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)
TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesSpanish suzerainty24 October 1778 to 14 November 1778 Felipe de los Santos Toro y Freyre, conde de Argelejo, Governor14 November 1778 to 30 December 1781 , Governor30 December 1781 to 27 October 1827VacantBritish suzeraintySuperintendents later Governors of Fernando Pó27 October 1827 to 4 April 1829William Fitzwilliam Owen, Superintendent4 April 1829 to 1830Edward Nicolls, Superintendent1st time1830 to 1831 John Beecroft, acting Superintendent1st time18 August 1831 to 1833Edward Nicolls, Superintendent2nd time1833 to 10 June 1854 John Beecroft, Superintendent2nd time10 June 1854 to 27 May 1858 James W. B. Lynslager, acting SuperintendentSpanish suzerainty27 May 1858 to 1 September 1859, Governor1 September 1859 to 30 June 1862José de la Gándara y Navarro, Governor30 June 1862 to 1 August 1865 Pantaleón López de la Torre Ayllón, Governor1 August 1865 to 31 August 1865 Francisco Osorio, acting Governor31 August 1865 to 18 September 1865 Félix Recio, acting Governor1st time18 September 1865 to 1 April 1868 José Gómez de Barreda y Ruiz de Mazmela, Governor1 April 1868 to 9 August 1868 Félix Recio, acting Governor2nd time9 August 1868 to 18 July 1869 Joaquín de Souza y Gallardo, Governor21 August 1869 to 11 September 1869 Clemente Ramos, acting Governor11 September 1869 to 21 January 1870 Manuel Vial, acting Governor1st time21 January 1870 to 11 June 1870 Zoilo Sánchez Ocaña, Governor11 June 1870 to 16 August 1870 Manuel Vial, acting Governor2nd time16 August 1870 to 14 February 1871 Felipe C. Argüelles, acting Governor1st time14 February 1871 to 28 April 1871, Governor28 April 1871 to 1 October 1871 Felipe C. Argüelles, acting Governor2nd time1 October 1871 to 23 June 1872 Antonio Vivar, acting Governor23 June 1872 to 5 December 1872 Pedro Osa, acting Governor5 December 1872 to 22 November 1874 Ignacio García Tudela, Governor22 November 1874 to 22 January 1875 Jacobo Varela, acting Governor22 January 1875 to 13 February 1877 Diego Santisteban y Chamorro, Governor13 February 1877 to 1 February 1879 Alejandro Arias Salgado, Governor1 February 1879 to 21 April 1879 Luis de la Pila, acting Governor21 April 1879 to 20 June 1879 Juan Aguilar, acting Governor20 June 1879 to 24 July 1879 José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, acting Governor1st time24 July 1879 to 3 September 1880 Enrique Santaló y Sáenz de Tejada, Governor3 September 1880 to 24 January 1883 José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, Governor2nd time24 January 1883 to 25 January 1883 Francisco Romera, acting Governor25 January 1883 to 28 December 1884 Antonio Cano y Prieto, Governor28 December 1884 to 28 January 1885 Waldo Pérez Cossio, acting Governor28 January 1885 to 1 October 1887 José Montes de Oca y Aceñero, Governor3rd time1 October 1887 to 8 November 1887 Juan de la Rocha, acting Governor8 November 1887 to 4 February 1888 Luis Navarro, Governor4 February 1888 to 20 April 1888 José María Ibarra y Autrán, acting Governor1st time20 April 1888 to 21 April 1890 Antonio Morena Guerra, Governor21 April 1890 to 4 November 1890 José María Ibarra y Autrán, Governor2nd time4 November 1890 to 22 December 1890 José Gómez de Barreda, Governor22 December 1890 to 24 December 1891 José de Barrasa y Fernández de Castro, Governor24 December 1891 to 10 April 1892 Antonio Martínez, Governor10 April 1892 to 12 May 1893 Eulogio Merchán y Rico, Governor12 May 1893 to 17 May 1893 Dionisio Shelly, acting Governor1st time17 May 1893 to 1 June 1893 Pio Porcell, acting Governor1 June 1893 to 29 July 1893 Dionisio Shelly, acting Governor2nd time29 July 1893 to 16 February 1895 José de la Puente y Bassavé, Governor16 February 1895 to 21 July 1895 Agustín Cuesta, acting Governor21 July 1895 to 19 May 1897 Adolfo de España y Gómez de Humarán, Governor19 May 1897 to 19 June 1897 Armando Pontes, acting Governor19 June 1897 to 21 July 1897 Mateo Mezquida, acting Governor21 July 1897 to 19 October 1897 Manuel Rico, Governor19 October 1897 to 7 November 1899 José Rodríguez de Vera, Governor7 November 1899 to 30 November 1899 Francisco Guarro, acting Governor30 November 1899 to 12 December 1899 Guillermo Lacave, acting Governor14 December 1899 to 3 March 1901 Francisco de Paula Dueñas Martínez, Governor3 March 1901 to 25 February 1905 José de Ibarra y Autrán, Governor25 February 1905 to 26 March 1906 José Gómez de la Serna, Governor26 March 1906 to 20 September 1906 Diego Saavedra y Magdalena, Governor1st time20 September 1906 to 18 February 1907 Ángel Barrera y Luyando, Governor1st time18 February 1907 to 17 August 1908 Luis Ramos Izquierdo y Vivar, Governor17 August 1908 to 30 September 1908 Luis Dabán, acting Governor30 September 1908 to 19 October 1908 Diego Saavedra y Magdalena, acting Governor2nd time19 October 1908 to 10 September 1910 , Governor10 September 1910 to 8 February 1924 Ángel Barrera y Luyando, Governor2nd time8 February 1924 to 8 February 1926 Carlos Tovar de Revilla, Governor8 February 1926 to 1 March 1931Miguel Núñez de Prado, Governor1 January 1928 to 14 August 1928 Adolfo García Amilivia, acting GovernorActing for Prado2 August 1930 to 1 March 1931 José Domínguez Manresa, acting GovernorActing for Prado20 April 1931 to 1 November 1931 José Domínguez Manresa, interim Governor1st time1 November 1931 to 14 November 1932 Gustavo de Sostoa y Sthamer, Governor14 November 1931 to 15 November 1932 Pedro Agustín González Ordóñez, acting Governor15 November 1932 to 10 July 1933 José Domínguez Manresa, interim Governor2nd time10 July 1933 to 1 September 1934 Estanislao Lluesma García, Governor1 September 1934 to 5 September 1935 José Domínguez Manresa, acting Governor3rd time5 September 1934 to 10 December 1935 Ángel Manzaneque Feltrer, Governor15 June 1935 to 10 December 1935 Luis Serrano Maranges, acting GovernorActing for Feltrer, 1st time10 December 1935 to 25 September 1936 Luis Sánchez Guerra y Sáinz, Governor15 September 1936 to 25 September 1936 Estanislao Lluesma García, GovernorAppointed, did not take office25 March 1936 to 12 April 1936 Carlos Vázquez Ruiz, acting GovernorActing for Guerra y Sáinz25 September 1936 to 1 January 1937 Luis Serrano Maranges, acting GovernorNationalist, in rebellion on Fernando Pó from 19 September 1936; 2nd time25 September 1936 to 14 October 1936 Miguel Hernández Porcel, SubgovernorRepublican, in dissidence in Río Muni12 December 1936 to 14 December 1936 Carlos Vázquez Ruiz, acting GovernorActing for Serrano1 January 1937 to 15 December 1937Manuel de Mendívil y Elío, Governor15 December 1937 to 5 March 1942Juan Fontán Lobé, Governor12 June 1938 to 21 September 1938 Natividad Calzada y Castañeda, acting GovernorActing for Fontán30 August 1939 to 15 December 1939 Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río, acting GovernorActing for Fontán22 August 1940 to 16 September 1940 Fernando González Lavín, acting GovernorActing for Fontán16 September 1940 to 17 May 1941 Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río, acting GovernorActing for Fontán14 August 1941 to 13 October 1941 Pedro Cano Manuel Aubarede, acting GovernorActing for Fontán13 October 1941 to 5 March 1942 José Luis Soraluce Irastorza, acting GovernorActing for Fontán5 March 1942 to 12 February 1944 Mariano Alonso Alonso, Governor18 October 1943 to 12 February 1944 Rufino Pérez Barrueco, acting GovernorActing for Alonso12 February 1944 to 6 March 1949 Juan María Bonelli Rubio, Governor13 September 1944 to 2 March 1945 Joaquín Bosch de la Barrera, acting GovernorActing for Bonelli9 August 1946 to 22 February 1947 Joaquín Bosch de la Barrera, acting GovernorActing for Bonelli12 April 1948 to 8 August 1948 Carlos Rodríguez Solano y Dueñas, acting GovernorActing for Bonelli6 March 1949 to April 1949 Pedro Grajera Torres, acting GovernorApril 1949 to 21 February 1962Faustino Ruíz González, GovernorNovember 1953 to 1954 , acting GovernorActing for Ruíz González21 February 1962 to 1 January 1964 , GovernorA referendum on autonomy was held on 15 December 1963, approving the proposal1 January 1964Self-rule as Equatorial Guinea1 January 1964 to 10 March 1964 , Governor10 March 1964 to July 1964 Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, GovernorJuly 1964 to August 1966Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Commissioner-GeneralAugust 1966 to 12 October 1968 Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río, Commissioner-General12 October 1968Independence as Republic of Equatorial Guinea
For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Equatorial Guinea
See also Politics of Equatorial Guinea List of presidents of Equatorial Guinea Vice President of Equatorial Guinea Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
References
External links World Statesmen – Equatorial Guinea