The following is a list of governors of the Falkland Islands. Historically, several countries have had leaders on the islands with varying titles and degrees of power.

List of governors Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis From To Name 1764 1767 Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont From To Name 1767 1768 Capt. John MacBride, HMS Jason 1768 1769 Capt. Rayner 1769 1770 Capt. Anthony Hunt, HMS Tamar 1770 1770 Capt. George Farmer, HMS Favourite 1771 1772 Capt. John Burr, HMS Hound 1773 1776 Lt. Samuel Wittewrong Clayton

Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of Puerto Soledad From To Name 1767 1773 Felipe Ruíz Puente 1773 1774 Domingo Chauria 1774 1777 Francisco Gil Lemos 1777 1779 Ramón de Carassa 1779 1781 Salvador de Medina 1781 1783 Jacinto de Altolaguirre 1783 1784 Fulgencio Montemayor 1784 1786 Augustín Figueroa 1786 1787 Pedro de Mesa y Casto 1787 1788 Ramón Clairac 1788 1789 Pedro de Mesa y Casto 1789 1790 Ramón Clairac 1790 1791 Juan José de Elizalde 1791 1792 Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto 1792 1793 Juan José de Elizalde 1793 1794 Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto 1794 1795 José Aldana Ortega 1795 1796 Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto 1796 1797 José Aldana Ortega 1797 1798 Luis de Medina Torres 1798 1799 Francisco Javier de Viana 1799 1800 Luis de Medina Torres 1800 1801 Francisco Javier de Viana 1801 1802 Ramón Fernández Villegas 1802 1803 Bernardo Bonavía 1803 1804 Antonio Leal de Ibarra 1804 1805 Bernardo Bonavía 1805 1806 Antonio Leal de Ibarra 1806 1809 Bernardo Bonavía 1809 1810 Gerardo Bordas 1810 1811 Pablo Guillén

Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (Port Louis) From To Name 1829 1831 Luis Vernet 1832 1832 Juan Esteban Mestivier †

Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis From To Name 1833 1838 Lt. Henry Smith 1838 1839 Lt. Robert Lowcay 1839 1839 Lt. Robinson 1839 1841 Lt. John Tyssen

Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour From To Name 1841 1843 Lt. Richard Clement Moody

Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley

From To Name 1843 1848 Lt. Richard Clement Moody 1848 1855 Lt. George Rennie 1855 1862 Capt. Thomas Edward Laws Moore 1862 1866 Capt. James George Mackenzie 1866 1870 Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson 1870 1876 Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy 1876 1880 Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan 1880 1891 Thomas Kerr 1891 1897 Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy 1897 1904 Sir William Grey-Wilson 1904 1915 Sir William Lamond Allardyce 1915 1920 Sir William Douglas Young 1920 1927 Sir John Middleton 1927 1931 Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson 1931 1934 Sir James O'Grady 1935 1941 Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton 1941 1946 Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall 1946 1954 Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford 1954 1957 Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur 1957 1964 Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith 1964 1970 Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard 1971 1975 Ernest Gordon Lewis 1975 1977 Neville Arthur Irwin French 1977 1980 James Roland Walter Parker 1980 1985 Sir Rex Masterman Hunt

Argentine Military Commanders during 1982 Occupation

From To Name+ 2 April 1982 3 April 1982 General Oswaldo Jorge García (interim) 3 April 1982 14 June 1982 Brigadier General Mario Benjamín Menéndez

British Military Commander at Port Stanley From To Name 14 June 1982 25 June 1982 Major General Sir Jeremy Moore

Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley From To Name25 June 1982 16 October 1985 Sir Rex Masterman Hunt

Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)

From To Name 1985 1988 Sir Gordon Wesley Jewkes 1988 1992 William Hugh Fullerton 1992 1996 David Everard Tatham 1996 1999 Richard Peter Ralph 1999 2002 Donald Alexander Lamont 2002 2006 Howard John Stredder Pearce 2006 2010 Alan Edden Huckle 2010 2014 Nigel Robert Haywood 2014 2017 Colin Roberts 2017 2022 Nigel James Phillips 2022 2025 Alison Mary Blake 2025 Incumbent Colin Martin-Reynolds

External links

Falkland Islands Government - Organisation Falkland Island info