Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río
Commissioner-General of Spanish Guinea
In office 12 August 1966 – 12 October 1968
Prime Minister	Bonifacio Ondó Edú
Preceded by	Pedro Latorre Alcubierre
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Francisco Macías Nguema as president)
Commissioner-General of Spanish Guinea
In office 16 September 1940 – 17 May 1941 Acting Governor
Preceded by	Fernando González Lavín
Succeeded by	Pedro Cano Manuel Aubarede
In office 30 August 1939 – 15 December 1939 Acting Governor
Preceded by	Natividad Calzada y Castañeda
Succeeded by	Fernando González Lavín
Personal details
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Spain

Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río^[1] was a Spanish military officer who served as the last colonial administrator of Spanish Guinea from August 1966 until the independence of Equatorial Guinea in October 1968.^[2] During his tenure as colonial administrator, Spanish Guinea held a constitutional referendum and a general election in the months leading to independence, in which Francisco Macías Nguema was elected as the country's first president.^[2]

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