Cuba Heads of State
1511 Spanish colony
13 Aug 1762 - 8 Jul 1763 occupied by Britain
10 Oct 1868 independence declared as Republic of Cuba, in insurrection
against colonial power Spain (this insurrection is
referred to retrospectively as República de Cuba en armas)
1 Jan 1899 Spain cedes colonial authority to U.S.
(de jure 11 Apr 1899)
20 May 1902 Republic of Cuba
29 Sep 1906 - 28 Jan 1909 U.S. occupation
First secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
3 Oct 1965 - Fidel Castro (b. 1926)
31 Jul 2006 - Raúl Castro (b. 1931)
(acting for Fidel Castro)
Governors
1696 - 1702 Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega,
marqués del Vado (b. 16... - d. 1720)
20 Sep 1702 - 4 Dec 1704 Pedro Nicolás Benítez de Lugo (b. 16... - d. 1705)
4 Dec 1704 - 13 May 1706 Nicolás Chirino y de Vandeval (b. 16... - d. 1710)
(acting)
13 May 1706 - 8 Jun 1706 Pedro Álvarez de Villamarín (b. 16... - d. 1706)
8 Jun 1706 - 18 Jan 1708 Luis Chacón y Castellón (1st time) (b. 1670 - d. 1716)
(acting)
18 Jan 1708 - 18 Feb 1711 Laureano José de Torres Ayala y
Quadros Castellanos, marqués de
Casa Torres (b. 1645 - d. 1722)
18 Feb 1711 - 26 May 1711 Luis Chacón y Castellón (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
26 May 1711 - 23 Aug 1717 Vicente de Raja (b. 16... - d. 1717)
23 Aug 1717 - 23 Jun 1718 Gómez Maraver Ponce de León
(acting)
23 Jun 1718 - 29 Sep 1724 Gregorio Guazo y Calderón
Fernández de la Vega (b. 1675 - d. 1726)
29 Sep 1724 - 18 Mar 1734 Dionisio Martínez de la Vega (b. 167... - d. 1741)
18 Mar 1734 - 22 Apr 1746 Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas
Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo,
conde de Revillagigedo (b. 1681 - d. 1776)
22 Apr 1746 - 21 Jul 1746 Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes (b. 169... - d. 1746)
21 Jul 1746 - 9 Jun 1747 Diego Peñalosa (acting)
9 Jun 1747 - 18 May 1760 Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la
Vega (b. 1695 - d. 1777)
18 May 1760 - 7 Feb 1761 Pedro Alonso (acting)
7 Feb 1761 - 13 Aug 1762 Juan de Prado Mayeza Portocarrero
y Luna
13 Aug 1762 - 1 Jan 1763 George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle (b. 1724 - d. 1772)
1 Jan 1763 - 8 Jul 1763 William Keppel (b. 1727 - d. 1782)
8 Jul 1763 - 27 Jun 1765 Ambrosio Funes Villalpando Abarca
de Bolea, conde de Ricla (b. 1720 - d. 1780)
27 Jun 1765 - 24 Jul 1765 Diego Manrique (b. 17... - d. 1765)
24 Jul 1765 - 11 Mar 1766 Pascual Jiménez de Cisneros (b. 1709 - d. 1784)
(acting)
11 Mar 1766 - 14 Aug 1771 Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa
Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega (b. 1717 - d. 1779)
14 Aug 1771 - 18 Nov 1771 Diego José Navarro y García de
Valladares (1st time) (acting) (b. 1708 - d. 1784)
18 Nov 1771 - 12 Jun 1777 Felipe de Fonsdeviela y Ondeano,
marqués de la Torre (b. 1725 - d. 1784)
12 Jun 1777 - 12 Feb 1782 Diego José Navarro y García de
Valladares (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Feb 1782 - 29 Dec 1782 Juan Manuel de Cagigal y
Montserrat (b. 1739 - d. 1811)
29 Dec 1782 - 1 Feb 1785 Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga (b. 1721 - d. 1793)
1 Feb 1785 - 7 Apr 1785 Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y
Galardo, conde de Gálvez (b. 1746 - d. 1786)
7 Apr 1785 - 1 Dec 1785 Bernardo Troncoso Martínez del
Rincón (acting) (b. 1730 - d. 1804)
1 Dec 1785 - 18 Apr 1789 José de Ezpeleta (b. 1741 - d. 1823)
18 Apr 1789 - 8 Jul 1790 Domingo Cabello y Robles (acting) (b. c.1725 - d. 1801)
8 Jul 1790 - 6 Dec 1796 Luis de las Casas y Arragorri (b. 1745 - d. 1800)
6 Dec 1796 - 13 May 1799 Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas,
conde de Santa Clara (b. 1740 - d. 1820)
13 May 1799 - 14 Apr 1812 Salvador de Muro y Salazar,
marqués de Someruelos (b. 1754 - d. 1813)
14 Apr 1812 - 1 Jul 1816 Juan Ruíz de Apodaca (b. 1754 - d. 1835)
1 Jul 1816 - 29 Aug 1819 José Cienfuegos (b. 1763 - d. 1825)
29 Aug 1819 - 3 Mar 1821 Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Martínez (b. 1757? - d. 1823)
3 Mar 1821 - 13 Jul 1822 Nicolás de Mahy y Romo (b. 1757 - d. 1822)
13 Jul 1822 - 2 May 1823 Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón (b. 1763 - d. 1836)
(acting)
2 May 1823 - 15 May 1832 Francisco Dionisio Vives (b. 1775 - d. 1840)
15 May 1832 - 1 Jun 1834 Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca (b. 1776 - d. 1846)
1 Jun 1834 - 20 Apr 1838 Miguel Tacón (b. 1775 - d. 1855)
20 Apr 1838 - 10 Jan 1840 Joaquín de Ezpeleta (b. 1786 - d. 1863)
10 Jan 1840 - 7 Mar 1841 Pedro Téllez Girón (b. 1776 - d. 1851)
7 Mar 1841 - 13 Sep 1843 Jerónimo Valdés (b. 1784 - d. 1855)
13 Sep 1843 - 20 Oct 1843 Francisco Javier de Ulloa (acting) (b. 1777 - d. 1855)
20 Oct 1843 - 20 Feb 1848 Leopoldo O'Donnell (b. 1809 - d. 1867)
20 Feb 1848 - 11 Nov 1850 Federico Roncali (b. 1801? - d. 1857)
11 Nov 1850 - 16 Apr 1852 José Gutiérrez de la Concha
(1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1895)
16 Apr 1852 - 3 Dec 1853 Valentín Cañedo (b. 1806 - d. 1856)
3 Dec 1853 - 21 Sep 1854 Juan González de la Pezuela (b. 1809 - d. 1906)
21 Sep 1854 - 24 Nov 1859 José Gutiérrez de la Concha
(2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Nov 1859 - 10 Dec 1862 Francisco Serrano y Domínguez,
duque de la Torre (b. 1810 - d. 1885)
10 Dec 1862 - 30 May 1866 Domingo Dulce (1st time) (b. 1808 - d. 1869)
30 May 1866 - 3 Nov 1866 Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea
(1st time) (b. 1817 - d. 1874)
3 Nov 1866 - 24 Sep 1867 Joaquín del Manzano (b. 1805 - d. 1867)
24 Sep 1867 - 21 Dec 1867 Blas Villate (1st time) (acting) (b. 1824 - d. 1882)
21 Dec 1867 - 4 Jan 1869 Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea
(2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Jan 1869 - 2 Jun 1869 Domingo Dulce (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Jun 1869 - 28 Jun 1869 Felipe Ginovés del Espinar
(acting)
28 Jun 1869 - 13 Dec 1870 Antonio Caballero y Fernández de
Rodas (b. 1816 - d. 1876)
13 Dec 1870 - 11 Jul 1872 Blas Villate (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Jul 1872 - 18 Apr 1873 Francisco Ceballos y Vargas (b. 1814 - d. 1883)
(acting)
18 Apr 1873 - 4 Nov 1873 Cándido Pieltaín (b. 1822 - d. 1888)
4 Nov 1873 - 6 Apr 1874 Joaquín Jovellar y Soler
(1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1892)
6 Apr 1874 - 1 Mar 1875 José Gutiérrez de la Concha
(3rd time) (s.a.)
1 Mar 1875 - 8 Mar 1875 Buenaventura Carbó (acting) (b. 1819 - d. 18...)
8 Mar 1875 - 18 Jan 1876 Blas Villate (3rd time) (s.a.)
18 Jan 1876 - 17 Jun 1876 Joaquín Jovellar y Soler
(2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Jun 1876 - 5 Feb 1879 Arsenio Martínez Campos (1st time) (b. 1831 - d. 1900)
5 Feb 1879 - 17 Apr 1879 Cayetano Figueroa (acting)
17 Apr 1879 - 28 Nov 1881 Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués
de Peña Plata (1st time) (b. 1833 - d. 1906)
28 Nov 1881 - 4 Aug 1883 Luis Prendergast y Gordon, marqués
de Victoria de las Tunas (b. 1823 - d. 1892)
5 Aug 1883 - 28 Sep 1883 Tomás de Reyna y Reyna (acting) (b. 1821 - d. 1896)
28 Sep 1883 - 8 Nov 1884 Ignacio María del Castillo (b. 1817 - d. 1893)
8 Nov 1884 - 5 Mar 1886 Ramón Fajardo (b. 1826 - d. 1888)
5 Mar 1886 - 30 Mar 1886 Sabas Marín (1st time) (acting) (b. 1828 - d. 1901)
30 Mar 1886 - 15 Jul 1887 Emilio Calleja (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1906)
15 Jul 1887 - 13 Mar 1889 Sabas Marín (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Mar 1889 - 6 Feb 1890 Manuel Salamanca y Negrete (b. 1831 - d. 1891)
6 Feb 1890 - 4 Apr 1890 José Sánchez Gómez (acting)
4 Apr 1890 - 24 Aug 1890 José Chinchilla (b. 1839 - d. 1898)
24 Aug 1890 - 20 Jun 1892 Camilo García de Polavieja y del
Castillo (b. 1838 - d. 1914)
20 Jun 1892 - 15 Jul 1893 Alejandro Rodríguez Arias (b. 1838 - d. 1893)
15 Jul 1893 - 16 Sep 1893 José Arderius (acting)
16 Sep 1893 - 16 Apr 1895 Emilio Calleja (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Apr 1895 - 11 Jan 1896 Arsenio Martínez Campos (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Jan 1896 - 31 Oct 1897 Valeriano Weyler (b. 1838 - d. 1930)
31 Oct 1897 - 30 Nov 1898 Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués
de Peña Plata (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Nov 1898 - 1 Jan 1899 Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos (b. 1844 - d. 1929)
Presidents
10 Oct 1868 - 27 Oct 1873 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (b. 1819 - d. 1874)
(provisional to 12 Apr 1869)
27 Oct 1873 - 1 Jul 1875 Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt,
marqués de Santa Lucía (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1914)
(acting)
1 Jul 1875 - 29 Mar 1876 Juan Bautista Spotorno (acting) (b. 1832 - d. 1917)
29 Mar 1876 - 19 Oct 1877 Tomás Estrada Palma (1st time) (b. 1835 - d. 1908)
19 Oct 1877 - 13 Dec 1877 Francisco Javier de Céspedes (b. 1821 - d. 1903)
(interim)
13 Dec 1877 - 10 Feb 1878 Vicente García y González (b. 1833 - d. 1886)
10 Feb 1878 - 16 Mar 1878 Spanish control reasserted
16 Mar 1878 - 28 May 1878 Manuel de Jesús Calvar (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
(chairman Provisional Government)
28 May 1878 - 18 Sep 1895 Spanish control reasserted
18 Sep 1895 - 30 Oct 1897 Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt,
marqués de Santa Lucía (2nd time) (s.a.)
(chairman Government Council)
30 Oct 1897 - 7 Nov 1898 Bartolomé Masó (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
Chairmen of the Executive Council of the Assembly of Representatives
of the Cuban Revolution
7 Nov 1898 - 10 Nov 1898 Domingo Méndez Capote (b. 1863 - d. 1933)
(chairman Assembly)
10 Nov 1898 - 4 Apr 1899 Rafael Portuondo Tamayo (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
4 Apr 1899 - 30 Jun 1899 José Lacret (b. 1848 - d. 1904)
Governors
1 Jan 1899 - 23 Dec 1899 John Ruller Brooke (b. 1838 - d. 1926)
23 Dec 1899 - 20 May 1902 Leonard Wood (b. 1868 - d. 1927)
President
20 May 1902 - 28 Sep 1906 Tomás Estrada Palma (2nd time) (s.a.)
Provisional governors
29 Sep 1906 - 13 Oct 1906 William Howard Taft (b. 1857 - d. 1930)
13 Oct 1906 - 28 Jan 1909 Charles E. Magoon (b. 1861 - d. 1920)
Presidents
28 Jan 1909 - 20 May 1913 José Miguel Gómez (b. 1858 - d. 1921)
20 May 1913 - 20 May 1921 Mario García Menocal (b. 1868 - d. 1941)
20 May 1921 - 20 May 1925 Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
20 May 1925 - 24 Aug 1933 Gerardo Machado y Morales (b. 1871 - d. 1939)
(left Cuba 12 Aug 1933)
13 Aug 1933 - 5 Sep 1933 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (b. 1871 - d. 1939)
(provisional [acting for Machado to 24 Aug 1933])
5 Sep 1933 - 10 Sep 1933 Executive Commission of the
Provisional Government
- Ramón Grau San Martín (b. 1887 - d. 1969)
- Guillermo Portela y Möller (b. 1886 - d. 1958)
- José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (b. 1895)
- Sergio Carbó y Morera (b. 1891 - d. 1971)
- Porfirio Franca y Álvarez
de la Campa (b. 1878 - d. 1950)
10 Sep 1933 - 15 Jan 1934 Ramón Grau San Martín (1st time) (s.a.)
15 Jan 1934 - 18 Jan 1934 Carlos Hevia y de los Reyes
Gavilán (provisional) (b. 1900 - d. 1964)
18 Jan 1934 (hours) Manuel Márquez Sterling y Loret de
Mola (acting) (b. 1872 - d. 1934)
18 Jan 1934 - 11 Dec 1935 Carlos Mendieta y Montefur (b. 1873 - d. 1960)
(provisional)
11 Dec 1935 - 20 May 1936 José Agripino Barnet y Vinageras (b. 1864 - d. 1945)
(acting to 13 Dec 1935, provisional from 13 Dec 1935)
20 May 1936 - 24 Dec 1936 Miguel Mariano Gómez y Arias (b. 1889 - d. 1950)
24 Dec 1936 - 10 Oct 1940 Federico Laredo Brú (b. 1875 - d. 1946)
10 Oct 1940 - 10 Oct 1944 Fulgencio Batista (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1973)
10 Oct 1944 - 10 Oct 1948 Ramón Grau San Martín (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Oct 1948 - 10 Mar 1952 Carlos Prío Socarrás (b. 1903 - d. 1977)
10 Mar 1952 - 1 Jan 1959 Fulgencio Batista (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Head of State to 4 Apr 1952)
14 Aug 1954 - 24 Feb 1955 Andrés Domingo y Morales del
Castillo (acting for Batista) (b. 1892 - d. 1979)
1 Jan 1959 - 2 Jan 1959 Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1961)
2 Jan 1959 (hours) Carlos Manuel Piedra y Piedra (b. 1895? - d. 1988)
(interim)
3 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959 Manuel Urrutia Lleó (b. 1901 - d. 1981)
18 Jul 1959 - 2 Dec 1976 Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (b. 1919 - d. 1983)
Presidents of the Council of State
3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008 Fidel Castro (s.a.)
31 Jul 2006 - Raúl Castro (s.a.)
(acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)
President of the Cabinet
1 Jan 1898 - 1898 José María Gálvez (b. 1834 - d. 1906)
Premiers
10 Oct 1940 - 16 Aug 1942 Carlos Saladrigas y Zayas (b. 1900 - d. 1956)
16 Aug 1942 - 16 Mar 1944 Ramón Zaydín y Márquez Sterling (b. 1895 - d. 1968)
16 Mar 1944 - 10 Oct 1944 Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (s.a.)
10 Oct 1944 - 13 Oct 1945 Félix Lancís Sánchez (1st time) (b. 1900)
13 Oct 1945 - 1 May 1947 Carlos Prío Socarrás (s.a.)
1 May 1947 - 10 Oct 1948 Raúl López del Castillo
10 Oct 1948 - 6 Oct 1950 Manuel Antonio de Varona y Loredo (b. 1908 - d. 1992)
6 Oct 1950 - 1 Oct 1951 Félix Lancís Sánchez (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Oct 1951 - 10 Mar 1952 Óscar B. Gans y López Martínez (b. 1903 - d. 1965)
24 Feb 1955 - 26 Mar 1957 Jorge García Montes (b. 1898 - d. 1982)
26 Mar 1957 - 6 Mar 1958 Andrés Rivero Agüero (b. 1905 - d. 1997)
6 Mar 1958 - 12 Mar 1958 Emilio Núñez Portuondo (b. 1898 - d. 1978)
12 Mar 1958 - 1 Jan 1959 Gonzalo Güell y Morales de los
Ríos (b. 1895 - d. 1985)
5 Jan 1959 - 13 Feb 1959 José Miró Cardona (b. 1902 - d. 1974)
16 Feb 1959 - 2 Dec 1976 Fidel Castro (s.a.)
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
3 Dec 1976 - 24 Feb 2008 Fidel Castro (s.a.)
31 Jul 2006 - Raúl Castro (s.a.)
(acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)