List_of_Governors_of_the_Falkland_Islands
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.
Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont
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| 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 |
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Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of Puerto Soledad
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| From | To | Name |
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| 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 |
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Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (Port Louis)
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| From | To | Name |
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| 1829 | 1831 | Luis Vernet |
| 1832 | 1832 | Juan Esteban Mestivier † |
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Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis
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| From | To | Name |
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| 1833 | 1838 | Lt. Henry Smith |
| 1838 | 1839 | Lt. Robert Lowcay |
| 1839 | 1839 | Lt. Robinson |
| 1839 | 1841 | Lt. John Tyssen |
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Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour
Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley
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Argentine Military Commanders during 1982 Occupation
Main article: Occupation of the Falkland Islands
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| From | To | Name |
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| 2 April 1982 | 3 April 1982 | General Oswaldo Jorge García (interim) |
| 3 April 1982 | 14 June 1982 | Brigadier General Mario Benjamín Menéndez |
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British Military Commander at Port Stanley
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| From | To | Name |
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| 14 June 1982 | 25 June 1982 | Major General Sir Jeremy Moore KCB OBE MC* |
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Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley
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| From | To | Name |
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| 25 June 1982 | 16 October 1985 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt CMG |
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Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)
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| From | To | Name |
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| 1985 | 1988 | Sir Gordon Wesley Jewkes KCMG |
| 1988 | 1992 | William Hugh Fullerton CMG |
| 1992 | 1996 | David Everard Tatham CMG |
| 1996 | 1999 | Richard Peter Ralph CMG CVO |
| 1999 | 2002 | Donald Alexander Lamont |
| 2002 | 2006 | Howard John Stredder Pearce CMG |
| 2006 | 2010 | Alan Edden Huckle |
| 2010 | 2014 | Nigel Robert Haywood CVO |
| 2014 | 2017 | Colin Roberts CVO |
| 2017 | 2022 | Nigel James Phillips CBE |
| 2022 | Incumbent | Alison Mary Blake CMG |
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