List of colonial governors of Spanish Sahara

Spanish Sahara (orange), 1959.
Coat of arms of the Spanish Sahara

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Spanish Sahara, an area equivalent to modern-day Western Sahara.

List of Colonial Heads of Spanish Sahara

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Spanish Sahara
3 November 1884 to 10 July 1885Emilio Bonelli Hernando, Commander
10 July 1885 to 6 April 1887Emilio Bonelli Hernando, Royal Commissioner
Subordinated to Governors of Canary Islands from 1887 until 1901
6 April 1887 to c. 1900Emilio Bonelli Hernando, Subgovernor
c. 1900 to 7 November 1901Ángel Villalobos, Subgovernor
7 November 1901 to 1 December 1903Ángel Villalobos, Governor
1 December 1903 to 7 November 1925Francisco Bens Argandoña, Governor
7 November 1925 to 19 June 1932Guillermo de la Peña Cusi, Governor
19 June 1932 to 30 August 1933Eduardo Canizares Navarro, Governor
30 August 1933 to 1 July 1934José González Deleito, Governor
Subordinated to High Commissioners of Spanish Morocco from 1934 until 1956
1 July 1934 to 4 May 1936Benigno Martínez Portillo, Governor
4 May 1936 to 7 August 1936Carlos Pedemonte Sabin, Governor
7 August 1936 to 12 March 1937Rafael Gallego Sainz, Governor
12 March 1937 to 31 May 1940Antonio de Oro Pulido, Governor
31 May 1940 to 26 July 1946José Bermejo López, Governor
Also Governors-General of Spanish West Africa from 1946 until 1958
26 July 1946 to 17 August 1949José Bermejo López, Governor
17 August 1949 to 29 March 1952Francisco Rosaleny Burguet, Governor
29 March 1952 to 26 February 1954Venancio Tutor Gil, Governor
26 February 1954 to 23 May 1957Ramón Pardo de Santallana Suárez, Governor
23 May 1957 to 10 January 1958Mariano Gómez Zamalloa y Guirce, Governor
10 January 1958 to 22 July 1958José Héctor Vázquez, Governor-General
27 July 1958 to 6 October 1961Mariano Alonso Alonso, Governor-General
13 October 1961 to 21 February 1964Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Governor-General
6 March 1964 to 5 November 1965Joaquín Agulla y Jiménez-Coronado, Governor-General
5 November 1965 to 26 November 1965Adolfo Artalejo Campos, Governor-General
5 December 1965 to 2 February 1967Ángel Enríquez Larrondo, Governor-General
18 February 1967 to 4 March 1971José María Pérez de Lema y Tejero, Governor-General
4 March 1971 to 6 June 1974Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil, Governor-General
6 June 1974 to 6 February 1976Federico Gómez de Salazar y Nieto, Governor-GeneralServed at the time of the Green March
14 February 1976Spain announces it has transferred sovereignty to Morocco
26 February 1976Spain terminates its administration
27 February 1976Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic proclaimed by the Polisario Front
14 April 1976Spanish Sahara is partitioned by Morocco and Mauritania
11 August 1979Mauritanian part of the territory annexed by Morocco

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