Departments of Bolivia
The nine (ten officially including the Chillian administered Littoral since 1884) departments of Bolivia have directly elected governors since 18.12.2005. Autonomy from the federal government was declared unilaterally on 15.12.2007, but this was not recognized until 30.05.2010. The Departments received autonomy under the 2009 constitution.
Beni (El Beni)
1842 Beni (Trinidad) Province created
15 Dec 2007 Autonomy Declared
Prefects
18 Dec 2005 - 04 Jan 2010 Ernesto Suárez Sattori (1st Time) ... 1966- PODEMOS
04 Jan - 30 May 2010 Clemente Cárdenas Sanjinés
(acting)
Governors
30 May 2010 - 28 Feb 2013 Ernesto Suárez Sattori (2nd Time)
16 Dec 2011 - 28 Feb 2013 Haisen Riberta Leigue
(acting for Suárez)
01 Mar 2013 - 31 May 2015 Carmelo Lens Fredericksen
31 May 2015 - 13 Nov 2019 Alejandro Ferrier Abidar
13 Nov 2019 - 12 Jul 2020 Fanor Amapo Yubanera (1st Time)
12 Jul - 20 Aug 2020 Yáscara Moreno Flores
20 Aug 2020 - 03 May 2021 Fanor Amapo Yubanera (2nd Time)
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 José Alejandro Unzueta Shiriqui
03 May 2026 - Jesus Egüez Rivero
Chuquisaca
1538 Sucre founded
1783 Indendancy of Chuquisaca
2005 Autonomy
Indendants
1783 - 1785 José Ignacio Flores de Vergara
y Ximénez de Cárdenas ................... 1733-1786
1785 - 1790 Vicente de Gálvez y Valenzuela
1790 - 1797 Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rozas
Romero y Negrete ........................ 1729-1804
1797 - 25 May 1809 Ramón García de León y Pizarro ........... 1745-1815
30 Sep 1809 - 13 Nov 1810 Vicente Nieto de las Viñas y García
Sánchez de Valencia y González .......... 1769-1810
27 Dec 1810 - 26 Jan 1811 Juan José Antonio Castelli ............... 1764-1812
26 Jan 1811 - 13 Mar 1813 Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan ...... 1777-1850
1813 Francisco Antonio Ortiz de Ocampo ........ 1771-1840
1815 Martín Rodríguez ......................... 1771-1845
1815 - 1816 Juan Antonio Natalio Fernández ........... 1786-1855
1816 - 1818 José Pascual de Vivero y Salaverría
1818 - 1824 Rafael Maroto Yserns ..................... 1783-1853
1824 - 02 Apr 1825 Pedro Antonio de Olañeta Marquiegui ...... 1770-1825
Prefects
18 Dec 2005 - 30 Aug 2007 David Sanchez Heredia (1st Time) ......... 1966-
30 Aug - 20 Sep 2007 Adrián Valeriano ......................... 1964-
(acting)
20 Sep - 18 Dec 2007 David Sanchez Heredia (2nd Time)
18 Dec 2007 - 11 Jul 2008 Arial Iriarte
(acting)
11 Jul 2008 - 30 May 2010 Savina Cuéllar Leaños .................... 1956- ACI
Governors
30 May 2010 - 26 Dec 2014 Esteban Urquizu Cuéllar (1st Time) ....... 1981- MAS
26 Dec 2014 - 31 May 2015 Jaime Cárdenas Mendieta
(interim)
31 May 2015 - 25 Mar 2020 Esteban Urquizu Cuéllar (2nd Time)
23 Nov 2019 - 02 Jan 2020 Efraín Balderas Cháves (1st Time)
(acting)
02 Jan - 25 Mar 2020 Víctor Hugo Sánchez Morales
25 Mar 2020 - 03 May 2021 Efraín Balderas Cháves (2nd Time)
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 Damián Condori Herrera
03 May 2026 - Luis Edson Ayllón Salguerio
Cochabamba
1542 Cochabamba founded
1776 - 1809 Cochabamba province part of Rio de la Plata
1825 Part of Bolivia
18 Dec 2005 Autonomy declared
Governor-Intendants
1776 - 1780 Francisco de Viedma y Narváez ........... 1737-1809
1780 - 1784 Félix José Villalobos
1784 - 1809 Martín de Mendóza
1809 - 1810 José González de Amada
1810 - 1811 Francisco del Rivero .................... 1757-1813
1811 Antonio Allende
1811 - 1812 Joaquín Mariano de Lombera
1812 - 1813 Gerónimo Marrón de Lombera .............. 1760-1814
1813 Miguel José de Cabrera
1813 Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales ........ 1770-1831
1813 - 1814 Martín de Jáuregui
1814 - 1815 Antonio de Goyburo
1815 - 1816 Juan Antonio de Arenales
1816 - 1817 Tribunal Militar o de Purificatión
1817 - 1823 José de Mendizábal e Ymas
1823 - 1824 José Miguel de Velasco Franco ........... 1795-1859
1824 - 1825 Martín Ruiz de Somocurico
1825 Pedro Antonio de Assúa
Prefects
18 Dec 2005 - 12 Aug 2008 Manfred Reyes Villa ..................... 1954- NFR
12 Aug - 26 Aug 2008 Johnny Gutierrez Ferrel
(not recognised)
29 Aug - 12 Dec 2008 Rafael Puente Calvo ..................... 1940- MAS
(acting)
12 Dec 2008 - 30 May 2010 Jorge Ledezma Cordejo ................... 1963- MAS
(interim)
Governors
30 May 2010 - 31 May 2015 Edmundo Novillo Aguilar ................. 1963- MAS
31 May 2015 - 14 Nov 2019 Iván Canelas Alurralde .................. 1955- MAS
14 Nov 2019 - 03 May 2021 Esther Soria Gonzáles ................... 1976- MAS
(interim)
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 Humberto Sánchez Sánchez ................ 1970- MAS
03 May 2026 - Leonardo Loza ........................... 1983- MAS
La Paz
1548 Nuestra Señora La Paz (Chuqiyapu) founded
28 Jan 1782 Intendencia of La Paz
1811 Part of Peru
1809 Under revolutionary junta
1811 Occupied by the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata
11 Aug 1825 Part of Upper Peru
1828 - 1829 La Paz department declared independent
as the Republic of Upper Peru (not recognised by Bolivia)
18 Dec 2005 La Paz Department
30 May 2010 Autonomy recognised under the constitution of 7 Feb 2009
Governor-Intendants
01 Jan 1784 - 1789 José Sebastián de Segurola y Oluden
1789 - 1790 José Pablo Conti
1790 - 1791 Augustín de Goyoneta
1791 - 1793 Juan Manuel Álvarez
1793 - 1795 Francisco Antonio Dionisio Cuéllar Artucho
Carrillo de los Ríos Ronsvi Valdés
1795 - 1797 Fernándo de la Sota Agüero
1797 - 1805 Juan Antonio de Burgunyó
Aug 1805 - 12 Jul 1809 Tadeo Dávila
12 Jul - 30 Sep 1809 Pedro Domingo Murillo
30 Sep 1809 - 25 Jan 1810 Juan Ramírez Orosco
25 Jan 1810 - 1813 Domingo Tristán y Morscoso
1813 - 24 Sep 1814 Gregorio Hoyos de Miranda García
de Llano Marqués de Valdés Hoyos
24 Sep - 04 Nov 1814 José Astete
(relovutionaly government)
04 Nov 1814 - 26 Oct 1816 José María Luadavere
26 Oct 1816 - 01 Feb 1817 Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca
01 Feb 1817 - 1822 Juan Sánchez Lima
1822 - 1823 Francisco Huarte y Jáuregui
- 1823 José Ramón de Loazim
1823 - 31 Jan 1825 José Ildefonso Mendizábal e Imaz
President of Upper Peru
Sep 1828 - 01 Jan 1829 Pedro Blanco Soto ....................... 1795-1829
Prefects
18 Dec 2005 - 10 Aug 2008 José Luis Paredes Muñoz ................. 1956- PODEMOS
10 Aug - 29 Aug 2008 Alejandro Zapata
(acting)
29 Aug 2008 - 30 May 2010 Pablo Ramos Sánchez ..................... 1937- MAS
Governors
30 May 2010 - 31 May 2015 César Hugo Cocarico Yana ................ 1969- MAS
31 May 2015 - 03 May 2021 Félix Patzi Paco ........................ 1967- MAS
03 May 2021 - 03 Mar 2026 Santos Quispe Quispe .................... 1982-
03 May 2026 - Luis Antonio Revilla Herrero ............ 1972-
Oruro
1606 Oruro founded
Prefect
18 Dec 2005 - 30 May 2010 Alberto Luís Aguilar Calle .............. 1958- MAS
Governors
30 May 2010 - 31 May 2015 Santos Javier Tito Véliz ................ 1964- MAS
31 May 2015 - 19 Nov 2019 Víctor Hugo Vásquez Mamani .............. 1971- MAS
19 Nov 2019 - 31 May 2020 Zenón Pizarro Garisto ................... 1977- MAS
(interim)
31 May 2020 - 03 May 2021 Edson Milton Oczachoque Gerónimo
(interim)
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 Johnny Franklin Vedia Rodríguez ......... 1969- MAS
03 May 2026 - Edgar Sánchez
Pando
1938 Pando (Cobija) province created
15 Dec 2007 Autonomy declared
16 Sep 2008 - 2010 Under martial law
Prefects
18 Dec 2005 - 16 Sep 2008 Leopoldo Fernández Ferreira ............. 1952- PODEMOS
20 Sep 2008 - 30 May 2010 Landelino Bandeiras Arze
(interim)
Governor
30 May 2010 - 24 Dec 2014 Luis Adolfo Flores Roberts (1st Time) ... 1972-
24 Dec 2014 - 31 May 2015 Edgar Polanco Tirina .................... 1969- MAS
(interim)
31 May 2015 - 03 Nov 2020 Luis Adolfo Flores Roberts (2nd Time)
03 Nov 2020 - 03 May 2021 Paola Terrazas Justiniano
(interim)
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 Regis Germán Richter Alencar ............ 1971-
03 May 2026 - Gabriela de Paiva Padilla ............... 1994-
Potosí
1546 Potosi Founded
1783-1811 Province of Upper Peru
1811-1815 Annexed to Peru
11 Aug 1815 Part of Bolivia
Governor-Intendants
28 Jan 1782 - 18 Dec 1788 Juan del Pino Manrique de Lara
18 Dec 1788 - 10 Nov 1810 Francisco de Paula Sanz y Espinosa
de los Monteros Martínez y Soler ....... 1745-1810
10 Nov - 25 Nov 1810 Joaquín de la Quintana
25 Nov - 27 Dec 1810 Juan José Antonio Castelli
27 Dec 1810 - 1811 Pedro Lobo
1811 Feliciano Antonio Chiclana .............. 1761-1826
04 Aug - 20 Sep 1811 Juan Martín de Puerredón y O'Dogan
20 Sep - 29 Oct 1811 Miguel Lamberto de Sierra
29 Oct 1811 - 01 Mar 1813 Mariano de Campero y Ugarte
01 Mar - 21 Dec 1813 Buenaventura Salinas
11 Sep - Oct 1813 Apolinario Figueroa ..................... 1771-1842
(1st Time, substitute)
21 Dec 1813 - 22 Oct 1814 Gerónimo Marrón y Lombera
22 Oct 1814 - 26 Apr 1815 Felipe Lizarazu,
conde de Casa Real de Moneda
05 May - Jul 1815 Apolinario Figueroa (2nd Time)
Prefect
18 Dec 2005 - 30 May 2010 Mario Virreira .......................... 1949- MAS
Governors
30 May 2010 - 31 May 2015 Félix González Bernal ................... 1960-
31 May 2015 - 15 Nov 2019 Juan Carlos Cejas Ugarte ................ 1969- MAS
15 Nov 2019 - 03 May 2021 Omer Veliz Ramos
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 Johnny Óscar Mamani Gutiérrez ........... 1975- MAS
03 May 2026 - René Joaquino Cabrera ................... 1966-
Santa Cruz
1561 Santa Cruz de la Sierra city founded
1826 Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) province created
2007 Autonomy declared
Prefects
18 Dec 2005 - 05 Jan 2010 Rubén Darío Costas Aguilera (1st Time) .. 1955- APB
05 Jan - 30 May 2010 Roly Aguilera Gasser .................... 1969-
(interim)
Governor
30 May 2010 - 11 Dec 2014 Rubén Darío Costas Aguilera (2nd Time)
11 Dec 2014 - 30 May 2015 Blanca Ruth Lozada Añez ................. 1959-
31 May 2015 - 03 May 2021 Rubén Darío Costas Aguilera (3rd Time)
03 May 2021 - 03 Mar 2026 Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca .............. 1979- C
(arrested 28 Dec 2022)
03 May 2026 - Juan Pablo Velasco Dalence .............. 1987-
Tarija
1574 Tarija city founded
1831 Tarija province created
2007 Autonomy declared
Governors
20 Jan 2006 - 05 Jan 2010 Mario Adel Cossío Cortez (1st Time) ..... 1960-
06 Jan - 30 May 2010 Mauricio Lea Plaza ...................... 1963-
(interim)
30 May 2010 - 31 May 2015 Mario Adel Cossío Cortez (2nd Time)
(suspended 16 Dec 2010)
16 Dec 2010 - 31 May 2015 Lino Condori ............................ 1954- MAS
(acting for suspended Cortez)
31 May 2015 - 03 May 2021 Adrián Oliva Alcázar .................... 1978-
03 May 2021 - 03 May 2026 Óscar Gerardo Montes Barzón ............. 1960-
03 May 2026 - Maria René Soruco Campero
C=Creemos ('We Believe,' right-wing popularist, anti-communism).
MAS=Movimento al Socialismo (Movement Towards Socialism, socialist).
MIR=Movimento Izquierda Revolucionaria (Movement of Revolutionary Left, social-democratic).
MNR=Movimento Nacionalista Revolucionaria (National Revolutionary Movement, centrist).
PODEMOS=Poder Democratic Social (Social and Democratic Power 'We can,' conservative, ex-ADR).
Northwestern Krai and Lithuania-Governor Generalship
Grodno
1795 - 1796 Slonim governorate
1796 - 1801 Part of the Lithuania Viceroyalty
1801 Grodno governorate
1915 - 1918 German occupation
1919 Divided between Lithuania and Poland
18 Mar 1921 Formally ceded to Poland by Soviet Russia by the Peace of Riga
Governors
20 Mar 1802 - 26 Jul 1803 Dmitriy Rodionovich Koshelev ........................ 17..-1815
26 Jul 1803 - 25 Mar 1812 Vasily Sergeyevich Lanskoi .......................... 1754-1831
25 Mar - 30 Jun 1812 Konastantin Yakovlevich Bulgakov
Jan - 25 Mar 1813 Frantsisk-Ksaveriy Drutskiy-Lyubetsky ............... 1757-1818
(1st Time)
25 Mar 1813 - 22 Jan 1816 Karl Karlovich Leshern .............................. 1778-1846
22 Jan - 20 Jul 1816 Frantsisk-Ksaveriy Drutskiy-Lyubetsky (2nd Time)
20 Jul 1816 - 22 Nov 1817 Stanislav Ursin-Nemtsevich .......................... 17..-1817
22 Nov 1817 - 05 Feb 1819 Kalikst Iosifovich Merzhevsky
05 Feb 1819 - 30 Oct 1824 Mikhail Faddeyevich Butovt-Andrzhelkovich ........... 1778-1830
30 Oct 1824 - 14 Apr 1831 Mikhail Trofimovich Bobyatinsky ..................... 1773-1832
14 Apr - 24 Aug 1831 Georgy Ilich Bazhanov
23 Aug 1831 - 18 Mar 1840 Nikolay Andreyevich Dolgorukov
(Military governor)
24 Aug 1831 - 12 Jan 1835 Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov-Vilensky .............. 1796-1866
12 Jan 1835 - 16 May 1836 Maj-Gen. Nikifor Kharlamovich Koptev
16 May 1836 - 19 Oct 1842 Grigory Gavrilovich Doppelmeier ..................... 1789-18..
27 Jul 1844 - 17 Mar 1848 Thiyodor Ivanovich Vaskov ........................... 1791-1855
17 Mar 1848 - 03 Mar 1856 Baron Khristofor Khristoforovich Khoven ............. 1795-1890
04 Mar 1856 - 01 Sep 1861 Ivan Abramovich Speyer .............................. 1805-1869
19 Sep 1861 - 23 Mar 1862 Aleksandr Maksimovich Drenyakin ..................... 1813-1879
23 Mar 1862 - 17 Apr 1863 Maj-Gen. Ivan Vladimirovich von Haller
17 Apr - 21 Jul 1863 Count Vladimir Alekseyevich Bobrinsky ............... 1824-1898
21 Jul 1863 - 13 Jan 1868 Maj-Gen. Ivan Nikolayevich Skvortsov ................ 1817-1882
13 Jan 1868 - 15 Jul 1870 Dmitriy Nikolayevich Kropotkin ...................... 1836-1879
15 Jul 1870 - 19 May 1878 Maj-Gen. Aleksandr Elpidiforovich Zurov ............. 1837-1902
04 Jul 1878 - 27 Feb 1879 Col. Viktor Wilhelmovich von Wahl ................... 1840-1915
30 Aug 1879 - 16 Oct 1883 Col. Nikolay Maksimovich Tseymern ................... 1839-1915
10 Nov 1883 - 19 Apr 1890 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Potemkin
19 Apr 1890 - 06 Mar 1899 Dmitriy Nikolayevich Batioshkov ..................... 1828-1909
02 Apr 1899 - 19 Oct 1900 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Dobrovolsky .................. 1854-1918
29 Jan 1901 - 28 Apr 1902 Prince Nikolay Petrovich Urusov ..................... 1864-1918
21 Jul 1902 - 15 Feb 1903 Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin .......................... 1862-1911
15 Feb 1903 - 16 May 1905 Mikhail Mikhailovich Osorgin ........................ 1861-1939
04 Jun 1905 - 16 Jan 1906 Ivan Lvovich Blok ................................... 1858-1906
10 Feb - 24 Jun 1906 Vladimir Konstantinovich Kister
24 Jul 1906 - 20 Oct 1907 Maj-Gen. Franz-Albert Aleksandrovich Zein ........... 1862-1918
10 Dec 1907 - 21 Dec 1912 Viktor Mikhailovich Borzenko ........................ 1862-1932
21 Dec 1912 - 27 Oct 1913 Petr Mikhailovich Boyarsky .......................... 1870-1944
31 Oct 1913 - 01 Mar 1916 Maj-Gen. Vadim Nikolayevich Shebeko ................. 1864-1943
01 Mar 1916 - Jan 1917 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Creighton .................... 1866-1918
Leaders of the Local Nobility
1798 - 1801 Count Mikhail Jeronim Stanislawowicz Brzostowski
1801 - 1807 Stanislaw Marcelowicz Ursynow-Niemcewicz
1808 - 1809 Pawel Mikhailovich Boreisza
1809 - 23 Mar 1817 Ludwig Karlovich Pancerzinski
1817 - 1819 Kalikstus Iosifowicz Merzevski
1819 - 1825 Count Kazimierz Janowicz Grabowski
1825 - 02 Sep 1834 Prince Konstantin Antonovich Chetvert'ynsky
02 Sep 1834 - 1837 .... Huwald
1837 - 1839 Karol Rafailowicz Zalenski
16 Feb 1840 - 1846 Franz Adabbertovich Puslowski
1846 - 1847 Roman Antonowicz Lyachnycski
1847 - 1853 Stepan Jakoblewicz Nezabytovsky
16 May 1853 - 21 Oct 1861 Kalikstus Nikodimowicz Orzeszko
21 Oct 1861 - 10 Sep 1863 Count Viktor Stanslawowicz Starzynski
10 Sep 1863 - 02 Jan 1867 Julian Ksawerewicz Krziwicski
01 Dec 1867 - 26 May 1878 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dav'ydov .................... 1816-1886
24 Nov 1878 - 04 Apr 1900 Jan Gottlieb Ursynow-Niemcewicz
12 Apr 1900 - 13 May 1904 Pyotr Vladimirovich Veryovkin
13 May 1904 - 15 Dec 1906 Ivan Mikhailovich V'ysheslavtsev
15 Dec 1906 - 1917 Nikolas Grigoryevich Neverovich
Kovno
18 Dec 1842 Kovno (Kaunas) Governorate
18 Aug 1915 - 1918 German occupation
23 Mar 1918 Part of independent Lithuania
Governors
23 Apr 1843 - 10 Mar 1848 Ivan Stepanovich Kalkatin .......................... 1800-185
10 Mar - 17 Mar 1848 Prince Sergey Alekseyevich Dolgorukov .............. 1809-1891
17 Mar 1848 - 03 Apr 1851 Maj-Gen. Afanasy Aleksandrovich Radishchev ......... 1796-1881
03 Apr 1851 - 13 Aug 1854 Maj-Gen. Pyotr Ivanovich Schwartz
13 Aug 1854 - 24 Oct 1857 Maj-Gen. Ivan Vasilyevich Romanus .................. 1803-1861
01 Nov 1857 - 18 Sep 1861 Stanislav Faddeyevich Khominsky .................... 1807-1886
18 Sep 1861 - 04 Jun 1863 Admiral. Grigory Aleksandrovich von Krieger ........ 1820-1881
04 Jun - 01 Aug 1863 Sergey Petrovich Freiherr von Engelhardt ........... 1795-1870
01 Aug 1863 - 27 Jul 1866 Count Nikolay Mikhailovich Muravyov ................ 1819-1867
29 Jul 1866 - 17 Mar 1868 Aleksey Gavilovich Kaznacheyev ..................... 1823-1888
31 Mar 1868 - 10 Jan 1874 Prince Mikhail Aleksander Obolensky ................ 1821-1886
08 Feb 1874 - 30 Apr 1879 Pyotr Ivanovich Bazilevsky
21 May 1879 - 27 Jun 1880 Sergey Nikolayevich Gudim-Levkovich ................ 1840-1885
06 Sep 1880 - 09 Mar 1881 Col. Nikolay Mikhailovich Baranov .................. 1837-1901
27 Mar 1881 - 26 Dec 1886 Valery Petrovich Melnitsky
08 Jan 1887 - 19 Apr 1890 Evgeny Aleksandrovich Kurovsky ..................... 1845-1909
03 Mar 1890 - 11 Jul 1896 Nikolay Mikhailovich Klingenberg ................... 1853-1917
11 Nov 1896 - 24 May 1899 Sergey Petrovich Sukodolsky ........................ 1845-1907
24 May 1899 - 02 Jan 1902 Aleksey Petrovich Rogonovich ....................... 1858-1935
02 Jan 1902 - 15 Apr 1904 Emmanuil Aleksandrovich Vatatsi .................... 1856-1920
24 Apr 1904 - 31 Dec 1912 Pyotr Vladimirovich Verevkin ....................... 1862-1946
01 Jan 1913 - 02 Mar 1917 Nikolay Dmitryevich Gryazev ........................ 1868-1918
(in exile from 18 Aug 1915)
Provincial Leaders of the Nobility
09 Aug 1843 - 27 Sep 1845 Ivan Nikolayevich Pizani
19 Jul 1846 - 16 Jul 1849 Count Benedikt Mikhailovich Tyshkevich
16 Jul 1849 - 21 Jun 1852 Klety Kazimirovich Burba
19 Jan 1853 - 19 Oct 1855 Count Marian Stanislavovich Chapsky
19 Nov 1855 - 06 Jul 1857 Count Adolf Stanislavovich Chapsky
06 Jul 1857 - 02 Feb 1862 Josef Stanislavovich Dovgird
02 Mar 1862 - 05 Dec 1878 Feliciy Evastiyevich Karp
28 Jul 1878 - 12 Dec 1898 Nikolay Nikolayevich Zubov
24 Jan 1899 - 30 Mar 1902 Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ......................... 1862-1911
14 Jul 1902 - 02 Aug 1909 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Muller ................... 1862-1923
02 Aug 1909 - 1915 Prince Illarion Sergeyevich Vasilchikov ............ 1881-1969
1915 - 1917 Pyotr Alexandrovich Müller
Vilna
1796 Vilna governorate
01 Jul 1843 Kovno governorate separated from Vilna
18 Aug 1915 - 1918 German occupation
1918 - 1939 Part of Poland
Governors
Apr - Dec 1796 Count Aleksandr Petrovich Tormasov .................. 1752-1819
06 Jan 1797 - 19 Dec 1799 Yakov Ivanovich Bulgakov ............................ 1743-1809
19 Dec 1799 - 1801 Johann Friedrich Frisell ............................ 1760-1820
06 Jan 1801 - 06 Dec 1804 Dmitry Sergeyevich Lanskoy .......................... 1767-1833
Dec 1804 - Dec 1806 Ivan Sevastyanovich Rickman
18 Dec 1806 - 1808 Prokopy Lukich Bogmevsky
10 Mar 1808 - 15 Oct 1810 Nikolay Ivanovich Brusilov
24 Mar 1811 - 20 Jul 1816 Aleksandr Stepanovich Lavinsky ...................... 1776-1844
20 Jul 1816 - 16 Oct 1823 Prince Ksaver Franzevich Drutsky-Lyubetsky .......... 1778-1846
16 Oct 1823 - 18 Dec 1830 Pyotr Grigoryevich Horn ............................. 1771-1847
18 Dec 1830 - 03 May 1832 Dmitry Mikhailovich Obreskov ........................ 1790-1864
05 May 1832 - 16 May 1836 Grigory Gavrilovich Doppelmayer
16 May 1836 - 15 Mar 1838 Dmitry Nikolayevich Bantysh-Kamensky ................ 1788-1850
27 Mar 1838 - 20 Oct 1840 Prince Yury Alekseyevich Dolgorukov ................. 1807-1882
20 Oct 1840 - 19 Sep 1844 Aleksey Vasilyevich Semyonov ........................ 1799-1864
19 Sep 1844 - 09 Aug 1846 Nikolay Arsenyevich Zherebtsov ...................... 1807-1868
23 Sep 1846 - 07 Mar 1851 Mikhail L'vovich Begichev
14 Mar 1851 - 18 Oct 1857 Maj-Gen. Arkardy Iosifovich Rosset
01 Nov 1857 - 17 Apr 1863 Mikhail Nikolayevich Pokhvisnev ..................... 1811-1882
17 Apr - 26 Jun 1863 Maj-Gen. Ivan Vladimirovich Haller
28 Jun 1863 - 18 Mar 1868 Stepan Thyodorovich Panyutin ........................ 1822-1885
18 Mar 1868 - 27 Oct 1869 Ivan Alekseyevich Shestakov ......................... 1820-1888
02 Nov 1869 - 04 May 1882 Egor Pavlovich Stebin-Kamensky ...................... 1815-1882
16 Jul 1882 - 21 Jun 1885 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov ............... 1826-1896
21 Jun 1885 - 24 Mar 1895 Nikolai Aleksandrovich Freiherr von Graevenitz ...... 1849-1898
16 Nov 1895 - 24 May 1896 Lt-Gen. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Frese .............. 1840-1918
05 Jul 1896 - 24 May 1899 Ivan Il'ich Chepelevsky ............................. 1842-1904
24 May 1899 - 02 Oct 1901 Prince Nikolay Il'ich Gruzinsky ..................... 1844-1916
02 Oct 1901 - 15 Sep 1902 Lt-Gen. Viktor Karl Konrad Vihelmovich von Wahl ..... 1840-1915
20 Sep 1902 - 02 Dec 1905 Konstantin Johann Georg Konstantinovich
Graf von Pahlen .................................... 1861-1923
02 Dec 1905 - 06 Feb 1906 Count Sergey Sergeyevich Tatishchev ................. 1872-1915
06 Feb 1906 - 05 Jul 1912 Dmitry Nikolayevich Lyubimov ........................ 1864-1942
05 Jul 1912 - 1916 Peter Vladimirovich Verevkin ........................ 1862-1946
1916 - 1917 Count Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tolstoy ................ 1878-1919
Heads of the German Military Administration for Vilnius
23 Nov 1915 - May 1916 Karl Benedix Wilhelm von Alten ...................... 1852-1937
May 1916 - 03 Mar 1917 Carl Franz Adolph von Harbou ........................ 1860-1927
Provincial Leaders of the Nobility
1798 - 1801 Ludwig Jozefowicz Tyszkowicz
1801 - 1805 Count Michal-Hieronim Brzostowski ................... 1762-1806
1805 - 1808 Gaspar Kazimierzowicz Czidz
1809 - 1813 Kazimierz Alojziewicz Sulistrowski
1813 - 1815 Jan Faddyowicz Gedrojc
1815 - 1818 Thyodor Ferdinandovich Roop
1818 - 1822 Michael-Josef Stepanovich-Dominikovich Romer
1822 - 10 Feb 1830 Evstafy-Karl Felicianowicz Karp
10 Feb 1830 - 03 Jul 1833 Osip-Ludwig-Wincenty Adamowicz Gorski
1833 - 1834 Count Ignac Onufryevich Zabello
12 Nov 1834 - 03 Jun 1840 Ivan Fom'ich Marcinkewicz
26 Aug 1840 - 03 Jun 1843 Eduard Iosifovich Mostovsky
13 Apr 1843 - 07 Mar 1846 Foma Mikhailovich Mineyko
07 Mar 1846 - 25 Nov 1855 Frantiszek Wojcechowicz Puslowski
25 Nov 1855 - 28 Sep 1878 Aleksandr Faddeyevich Domyeko
24 Nov 1878 - 1908 Count Adam Alfred Gustaw Broel-Plater z Broelu ...... 1836-1909
01 Dec 1909 - 1917 Szymon Apollinarewicz Kraskowski
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