List of Spanish high commissioners in Morocco
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On 27 November 1912, amidst the French conquest of Morocco and in the aftermath of the Agadir Crisis, the Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco was signed by the French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. According to the treaty, parts of Morocco would become a Spanish protectorate from 1912 to 1956, when the country regained its independence.
High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco | |
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Alto Comisario de España en Marruecos | |
![]() Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco | |
Reports to | Head of State of Spain |
Residence | Royal Palace of Tétouan[1] |
Seat | Tetuán |
Formation | 3 April 1913 |
First holder | Felipe Alfau Mendoza |
Final holder | Rafael García Valiño |
Abolished | 7 April 1956 |
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | Portrait |
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3 April 1913 to 15 August 1913 | Felipe Alfau Mendoza, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
17 August 1913 to 9 July 1915 | José Marina Vega, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
9 July 1915 to 18 November 1918 | Francisco Gómez Jordana , High Commissioner | Died in office | ![]() |
27 January 1919 to 13 July 1922 | Dámaso Berenguer, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
15 July 1922 to 22 January 1923 | Ricardo Burguete , High Commissioner | ![]() | |
16 February 1923 to 14 September 1923 | Luis Silvela Casado , High Commissioner | 1st civil administrator | |
25 September 1923 to 16 October 1924 | Luis Aizpuru y Mondéjar , High Commissioner | ![]() | |
16 October 1924 to 2 November 1925 | Miguel Primo de Rivera, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
2 November 1925 to November 1928 | José Sanjurjo, High Commissioner | 1st term | ![]() |
November 1928 to 19 April 1931 | Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa, High Commissioner | Son of Francisco Gómez Jordana | ![]() |
19 April 1931 to 20 June 1931 | José Sanjurjo, High Commissioner | 2nd term | ![]() |
20 June 1931 to May 1933 | Luciano López Ferrer , High Commissioner | ||
May 1933 to 23 January 1934 | Juan Moles , High Commissioner | 1st term | ![]() |
23 January 1934 to March 1936 | Manuel Rico Avello, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
March 1936 to May 1936 | Juan Moles , High Commissioner | 2nd term | ![]() |
May 1936 to 18 July 1936 | Arturo Álvarez-Buylla Godino , Acting High Commissioner | ||
18 July 1936 to July 1936 | Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga, High Commissioner | ||
July 1936 to 2 October 1936 | Francisco Franco, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
2 October 1936 to March 1937 | Luis Orgaz Yoldi, High Commissioner | 1st term | ![]() |
August 1937 to 12 August 1939 | Juan Luis Beigbeder, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
16 August 1939 to 12 May 1941 | Carlos Asensio Cabanillas, High Commissioner | ![]() | |
12 May 1941 to 4 March 1945 | Luis Orgaz Yoldi, High Commissioner | 2nd term | ![]() |
4 March 1945 to 24 March 1951 | José Enrique Varela, High Commissioner | Died in office | ![]() |
24 March 1951 to 7 April 1956 | Rafael García Valiño, High Commissioner | ||