List of colonial governors in 1828
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Spanish Empire
- Captaincy General of CubaCaptaincy General of CubaThe Captaincy General of Cuba was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire created in 1607 as part of Habsburg Spain's attempt better to defend the Caribbean against foreign powers, which also involved creating captaincies general in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Yucatán. The restructuring of...
- Francisco Dionisio VivesFrancisco Dionisio VivesFrancisco Dionisio Vives was a Spanish general and governor of Cuba. He was captain general of Cuba in 1824,when all Spanish possessions on the Americancontinent had become independent...
, Governor of Cuba (1823-1832) - Captaincy General of Puerto RicoCaptaincy General of Puerto RicoThe Captaincy General of Puerto Rico was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire, created in 1580 to provide better military management of the island of Puerto Rico, previously under the direct rule of a simple governor and the jurisdiction of Audiencia of Santo Domingo...
- Miguel de la Torre y Pando, conde de TorrepandoMiguel de la TorreMiguel de la Torre y Pando, conde de Torrepando was a Spanish General, Governor and Captain General, who served in Spain, Venezuela, Colombia and Puerto Rico during the Spanish American wars of independence and after.At the age of fourteen he joined the Spanish Army as a soldier during the War of...
, Governor of Puerto Rico (1822-1837) - Spanish East IndiesSpanish East IndiesSpanish East Indies was a term used to describe Spanish territories in Asia-Pacific which lasted for three centuries . With the seat of government in Manila, the territory encompassed the Philippine Islands, Guam and the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and for a period of time, parts of...
- Mariano Ricafort Palacín y AbarcaMariano Ricafort Palacin y AbarcaMariano Ricafort Palacin y Abarca was Governor of Cuba, Intendant of La Paz, part of Rio de la Plata, and the 61st Governor-General of the Philippines...
, Governor-General of the PhilippinesGovernor-General of the PhilippinesThe Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed mainly by Spain and the United States, and briefly by Great Britain, from 1565 to 1935....
(1825-1830)