List of Ptolemaic governors of Cyprus
The Ptolemaic governors of Cyprus ruled the island on behalf of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, from the abolition of the traditional kingdoms on the island in 312 BC until the conquest of the island by the Romans.
First period (312–306 BC)
The governors in this period are referred to as strategos in literary sources, but as basileus on their coinage.| Name | Header text | King |
| Nicocreon of Salamis | 312–310 BC | Ptolemy I Soter |
| Menelaus, son of Lagus | 310–306 BC | Ptolemy I Soter |
Ptolemy lost Cyprus to Demetrius Poliorcetes after the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC.
Second period (287–217 BC)
Cyprus was regained by Ptolemy after the death of Demetrius Poliorcetes in 287, but there is no certain evidence for a governor of Cyprus for the rest of his reign, or during the reigns of his successors, Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Ptolemy III Euergetes. The office may or may not have existed.Third period (217–58 BC)
During this period, the governors of Cyprus bore the title of strategos kai archiereus. After 142 BC, they also bore the title of nauarchos. Governors usually held the rank of syngenes in the aulic titulature. The order and dates are according to Roger Bagnall.| Name | Dates | King |
| Pelops, son of Pelops | 217–203 BC | Ptolemy IV Philopator |
| Polycrates of Argos | 203–197 BC | Ptolemy V Epiphanes |
| Ptolemy, son of Agesarchos | 197–180 BC | Ptolemy V Epiphanes |
| Ptolemy Macron | 180–168 BC | Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| unknown | 168–164 BC | Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| Archias | 163–158 BC | Ptolemy VI Philometor |
| Xenophon? | 158–152 BC | Ptolemy VI Philometor |
| Andromachus? | 152–145 BC | Ptolemy VI Philometor |
| Seleucus, son of Bithys | 144–ca. 130 BC | Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| Crocus | ca. 130–124 BC | Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| Theodorus, son of Seleucus | 123–118 BC | Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| Helenus of Cyrene | 118–117 BC | Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| Ptolemy IX Soter | 117–116 BC | Ptolemy VIII Euergetes |
| Ptolemy X Alexander | 116–114 BC | Ptolemy IX Soter |
| Helenus of Cyrene | 114 BC–106 BC | - |
| King Ptolemy IX Soter | 105–88 BC | himself |
| Potamon | 105–88 BC | Ptolemy IX Soter |
| Chaereas? | 88–80 BC | Ptolemy IX Soter |
| King Ptolemy of Cyprus | 80–53 BC | himself |