This is a list of governors of Tangier during the period when it was under European control (1471–1684).
Portuguese Tangier (1471–1661) {| class="wikitable" Tenure Incumbent Notes |- |28 August 1471 to 1484?||Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, 1st Count of Olivença, Governor |Took possession following the Conquest of Asilah. |- |1484? to 1486||Manuel de Melo, Count of Olivença, Governor
|1486 to 1489||João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca, Governor||1st Term. |- |1487 to 1489||Fernão Martins Mascarenhas, Interim Governor
|1489 to 1490||Manuel Pessanha, Interim Governor
|1490? to 1501||Lopo Vaz de Azevedo, Governor
|1501 to 1508||João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca, Governor||2nd Term. |- |1508 to 1521||Duarte de Menezes, Governor||1st Term. |- |1521 to 1522||Henrique de Meneses, Governor
|1522 to 1533||Duarte de Meneses, from Évora, Governor
|1533 to 1536||Gonçalo Mendes Sacoto, Governor
|1536 to 1539||Duarte de Menezes, Governor||2nd Term. |- |1539 to 1546||João de Meneses, Governor
|1546 to 1548||Francisco Botelho, Governor
|1548 to 1550||Pedro de Meneses, Governor
|1550 to 1552||João Álvares de Azevedo, Governor
|1552 to 1553||Luís de Loureiro, Governor
|1553||Fernando de Menezes, Governor
|1553 to 1554||Luís da Silva de Meneses, Governor
|1554 to 1564||Bernardim de Carvalho, Governor
|1564 to 1566||Lourenço de Távora, Governor
|15 July 1566 to 1 August 1572||João de Meneses, Governor
|1572 to 1573||Rui de Carvalho, Governor
|1573 to 1574||Diogo Lopes da Franca, Governor
|1574 to 15 August 1574||António of Portugal, Governor
|1574 to 1578||Duarte de Meneses, Viceroy of Portuguese India, Governor
|1578 to September 1578||Pedro da Silva, Governor
|7 September 1578 to 25 July 1581||Jorge de Mendonça, Governor |Last Governor nominated by the Portuguese Crown before the Iberian Union. |- |25 July 1581 to 1590||Francisco de Almeida, Governor
|1590 to June 1591||Belchior da França and Simão Lopes de Mendonça, Governors
|17 June 1591 to 24 August 1599||Aires de Saldanha, Governor
|24 August 1599 to 22 September 1605||António Pereira Lopes de Berredo, Governor
|22 September 1605 to March 1610||Nuno de Mendonça, Governor
|March 1610 to June 1614||Afonso de Noronha, Governor
|June 1614 to October 1614||Luís de Meneses, 2nd Count of Tarouca, Governor
|October 1614 to August 1615||Luís de Noronha, Governor
|August 1615 to 22 December 1616||João Coutinho, 5th Count of Redondo, Governor
|22 December 1616 to 1 July 1617||André Dias da França, Governor
|1 July 1617 to 1621||Pedro Manuel, Governor
|1621 to 13 March 1622||André Dias da França, Governor
|13 March 1622 to July 1624||Jorge de Mascarenhas, Marquis of Montalvão, Governor
|July 1624 to 14 May 1628||Miguel de Noronha, 4th Count of Linhares, Governor
|14 May 1628 to 18 June 1628||Galaaz Fernandes da Silveira, Governor
|18 June 1628 to 1637||Fernando de Mascarenhas, Count of Torre, Governor
|15 April 1637 to 24 August 1643||Rodrigo Lobo da Silveira, Governor
|1643 to 16 April 1645||André Dias da França, Governor
|16 April 1645 to 20 November 1649||Caetano Coutinho, Governor
|20 November 1649 to January 1653||Luís Lobo, Baron of Alvito, Governor
|January 1653 to 7 March 1656||Rodrigo de Lencastre, Governor
|7 March 1656 to 1661||Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira, Governor
|1661 to 29 January 1662||Luís de Almeida, 1st Count of Avintes Governor
|23 June 1661 | colspan="2" |Awarded to Charles II by the Marriage Treaty
English Tangier (1661–1684) {| class="wikitable" Tenure Incumbent Notes
|29 January 1662 to 9 May 1663||Henry Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, Governor
|10 May 1663 1663 to 4 May 1664||Andrew Rutherford, Earl of Teviot, Governor |Killed in action in the Battle of Tangier. |- |4 May 1664 to 1664||Sir Tobias Bridge, Acting Governor
|1664 to April 1665||John Fitzgerald, Governor
|April 1665 to 1666||John, Baron Belasyse, Governor
|1666 to 1669||Sir Henry Norwood, Governor
|1669 to 1670||John Middleton, Earl of Middleton, Governor |1st Term. |- |1670 to 1672||Sir Hugh Chomondeley, Acting Governor
|1672 to July 1674||John Middleton, Earl of Middleton, Governor |2nd Term. |- |July 1674 to March 1675|| colspan="2" |Vacant |- |March 1675 to 1680||William O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Inchiquin, Governor
|1680 to 1680||Palmes Fairborne, Governor
|1680 to 1680||Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Appointed Governor |Died after appointment but before taking up position. |- |1680 to October 1680||Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Governor |Died soon after taking up position as Governor. |- |October 1680 to 28 December 1681||Edward Sackville, Acting Governor
|28 December 1681 to 1683||Sir Percy Kirke, Governor
|1683 to 6 February 1684||George Legge, Admiral Lord Dartmouth, Governor
|6 February 1684|| colspan="2" |Re-incorporated into Morocco
See also Timeline of Tangier Tangier Garrison Tangier Regiment 2nd Tangier Regiment European enclaves in North Africa before 1830 List of rulers of the Tangier International Zone
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