List of Spanish high commissioners in Morocco

High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco
Alto Comisario de España en Marruecos
Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco
Longest serving
José Enrique Varela
4 March 1945 – 24 March 1951
Reports toHead of State of Spain
ResidenceRoyal Palace of Tétouan[1]
SeatTetuán
Formation3 April 1913
First holderFelipe Alfau Mendoza
Final holderRafael García Valiño
Abolished7 April 1956
Spanish Morocco (yellow), 1956.

On 27 November 1912, amidst the French conquest of Morocco and in the aftermath of the Agadir Crisis, the Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco was signed by the French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. According to the treaty, parts of Morocco would become a Spanish protectorate from 1912 to 1956, when the country regained its independence.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes Portrait
3 April 1913 to 15 August 1913 Felipe Alfau Mendoza,
High Commissioner
17 August 1913 to 9 July 1915 José Marina Vega,
High Commissioner
9 July 1915 to 18 November 1918 Francisco Gómez Jordana [es],
High Commissioner		 Died in office
27 January 1919 to 13 July 1922 Dámaso Berenguer,
High Commissioner
15 July 1922 to 22 January 1923 Ricardo Burguete [es],
High Commissioner
16 February 1923 to 14 September 1923 Luis Silvela Casado [es],
High Commissioner		 1st civil administrator
25 September 1923 to 16 October 1924 Luis Aizpuru y Mondéjar [es],
High Commissioner
16 October 1924 to 2 November 1925 Miguel Primo de Rivera,
High Commissioner
2 November 1925 to November 1928 José Sanjurjo,
High Commissioner		 1st term
November 1928 to 19 April 1931 Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa,
High Commissioner		 Son of Francisco Gómez Jordana [es]
19 April 1931 to 20 June 1931 José Sanjurjo,
High Commissioner		 2nd term
20 June 1931 to May 1933 Luciano López Ferrer [es],
High Commissioner
May 1933 to 23 January 1934 Juan Moles [es],
High Commissioner		 1st term
23 January 1934 to March 1936 Manuel Rico Avello,
High Commissioner
March 1936 to May 1936 Juan Moles [es],
High Commissioner		 2nd term
May 1936 to 18 July 1936 Arturo Álvarez-Buylla Godino [es],
Acting High Commissioner
18 July 1936 to July 1936 Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga,
High Commissioner
July 1936 to 2 October 1936 Francisco Franco,
High Commissioner
2 October 1936 to March 1937 Luis Orgaz Yoldi,
High Commissioner		 1st term
August 1937 to 12 August 1939 Juan Luis Beigbeder,
High Commissioner
16 August 1939 to 12 May 1941 Carlos Asensio Cabanillas,
High Commissioner
12 May 1941 to 4 March 1945 Luis Orgaz Yoldi,
High Commissioner		 2nd term
4 March 1945 to 24 March 1951 José Enrique Varela,
High Commissioner		 Died in office
24 March 1951 to 7 April 1956 Rafael García Valiño,
High Commissioner

See also

References

  1. ^ Juan Arrate (1948), "Las residencias de S.A.I. el Jalifa y S.E. el Alto Comisario en Tetuán", Africa, 77–78, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, archived from the original on 19 February 2022, retrieved 19 February 2022

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