List of Spanish high commissioners in Morocco

High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco
Alto Comisario de España en Marruecos
Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco
Longest serving
José Enrique Varela

4 March 1945 – 24 March 1951
Reports toHead of State of Spain
ResidenceRoyal Palace of Tétouan[1]
SeatTetuán
Formation3 April 1913
First holderFelipe Alfau Mendoza
Final holderRafael García Valiño
Abolished7 April 1956
Spanish Morocco (yellow), 1956.

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.

  1. ^ Juan Arrate (1948), "Las residencias de S.A.I. el Jalifa y S.E. el Alto Comisario en Tetuán", Africa, 77–78, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, archived from the original on 19 February 2022, retrieved 19 February 2022