| Name | Place and date of birth | Term |
|---|---|---|
| D. Ramón de Santillán | Lerma (Burgos). 1791 | January 1856 - November 1863 |
| D. Francisco Santa Cruz | Orihuela (Alicante). 1802 | November 1863 - April 1866 |
| D. Victorio Fernández Lazcoiti | Oviedo. 1805 | April 1866 - July 1866 |
| D. Juan Bautista Trúpita | Huércal-Overa (Almería). 1815 | July 1866 - October 1868 |
| D. Manuel Cantero San Vicente | Madrid. 1804 | October 1868 - December 1876 |
| D. Pedro Salaverría | Santander. 1810 | January 1877 - October 1877 |
| D. José Elduayen y Gorriti | Madrid. 1823 | October 1877 - February 1878 |
| D. Martín Belda y Mencía del Barrio | Córdoba. 1815 | February 1878 - March 1881 |
| D. Antonio Romero Ruíz | Santiago 1822 | March 1881 - October 1883 |
| D. Juan Francisco Camacho | Cádiz. 1813 | October 1883 - January 1884 |
| D. Francisco de Cárdenas | Sevilla. 1816 | January 1884 - February 1885 |
| D. Salvador de Albacete y Albert | Cartagena (Murcia). 1822 | February 1885 - August 1890 |
| D. Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo | Llanes (Asturias). 1839 | August 1890 - November 1891 |
| D. Juan Francisco Camacho | Cádiz. 1813 | November 1891- April 1892 |
| D. Santos de Isasa y Valseca | Montoro (Córdoba). 1822 | April 1892 - December 1892 |
| D. Pío Gullón e Iglesias | Astorga (León). 1835 | December 1892 - April 1895 |
| D. Santos de Isasa y Valseca | Montoro (Córdoba). 1822 | April 1895 - September 1895 |
| D. Manuel Aguirre de Tejada | El Ferrol (La Coruña). 1829 | September 1895 - December 1895 |
| D. José García Barzanallana | Madrid. 1819 | December 1895 - October 1897 |
| D. Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno | Limpias (Santander). 1842 | October 1897 - March 1899 |
| D. Luis María de la Torre y de la Hoz | Anaz (Santander). 1827 | March 1899 - October 1899 |
| D. Antonio María Fabié | Sevilla. 1834 | October 1899 - December 1899 |
| D. Juan de la Concha Castañeda | Plasencia (Cáceres). 1818 | January 1900 - April 1901 |
| D. Pío Gullón e Iglesias (1) | Astorga (León). 1835 | April 1901 - February 1902 |
| D. Andrés Mellado y Fernández | Málaga. 1846 | July 1902 - December 1902 |
| D. Antonio García Alix | Murcia. 1852 | December 1902 - July 1903 |
| D. José Sánchez Guerra y Martínez | Córdoba. 1859 | July 1903 - December 1903 |
| D. Tomás Castellanos y Villaroya | Zaragoza. 1850 | December 1903 - December 1904 |
| D. Manuel Allendesalazar | Guernica (Vizcaya). 1856 | December 1904 - August 1905 |
| D. Trinitario Ruiz y Capdepón | Orihuela (Alicante). 1836 | August 1905 - June 1906 |
| D. Fernando Merino Villarino | León. 1869 | June 1906 - January 1907 |
| D. José Sánchez Guerra | Córdoba. 1859 | January 1907 - September 1908 |
| D. Antonio García Alix | Murcia. 1852 | September 1908 - October 1909 |
| D. Fernando Merino Villarino | León. 1869 | October 1909 - February 1910 |
| D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta | Logroño. 1853 | February 1910 - April 1911 |
| D. Eduardo Cobián y Roffignac | Pontevedra. 1857 | April 1911 - November 1913 |
| D. Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual | Sevilla. 1863 | November 1913 - January 1916 |
| D. Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno | Limpias (Santander). 1842 | January 1916 - July 1916 |
| D. Amós Salvador y Rodrigáñez | Logroño. 1845 | July 1916 - June 1917 |
| D. Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual | Sevilla. 1863 | June 1917 - November 1917 |
| D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta | Logroño. 1853 | November 1917 - April 1919 |
| D. Manuel Allendesalazar | Guernica (Vizcaya). 1856 | April 1919 - October 1919 |
| D. Eduardo Sanz Escartín | Pamplona. 1855 | October 1919 - March 1921 |
| D. José Maestre Pérez | Monóvar (Alicante). 1866 | March 1921 - August 1921 |
| D. Luis A. Sedó Guichard | Madrid. 1873 | August 1921 - March 1922 |
| D. Salvador Bermúdez de Castro | Madrid. 1863 | March 1922 - January 1923 |
| D. Tirso Rodrigáñez y Sagasta (2) | Logroño. 1853 | January 1923 - September 1923 |
| D. Carlos Vergara Cailleaux | Getafe (Madrid). 1854 | February 1924 - October 1929 |
| D. José Manuel Figueras Arizcun | Madrid. 1869 | October 1929 - February 1930 |
| D. Juan Antonio Gamazo y Abarca | Boecillo (Valladolid). 1840 | February 1930 - August 1930 |
| D. Federico Carlos Bas Vasallo | Alicante. 1881 | August 1930 - April 1931 |
| D. Julio Carabias Salcedo | Valladolid. 1883 | April 1931 - September 1933 |
| D. Manuel Marraco Ramón | Zaragoza. 1870 | September 1933 - March 1934 |
| D. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora | Madrid. 1893 | March 1934 - April 1935 |
| D. Alejandro Fernández de Araoz | Medina del Campo (Valladolid). 1894 | April 1935 - Mai 1935 |
| D. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora | Madrid. 1893 | Mai 1935 - February 1936 |
| D. Luis Nicolau d'Olwer (3) | Barcelona. 1888 | March 1936 - August 1938 |
| D. Antonio Goicoechea | Barcelona. 1876 | April 1938 - August 1950 |
| D. Francisco de Cárdenas y de la Torre | Madrid. 1875 | August 1950 - September 1951 |
| D. Joaquín Benjumea y Burín (4) | Sevilla. 1878 | September 1951 - December 1963 |
| D. Mariano Navarro Rubio | Burbáguena (Teruel). 1913 | July 1965 - July 1970 |
| D. Luis Coronel de Palma | Madrid. 1925 | July 1970 - August 1976 |
| D. José María López de Letona | Burgos. 1922 | August 1976 - March 1978 |
| D. José Ramón Alvarez Rendueles | Gijón. 1940 | March 1978 - July 1984 |
| D. Mariano Rubio Jiménez | Burgos. 1931 | July 1984 - July 1992 |
| D. Luis Angel Rojo Duque | Madrid. 1934 | July 1992 - July 2000 |
| D. Jaime Caruana Lacorte | Valencia. 1952 | July 2000 - July 2006 |
| D. Miguel Fernández Ordoñez | Madrid. 1945 | July 2006 - June 2012 |
| D. Luis M. Linde de Castro | Madrid. 1945 | June 2012 - June 2018 |
| D. Pablo Hernández de Cos | Madrid. 1971 | June 2018 – June 2024 |
| D. José Luis Escrivá Belmonte | Albacete. 1960 | September 2024 - |
(1) On 18 February 1902, Benito Fariñas, the First Deputy Governor, stood in temporarily as acting Governor for Pío Gullón until 28 July 1902, when Andrés Mellado took up the post.
(2) On 17 September 1923, Pío García Escudero, the First Deputy Governor, stood in temporarily as acting Governor for Tirso Rodrigáñez Sagasta until 25 February 1924, when Carlos Vergara Cailleaux took up the post.
(3) From August to December 1938, Julio Carabias, the First Deputy Governor, was acting Governor of the Banco de España in the Republican zone.
The Banco de España in the Nationalist zone, with head office at the Burgos branch, had no Governor until April 1938, when Antonio Goicoechea was appointed. Until then the acting Governor was first Pedro Pan, the First Deputy Governor and later, although Pedro Pan remained accredited as such until March 1938, Ramón Artigas Gracia, Second Deputy Governor. In January 1938 the latter was appointed First Deputy Governor.
(4) On 30 December 1963, Joaquín Benjumea died in Seville. Gonzalo Lacalle Leloup, the First Deputy Governor, was acting Governor from January 1964 until 10 July 1965, when Mariano Navarro Rubio took up the post.
