List of Spanish high commissioners in Morocco explained

Post:High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco
Flag:Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco.svg
Flagcaption:Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco
Reports To:Head of State of Spain
Residence:Royal Palace of Tétouan
Seat:Tetuán
Formation:3 April 1913
First:Felipe Alfau Mendoza
Last:Rafael García Valiño
Abolished:7 April 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)

TenureIncumbentNoteswidth=50pxPortrait
3 April 1913 to 15 August 1913Felipe Alfau Mendoza,
High Commissioner
17 August 1913 to 9 July 1915José Marina Vega,
High Commissioner
9 July 1915 to 18 November 1918,
High Commissioner		Died in office
27 January 1919 to 13 July 1922Dámaso Berenguer,
High Commissioner
15 July 1922 to 22 January 1923,
High Commissioner
16 February 1923 to 14 September 1923,
High Commissioner		1st civil administrator
25 September 1923 to 16 October 1924,
High Commissioner
16 October 1924 to 2 November 1925Miguel Primo de Rivera,
High Commissioner
2 November 1925 to November 1928José Sanjurjo,
High Commissioner		1st term
November 1928 to 19 April 1931Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa,
High Commissioner		Son of
19 April 1931 to 20 June 1931José Sanjurjo,
High Commissioner		2nd term
20 June 1931 to May 1933,
High Commissioner
May 1933 to 23 January 1934,
High Commissioner		1st term
23 January 1934 to March 1936Manuel Rico Avello,
High Commissioner
March 1936 to May 1936,
High Commissioner		2nd term
May 1936 to 18 July 1936,
Acting High Commissioner
18 July 1936 to July 1936Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga,
High Commissioner
July 1936 to 2 October 1936Francisco Franco,
High Commissioner
2 October 1936 to March 1937Luis Orgaz Yoldi,
High Commissioner		1st term
August 1937 to 12 August 1939Juan Luis Beigbeder,
High Commissioner
16 August 1939 to 12 May 1941Carlos Asensio Cabanillas,
High Commissioner
12 May 1941 to 4 March 1945Luis Orgaz Yoldi,
High Commissioner		2nd term
4 March 1945 to 24 March 1951José Enrique Varela,
High Commissioner		Died in office
24 March 1951 to 7 April 1956Rafael García Valiño,
High Commissioner

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Sources

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