Governor-General of the Philippines

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Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the chief political executive during two pre-independence phases in the history of the Philippines, under Spanish and U.S. rule.

[edit] Spanish Colonial Government (1571-1764)

The Royal Governor-General of the Philippines ruled the Spanish colony that is today the Republic of the Philippines except for 3 years when Manilla was held by the British. This territory was also called the Captaincy General of the Philippines and thus the governor also held the title of captain general, a military rank conferred by the Spanish Cortes. The men that held this position governed the Philippines and the rest of the Spanish East Indies from 1565 to 1821, on behalf of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Picture	Name	From	Until
	Miguel Lopez de Legazpi	June 24, 1571	August 20, 1572
	Guido de Lavezaris	August 20, 1572	August 25, 1575
	Francisco de Sande	August 25, 1575	April 1580
	Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza	April 1580	March 10, 1583
	Diego Ronquillo	March 10, 1583	May 16, 1584
	Santiago de Vera	May 16, 1584	May 1590
	Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas	May 1590	October 25, 1593
	Pedro de Rojas	October 1593	December 3, 1593
	Luis Pérez Dasmariñas	December 3, 1593	July 14, 1596
	Francisco de Tello de Guzmán	July 14, 1596	May 1602
	Pedro Bravo de Acuña	May 1602	June 24, 1606
	Cristóbal Téllez de Almanza (Audiencia Real)	June 24, 1606	June 15, 1608
	Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco	June 15, 1608	April 1609
	Juan de Silva	April 1609	April 19, 1616
	Andrés Alcaraz (Audiencia Real)	April 19, 1616	June 18, 1618
	Alonso Fajardo de Entenza	June 18, 1618	July 1624
	Jeronimo de Silva (Audiencia Real)	July 1624	June 1625
	Fernándo de Silva	June 1625	June 29, 1626
	Juan Niño de Tabora	June 29, 1626	July 22, 1632
	Lorenzo de Olaza (Audiencia Real)	July 22, 1632	1633
	Juan Cerezo de Salamanca	1633	June 25, 1635
	Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera	June 25, 1635	August 11, 1644
	Diego Fajardo Chacón	August 11, 1644	July 25, 1653
	Sabiniano Manrique de Lara	July 25, 1653	September 8, 1663
	Diego de Salcedo	September 8, 1663	September 28, 1668
	Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz	September 28, 1668	September 24, 1669
	Manuel de León	September 24, 1669	April 11, 1677
	Francisco Coloma (Audiencia Real)	April 11, 1677	September 21, 1677
	Francisco Sotomayor y Mansilla (Audiencia Real)	September 21, 1677	September 28, 1678
	Juan de Vargas y Hurtado	September 28, 1678	August 24, 1684
	Gabriel de Curuzealegui y Arriola	August 24, 1684	April 1689
	Alonso de Avila Fuertes (Audiencia Real)	April 1689	July 1690
	Fausto Cruzat y Gongora	July 1690	December 8, 1701
	Domingo Zabálburu de Echevarri	December 8, 1701	August 25, 1709
	Martín de Urzua y Arismendi	August 25, 1709	February 4, 1715
	Jose Torralba (Audiencia Real)	February 4, 1715	August 9, 1717
	Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda	August 9, 1717	October 11, 1719
	Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta (Archdiocese of Manila)	October 11, 1719	August 6, 1721
	Toribio José Cosio y Campo	August 6, 1721	August 14, 1729
	Fernándo Valdés y Tamon	August 14, 1729	July 1739
	Gaspar de la Torre	July 1739	September 21, 1745
	Archbishop Juan Arrechederra (Archdiocese of Manila)	September 21, 1745	July 20, 1750
	Jose Francisco de Obando y Solis	July 20, 1750	July 1754
	Pedro Manuel de Arandia Santisteban	July 1754	May 31, 1761
	Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta	June 1759	July 1761

[edit] British Occupation of Manila (1762-1764)

Great Britain occupied Manila during part of the Seven Years' War.

Picture	Name	From	Until
	Archbishop Manuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra (Archdiocese of Manila)	July 1761	October 6, 1762
	Simón de Anda y Salazar (Provisional Government in Bacolor, Pampanga)	October 6, 1762	February 10, 1764
Vacant Due to the British Occupation of Manila from October 6 to November 2, 1762.
	Lt. Gen. Dawson Drake	November 2, 1762	May 31, 1764

[edit] Spanish Colonial Government (1764-1899)

Picture	Name	From	Until
	Francisco Javíer de la Torre	February 10, 1764	July 6, 1765
	José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez	July 6, 1765	July 1770
	Simón de Anda y Salazar	July 1770	October 30, 1776
	Pedro de Sarrio (Soriano)	October 30, 1776	July 1778
	José Basco y Vargas	July 1778	November 22, 1787
	Pedro de Sarrio (Soriano)	November 22, 1787	July 1, 1788
	Félix Berenguer de Marquina	July 1, 1788	September 1, 1793
	Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León	September 1, 1793	August 7, 1806
	Mariano Fernández de Folgueras	August 7, 1806	March 4, 1810
	Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar	March 4, 1810	September 4, 1813
	José Gardoqui Jaraveitia	September 4, 1813	December 9, 1816
	Mariano Fernández de Folgueras	December 9, 1816	October 30, 1822
	Juan Antonio Martínez	October 30, 1822	October 15, 1825
	Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca	October 15, 1825	December 23, 1830
	Pascual Enrile y Alcedo	December 23, 1830	March 1, 1835
	Gabriel de Torres	March 1, 1835	April 23, 1835
	Joaquín de Crámer	April 23, 1835	September 9, 1835
	Pedro Antonio Salazar Castillo y Varona	September 9, 1835	August 27, 1837
	Andrés García Camba	August 27, 1837	December 29, 1838
	Luis Lardizábal	December 29, 1838	February 14, 1841
	Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri	February 14, 1841	June 17, 1843
	Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre	June 17, 1843	July 16, 1844
	Narciso Clavería y Zaldua	July 16, 1844	December 26, 1849
	Antonio María Blanco	December 26, 1849	July 29, 1850
	Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía	July 29, 1850	December 20, 1853
	Ramón Montero y Blandino	December 20, 1853	February 2, 1854
	Manuel Pavía y Lacy	February 2, 1854	October 28, 1854
	Ramón Montero y Blandino	October 28, 1854	November 20, 1854
	Manuel Crespo y Cebrían	November 20, 1854	December 5, 1856
	Ramón Montero y Blandino	December 5, 1856	March 9, 1857
	Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero	March 9, 1857	January 12, 1860
	Ramón María Solano y Llanderal	January 12, 1860	August 29, 1860
	Juan Herrera Dávila	August 29, 1860	February 2, 1861
	José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González	February 2, 1861	July 7, 1862
	Salvador Valdés	July 7, 1862	July 9, 1862
	Rafael de Echague y Bermingham	July 9, 1862	March 24, 1865
	Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez	March 24, 1865	April 25, 1865
	Juan de Lara e Irigoyen	April 25, 1865	July 13, 1866
	Juan de Lara e Irigoyen	April 25, 1865	July 13, 1866
	José Laureano de Sanz y Posse	July 13, 1866	September 21, 1866
	Juan Antonio Osorio	September 21, 1866	September 27, 1866
	Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez	September 27, 1866	October 26, 1866
	Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez	September 27, 1866	October 26, 1866
	José de la Gándara y Navarro	October 26, 1866	June 7, 1869
	Manuel Maldonado	June 7, 1869	June 23, 1869
	Cárlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada	June 23, 1869	April 4, 1871
	Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutíerrez	April 4, 1871	January 8, 1873
	Manuel MacCrohon	January 8, 1873	January 24, 1873
	Juan Alminos y de Vivar	January 24, 1873	March 17, 1874
	Manuel Blanco Valderrama	March 17, 1874	March 17, 1874

• Manuel Blanco Valderrama acting (March 17, 1874—June 18, 1874)
• José Malcampo y Monje (June 18, 1874—February 28, 1877)
• Domingo Moriones y Murillo (February 28, 1877—March 20, 1880)
• Rafael Rodríguez Arias acting (March 20, 1880—April 15, 1880)
• Fernando Primo de Rivera 1st term (April 15, 1880—March 10, 1883)
• Emilio Molíns 1st term, acting (March 10, 1883—April 7, 1883)
• Joaquín Jovellar (April 7, 1883—April 1, 1885)
• Emilio Molíns 2nd term, acting (April 1, 1885—April 4, 1885)
• Emilio Terrero y Perinat (April 4, 1885—1888)
• Antonio Molto acting (1888-1888)
• Federico Lobaton acting (1888-1888)
• Valeriano Wéyler (1888-1891)
• Eulogio Despujol (1891-1893)
• Federico Ochando acting (1893-1893)
• Ramón Blanco (1893—December 13, 1896)
• Camilo Polavieja (December 13, 1896—April 15, 1897)
• José de Lachambre acting (April 15, 1897—April 23, 1897)
• Fernando Primo de Rivera 2nd term (April 23, 1897—April 11, 1898)
• Basilio Augustín (April 11, 1898—July 24, 1898)
• Fermín Jáudens acting (July 24, 1898—August 13, 1898)
• Francisco Rizzo acting (August 13, 1898—1898)
• Diego de los Ríos acting (1898—January 1, 1899)

[edit] The American Military Government (1898-1901)

The American military government was established following the defeat of Spain in the Spanish American War.

Picture	Name	From	Until
	Wesley Merritt	August 14, 1898	August 28, 1898
	Elwell S. Otis	August 28, 1898	May 5, 1900
	Arthur MacArthur, Jr.	May 25, 1900	July 4, 1901

[edit] The American Civil Government (1901-1935)

From 1901 to 1935, the Philippines were governed by the United States of America. The Governor-General was appointed by the President of the United States and approved by the Senate. Unlike the Governors General of the British Dominions, the American Governors General exercised active executive authority over the nation they were appointed to administer, more like Governors of British colonies.

Picture	Name	From	Until
	William Howard Taft	July 4, 1901	December 23, 1903
	Luke Edward Wright	February 1, 1904	March 30, 1906
	Henry Clay Ide	April 1, 1906	September 19, 1906
	James Francis Smith	September 20, 1906	November 11, 1909
	William Cameron Forbes	November 11, 1909	September 1, 1913
	Newton W. Gilbert Acting Governor-General	September 1, 1913	October 6, 1913
	Francis Burton Harrison	October 6, 1913	March 5, 1921
	Charles Yeater Acting Governor-General	March 5, 1921	October 14, 1921
	Leonard Wood	October 14, 1921	August 7, 1927
	Eugene Allen Gilmore Acting Governor-General	August 7, 1927	December 27, 1927
	Henry L. Stimson	December 27, 1927	February 23, 1929
	Eugene Allen Gilmore Acting Governor-General	February 23, 1929	July 8, 1929
	Dwight F. Davis	July 8, 1929	January 9, 1932
	George C. Butte Acting Governor-General	January 9, 1932	February 29, 1932
	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.	February 29, 1932	July 15, 1933
	Frank Murphy	July 15, 1933	November 15, 1935

[edit] Timelines

[edit] 1800-1850

[edit] 1850-1900

[edit] 1900-1935

[edit] See also

• Audiencia
• New Spain
• List of Viceroys of New Spain
• Spanish Empire
• History of the Philippines
• Governor-General
• Lists of office-holders

[edit] Sources and references

• World Statesmen - Philippines
• Governors of the Philippines