The colonial governors of Spanish Sahara were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Spanish Sahara, an area equivalent to modern-day Western Sahara. The list covers the period from November 1884 to February 1976, when Spain announced it had transferred sovereignty to Morocco and terminated its administration of the territory.[1]
Governor of Spanish Sahara | |
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Gobernador del Sahara Español | |
Reports to | Head of State of Spain |
Seat | Villa Cisneros (1884–1940) El Aaiún (1940–1976) |
Formation | 3 November 1884 |
First holder | Emilio Bonelli |
Final holder | Federico Gómez de Salazar y Nieto |
Abolished | 6 February 1976 |
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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Spanish suzerainty | |||
3 November 1884 to 10 July 1885 | Emilio Bonelli, Commandant | ||
Royal Commissioner on the West Coast of Africa | |||
10 July 1885 to 6 April 1887 | Emilio Bonelli, Royal Commissioner | Arrives in Río de Oro on 26 August 1885 | |
Political and Military Subgovernors of Río de Oro (subordinated to the captains-general of the Canary Islands) | |||
6 April 1887 to bf. 1902 | Emilio Bonelli, Subgovernor | ||
1902 to 1 December 1903 | Ángel Villalobos, Subgovernor | ||
1 December 1903 to 1913 | Francisco Bens Argandoña , Subgovernor | ||
Delegates of the High Commissioner in the Southern Zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco (subordinated to Spanish high commissioners in Morocco) | |||
1913 to 7 November 1925 | Francisco Bens Argandoña , Delegate | Occupation of Cape Juby and La Güera | |
7 November 1925 to 19 June 1932 | Guillermo de la Peña Cusi , Delegate | ||
19 June 1932 to 30 August 1933 | Eduardo Cañizares Navarro , Delegate | ||
30 August 1933 to 1 July 1934 | José González Deleito, Delegate | ||
1 July 1934 to 29 August 1934 | Benigno Martínez Portillo, Delegate | ||
Government delegates in the Sahara (subordinated to Spanish high commissioners in Morocco) | |||
29 August 1934 to 4 May 1936 | Benigno Martínez Portillo, Government Delegate | ||
4 May 1936 to 7 August 1936 | Carlos Pedemonte Sabín , Government Delegate | Spanish coup of July 1936; start of the Spanish Civil War | |
7 August 1936 to 12 March 1937 | Rafael Gallego Sainz , Government Delegate | ||
12 March 1937 to 17 May 1940 | Antonio de Oro Pulido, Government Delegate | Founded the city of El Aaiún in 1938[2] | |
Politico-Military Governor of Ifni and the Sahara and Delegate of the High Commissioner in the Southern Zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco (subordinated to Spanish high commissioners in Morocco) | |||
17 May 1940 to 24 July 1946 | José Bermejo López, Governor | ||
Governors of the Government of Spanish West Africa | |||
24 July 1946 to 17 August 1949 | José Bermejo López, Governor | ||
17 August 1949 to 29 March 1952 | Francisco Rosaleny Burguet, Governor | ||
29 March 1952 to 26 February 1954 | Venancio Tutor Gil, Governor | ||
26 February 1954 to 23 May 1957 | Ramón Pardo de Santayana y Suárez, Governor | Apostolic Prefecture of Spanish Sahara and Ifni established on 5 July 1954, with Félix Erviti Barcelona OMI as the first apostolic prefect | |
23 May 1957 to 10 January 1958 | Mariano Gómez-Zamalloa y Quirce, Governor | Served at the start of the Ifni War | |
Governors-general of Spanish Sahara | |||
10 January 1958 to 22 July 1958 | José Héctor Vázquez, Governor-General | Served at the end of the Ifni War | |
27 July 1958 to 6 October 1961 | Mariano Alonso Alonso, Governor-General | ||
13 October 1961 to 21 February 1964 | Pedro Latorre Alcubierre, Governor-General | ||
6 March 1964 to 5 November 1965 | Joaquín Agulla y Jiménez-Coronado, Governor-General | ||
5 November 1965 to 26 November 1965 | Adolfo Artalejo Campos, Governor-General | ||
5 December 1965 to 2 February 1967 | Ángel Enríquez Larrondo, Governor-General | ||
18 February 1967 to 4 March 1971 | José María Pérez de Lema Tejero , Governor-General | Served at the time of the Zemla Intifada | |
4 March 1971 to 6 June 1974 | Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil, Governor-General | ||
6 June 1974 to 6 February 1976 | Federico Gómez de Salazar y Nieto, Governor-General | Served at the time of the Green March | |
14 February 1976 | Spain announces it has transferred sovereignty to Morocco | ||
26 February 1976 | Spain terminates its administration[1] | ||
27 February 1976 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic proclaimed by the Polisario Front[3] | ||
14 April 1976 | Spanish Sahara is partitioned and annexed by Morocco (claiming Southern Provinces) and Mauritania (claiming Tiris al-Gharbiyya) | ||
11 August 1979 | Mauritanian part of the territory annexed by Morocco |
See also
References
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