Governors of the Banco de España
| Term | Name | Place and date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| January 1856 - November 1863 | D. Ramón de Santillán | Lerma (Burgos). 1791 |
| November 1863 - April 1866 | D. Francisco Santa Cruz | Orihuela (Alicante). 1802 |
| April 1866 - July 1866 | D. Victorio Fernández Lazcoiti | Oviedo. 1805 |
| July 1866 - October 1868 | D. Juan Bautista Trúpita | Huércal-Overa (Almería). 1815 |
| October 1868 - December 1876 | D. Manuel Cantero San Vicente | Madrid. 1804 |
| January 1877 - October 1877 | D. Pedro Salaverría | Santander. 1810 |
| October 1877 - February 1878 | D. José Elduayen y Gorriti | Madrid. 1823 |
| February 1878 - March 1881 | D. Martín Belda y Mencía del Barrio | Córdoba. 1815 |
| March 1881 - October 1883 | D. Antonio Romero Ruíz | Santiago 1822 |
| October 1883 - January 1884 | D. Juan Francisco Camacho | Cádiz. 1813 |
| January 1884 - February 1885 | D. Francisco de Cárdenas | Sevilla. 1816 |
| February 1885 - August 1890 | D. Salvador de Albacete y Albert | Cartagena (Murcia). 1822 |
| August 1890 - November 1891 | D. Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo | Llanes (Asturias). 1839 |
| November 1891- April 1892 | D. Juan Francisco Camacho | Cádiz. 1813 |
| April 1892 - December 1892 | D. Santos de Isasa y Valseca | Montoro (Córdoba). 1822 |
| December 1892 - April 1895 | D. Pío Gullón e Iglesias | Astorga (León). 1835 |
| April 1895 - September 1895 | D. Santos de Isasa y Valseca | Montoro (Córdoba). 1822 |
| September 1895 - December 1895 | D. Manuel Aguirre de Tejada | El Ferrol (La Coruña). 1829 |
| December 1895 - October 1897 | D. José García Barzanallana | Madrid. 1819 |
| October 1897 - March 1899 | D. Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno | Limpias (Santander). 1842 |
| March 1899 - October 1899 | D. Luis María de la Torre y de la Hoz | Anaz (Santander). 1827 |
| October 1899 - December 1899 | D. Antonio María Fabié | Sevilla. 1834 |
| January 1900 - April 1901 | D. Juan de la Concha Castañeda | Plasencia (Cáceres). 1818 |
| April 1901 - February 1902 | D. Pío Gullón e Iglesias (1) | Astorga (León). 1835 |
| July 1902 - December 1902 | D. Andrés Mellado y Fernández | Málaga. 1846 |
| December 1902 - July 1903 | D. Antonio García Alix | Murcia. 1852 |
| July 1903 - December 1903 | D. José Sánchez Guerra y Martínez | Córdoba. 1859 |
| December 1903 - December 1904 | D. Tomás Castellanos y Villaroya | Zaragoza. 1850 |
| December 1904 - August 1905 | D. Manuel Allendesalazar | Guernica (Vizcaya). 1856 |
| August 1905 - June 1906 | D. Trinitario Ruiz y Capdepón | Orihuela (Alicante). 1836 |
| June 1906 - January 1907 | D. Fernando Merino Villarino | León. 1869 |
| January 1907 - September 1908 | D. José Sánchez Guerra | Córdoba. 1859 |
| September 1908 - October 1909 | D. Antonio García Alix | Murcia. 1852 |
| October 1909 - February 1910 | D. Fernando Merino Villarino | León. 1869 |
| February 1910 - April 1911 | D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta | Logroño. 1853 |
| April 1911 - November 1913 | D. Eduardo Cobián y Roffignac | Pontevedra. 1857 |
| November 1913 - January 1916 | D. Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual | Sevilla. 1863 |
| January 1916 - July 1916 | D. Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno | Limpias (Santander). 1842 |
| July 1916 - June 1917 | D. Amós Salvador y Rodrigáñez | Logroño. 1845 |
| June 1917 - November 1917 | D. Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual | Sevilla. 1863 |
| November 1917 - April 1919 | D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta | Logroño. 1853 |
| April 1919 - October 1919 | D. Manuel Allendesalazar | Guernica (Vizcaya). 1856 |
| October 1919 - March 1921 | D. Eduardo Sanz Escartín | Pamplona. 1855 |
| March 1921 - August 1921 | D. José Maestre Pérez | Monóvar (Alicante). 1866 |
| August 1921 - March 1922 | D. Luis A. Sedó Guichard | Madrid. 1873 |
| March 1922 - January 1923 | D. Salvador Bermúdez de Castro | Madrid. 1863 |
| January 1923 - September 1923 | D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta (2) | Logroño. 1853 |
| February 1924 - October 1929 | D. Carlos Vergara Cailleaux | Getafe (Madrid). 1854 |
| October 1929 - February 1930 | D. José Manuel Figueras Arizcun | Bilbao |
| February 1930 - August 1930 | D. Juan Antonio Gamazo y Abarca | Bocillo (Valladolid). 1840 |
| August 1930 - April 1931 | D. Federico Carlos Bas Vasallo | Alicante. 1881 |
| April 1931 - September 1933 | D. Julio Carabias Salcedo | |
| September 1933 - March 1934 | D. Manuel Marraco Ramón | Zaragoza. 1870 |
| March 1934 - April 1935 | D. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora | Madrid. 1893 |
| April 1935 - Mai 1935 | D. Alejandro Fernández de Araoz | Medina del Campo (Valladolid). 1894 |
| Mai 1935 - February 1936 | D. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora | Madrid. 1893 |
| March 1936 - August 1938 | D. Luis Nicolau d'Olwer (3) | Barcelona. 1888 |
| April 1938 - August 1950 | D. Antonio Goicoechea | Barcelona. 1876 |
| August 1950 - September 1951 | D. Francisco de Cárdenas y de la Torre | Madrid. 1875 |
| September 1951 - December 1963 | D. Joaquín Benjumea y Burín (4) | Sevilla. 1878 |
| July 1965 - July 1970 | D. Mariano Navarro Rubio | Barbaquena (Teruel). 1913 |
| July 1970 - August 1976 | D. Luis Coronel de Palma | Madrid. 1925 |
| August 1976 - March 1978 | D. José María López de Letona | Burgos. 1922 |
| March 1978 - July 1984 | D. José Ramón Alvarez Rendueles | Gijón. 1940 |
| July 1984 - July 1992 | D. Mariano Rubio Jiménez | Burgos. 1931 |
| July 1992 - July 2000 | D. Luis Angel Rojo Duque | Madrid. 1934 |
| July 2000 - July 2006 | D. Jaime Caruana Lacorte | Valencia. 1952 |
| July 2006 - | D. Miguel Fernández Ordoñez | Madrid. 1945 |
(1) 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.
(2) On 17 September 1923, Pío García Escudero, the First Deputy Governor, stood in temporarily as acting Governor for Tirso Rodrigáñez Sagasta until 25 February 1924, when Carlos Vergara Cailleaux took up the post.
(3) 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.
(4) 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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