| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|
| 'Spanish Suzerainty' |
| 'Governors' | |
| 1535 to 1538 | 'Gonzalo de Guzmán' |
| 1538 to 1542 | 'Hernando de Soto' |
| 1544 to 1546 | 'Juan de Ãvila' |
| 1546 to 1548 | 'Antonio de Cháves' |
| 1549 to 1555 | 'Gonzalo Pérez de Angulo' |
| 1556 to 1565 | 'Diego de Mazariegos' |
| 1565 to 1567 | 'Francisco GarcÃa Osorio' |
| 1567 to 1574 | 'Pedro Menéndez de Avilés' |
| 1575 to 1577 | 'Gabriel Montalvo' |
| 1577 to 1579 | 'Francisco Carreño' |
| 1579 to 1584 | 'Gaspar de Torres' |
| 1584 to 1589 | 'Gabriel de Luján' |
| 1589 to 1593 | 'Juan de Tejeda' |
| 1593 to 1602 | 'Juan Maldonaldo Barnuevo' |
| 1602 to 1608 | 'Pedro Vadés' |
| 1608 to 1616 | 'Gaspar RuÃz de Pereda' |
| 1616 to 1619 | 'Sancho de Alquiza' |
| 1620 to 1624 | 'Francisco de Venegas' |
| 1624 to 1626 | 'Damián Velásquez de Contreras' |
| 1626 to 1630 | 'Lorenzo de Cabrera y Corbera' |
| 1630 to 1634 | 'Juan Bitrián de Viamonte y Navarra' |
| 1634 to 1639 | 'Francisco Riaño y Gamboa' |
| 1639 to 1647 | 'Ãlvaro de Luna y Sarmiento' |
| 1647 to 1653 | 'Diego de Villalba y Toledo', marqués de Campo |
| 1653 to 1654 | 'Francisco Xelder' |
| 1654 to 1656 | 'Juan de Montanos Blázquez' |
| 1656 to 1658 | 'Diego Rangel' |
| 1658 to 1663 | 'Juan de Salamanca' |
| 1663 to 1664 | 'Rodrigo de Flores y Aldana' |
| 1664 to 1670 | 'Francisco Oregón y Gascón' |
| 1670 to 1680 | 'Francisco RodrÃguez de Ledesma' |
| 1680 to 1685 | 'José Fernandez Córdoba Ponce de León' |
| 1685 to 1687 | 'Manuel de Murguia y Mena' |
| 1687 to 1689 | 'Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa' |
| 1689 to 1697 | 'Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas' |
| 1697 to 1702 | 'Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega', marqués del Vado |
| 1702 to 1705 | 'Pedro Nicolás BenÃtez de Lugo' |
| 1705 to 1706 | 'Luis Chirino Vandevale' |
| 1706 to January 1708 | 'Pedro Ãlvarez de VillamarÃn' |
| 18 January 1708 to 18 February 1711 | 'Laureano José de Torres Ayala y Quadros Castellanos', marqués de Casa Torres |
| 26 May 1711 to 1718 | 'Vicente de Raja' |
| 1718 | 'Gómez Mazaver Ponce de León', acting Governor |
| 23 June 1718 to 1724 | 'Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega' |
| 29 September 1724 to 1734 | 'Dionisio MartÃnez de la Vega' |
| 1734 to 1746 | 'Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo', conde de Revillagigedo |
| 1746 | 'Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes' |
| 1746 to 1747 | 'Diego Peñalosa' |
| 1747 to 1760 | 'Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega' |
| 1760 to 1761 | 'Pedro Alonso' |
| 1761 to 1762 | 'Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna' |
| 'British Suzerainty' | |
| 12 August 1762 to 1 January 1763 | 'George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle' |
| 1 January 1763 to July 1763 | 'William Keppel' |
| 'Spanish Suzerainty' | |
| 1763 to 1765 | 'Ambrosio Funes Villalpando Abarca de Bolea, conde de Ricla' |
| 1765 to 1766 | 'Diego Manrique' |
| 1766 to 1771 | 'Antonio MarÃa de Bucareli y Ursúa Hinostrosa Lasso de la Vega' |
| 1771 to 1777 | 'Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano', marqués de la Torre |
| 1777 to 1780 | 'Diego José Navarro GarcÃa de Valladares' |
| 1781 to 1782 | 'Juan Manuel de Cagigal' | 1st Term |
| 1782 to 1785 | 'Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga' |
| 5 April 1785 to November 1785 | 'Bernardo Troncoso MartÃnez del Rincón' |
| 1 December 1785 to 1789 | 'José Manuel de Ezpeleta' |
| 18 April 1789 to 1790 | 'Domingo Cabello y Robles' |
| 1790 to 1796 | 'Luis de las Casas y Arragorri' |
| 1796 to 1799 | 'Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas', conde de Santa Clara |
| 1799 to 1812 | 'Salvador de Muro y Salazar', marqués de Someruelos |
| 1812 to 1816 | 'Juan RuÃz de Apodaca' |
| 1816 to 1819 | 'José Cienfuegos' |
| 1819 to 1819 | 'Juan MarÃa Echeverri' |
| 1819 to 1821 | 'Juan Manuel de Cagigal' | 2nd Term |
| 1821 to 1822 | 'Nicolás de Mahy y Romo' |
| 1822 to 1823 | 'Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón', Provisional Governor |
| 1823 to 1832 | 'Francisco Dionisio Vives' |
| 1832 to 1834 | 'Mariano Ricafort PalacÃn y Abarca' |
| 1834 to 1838 | 'Miguel Tacón' |
| 1838 to January 1840 | 'JoaquÃn de Ezpeleta' |
| January 1840 to 1841 | 'Pedro Téllez Girón' |
| 1841 to September 1843 | 'Jerónimo Valdés' |
| September 1843 to October 1843 | 'Francisco Javier de Ulloa', Provisional Governor |
| October 1843 to 1848 | 'Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan' |
| 1848 to 1850 | 'Federico Roncali' |
| 1850 to 1852 | 'José Gutiérrez de la Concha' | 1st Term |
| 1852 to 1853 | 'ValentÃn Cañedo' |
| December 1853 to 1854 | 'Juan González de la Pezuela' |
| 1854 to 1859 | 'José Gutiérrez de la Concha' | 2nd Term |
| 1859 to 1862 | 'Francisco Serrano y DomÃnguez, Duke de la Torre' |
| 1862 to May 1866 | 'Domingo Dulce' | 1st Term |
| May 1866 to November 1866 | 'Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea' | 1st Term |
| November 1866 to September 1867 | 'JoaquÃn del Manzano' |
| September 1867 to December 1867 | 'Blas Villate' | 1st Term |
| December 1867 to January 1869 | 'Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea' | 2nd Term |
| January 1869 to 2 June 1869 | 'Domingo Dulce' | 2nd Term |
| 2 June 1869 to ''10 October 1868'' | |
| 'Republic of Cuba' | |
| ''10 October 1868'' to 28 June 1869 | 'Felipe Ginovés del Espinar', Provisional Governor |
| 28 June 1869 to 1870 | 'Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas' |
| 1870 to 1872 | 'Blas Villate' | 2nd Term |
| 1872 to April 1873 | 'Francisco Ceballos y Vargas' |
| April 1873 to November 1873 | 'Cándido PieltaÃn' |
| November 1873 to 1874 | 'JoaquÃn Jovellar y Soler' | 1st Term |
| 1874 to May 1875 | 'José Gutiérrez de la Concha' | 3rd Term |
| May 1875 to June 1875 | 'Buenaventura Carbó', Provisional Governor |
| June 1875 to January 1876 | 'Blas Villate' | 3rd Term |
| January 1876 to October 1876 | 'JoaquÃn Jovellar y Soler' | 2nd Term |
| October 1876 to February 1879 | 'Arsenio MartÃnez Campos' | 1st Term |
| February 1879 to April 1879 | 'Caetano Figueroa', Provisional Governor |
| April 1879 to 1881 | 'Ramón Blanco y Erenas', marqués de Peña Plata | 1st Term |
| 1881 to August 1883 | 'Luis Prendergast y Gordon', marqués de Victoria de las Tunas |
| August 1883 to September 1883 | 'Tomás y Regna', Provisional Governor |
| September 1883 to 1884 | 'Ignacio MarÃa del Castillo' |
| 1884 to 1886 | 'Ramón Fajardo' |
| 1886 to 1887 | 'Emilio Calleja' | 1st Term |
| 1887 to 1889 | 'Sabas MarÃn' | 1st Term |
| 13 March 1889 to 6 February 1890 | 'Manuel Salamanca y Negrete' |
| February 1890 to April 1890 | 'José Sánchez Gómez', Provisional Governor |
| April 1890 to August 1890 | 'José Chinchilla' |
| August 1890 to 1892 | 'Camilo GarcÃa de Polavieja y del Castillo' |
| 1892 to July 1893 | 'Alejandro RodrÃguez Arias' |
| July 1893 to September 1893 | 'José Arderius', Provisional Governor |
| September 1893 to 1895 | 'Emilio Calleja' | 2nd Term |
| 1895 to January 1896 | 'Arsenio MartÃnez Campos' | 2nd Term |
| January 1896 | 'Sabas MarÃn', Provisional Governor | 2nd Term |
| 17 January 1896 to October 1897 | 'Valeriano Weyler' |
| October 1897 to 1898 | 'Ramón Blanco y Erenas', marqués de Peña Plata | 2nd Term |
| 26 November 1898 to 1 January 1899 | 'Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos' |
| 'United States of America Suzerainty' | |
| 1 January 1899 to 23 December 1899 | 'John Ruller Brooke' |
| 23 December 1899 to 20 May 1902 | 'Leonard Wood' |
| 'Republic of Cuba' | |
| 20 May 1902 to Present | |