GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES

SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD (1565-1898)

16TH CENTURY (1501-1600)
UNDER VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN (1565-1821)
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Guido de Lavezaris
Francisco de Sande
Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa
Diego Ronquillo
Santiago de Vera
Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas
Pedro de Rojas
Luís Pérez Dasmariñas
Francisco de Tello de Guzmán

17TH CENTURY (1601-1700)

Cristóbal Téllez de Almanza (Real Audiencia)
Rodrigo de Vivero (Ad Interim)
Juan de Silva
Andrés Alcaraz (Real Audiencia)
Alonso Fajardo de Entenza
Jeronimo de Silva (Real Audiencia)
Fernándo de Silva (Ad Interim)
Juan Niño de Tabora
Lorenzo de Olaza (Real Audiencia)
Juan Cerezo de Salamanca (Ad Interim)
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera
Diego Fajardo Chacón
Sabiniano Manrique de Lara
Diego de Salcedo
Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz (Ad Interim)
Manuel de León
Francisco Coloma (Real Audiencia)
Francisco Sotomayor (Real Audiencia)
Juan de Vargas
Gabriel de Curuzealegui
Alonso de Avila Fuertes (Real Audiencia)
Fausto Cruzat
18TH CENTURY (1701-1800)
Domingo Zabálburu de Echevarri
Martín de Urzúa
José Torralba (Real Audiencia)
Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante
Francisco de la Cuesta (Archbishop of Manila) (Ad Interim)
Toribio José Cosio
Fernándo Valdés
Gaspar de la Torre
Juan de Arechederra (Archbishop of Manila) (Ad Interim)
Francisco José de Ovando
Pedro Manuel de Arandía
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta (Bishop of Cebu) (Ad Interim)
Manuel Rojo del Río (Archbishop of Manila) (Ad Interim)

BRITISH OCCUPATION (1761-1764)

Simon de Anda
Dawsonne Drake

UNDER VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN (1565-1821)

Francisco Javier de la Torre (Ad Interim)
José Antonio Raón
Pedro de Sarrio (Ad Interim)
José Basco
Félix Berenguer de Marquina
Rafael María de Aguilar

19TH CENTURY (1801-1900)

Mariano Fernández de Folgueras (Ad Interim)
Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar
José Gardoqui Jaraveitia

DIRECT SPANISH CONTROL (1821-1898)

Juan Antonio Martínez
Mariano Ricafort Palacín
Pasqual Enrile
Gabriel de Torres
Joaquín de Crame (Ad Interim)
Pedro Antonio Salazar Castillo (Ad Interim)
Andrés García Camba
Luis Lardizábal
Marcelino de Oraá
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre
Narciso Clavería
Antonio María Blanco (Ad Interim)
Antonio de Urbistondo
Ramón Montero (Ad Interim)
Manuel Pavía
Manuel Crespo
Fernándo Norzagaray
Ramón María Solano
Juan Herrera Dávila (Ad Interim)
José Lemery
Salvador Valdés (Ad Interim)
Rafaél de Echagüe
Joaquín del Solar (Ad Interim)
Juan de Lara
José Laureano de Sanz (Ad Interim)
Juan Antonio Osorio (Ad Interim)
José de la Gándara
Manuel Maldonado (Ad Interim)
Carlos María de la Torre
Rafael de Izquierdo
Manuel MacCrohon (Ad Interim)
Juan Alaminos
Manuel Blanco Valderrama (Ad Interim)
José Malcampo
Domingo Moriones
Rafael Rodríguez Arias (Ad Interim)
Fernando Primo de Rivera
Emilio Molíns (Ad Interim)
Joaquín Jovellar
Emilio Terrero
Antonio Moltó (Ad Interim)
Federico Lobatón (Ad Interim)
Valeriano Wéyler
Eulogio Despujol
Federico Ochando (Ad Interim)
Ramón Blanco
Camilo de Polavieja (Ad Interim)
José de Lachambre (Ad Interim)
Basilio Augustín
Fermín Jáudenes (Ad Interim)
Francisco Rizzo (Ad Interim)
Diego de los Rios (Ad Interim)

20TH CENTURY (1901-2000)

AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD (1898-1946)
UNITED STATES MILITARY GOVERNMENT (1898–1902)
Wesley Merritt
Elwell S. Otis
Arthur MacArthur, Jr.
Adna Chaffee

INSULAR GOVERNMENT (1901-1935)

William Howard Taft
Luke Edward Wright
Henry Clay Ide
James Francis Smith
William Cameron Forbes
Newton W. Gilbert (Acting)
Francis Burton Harrison
Charles Yeater (Acting)
Leonard Wood
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Henry L. Stimson
Dwight F. Davis
George C. Butte (Acting)
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

HIGH COMMISSIONERS OF THE PHILIPPINES (1935-1942, 1945-1946)

Frank Murphy
Paul V. McNutt
Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

JAPANESE OCCUPATION (1942-1945)

Homma Masaharu
Tanaka Shizuichi
Kuroda Shigenori
Yamashita Tomoyuki

TRIVIAS AND FACTS:

Alaminos, Pangasinan
 - (Spanish surname. The city was named after the Spanish Governor-General
of the Philippines, Juan Alaminos y Vivar.)

Dasmariñas, Cavite
- (Spanish surname. The city was named after the Spanish Governor-General
of the Philippines, Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas.)

Legazpi, Albay
- (Spanish surname, The city was named after the first Spanish Governor-
General of the Philippines, Miguel López de Legazpi.)

Marikina
- (Spanish surname. The city was named after the Spanish Governor-General
of the Philippines, Félix Berenguer de Marquina.)

Aguilar, Pangasinan
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León.)

Alcala, Cagayan
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre.)

Anda, Bohol, and Anda, Pangasinan

- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Simón de Anda y Salazar.)

Basco, Batanes
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General José Basco y Vargas.)

Claveria, Cagayan and Claveria, Masbate

- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa.)

Corcuera, Romblon
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera.)

Echague, Isabela
 - (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham.)

Enrile, Cagayan
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Pascual Enrile y Alcedo.)

Gandara, Samar
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General José de la Gándara y Navarro.)

Lavezares, Northern Samar

- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Guido de Lavezaris.)

Lazi, Siquijor
- (derived from the Spanish surname Lacy. The municipality was named after
Spanish Governor-General Manuel Pavía y Lacy.)

Lemery, Batangas
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González.)

Macrohon, Southern Leyte

- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Manuel MacCrohon.)

Nabas, Aklan
- (derived from Spanish surname Navas. The municipality was named after
Spanish Governor-General Cárlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada.)

Norzagaray, Bulacan
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero.)

Obando, Bulacan
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Francisco José de Ovando.)

Pavia, Iloilo
 - (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Manuel Pavía y Lacy.)

Solano, Nueva Vizcaya

- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Ramón María Solano y Llanderal.)

Urbiztondo, Pangasinan
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía.)

Valderrama, Antique
- (Spanish surname. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Manuel Blanco Valderrama.)

Villasis, Pangasinan
- (derived from Villacis. The municipality was named after Spanish Governor-
General Rafael Maria Aguilar y Fernandez de Santillan Miño y Villacis.)

Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur

- (named after American Governor-General Leonard Wood.)

Taft, Eastern Samar

- (named after the U.S. president and former civil governor William Howard
Taft.)