List of colonial governors of Spanish Guinea

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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.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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|24 October 1778 to 14 November 1778|| ||Felipe de los Santos Toro y Freyre, conde de Argelejo, Governor||

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|14 November 1778 to 30 December 1781|| ||, Governor||

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|30 December 1781 to 27 October 1827||colspan=2|Vacant||

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|colspan="4"|Superintendents later Governors of Fernando Pó

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|27 October 1827 to 4 April 1829||60px||William Fitzwilliam Owen, Superintendent||

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|4 April 1829 to 1830||60px||Edward Nicolls, Superintendent||1st time

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|1830 to 1831|| ||John Beecroft, acting Superintendent||1st time

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|18 August 1831 to 1833||60px||Edward Nicolls, Superintendent||2nd time

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|1833 to 10 June 1854|| ||John Beecroft, Superintendent||2nd time

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|10 June 1854 to 27 May 1858|| ||James W. B. Lynslager, acting Superintendent||

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|27 May 1858 to 1 September 1859||60px||, Governor||

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|1 September 1859 to 30 June 1862||60px||José de la Gándara y Navarro, Governor||

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|30 June 1862 to 1 August 1865|| ||Pantaleón López de la Torre Ayllón, Governor||

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|1 August 1865 to 31 August 1865|| ||Francisco Osorio, acting Governor||

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|31 August 1865 to 18 September 1865|| ||Félix Recio, acting Governor||1st time

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|18 September 1865 to 1 April 1868|| ||José Gómez de Barreda y Ruiz de Mazmela, Governor||

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|1 April 1868 to 9 August 1868|| ||Félix Recio, acting Governor||2nd time

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|9 August 1868 to 18 July 1869|| ||Joaquín de Souza y Gallardo, Governor||

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|21 August 1869 to 11 September 1869|| ||Clemente Ramos, acting Governor||

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|11 September 1869 to 21 January 1870|| ||Manuel Vial, acting Governor||1st time

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|21 January 1870 to 11 June 1870|| ||Zoilo Sánchez Ocaña, Governor||

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|11 June 1870 to 16 August 1870|| ||Manuel Vial, acting Governor||2nd time

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|16 August 1870 to 14 February 1871|| ||Felipe C. Argüelles, acting Governor||1st time

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|14 February 1871 to 28 April 1871||60px||, Governor||

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|28 April 1871 to 1 October 1871|| ||Felipe C. Argüelles, acting Governor||2nd time

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|1 October 1871 to 23 June 1872|| ||Antonio Vivar, acting Governor||

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|23 June 1872 to 5 December 1872|| ||Pedro Osa, acting Governor||

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|5 December 1872 to 22 November 1874|| ||Ignacio García Tudela, Governor||

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|22 November 1874 to 22 January 1875|| ||Jacobo Varela, acting Governor||

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|22 January 1875 to 13 February 1877|| ||Diego Santisteban y Chamorro, Governor||

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|13 February 1877 to 1 February 1879|| ||Alejandro Arias Salgado, Governor||

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|1 February 1879 to 21 April 1879|| ||Luis de la Pila, acting Governor||

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|21 April 1879 to 20 June 1879|| ||Juan Aguilar, acting Governor||

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|20 June 1879 to 24 July 1879|| ||José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, acting Governor||1st time

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|24 July 1879 to 3 September 1880|| ||Enrique Santaló y Sáenz de Tejada, Governor||

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|3 September 1880 to 24 January 1883|| ||José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, Governor||2nd time

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|24 January 1883 to 25 January 1883|| ||Francisco Romera, acting Governor||

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|25 January 1883 to 28 December 1884|| ||Antonio Cano y Prieto, Governor||

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|28 December 1884 to 28 January 1885|| ||Waldo Pérez Cossio, acting Governor||

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|28 January 1885 to 1 October 1887|| ||José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, Governor||3rd time

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|1 October 1887 to 8 November 1887|| ||Juan de la Rocha, acting Governor||

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|8 November 1887 to 4 February 1888|| ||Luis Navarro, Governor||

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|4 February 1888 to 20 April 1888|| ||José María Ibarra y Autrán, acting Governor||1st time

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|20 April 1888 to 21 April 1890|| ||Antonio Morena Guerra, Governor||

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|21 April 1890 to 4 November 1890|| ||José María Ibarra y Autrán, Governor||2nd time

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|4 November 1890 to 22 December 1890|| ||José Gómez de Barreda, Governor||

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|22 December 1890 to 24 December 1891|| ||José de Barrasa y Fernández de Castro, Governor||

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|24 December 1891 to 10 April 1892|| ||Antonio Martínez, Governor||

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|10 April 1892 to 12 May 1893|| ||Eulogio Merchán y Rico, Governor||

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|12 May 1893 to 17 May 1893|| ||Dionisio Shelly, acting Governor||1st time

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|17 May 1893 to 1 June 1893|| ||Pio Porcell, acting Governor||

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|1 June 1893 to 29 July 1893|| ||Dionisio Shelly, acting Governor||2nd time

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|29 July 1893 to 16 February 1895|| ||José de la Puente y Bassavé, Governor||

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|16 February 1895 to 21 July 1895|| ||Agustín Cuesta, acting Governor||

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|21 July 1895 to 19 May 1897|| ||Adolfo de España y Gómez de Humarán, Governor||

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|19 May 1897 to 19 June 1897|| ||Armando Pontes, acting Governor||

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|19 June 1897 to 21 July 1897|| ||Mateo Mezquida, acting Governor||

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|21 July 1897 to 19 October 1897|| ||Manuel Rico, Governor||

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|19 October 1897 to 7 November 1899|| ||José Rodríguez de Vera, Governor||

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|7 November 1899 to 30 November 1899|| ||Francisco Guarro, acting Governor||

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|30 November 1899 to 12 December 1899|| ||Guillermo Lacave, acting Governor||

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|14 December 1899 to 3 March 1901|| ||Francisco de Paula Dueñas Martínez, Governor||

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|3 March 1901 to 25 February 1905|| ||José de Ibarra y Autrán, Governor||

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|25 February 1905 to 26 March 1906|| ||José Gómez de la Serna, Governor||

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|26 March 1906 to 20 September 1906|| ||Diego Saavedra y Magdalena, Governor||1st time

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|20 September 1906 to 18 February 1907|| ||Ángel Barrera y Luyando, Governor||1st time

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|18 February 1907 to 17 August 1908|| ||Luis Ramos Izquierdo y Vivar, Governor||

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|17 August 1908 to 30 September 1908|| ||Luis Dabán, acting Governor||

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|30 September 1908 to 19 October 1908|| ||Diego Saavedra y Magdalena, acting Governor||2nd time

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|19 October 1908 to 10 September 1910|| ||, Governor||

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|10 September 1910 to 8 February 1924|| ||Ángel Barrera y Luyando, Governor||2nd time

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|8 February 1924 to 8 February 1926|| ||Carlos Tovar de Revilla, Governor||

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|8 February 1926 to 1 March 1931||60px||Miguel Núñez de Prado, Governor||

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|1 January 1928 to 14 August 1928|| ||Adolfo García Amilivia, acting Governor||Acting for Prado

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|2 August 1930 to 1 March 1931|| ||José Domínguez Manresa, acting Governor||Acting for Prado

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|20 April 1931 to 1 November 1931|| ||José Domínguez Manresa, interim Governor||1st time

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|1 November 1931 to 14 November 1932|| ||Gustavo de Sostoa y Sthamer, Governor||

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|14 November 1931 to 15 November 1932|| ||Pedro Agustín González Ordóñez, acting Governor||

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|15 November 1932 to 10 July 1933|| ||José Domínguez Manresa, interim Governor||2nd time

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|10 July 1933 to 1 September 1934|| ||Estanislao Lluesma García, Governor||

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|1 September 1934 to 5 September 1935|| ||José Domínguez Manresa, acting Governor||3rd time

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|5 September 1934 to 10 December 1935|| ||Ángel Manzaneque Feltrer, Governor||

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|15 June 1935 to 10 December 1935|| ||Luis Serrano Maranges, acting Governor||Acting for Feltrer, 1st time

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|10 December 1935 to 25 September 1936|| ||Luis Sánchez Guerra y Sáinz, Governor||

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|15 September 1936 to 25 September 1936|| ||Estanislao Lluesma García, Governor||Appointed, did not take office

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|25 March 1936 to 12 April 1936|| ||Carlos Vázquez Ruiz, acting Governor||Acting for Guerra y Sáinz

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|25 September 1936 to 1 January 1937|| ||Luis Serrano Maranges, acting Governor||Nationalist, in rebellion on Fernando Pó from 19 September 1936; 2nd time

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|25 September 1936 to 14 October 1936|| ||Miguel Hernández Porcel, Subgovernor||Republican, in dissidence in Río Muni

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|12 December 1936 to 14 December 1936|| ||Carlos Vázquez Ruiz, acting Governor||Acting for Serrano

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|1 January 1937 to 15 December 1937||60px||Manuel de Mendívil y Elío, Governor||

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|15 December 1937 to 5 March 1942||60px||Juan Fontán Lobé, Governor||

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|12 June 1938 to 21 September 1938|| ||Natividad Calzada y Castañeda, acting Governor||Acting for Fontán

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|30 August 1939 to 15 December 1939|| ||Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río, acting Governor||Acting for Fontán

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|22 August 1940 to 16 September 1940|| ||Fernando González Lavín, acting Governor||Acting for Fontán

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|16 September 1940 to 17 May 1941|| ||Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río, acting Governor||Acting for Fontán

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|14 August 1941 to 13 October 1941|| ||Pedro Cano Manuel Aubarede, acting Governor||Acting for Fontán

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|13 October 1941 to 5 March 1942|| ||José Luis Soraluce Irastorza, acting Governor||Acting for Fontán

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|5 March 1942 to 12 February 1944|| ||Mariano Alonso Alonso, Governor||

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|18 October 1943 to 12 February 1944|| ||Rufino Pérez Barrueco, acting Governor||Acting for Alonso

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|12 February 1944 to 6 March 1949|| ||Juan María Bonelli Rubio, Governor||

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|13 September 1944 to 2 March 1945|| ||Joaquín Bosch de la Barrera, acting Governor||Acting for Bonelli

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|9 August 1946 to 22 February 1947|| ||Joaquín Bosch de la Barrera, acting Governor||Acting for Bonelli

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|12 April 1948 to 8 August 1948|| ||Carlos Rodríguez Solano y Dueñas, acting Governor||Acting for Bonelli

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|6 March 1949 to April 1949|| ||Pedro Grajera Torres, acting Governor||

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|April 1949 to 21 February 1962||60px||Faustino Ruíz González, Governor||

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|November 1953 to 1954|| ||, acting Governor||Acting for Ruíz González

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|21 February 1962 to 1 January 1964|| ||, Governor||A referendum on autonomy was held on 15 December 1963, approving the proposal

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|1 January 1964||colspan="3"|Self-rule as Equatorial Guinea

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|1 January 1964 to 10 March 1964|| ||, Governor||

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|10 March 1964 to July 1964||rowspan=2| ||Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Governor||

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|July 1964 to August 1966||Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Commissioner-General||

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|August 1966 to 12 October 1968|| ||Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río, Commissioner-General||

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|12 October 1968||colspan="3"|Independence as Republic of Equatorial Guinea

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

References

External links

World Statesmen – Equatorial Guinea

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See also

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