This is a list of colonial heads of Cuba.
Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.
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!Viceroy of the Indies
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| rowspan="7" |<small>1511 to 12 June 1524</small>|| rowspan="7" | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ||
| rowspan="3" |Diego Columbus
|Ferdinand II of Aragón '
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|Cardinal Cisneros ' ||
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|<small>13 February 1577 to 1579</small>||Francisco Carreño||
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|<small>27 April 1579 to 1 September 1579</small>|| Gaspar de Torres ||
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| rowspan="5" |<small>1580 to 1589</small>
| rowspan="5" |Gabriel de Luján
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|Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza
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|Luis de Villanueva y Zapata '
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|Pedro de Moya y Contrerás '
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| rowspan="2" |Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1589 to 1593</small>|| rowspan="2" | Juan de Tejeda||
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| rowspan="2" |Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1593 to 1602</small>|| rowspan="2" | Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo ||
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| rowspan="2" |Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1602 to 1607</small>|| rowspan="2" | Pedro de Valdez||
| rowspan="10" |Philip III
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|Juan de Mendoza y Luna
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| rowspan="4" |<small>1607 to 1616</small>|| rowspan="4" | Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda ||
|Luis de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas
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|García Guerra '
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|Pedro Otárola
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| rowspan="4" |Diego Fernández de Córdoba
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|<small>1616 to 6 June 1619</small>|| Sancho de Alquiza ||
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|<small>1619 to 1620</small>
|Jerónimo de Quero
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| rowspan="4" |<small>1620 to 1624</small>|| rowspan="4" | Francisco de Venegas ||
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| rowspan="2" |Paz de Valecillo
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| rowspan="26" |Philip IV
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|Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimental
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1624 to 16 June 1626</small>|| rowspan="2" | Damián Velásquez de Contreras ||
|No viceroy
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| rowspan="4" |Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo
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|<small>16 June 1626 to 7 October 1630</small>|| Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera ||
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|<small>7 October 1630 to 24 May 1634</small>|| Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra ||
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| rowspan="2" |<small>24 May 1634 to 1639</small>|| rowspan="2" | Francisco Riaño y Gamboa ||
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| rowspan="2" |Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz
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| rowspan="4" |<small>1639 to 1647</small>|| rowspan="4" | Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento ||
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|Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla
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|Juan de Palapox y Mendoza
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| rowspan="2" |García Sarmiento de Sotomayor
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| rowspan="5" |<small>1647 to 7 October 1653</small>|| rowspan="5" |Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo, señor de la Villa de Santacruz de Pinares||
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|Marcos de Torres y Rueda
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|Matías de Peralta
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|Luis Enríquez de Guzmán
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| rowspan="5" |Francisco Fernández de la Cueva
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|<small>7 October 1653 to 1654</small>|| Francisco Xelder ||
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|<small>1654 to 1656</small>|| Juan de Montanos Blázquez ||
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|<small>1656 to 1658</small>|| Diego Rangel ||
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1658 to 1663</small>
| rowspan="2" |Juan de Salamanca
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| rowspan="2" |Juan de Leyva de la Cerda
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1663 to 30 July 1664</small>|| rowspan="2" | Rodrigo Flores de Aldana ||
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| rowspan="2" |Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas
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| rowspan="3" |<small>30 July 1664 to 6 May 1670</small>|| rowspan="3" | Francisco Oregón y Gascón ||
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| rowspan="3" |Antonio Sebastián de Toledo
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| rowspan="13" |Charles II
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| rowspan="3" |<small>6 May 1670 to 1680</small>|| rowspan="3" | Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma ||
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|Pedro Nuño Colón
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|Payo Enríquez de Ribera Manrique
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|<small>1680 to 1685</small>|| José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León ||
| rowspan="2" |Tomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1685 to 1687</small>|| rowspan="2" | Manuel de Murguia y Mena || rowspan="2" | Removed from office for illicit trade
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| rowspan="2" |Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1687 to 1689</small>|| rowspan="2" | Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa ||
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| rowspan="3" |Gaspar Melchor Baltasar de la Cerda
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|<small>1689 to 3 October 1695</small>|| Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas ||
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| rowspan="2" |<small>3 October 1695 to 20 September 1702</small>|| rowspan="5" | Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, Marquis of the Vado del Maestre ||
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| rowspan="4" |Promoted to captain-general of New Granada
|Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
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| rowspan="2" |José Sarmiento Valladares
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| rowspan="17" |Philip V
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| rowspan="2" |Juan de Ortega Cano Montáñez
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| rowspan="2" |<small>20 September 1702 to 4 December 1702</small>|| rowspan="2" | Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo || rowspan="2" | Former gentleman of the Elector of Bavaria; died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
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| rowspan="5" |Francisco V Férnandez de la Cueva
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|<small>4 December 1702 to 13 May 1706</small>|| Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Vandeval || Interim governor (military and civil)
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|<small>13 May 1706 to 8 July 1706</small>|| Pedro Álvarez de Villarín || Died of yellow fever shortly after assuming office
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|<small>8 July 1706 to 18 January 1708</small>|| Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Vandeval || Interim governor (military and civil)
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| rowspan="2" |<small>18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711</small>|| rowspan="2" |Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa Torres|| Former governor of Spanish Florida
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| rowspan="5" |Fernando de Alencastre Noroña
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|<small>18 February 1711 to 10 June 1711</small>|| 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
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|<small>10 June 1711 to 14 February 1713</small>|| Luis Chacón || Interim governor
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|<small>14 February 1713 to 26 May 1716</small>||Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos, Marquis of Casa Torres|| Restored to office
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| rowspan="2" |<small>26 May 1716 to 23 August 1717</small>
| rowspan="2" |Vicente de Raja
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| rowspan="3" |Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán
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|<small>23 August 1717 to 23 June 1718</small>|| Gómez Mazaver Ponce de León || Provisional governor
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| rowspan="2" |<small>23 June 1718 to 29 September 1724</small>|| rowspan="2" | Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega ||
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| rowspan="3" |Juan de Acuña y Bejarano
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|Luis I
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| rowspan="2" |<small>29 September 1724 to 18 March 1734</small>|| rowspan="2" | Dionisio Martínez de la Vega ||
| rowspan="7" |Philip V
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| rowspan="2" |Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta '
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| rowspan="4" |<small>18 March 1734 to 22 April 1746</small>|| rowspan="4" |Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, Count of Revillagigedo||
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|Pedro de Castro Figueroa y Salazar
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|Pedro Malo de Villavicencio
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| rowspan="2" |Pedro Cebrián y Agustín
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| rowspan="2" |<small>22 April 1746 to 21 July 1746</small>|| rowspan="2" | Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes ||
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| rowspan="3" |Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas
| rowspan="4" |Ferdinand VI
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|<small>21 July 1746 to 9 June 1747</small>|| Diego Peñalosa ||
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| rowspan="5" |<small>9 June 1747 to 18 May 1760</small>|| rowspan="5" | Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega ||
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| rowspan="2" |Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón
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| rowspan="6" |Charles III
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|Francisco Antonio de Echávarri
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| rowspan="2" |Francisco Cajigal de la Vega
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| rowspan="2" |<small>18 May 1760 to 7 February 1761</small>
| rowspan="2" |Pedro Alonso
| rowspan="2" |Provisional governor
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| rowspan="2" |Joaquín de Montserrat
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|<small>7 February 1761 to 13 August 1762</small>|| Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna ||
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|colspan="3"|British Suzerainty
!Secretary of State for the Southern Department
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|<small>13 August 1762 to 1 January 1763</small>|| George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle ||
| rowspan="2" |The Earl of Egremont
| rowspan="2" |George III
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|<small>1 January 1763 to 8 July 1763</small>|| William Keppel ||
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| colspan="3" |Spanish Suzerainty (during the British occupation of La Habana)
!Viceroy of New Spain
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|<small>7 September 1762 to 8 July 1763</small>
|Fernando de Cagigal de la Vega, Marquess de Casa Cagigal
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|Joaquín de Montserrat
|Charles III
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| colspan="3" |Spanish Suzerainty
!Viceroy of New Spain
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|<small>8 July 1763 to 27 June 1765</small>|| Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, Count of Ricla ||
| rowspan="4" |Joaquín de Montserrat
| rowspan="24" |Charles III
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|<small>27 June 1765 to 13 July 1765</small>|| Diego Manrique ||
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|<small>13 July 1765 to 19 March 1766</small>|| Pascual Jiménez de Cisneros || Provisional governor
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| rowspan="2" |<small>19 March 1766 to 14 August 1771</small>|| rowspan="2" | Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Henestrosa y Lasso de la Vega ||
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| rowspan="3" |Carlos Francisco de Croix
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|<small>14 August 1771 to 18 November 1771</small>|| Diego José Navarro García de Valladares || <small>1st Term</small> (Provisional governor)
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| rowspan="2" |<small>18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777</small>
| rowspan="2" |Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre
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| rowspan="2" |Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa
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| rowspan="3" |<small>12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782</small>|| rowspan="3" | Diego José Navarro García de Valladares || rowspan="2" | <small>2nd Term</small> (Provisional governor)
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|Francisco Romá y Rosell
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| rowspan="3" |Martín de Mayorga Ferrer
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|<small>12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782</small>|| Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat ||
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| rowspan="3" |<small>29 December 1782 to 4 February 1785</small>|| rowspan="3" | Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga||
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|Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
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| rowspan="3" |Vicente de Herrera y Rivero
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|<small>4 February 1785 to 7 April 1785</small>|| Bernardo de Gálvez||
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| rowspan="2" |<small>7 April 1785 to 28 December 1785</small>
| rowspan="2" |Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón
| rowspan="2" |Provisional governor
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| rowspan="2" |Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid
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| rowspan="4" |<small>28 December 1785 to 18 April 1789</small>|| rowspan="4" | José Manuel de Ezpeleta||
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|Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño
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|Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
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| rowspan="2" |Manuel Antonio Flórez Mandonaldo
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| rowspan="3" |<small>18 April 1789 to 8 July 1790</small>|| rowspan="3" | Domingo Cabello y Robles || rowspan="3" | Provisional governor
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| rowspan="3" |Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco
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| rowspan="8" |Charles IV
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| rowspan="2" |<small>8 July 1790 to 6 December 1796</small>|| rowspan="2" | Luis de las Casas y Aragorri ||
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| rowspan="2" |Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca
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| rowspan="2" |<small>6 December 1796 to 13 May 1799</small>|| rowspan="2" |Juan Procopio de Bassecourt Thieulaine y Bryas López de Ochoa, Count of Santa Clara ||
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| rowspan="2" |Miguel José de Azanza
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| rowspan="9" |<small>13 May 1799 to 14 April 1812</small>|| rowspan="9" | Salvador José de Muro, 2nd Marquis of Someruelos
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|Félix Berenguer de Marquina
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| rowspan="3" |José de Iturrigaray
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|Ferdinand VII
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| rowspan="7" |Joseph I
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|Pedro de Garibay
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|Francisco Javier de Lizana
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|Pedro Catani
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| rowspan="2" |Francisco Javier Venegas
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| rowspan="2" |<small>14 April 1812 to 2 July 1816</small>|| rowspan="2" | Juan Ruíz de Apodaca ||
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| rowspan="2" |Félix María Calleja del Rey
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| rowspan="2" |<small>2 July 1816 to 29 August 1819</small>|| rowspan="2" | José Cienfuegos Jovellanos ||
| rowspan="16" |Ferdinand VII
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| rowspan="3" |Juan Ruiz de Apodaca
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|<small>28 August 1819 to 3 March 1821</small>|| Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño ||
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| rowspan="2" |<small>3 March 1821 to 19 July 1822</small>|| rowspan="2" | Nicolás de Mahy y Romo ||
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| rowspan="2" |Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez
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| rowspan="7" |<small>19 July 1822 to 2 May 1823</small>
| rowspan="7" |Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón
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| rowspan="5" | Provisional Governor
|Juan O'Donojú
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!Minister of Overseas
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|Ramón López-Pelegrín
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|Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo
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| rowspan="3" |<small>16 April 1852 to 3 December 1853</small>|| rowspan="3" | Valentín Cañedo ||
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|Federico Roncali
!USA President
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| rowspan="2" |<small>1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899</small>|| rowspan="2" | John Rutter Brooke || rowspan="2" |
|Russell A. Alger
| rowspan="2" |Wiliam McKinley
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| rowspan="2" |Elihu Root
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|<small>23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902</small>
|Leonard Wood
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|Theodore Roosevelt
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| colspan="5" |Republic of Cuba
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|<small>20 May 1902 to 29 September 1906</small>||colspan="2"|See List of Presidents of Cuba
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|colspan="3"|American Occupation
!Secretary of War|| Provisional governor
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|Luke Edward Wright
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For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba.
See also
- List of governors of Provincia de Santiago de Cuba
- Timeline of Cuban history