List of colonial governors in 1796

Portugal

 * Angola – Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790–1797)
 * Macau – Jose Manuel Pinto, Governor of Macau (1793–1797)

Spanish Empire

 * Viceroyalty of New Granada – José Manuel de Ezpeleta, Viceroy of New Granada (1789–1797)
 * Viceroyalty of New Spain –Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, 1st Marquis of Branciforte, Viceroy of New Spain (1794–1798)
 * Captaincy General of Cuba –
 * Luis de las Casas y Aragorri, Governor of Cuba (1790–1796)
 * Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas, Governor of Cuba (1796–1799)
 * Spanish East Indies – Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)
 * Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas – Pedro da Nava, Commandant General of the Interior Provinces (1793–1802)
 * Viceroyalty of Peru –
 * Francisco Gil de Taboada, Viceroy of Perú (1790–1796)
 * Ambrosio O'Higgins, Viceroy of Perú (1796–1801)
 * Captaincy General of Chile –
 * Ambrosio O'Higgins, Captain General of Chile (1788–1796)
 * José de Rezabal y Ugarte, Captain General of Chile (1796)
 * Gabriel de Avilés, Captain General of Chile (1796–1799)
 * Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata – Pedro de Melo, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1795–1797)

Kingdom of Great Britain

 * Jamaica – Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, Governor of Jamaica (1795–1801)
 * New South Wales – John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales (1795–1800)