| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| Spanish Suzerainty |
| Governors |
| 1535 to 1538 |
Gonzalo de Guzmán |
|
| 1538 to 1542 |
Hernando de Soto |
|
| 1544 to 1546 |
Juan de Ávila |
|
| 1546 to 1548 |
Antonio de Cháves |
|
| 1549 to 1555 |
Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo |
|
| 1556 to 1565 |
Diego de Mazariegos |
|
| 1565 to 1567 |
Francisco García Osorio |
|
| 1567 |
Francisco de Zayas |
|
| 1567 to 1574 |
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés |
|
| 1572 to 1574 |
Sancho Pardo Donlebún |
|
| 1574 to 1577 |
Gabriel de Montalvo |
|
| 1577 to 1579 |
Francisco Carreño |
|
| 1579 to 1584 |
Gaspar de Torres |
|
| 1584 to 1589 |
Gabriel de Luján |
|
| 1589 to 1593 |
Juan de Tejeda |
|
| 1593 to 1602 |
Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo |
|
| 1602 to 1608 |
Pedro Vadés |
|
| 1608 to 1616 |
Gaspar Ruíz de Pereda |
|
| 1616 to 1619 |
Sancho de Alquiza |
|
| 1620 to 1624 |
Francisco de Venegas |
|
| 1624 to 1626 |
Damián Velásquez de Contreras |
|
| 1626 to 1630 |
Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera |
|
| 1630 to 1634 |
Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra |
|
| 1634 to 1639 |
Francisco Riaño y Gamboa |
|
| 1639 to 1647 |
Álvaro de Luna y Sarmiento |
|
| 1647 to 1653 |
Diego de Villalba y Toledo, marqués de Campo |
|
| 1653 to 1654 |
Francisco Xelder |
|
| 1654 to 1656 |
Juan de Montanos Blázquez |
|
| 1656 to 1658 |
Diego Rangel |
|
| 1658 to 1663 |
Juan de Salamanca |
|
| 1663 to 1664 |
Rodrigo de Flores y Aldana |
|
| 1664 to 1670 |
Francisco Oregón y Gascón |
|
| 1670 to 1680 |
Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma |
|
| 1680 to 1685 |
José Fernandez Córdoba Ponce de León |
|
| 1685 to 1687 |
Manuel de Murguia y Mena |
removed from office for illicit trade |
| 1687 to 1689 |
Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa |
|
| 1689 to 1697 |
Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas |
|
| 1697 to 1702 |
Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, marqués del Vado |
promoted to captain-general of New Granada |
| 1702 |
Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo |
died shortly after assuming office |
| 1702 to 1706 |
Luis Chacón and Nicolás Chirino Bendabal |
interim governors |
| 1706 to January 1708 |
Pedro Álvarez de Villarín |
|
| 18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711 |
Laureano José de Torres Ayala y Quadros Castellanos, marqués de Casa Torres |
former governor of Spanish Florida |
| 26 May 1711 to 1718 |
Vicente de Raja |
|
| 1718 |
Gómez Mazaver Ponce de León |
acting governor |
| 23 June 1718 to 1724 |
Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega |
|
| 29 September 1724 to 1734 |
Dionisio Martínez de la Vega |
|
| 1734 to 1746 |
Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, conde de Revillagigedo |
|
| 1746 |
Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes |
|
| 1746 to 1747 |
Diego Peñalosa |
|
| 1747 to 1760 |
Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega |
|
| 1760 to 1761 |
Pedro Alonso |
|
| 1761 to 1762 |
Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna |
|
| British Suzerainty |
| 12 August 1762 to 1 January 1763 |
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle |
|
| 1 January 1763 to July 1763 |
William Keppel |
|
| Spanish Suzerainty |
| 1763 to 1765 |
Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando, conde de Ricla |
|
| 1765 to 1766 |
Diego Manrique |
|
| 1766 to 1771 |
Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega |
|
| 1771 to 1777 |
Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, marqués de la Torre |
|
| 1777 to 1780 |
Diego José Navarro García de Valladares |
|
| 1781 to 1782 |
Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat |
|
| 1782 to 1785 |
Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga |
|
| 5 April 1785 to November 1785 |
Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del Rincón |
|
| 1 December 1785 to 1789 |
José Manuel de Ezpeleta |
|
| 18 April 1789 to 1790 |
Domingo Cabello y Robles |
|
| 1790 to 1796 |
Luis de las Casas y Aragorri |
|
| 1796 to 1799 |
Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas, conde de Santa Clara |
| 1799 to 1812 |
Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de Someruelos |
| 1812 to 1816 |
Juan Ruíz de Apodaca |
|
| 1816 to 1819 |
José Cienfuegos |
|
| 1819 to 1819 |
Juan María Echeverri |
|
| 1819 to 1821 |
Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Niño |
|
| 1821 to 1822 |
Nicolás de Mahy y Romo |
|
| 1822 to 1823 |
Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón, Provisional Governor |
|
| 1823 to 1832 |
Francisco Dionisio Vives |
|
| 1832 to 1834 |
Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca |
|
| 1834 to 1838 |
Miguel Tacón |
|
| 1838 to January 1840 |
Joaquín de Ezpeleta |
|
| January 1840 to 1841 |
Pedro Téllez Girón |
|
| 1841 to September 1843 |
Jerónimo Valdés |
|
| September 1843 to October 1843 |
Francisco Javier de Ulloa, Provisional Governor |
|
| October 1843 to 1848 |
Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan |
|
| 1848 to 1850 |
Federico Roncali |
|
| 1850 to 1852 |
José Gutiérrez de la Concha |
1st Term |
| 1852 to 1853 |
Valentín Cañedo |
|
| December 1853 to 1854 |
Juan González de la Pezuela |
|
| 1854 to 1859 |
José Gutiérrez de la Concha |
2nd Term |
| 1859 to 1862 |
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre |
|
| 1862 to May 1866 |
Domingo Dulce |
1st Term |
| May 1866 to November 1866 |
Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea |
1st Term |
| November 1866 to September 1867 |
Joaquín del Manzano |
|
| September 1867 to December 1867 |
Blas Villate |
1st Term |
| December 1867 to January 1869 |
Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea |
2nd Term |
| January 1869 to 2 June 1869 |
Domingo Dulce |
2nd Term |
| 2 June 1869 to 10 October 1868 |
Felipe Ginovés del Espinar, Provisional Governor |
|
| 10 October 1868 to 28 June 1869 |
Felipe Ginovés del Espinar, Provisional Governor |
|
| 28 June 1869 to 1870 |
Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas |
|
| 1870 to 1872 |
Blas Villate |
2nd Term |
| 1872 to April 1873 |
Francisco Ceballos y Vargas |
|
| April 1873 to November 1873 |
Cándido Pieltaín |
|
| November 1873 to 1874 |
Joaquín Jovellar y Soler |
1st Term |
| 1874 to May 1875 |
José Gutiérrez de la Concha |
3rd Term |
| May 1875 to June 1875 |
Buenaventura Carbó, Provisional Governor |
|
| June 1875 to January 1876 |
Blas Villate |
3rd Term |
| January 1876 to October 1876 |
Joaquín Jovellar y Soler |
2nd Term |
| October 1876 to February 1879 |
Arsenio Martínez Campos |
1st Term |
| February 1879 to April 1879 |
Caetano Figueroa, Provisional Governor |
|
| April 1879 to 1881 |
Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata |
1st Term |
| 1881 to August 1883 |
Luis Prendergast y Gordon, marqués de Victoria de las Tunas |
| August 1883 to September 1883 |
Tomás y Regna, Provisional Governor |
|
| September 1883 to 1884 |
Ignacio María del Castillo |
|
| 1884 to 1886 |
Ramón Fajardo |
|
| 1886 to 1887 |
Emilio Calleja |
1st Term |
| 1887 to 1889 |
Sabas Marín |
1st Term |
| 13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890 |
Manuel Salamanca y Negrete |
|
| February 1890 to April 1890 |
José Sánchez y Gómez, Provisional Governor |
|
| April 1890 to August 1890 |
José Chinchilla |
|
| August 1890 to 1892 |
Camilo de Polavieja |
|
| 1892 to July 1893 |
Alejandro Rodríguez Arias |
|
| July 1893 to September 1893 |
José Arderius, Provisional Governor |
|
| September 1893 to 1895 |
Emilio Calleja |
2nd Term |
| 1895 to January 1896 |
Arsenio Martínez Campos |
2nd Term |
| January 1896 |
Sabas Marín, Provisional Governor |
2nd Term |
| 17 January 1896 to October 1897 |
Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí |
|
| October 1897 to 1898 |
Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata |
2nd Term |
| 26 November 1898 to 1 January 1899 |
Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos |
|
| American Suzerainty |
| 1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899 |
John Ruller Brooke |
|
| 23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902 |
Leonard Wood |
|
| Republic of Cuba |
| 20 May 1902 |
See List of Presidents of Cuba |
| American Occupation |
| 29 September 1906 to 13 October 1906 |
William Howard Taft |
provisional governor |
| 13 October 1906 to 28 January 1909 |
Charles Edward Magoon, |
provisional governor |
