List of the Colonial Heads of Cyrenaica (Libya)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes
|
|---|---|---|
| 1843 | Foundation of the Sanusiya Order | |
| Awlad Sayyidi ‘Abd Allah Dynasty, (al-Khattabi al-Mujahiri al-Hasani al-Idrisi lineage) | ||
| 1843 to 7 September 1859 | Sheikh Sayyid Muhammad ibn ‘Ali as-Sanusi | |
| 7 September 1859 to 2 June 1902 | Sheikh Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Sanusi | |
| 2 June 1902 to 21 August 1918 | Sheikh Sayyid Ahmad ibn Sayyid Muhammad ash-Sharif as-Sanusi | |
| 21 August 1918 to 25 October 1920 | Sheikh Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi | |
| 25 October 1920 to 1929 | Emir Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi 1st Term | |
| 1911 to 1913 | Ottavio Briccola, Governor | |
| October 1913 to 1918 | Giovanni Battista Ameglio, Governor | |
| 5 August 1918 to 1919 | Vincenzo Garioni, Governor | |
| 1920 | Italy claims sovereignty | |
| 5 August 1919 to 23 November 1921 | Giacomo De Martino, Governor | |
| 23 November 1921 to October 1922 | Luigi Pintor, Governor | |
| October 1922 to December 1922 | Eduardo Baccardi, Governor | |
| 7 January 1923 to 1924 | Luigi Bongiovanni, Governor | |
| 1924 to 2 December 1926 | Ernesto Mombelli, Governor | |
| 2 December 1926 to 1928 | Attilio Teruzzi, Governor | |
| January 1929 to March 1930 | Domenico Siciliani, Deputy Governor (to Pietro Badoglio) | |
| March 1930 to May 1934 | Rodolfo Graziani, marchese di Neghelli, Deputy Governor (to Pietro Badoglio) | |
| 1 January 1934 | Incorporated into Libya | |
| June 1934 to April 1935 | Guglielmo Nasi, Governor | |
| 1941 | British Administration | |
| February 1941 to 1942 | Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Governor | |
| 1943 to 1945 | Duncan Cameron Cumming, Administrator | |
| 30 October 1945 to 1946 | Peter Bevil Edward Acland, Administrator | |
| October 1946 | Sanusi emir recognized by UK administering the territory for the UN | |
| 1946 to 1948 | James William Norris Haugh, Administrator | |
| 1948 to 1 June 1949 | Eric Armar Vully de Candole, Administrator | |
| 1 June 1949 | Emirate of Cyrenaica recognized | |
| 1 June 1949 to 17 September 1949 | Eric Armar Vully de Candole, Administrator | |
| 17 September 1949 to 1951 | Eric Armar Vully de Candole, Resident | |
| October 1946 to 24 December 1951 | Emir Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Sanusi | 2nd Term |
| 24 December 1951 | Incorporated into Libya | |
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