List of governors (79 KB )

Governors of the Banco de España
Name
Place and date of birth
Term
D. Ramón de Santillán
Lerma (Burgos). 1791.
Jan 1856 - Nov 1863
D. Francisco Santa Cruz
Orihuela (Alicante). 1802.
Nov 1863 - Apr 1866
D. Victorio Fernández Lazcoiti
Oviedo. 1805.
Apr 1866 - Jul 1866
D. Juan Bautista Trúpita
Huércal-Overa (Almería). 1815.
Jul 1866 - Oct 1868
D. Manuel Cantero San Vicente
Madrid. 1804.
Oct 1868 - Dec 1876
D. Pedro Salaverría
Santander. 1810.
Jan 1877 - Oct 1877
D. José Elduayen y Gorriti
Madrid. 1823.
Oct 1877 - Feb 1878
D. Martín Belda y Mencía del Barrio
Córdoba. 1815.
Feb 1878 - Mar 1881
D. Antonio Romero Ruíz
Santiago. 1822.
Mar 1881 - Oct 1883
D. Juan Francisco Camacho
Cádiz. 1813.
Oct 1883 - Jan 1884
D. Francisco de Cárdenas
Sevilla. 1816.
Jan 1884 - Feb 1885
D. Salvador de Albacete y Albert
Cartagena (Murcia). 1822.
Feb 1885 - Aug 1890
D. Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo
Llanes (Asturias). 1839.
Aug 1890 - Nov 1891
D. Juan Francisco Camacho
Cádiz. 1813.
Nov 1891 - Apr 1892
D. Santos de Isasa y Valseca
Montoro (Córdoba). 1822.
Apr 1892 - Dec 1892
D. Pío Gullón e Iglesias
Astorga (León). 1835.
Dec 1892 - Apr 1895
D. Santos de Isasa y Valseca
Montoro (Córdoba). 1822.
Apr 1895 - Sep 1895
D. Manuel Aguirre de Tejada
El Ferrol (La Coruña). 1829.
Sep 1895 - Dec 1895
D. José García Barzanallana
Madrid. 1819.
Dec 1895 - Oct 1897
D. Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno
Limpias (Santander). 1842.
Oct 1897 - Mar 1899
D. Luis María de la Torre y de la Hoz
Anaz (Santander). 1827.
Mar 1899 - Oct 1899
D. Antonio María Fabié
Sevilla. 1834.
Oct 1899 - Dec 1899
D. Juan de la Concha Castañeda
Plasencia (Cáceres). 1818.
Jan 1900 - Apr 1901
D. Pío Gullón e Iglesias
Astorga (León). 1835.
Apr 1901 - Feb 1902
D. Andres Mellado y Fernández
Málaga. 1846.
Jul 1902 - Dec 1902
D. Antonio García Alix
Murcia. 1852.
Dec 1902 - Jul 1903
D. José Sánchez Guerra y Martínez
Córdoba. 1859.
Jul 1903 - Dec 1903
D. Tomás Castellanos y Villaroya
Zaragoza. 1850.
Dec 1903 - Dec 1904
D. Manuel Allendesalazar
Guernica (Vizcaya). 1856.
Dec 1904 - Aug 1905
D. Trinitario Ruiz y Capdepón
Orihuela (Alicante). 1836.
Aug 1905 - Jun 1906
D. Fernando Merino Villarino
León. 1869.
Jun 1906 - Jan 1907
D. José Sánchez Guerra
Córdoba. 1859.
Jan 1907 - Sep 1908
D. Antonio García Alix
Murcia. 1852.
Sep 1908 - Oct 1909
D. Fernando Merino Villarino
León. 1869.
Oct 1909 - Feb 1910
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Name
Place and date of birth
Term
D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta
Logroño. 1853
Feb 1910 - Apr 1911
D. Eduardo Cobián y Roffignac
Pontevedra. 1857
Apr 1911 - Nov 1913
D. Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual
Sevilla. 1863
Nov 1913 - Jan 1916
D. Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno
Limpias (Santander). 1842
Jan 1916 - Jul 1916
D. Amos Salvador y Rodrigáñez
Logroño. 1845
Jul 1916 - Jun 1917
D. Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual
Sevilla. 1863
Jun 1917 - Nov 1917
D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta
Logroño. 1853
Nov 1917 - Apr 1919
D. Manuel Allendesalazar
Guernica (Vizcaya). 1856
Apr 1919 - Oct 1919
D. Eduardo Sanz Escartín
Pamplona. 1855
Oct 1919 - Mar 1921
D. José Maestre Pérez
Monóvar (Alicante). 1866
Mar 1921 - Aug 1921
D. Luis A. Sedó Guichard
Madrid. 1873
Aug 1921 - Mar 1922
D. Salvador Bermúdez de Castro
Madrid. 1863
Mar 1922 - Jan 1923
D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta
Logroño. 1853
Jan 1923 - Sep 1923
D. Carlos Vergara Cailleaux
Getafe (Madrid). 1854
Feb 1924 - Oct 1929
D. José Manuel Figueras y Arizcun
Madrid. 1869
Oct 1929 - Feb 1930
D. Juan Antonio Gamazo y Abarca
Boecillo (Valladolid). 1840
Feb 1930 - Aug 1930
D. Federico Carlos Bas Vasallo
Alicante. 1881
Aug 1930 - Apr 1931
D. Julio Carabias Salcedo
Valladolid. 1883
Apr 1931 - Sep 1933
D. Manuel Marraco Ramón
Zaragoza. 1870
Sep 1933 - Mar 1934
D. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora
Madrid. 1893
Mar 1934 - Apr 1935
D. Alejandro Fernández de Araoz
Medina del Campo (Valladolid). 1894
Apr 1935 - May 1935
D. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora
Madrid. 1893
May 1935 - Feb 1936
D. Luis Nicolau d'Olwer
Barcelona. 1888
Mar 1936 - Aug 1938
D. Antonio Goicoechea
Barcelona. 1876
Apr 1938 - Aug 1950
D. Francisco de Cárdenas y de la Torre
Madrid. 1875
Aug 1950 - Sep 1951
D. Joaquín Benjumea y Burín
Sevilla. 1878
Sep 1951 - Dec 1963
D. Mariano Navarro Rubio
Burbáguena (Teruel). 1913
Jul 1965 - Jul 1970
D. Luis Coronel de Palma
Madrid. 1925
Jul 1970 - Aug 1976
D. José María López de Letona
Burgos. 1922
Aug 1976 - Mar 1978
D. José Ramón Alvarez Rendueles
Gijón. 1940
Mar 1978 - Jul 1984
D. Mariano Rubio Jiménez
Burgos. 1931
Jul 1984 - Jul 1992
D. Luis Ángel Rojo Duque
Madrid. 1934
Jul 1992 - Jul 2000
D. Jaime Caruana Lacorte
Valencia. 1952
Jul 2000 - Jul 2006
D. Miguel Fernández Ordóñez
Madrid. 1945
Jul 2006 - Jun. 2012
D. Luis M. Linde de Castro
Madrid, 1945
Jun. 2012
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On 18 February 1902, Benito Fariñas, the First Deputy Governor, stood in temporarily as acting Governor for Pío Gullón until 28 July 1902,
when Andrés Mellado took up the post.
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On 17 September 1923, Pio García Escudero, the First Deputy Governor, stood in temporarily as acting Governor for Tirso Rodigáñez
Sagasta until 25 February 1924, when Carlos Vergara Cailleaux took up the post.
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From August to December 1938, Julio Carabias, the First Deputy Governor, was acting Governor of the Banco de España in the Republican
zone.
The Banco de España in the Nationalist zone, with head office at the Burgos branch, had no Governor until April 1938, when Antonio
Goicoechea was appointed. Until then the acting Governor was first Pedro Pan, the First Deputy Governor and later, although Pedro Pan
remained accredited as such until March 1938, Ramón Artigas Gracia, Second Deputy Governor. In January 1938 the latter was appointed
First Deputy Governor.
On 30 December 1963, Joaquín Benjumea died in Seville. Gonzalo Lacalle Leloup, the First Deputy Governor, was acting Governor from
January 1964 until 10 July 1965, when Mariano Navarro Rubio took up the post.
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