List of governors and heads of state of Fiume

This is a list of governors of the Corpus separatum of Fiume (formally known as City of Fiume and its district), heads of state of the Free State of Fiume and prefects of the Province of Fiume (now modern Rijeka and its surrounding area, in Croatia).

Territory of the corpus separatum before 1918.
Territory of the Free State from 1920 to 1924.
Territory of the Province of Fiume, 1924.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Hungarian suzerainty
20 October 1776 to 1783József gróf Majláth Székhélyi,
Governor
1783 to 1788Pál gróf Almásy Zsadányi,
Governor
1788 to 1791János Pétar gróf Szápáry,
Governor
1791 to 1801Sándor Pászthory,
Governor
1801 to 1809József Klobusiczky,
Governor
Illyrian Provinces (French suzerainty)
July 1809 to November 1809Marc Bryd (Marco de Bryde),
Intendant		Did not take office
November 1809 to 1810François Boleslas Casimir Duval de Chassenon de Curzay,
Intendant
1810 to June 1811Marie Méry, comte de Contades,
Intendant
1811 to 1813Part of Civil Croatia
French Intendants of Civil Croatia in Karlovac
July 1809 to November 1809Lettardi,
Intendant
November 1809 to November 1810Louis-Philippe-Joseph Girod de Vienney, baron de Trémont,
Intendant
November 1810 to June 1811Savinio conte Giorgi,
Intendant
27 June 1811 to 1811Marie Méry, comte de Contades,
Intendant
1811 to 1813François-Joseph-Ferdinand Marchal,
Intendant
British suzerainty
3 July 1813 to 26 August 1813William Hoste,
Commander
Austrian suzerainty
26 August 1813 to September 1813Laval Graf Nugent von Westmeath,
Commander
2 September 1813 to 1813Josip Lazarić,
Commander
23 November 1813 to 1814Giuseppe barone dell' Argento,
Provisional Intendant
7 August 1814 to 1 October 1814Franz Joseph Graf von Saurau,
Commissioner
1 October 1814 to 1815Franz Joseph Graf von Saurau,
Kreishauptmann		District Captain
1815 to 1816Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Grimschitz,
Kreishauptmann		District Captain
Kingdom of Illyria (Austrian suzerainty)
April 1816 to 1819Joseph Freiherr von Weingarten,
Kreishauptmann		District Captain
8 August 1819 to 1822Ludwig Freiherr von Humbracht,
Kreishauptmann		District Captain
Hungarian suzerainty
15 October 1822 to 1823György Majláth,
Royal Commissioner
1823 to 1837Ferenc Ürményi,
Governor
5 July 1837 to 22 April 1848Pál Kiss de Nemeskér,
Governor
23 April 1848 to 31 August 1848János Nepomuk gróf Erdödy,
Governor
Croatian suzerainty
31 August 1848 to 19 May 1859Josip Jelačić,
Governor		Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia
5 September 1848 to 6 August 1850Josip Bunjevac,
Royal Commissioner
July 1851 to 1852Antun Rušnov,
Civil Captain
1852 to 1856Ernst Freiherr von Kellersperg,
Civil Captain
1856 to 1860Karl Sigmund Graf Hohenwarth,
Civil Captain
1860 to 1861Hermann Freiherr von Sterneck,
Royal Commissioner
1861 to 1867Bartol Benedikt Zmajić,
Civil Captain
Hungarian suzerainty
6 April 1867 to 29 July 1870Ede Cseh de Szentkatolna,
Royal commissioner
29 July 1870 to 5 December 1872József gróf Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö,
Governor
26 February 1873 to 1 November 1883Géza gróf Szapáry de Szapár,
Governor
1 November 1883 to 6 March 1892Ágost gróf Zichy,
Governor
6 March 1892 to 2 October 1896Lajos gróf Batthyány de Nemetujvár,
Governor
2 October 1896 to 14 July 1897Rezsö báró Abele de Lilienberg,
Governor
14 July 1897 to 23 November 1897Tibor Gaal de Hatvan,
acting Governor		1st term
23 November 1897 to 2 August 1903László gróf Szapáry de Szapár,
Governor
2 August 1903 to 10 December 1903Tibor Gaal de Hatvan,
acting Governor		2nd term
10 December 1903 to 17 February 1905Ervin báró Roszner,
Governor
17 February 1905 to 17 October 1905Tibor Gaal de Hatvan,
acting Governor		3rd term
17 October 1905 to 26 December 1905Pál gróf Szapáry de Szapár,
Governor
26 December 1905 to 24 May 1906Tibor Gaal de Hatvan,
acting Governor		4th term
4 April 1906 to 29 April 1906György gróf Károlyi de Nagykároly,
Governor
24 May 1906 to 7 December 1909Sándor gróf Nákó de Nagyszentmiklós,
Governor
7 December 1909 to 13 November 1910István gróf Wickenburg de Capelló,
acting Governor
13 November 1910 to 31 July 1917István gróf Wickenburg de Capelló,
Governor
31 July 1917 to 29 October 1918Zoltán Jekelfalussy de Jekel- és Margitfalva,
Governor
Status indeterminate (Principal Allied and Associated Powers control)
28 October 1918 to 17 November 1918Antonio Grossich,
President of the Italian National Council of Fiume
29 October 1918 to 17 November 1918Rikard Lenac,
Administrator		Veliki župan, appointed on behalf of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs; in opposition
Italian/Allied suzerainty
17 November 1918 to 8 September 1920Antonio Grossich,
President of the Italian National Council of Fiume
17 November 1918 to 29 November 1918Enrico Asinari di San Marzo,
Military Governor
29 November 1918 to 28 August 1919Francesco Saverio Grazioli,
Military Governor
29 August 1919 to 13 September 1919Vittorio Emanuele Pittaluga,
Military Governor
14 September 1919 to 8 September 1920Gabriele D'Annunzio,
Commander of the City of Fiume
Italian Regency of Carnaro
8 September 1920 to 29 December 1920Gabriele D'Annunzio,
Primo Rettore		First Chancellor; ousted by the Royal Italian Army during the Bloody Christmas
29 December 1920 to 31 December 1920Riccardo Gigante,
President of the Municipal Council of Fiume
31 December 1920Establishment of the Free State of Fiume, according to the Treaty of Rapallo
Free State of Fiume
31 December 1920 to 27 April 1921Antonio Grossich,
Chairman of the Provisional Government of the State
27 April 1921 to 28 April 1921Riccardo Gigante,
President of the Provisional Directory of Fiume
28 April 1921 to 13 June 1921Salvatore Bellasich,
Commissioner Extraordinary
13 June 1921 to 21 September 1921Antonio Foschini,
High Commissioner		Appointed on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy
21 September 1921 to 5 October 1921Luigi Amantea,
High Commissioner		Appointed on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy
5 October 1921 to 4 March 1922Riccardo Zanella,
President		Deposed in a Fascist coup d'état; in Yugoslavia exile to 16 March 1924
4 March 1922 to 9 March 1922Attilio Prodam,
President of Committee of National Defense
9 March 1922 to 4 April 1922Giovanni Giuriati,
Provisional President
4 April 1922 to 17 September 1923Attilio Depoli,
Provisional Head of State
17 September 1923 to 16 March 1924Gaetano Giardino,
Military Governor		Appointed on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy
16 March 1924Incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy as the Province of Fiume, according to the Treaty of Rome
Province of Fiume (Italian suzerainty)
16 March 1924 to 30 April 1924Gaetano Giardino,
Prefect
1 May 1924 to 10 February 1925Michele Sorge,
Prefect
10 February 1925 to 16 May 1930Emanuele Vivorio,
Prefect
16 May 1930 to 20 January 1934Antonio De Biase,
Prefect
20 January 1934 to 20 February 1938Francesco Turbacco,
Prefect
20 February 1938 to 1 February 1943Temistocle Testa,
Prefect
1 February 1943 to 20 August 1943Agostino Podestà,
Prefect
20 August 1943 to 21 September 1943Pietro Chiariotti,
Prefect		Under German occupation from 9 September 1943, following the Armistice of Cassibile
German occupation
21 September 1943 to 29 October 1943Riccardo Gigante,
Prefect		Appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic
29 October 1943 to 25 April 1945Alessandro Spalatin,
Prefect		Appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic
29 October 1943 to 1945Franjo Špehar,
Extraordinary Commissioner for Sušak–Krk Administrative Commissariat and Vice Prefect Trieste		Appointed on behalf of the Independent State of Croatia
1943 to 1944Karl Pachneck,
Berater		Advisor
1944 to 1945Wilhelm Rassmann,
Berater		Advisor
24 April 1945Liberated by the Yugoslav Army (Fiume city liberated on 3 May 1945)
10 February 1947Formally ceded to the SFR Yugoslavia by the Italian Republic, according to the Paris Peace Treaty. Incorporated into the SFR Yugoslavia as part of the SR Croatia; renamed Rijeka
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