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List of governors of the Falkland Islands

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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

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Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis

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From To Name
1764 1767 Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont

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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

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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)

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From To Name
1829 1831 Luis Vernet
1832 1832 Juan Esteban Mestivier †

Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis

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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

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From To Name
1841 1843 Lt. Richard Clement Moody

Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley

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Flag of the governor of the Falkland Islands, 1876–1925
Flag of the governor of the Falkland Islands, 1925–1948
Current flag of the governor of the Falkland Islands, 1948–present
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 GCMG
1870 1876 Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy
1876 1880 Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan CMG
1880 1891 Thomas Kerr CMG
1891 1897 Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy KCMG
1897 1904 Sir William Grey-Wilson KCMG
1904 1915 Sir William Lamond Allardyce GCMG
1915 1920 Sir William Douglas Young KBE CMG
1920 1927 Sir John Middleton KBE CMG
1927 1931 Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson KCMG
1931 1934 Sir James O'Grady KCMG
1935 1941 Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton KCMG
1941 1946 Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall KBE CMG
1946 1954 Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford KBE CMG ED
1954 1957 Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur KCMG CVO
1957 1964 Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith KCMG
1964 1970 Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard KCMG MBE
1971 1975 Ernest Gordon Lewis CMG OBE
1975 1977 Neville Arthur Irwin French CMG MVO
1977 1980 James Roland Walter Parker CMG OBE
1980 2 April 1982 Sir Rex Masterman Hunt CMG

Argentine Military Commanders during 1982 Occupation

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Main article: Occupation of the Falkland Islands
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

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From To Name
14 June 1982 25 June 1982 Major General Sir Jeremy Moore KCB OBE MC*

Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley

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From To Name
25 June 1982 16 October 1985 Sir Rex Masterman Hunt CMG

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

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Then Governor Colin Roberts (centre) in his uniform as governor, Christ Church Cathedral, Remembrance Sunday 2016
From To Name
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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