
| Joaquín José Melgarejo (1819–1820) | ||||||||
| Antonio González Salmón (1820) Interim | ||||||||
| Juan Jabat Aztal (1820) Interim | ||||||||
| Antonio Porcel Román (1820) | ||||||||
| Evaristo Pérez de Castro (1820–1821) | ||||||||
| Ramón Gil de la Cuadra (1820–1821) | ||||||||
| Antonio de Guilleman (1821) Interim |
Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca (1821) Interim | |||||||
| 76 | 3 March 1821 to 19 July 1822 | Nicolás de Mahy y Romo | ||||||
| Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez (1821) | Francisco de Paula Escudero (1821) Interim | |||||||
| Ramón Olaguer Feliú (1821) | ||||||||
| Ramón López Pelegrín (1821–1822) | Eusebio Bardají y Azara (1821–1822) | |||||||
| Juan O'Donojú (1821) | ||||||||
| Minister of Overseas | ||||||||
| Ramón López-Pelegrín (1821–1822) | ||||||||
| Ramón López-Pelegrín (1822) Interim | ||||||||
| José Gabriel de Silva (1822) | ||||||||
| Ramón López-Pelegrín (1822) Interim | ||||||||
| Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo (1822) | Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1822) | |||||||
| Int. | 19 July 1822 to 2 May 1823 | Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón | Provisional Governor | Diego Clemencín (1822) | ||||
| José Manuel de Vadillo (1822–1823) | Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor (1822–1823) Interim since 28 February 1823 | |||||||
| 77 | 2 May 1823 to 15 May 1832 | Francisco Dionisio Vives | José Manuel de Vadillo (1823) Interim | |||||
| Pedro Urquinaona (1823) | Santiago Usoz y Mozi (1823) Interim | |||||||
| José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo (1823) | ||||||||
| Francisco de Paula Ossorio y Vargas (1823) Interim | ||||||||
| Luis María de Salazar y Salazar (1823) Interim | ||||||||
| No minister (1823–1836) | ||||||||
| Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay (1823) Interim | ||||||||
| José Luyando (1823) Interim | ||||||||
| Víctor Damián Sáez (1823) Interim until 7 August 1823 | ||||||||
| Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1823) | ||||||||
| Narciso Heredia (1823–1824) | ||||||||
| Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1824–1825) | ||||||||
| Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo (1825–1826) | ||||||||
| Manuel González Salmón (1826–1832) | ||||||||
| Antonio de Saavedra (1832) Interim | ||||||||
| 78 | 15 May 1832 to 1 June 1834 | Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca | ||||||
| Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1832–1834) | ||||||||
| Maria Christina of Two-Sicilies (1833–1840) | Isabella II (1833 –1868) | |||||||
| Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1834–1835) | ||||||||
| 79 | 1 June 1834 to 20 April 1838 | Miguel Tacón y Rosique | ||||||
| José María Queipo de Llano (1835) | ||||||||
| Miguel Ricardo de Álava (1835) | ||||||||
| Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1835–1836) Interim | ||||||||
| Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1836) | ||||||||
| José María Calatrava (1836–1837) | ||||||||
| Depending on the Minister of the Navy (1836–1847) | ||||||||
| Ildefonso Díez de Rivera (1837) Interim | ||||||||
| José María Calatrava (1837) | ||||||||
| Baldomero Espartero (1837) | ||||||||
| Eusebio Bardají y Azara (1837) | ||||||||
| Narciso Heredia (1837–1838) | ||||||||
| 80 | 20 April 1838 to 10 January 1840 | Joaquín Ezpeleta Enrile | ||||||
| Bernardino Fernández de Velasco (1838) | ||||||||
| Evaristo Pérez de Castro (1838–1840) | ||||||||
| 81 | 10 January 1840 to 7 March 1841 | Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón | ||||||
| Antonio González (1840) | ||||||||
| Valentín Ferraz (1840) | ||||||||
| Modesto Cortázar (1840) Interim | ||||||||
| Vicente Sancho (1840) | ||||||||
| Baldomero Espartero(1840–1841) | ||||||||
| Baldomero Espartero(1840–1843) | ||||||||
| 82 | 7 March 1841 to 15 September 1843 | Jerónimo Valdés | ||||||
| Joaquín María Ferrer (1841) | ||||||||
| Antonio González (1841–1842) | ||||||||
| José Ramón Rodil (1842–1843) | ||||||||
| Joaquín María López (1843) | ||||||||
| Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1843) | ||||||||
| Joaquín María López (1843) | ||||||||
| Acting | 15 September 1843 to 21 October 1843 | Francisco Javier de Ulloa | Provisional Governor | |||||
| Salustiano Olózaga (1843) | No regent | |||||||
| 83 | 21 October 1843 to 29 March 1848 | Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan | ||||||
| Luis González Bravo (1843–1844) | ||||||||
| Ramón María Narváez (1844–1846) | ||||||||
| Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1846) | ||||||||
| Ramón María Narváez (1846) | ||||||||
| Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1846–1847) | ||||||||
| Carlos Martínez de Irujo (1847) | ||||||||
| Joaquín Francisco Pacheco (1847) | ||||||||
| No minister (1847–1851) | ||||||||
| 84 | 29 March 1848 to 11 November 1850 | Federico Roncali | ||||||
| Florencio García Goyena (1847) | ||||||||
| Ramón María Narváez (1847–1849) | ||||||||
| Serafín María de Sotto (1849) | ||||||||
| Ramón María Narváez (1849–1851) | ||||||||
| 85 | 11 November 1850 to 16 April 1852 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 1st Term | |||||
| Juan Bravo Murillo (1851–1852) | ||||||||
| 86 | 16 April 1852 to 3 December 1853 | Valentín Cañedo | ||||||
| Federico Roncali (1852–1853) | ||||||||
| Francisco Lersundi (1853) | ||||||||
| 87 | 3 December 1853 to 21 September 1854 | Juan González de la Pezuela | ||||||
| Luis José Sartorius, Count of San Luis (1853–1854) | ||||||||
| Depending on the Minister of State (1854–1856) | Fernando Fernández de Córdova (1854) | |||||||
| Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1854) | ||||||||
| Baldomero Espartero(1854–1856) | ||||||||
| 88 | 21 September 1854 to 24 November 1859 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 2nd Term | |||||
| No minister (1856) | ||||||||
| Depending on the Minister of Development (1856–1858) | ||||||||
| Depending on the Minister of State (1858) | Leopoldo O'Donnell (1856) | |||||||
| Ramón María Narváez (1856–1857) | ||||||||
| Francisco Armero Peñaranda (1857–1858) | ||||||||
| Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1858) | ||||||||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell (1858–1863) | ||||||||
| 89 | 24 November 1859 to 10 December 1862 | Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke of la Torre | ||||||
| 90 | 10 December 1862 to 30 May 1866 | Domingo Dulce | 1st Term | |||||
| Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1863) | Manuel Pando, 2nd Marquess of Miraflores (1863–1864) | |||||||
| José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana (1863) Interim | ||||||||
| Francisco Permanyer Tuyets (1863) | ||||||||
| José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana (1863–1864) Interim | ||||||||
| Alejandro de Castro y Casal (1864) | Lorenzo Arrazola (1864) | |||||||
| Diego López Ballesteros (1864) | Alejandro Mon y Menéndez (1864) | |||||||
| Manuel Seijas Lozano (1864–1865) | Ramón María Narváez (1864–1865) | |||||||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1865–1866) | Leopoldo O'Donnell (1865–1866) | |||||||
| 91 | 30 May 1866 to 3 November 1866 | Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea | 1st Term | |||||
| Alejandro de Castro y Casal (1866–1867) | Ramón María Narváez (1866–1867) | |||||||
| 92 | 3 November 1866 to 24 September 1867 | Joaquín del Manzano | ||||||
| Int. | 24 September 1867 to 21 December 1867 | Blas Villate | 1st Term (Provisional governor) | |||||
| Carlos Marfori y Callejas (1867–1868) | ||||||||
| 93 | 21 December 1867 to 4 January 1869 | Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea | 2nd Term | |||||
| Luis González Bravo (1868) | ||||||||
| Tomás Rodríguez Rubí (1868) | José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquess of Havana (1868) | |||||||
| José Nacarino Bravo (1868) | ||||||||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1868–1869) | Francisco Serrano (1868 –1869) | Francisco Serrano (1868 –1871) | ||||||
| 94 | 4 January 1869 to 2 June 1869 | Domingo Dulce | 2nd Term | |||||
| Juan Bautista Topete (1869) Interim | ||||||||
| Acting | 2 June 1869 to 28 June 1869 | Felipe Ginovés del Espinar | Provisional Governor | |||||
| Juan Prim (1869–1870) | ||||||||
| 95 | 28 June 1869 to 13 December 1870 | Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas | ||||||
| Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1869–1870) | ||||||||
| Segismundo Moret (1870) | ||||||||
| 96 | 13 December 1870 to 11 July 1872 | Blas Villate | 2nd Term | |||||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1870–1871) | Juan Bautista Topete (1870–1871) Interim | |||||||
| Francisco Serrano (1871) | No regent | Amadeo I (1871 –1873) | ||||||
| Tomás Mosquera (1871) | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1871) | |||||||
| Víctor Balaguer (1871) | José Malcampo (1871) | |||||||
| Juan Bautista Topete (1871–1872) | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872) | |||||||
| Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1872) | ||||||||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1872) | Francisco Serrano (1872) | |||||||
| Eduardo Gasset y Artime (1872) | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1872–1873) | |||||||
| 97 | 11 July 1872 to 18 April 1873 | Francisco Ceballos y Vargas | ||||||
| Tomás Mosquera (1872–1873) | ||||||||
| Francisco Salmerón y Alonso (1873) | Estanislao Figueras (1873) | President | ||||||
| Estanislao Figueras (1873) | ||||||||
| José Cristóbal Sorní (1873) | ||||||||
| 98 | 18 April 1873 to 4 November 1873 | Cándido Pieltaín | Francesc Pi i Margall (1873) | Francesc Pi i Margall (1873) | ||||
| Francisco Suñer (1873) | ||||||||
| Eduardo Palanca (1873) | Nicolás Salmerón (1873) | Nicolás Salmerón (1873) | ||||||
| Santiago Soler y Pla (1873–1874) | Emilio Castelar (1873–1874) | Emilio Castelar (1873–1874) | ||||||
| 99 | 4 November 1873 to 6 April 1874 | Joaquín Jovellar y Soler | 1st Term | |||||
| Víctor Balaguer (1874) | Francisco Serrano (1874) | Francisco Serrano President (1874) | ||||||
| Juan Zavala (1874) | ||||||||
| Antonio Romero Ortiz (1874) | ||||||||
| 100 | 6 April 1874 to 1 March 1875 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | 3rd Term | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1874) | ||||
| Adelardo López de Ayala (1874–1877) | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875) | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1874–1875) | Monarch | |||||
| No regency | Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | |||||||
| Acting | 1 March 1875 to 8 March 1875 | Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo | 1st Term (Provisional Governor) | |||||
| Joaquín Jovellar (1875) | ||||||||
| 101 | 8 March 1875 to 18 January 1876 | Blas Villate | 3rd Term | |||||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1875–1879) | ||||||||
| 102 | 18 January 1876 to 18 June 1878 | Joaquín Jovellar y Soler | 2nd Term | |||||
| Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1877–1878) | ||||||||
| José Elduayen Gorriti (1878–1879) | ||||||||
| 103 | 18 June 1878 to 5 February 1879 | Arsenio Martínez Campos | 1st Term | |||||
| Acting | 5 February 1879 to 17 April 1879 | Cayetano Figueroa y Garahondo | 2nd Term (Provisional Governor) | |||||
| Manuel Orovio Echagüe (1879) Interim | Arsenio Martínez-Campos (1879) | |||||||
| Salvador Albacete (1879) | ||||||||
| 104 | 17 April 1879 to 28 November 1881 | Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata | 1st Term | |||||
| José Elduayen Gorriti (1879–1880) | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1879–1881) | |||||||
| Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo (1880–1881) | ||||||||
| Fernando León y Castillo (1881–1883) | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1881–1883) | |||||||
| 105 | 28 November 1881 to 5 August 1883 | Luis Prendergast y Gordon, Marquis of Victoria de las Tunas | ||||||
| Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1883) | ||||||||
| Acting | 5 August 1883 to 28 September 1883 | Tomás y Regna | Provisional Governor | |||||
| 106 | 28 September 1883 to 8 November 1884 | Ignacio María del Castillo | ||||||
| Estanislao Suárez Inclán (1883–1884) | José Posada Herrera (1883–1884) | |||||||
| Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1884–1885) | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1884–1885) | |||||||
| 107 | 8 November 1884 to 25 March 1886 | Ramón Fajardo e Izquierdo | ||||||
| Germán Gamazo (1885–1886) | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1885–1890) | Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | Vacant | |||||
| 108 | 25 March 1886 to 15 July 1887 | Emilio Calleja | 1st Term | Alfonso XIII (1886–1931) | ||||
| Víctor Balaguer (1886–1888) | ||||||||
| 109 | 15 July 1887 to 13 March 1889 | Sabas Marín y González | 1st Term | |||||
| Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1888) | ||||||||
| Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1888–1890) | ||||||||
| 110 | 13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890 | Manuel Salamanca y Negrete | ||||||
| Int. | 6 February 1890 to 4 April 1890 | José Sánchez y Gómez | Provisional Governor | |||||
| 111 | 4 April 1890 to 24 August 1890 | José Chinchilla | ||||||
| Antonio María Fabié (1890–1891) | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1890–1892) | |||||||
| 112 | 24 August 1890 to 20 June 1892 | Camilo de Polavieja | ||||||
| Francisco Romero Robledo (1891–1892) | ||||||||
| 113 | 20 June 1892 to 15 July 1893 | Alejandro Rodríguez Arias y Rodulfo | ||||||
| Antonio Maura (1892–1894) | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1892–1895) | |||||||
| Int. | 15 July 1893 to 16 September 1893 | José Arderius | Provisional Governor | |||||
| 114 | 16 September 1893 to 16 April 1895 | Emilio Calleja | 2nd Term | |||||
| Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez (1894) | ||||||||
| Buenaventura Ábarzuza Ferrer (1894–1895) | ||||||||
| Tomás Castellano y Villarroya (1895–1897) | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1895–1897) | |||||||
| 115 | 16 April 1895 to 20 January 1896 | Arsenio Martínez Campos | 2nd Term | |||||
| Acting | 20 January 1896 to 11 February 1896 | Sabas Marín y González | 2nd Term (Provisional Governor) | |||||
| 116 | 11 February 1896 to 31 October 1897 | Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife | ||||||
| Marcelo Azcarraga Palmero (1897) | ||||||||
| Segismundo Moret (1897–1898) | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1897–1899) | |||||||
| 117 | 31 October 1897 to 30 November 1898 | Ramón Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata | 2nd Term | |||||
| Vicente Romero Girón (1898–1899) | ||||||||
| 118 | 30 November 1898 to 1 January 1899 | Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos | ||||||
| American Suzerainty | Secretary of War | USA Vice President | USA President | |||||
| 1 | 1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899 | John Rutter Brooke | Russell A. Alger (1897–1899) | Garret Hobart (1895–1899) | Wiliam McKinley (1897–1901) | |||
| Elihu Root (1899–1904) | Vacant | |||||||
| 2 | 23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902 | Leonard Wood | ||||||
| Theodore Roosevelt (1901) | ||||||||
| Vacant | Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) | |||||||
| Republic of Cuba | ||||||||
| 20 May 1902 to 29 September 1906 | See List of Presidents of Cuba | |||||||
| American Occupation | Secretary of War | USA Vice President | USA President | |||||
| Acting | 29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906 | William Howard Taft | Provisional governor | William Howard Taft (1904–1908) | Charles W. Fairbanks (1905–1909) | Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) | ||
| Acting | 13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909 | Charles Edward Magoon | Provisional governor | |||||
| Luke Edward Wright (1908–1909) | ||||||||
For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba.
