Governor-General of the Philippines

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The Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed by Spain and the United States from 1565 to 1946.

[edit] Spanish Colonial Government (1565-1761)

From 1565 to 1898, Spain governed the Philippines. The governor was appointed by the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Spanish Cortes, governed in behalf of the King of Spain.

Name	From	Until
Miguel López de Legazpi	April 27, 1565	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
Fernando 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 (1761-1764)

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.
	Dawson Drake	November 2, 1762	May 31, 1764

[edit] Spanish Colonial Government (1764-1898)

Name	From	Until
Francisco Javier 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 Claveria 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 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	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 acting	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	August 13, 1898	December 10, 1898

[edit] United States Military Government (1898-1901)

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

Name	From	Until
Wesley Merritt^{[dubious – discuss]}	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] United States Colonial Government (1901-1935)

From 1901 to 1935, the Philippines was governed by the United States. The Governor-General was appointed by the President of the United States and approved by the United States Senate.

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