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 NotesPortrait3 April 1913 to 15 August 1913Felipe Alfau Mendoza, High Commissioner17 August 1913 to 9 July 1915José Marina Vega, High Commissioner9 July 1915 to 18 November 1918, High CommissionerDied in office27 January 1919 to 13 July 1922Dámaso Berenguer, High Commissioner15 July 1922 to 22 January 1923, High Commissioner16 February 1923 to 14 September 1923, High Commissioner1st civil administrator25 September 1923 to 16 October 1924, High Commissioner16 October 1924 to 2 November 1925Miguel Primo de Rivera, High Commissioner2 November 1925 to November 1928José Sanjurjo, High Commissioner1st termNovember 1928 to 19 April 1931Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa, High CommissionerSon of 19 April 1931 to 20 June 1931José Sanjurjo, High Commissioner2nd term20 June 1931 to May 1933, High CommissionerMay 1933 to 23 January 1934Juan Moles, High Commissioner1st term23 January 1934 to March 1936Manuel Rico Avello, High CommissionerMarch 1936 to May 1936Juan Moles, High Commissioner2nd termMay 1936 to 18 July 1936Arturo Álvarez-Buylla Godino, Acting High Commissioner18 July 1936 to July 1936Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga, High CommissionerJuly 1936 to 2 October 1936Francisco Franco, High Commissioner2 October 1936 to March 1937Luis Orgaz Yoldi, High Commissioner1st termAugust 1937 to 12 August 1939Juan Luis Beigbeder, High Commissioner16 August 1939 to 12 May 1941Carlos Asensio Cabanillas, High Commissioner12 May 1941 to 4 March 1945Luis Orgaz Yoldi, High Commissioner2nd term4 March 1945 to 24 March 1951José Enrique Varela, High CommissionerDied in office24 March 1951 to 7 April 1956Rafael García Valiño, High Commissioner
See also French protectorate in Morocco List of French residents-general in Morocco Spanish Sahara List of colonial governors of Spanish Sahara Spanish West Africa
References
Sources http://www.rulers.org/rulm2.html#morocco African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press (2000)