List of colonial governors of Nicaragua
This is a list of Colonial Governors of Nicaragua.
Governors of Veragua (1508-1536)
(The Governorate of Veragua was established in 1508 and included the Caribbean Coast of modern Nicaragua. Nicaragua was not conquered until 1522 - 1527)
- 1508-1511 Diego de Nicuesa
- 1511-1514 Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- 1534-1536 Felipe Gutiérrez y Toledo
Gobernadors of Castilla de Oro (1514-1529)
(The Governorate of Castilla del Oro was established in 1514 and included the Pacific Coast of modern Nicaragua)
- 1514-1526 Pedro Arias Dávila
- 1526-1529 Pedro de los Ríos y Gutiérrez de Aguayo
Governors of Nicaragua (1527-1540)
(Nicaragua was conquered between 1522 and 1527).
- 1527-1528: Diego López de Salcedo y Rodríguez
- 1528-1531: Pedro Arias Dávila
- 1531-1535: Francisco de Castañeda
- 1535: Diego Álvarez de Osorio
- 1536-1542: Rodrigo de Contreras y de la Hoz
Governors of the Province of Nicaragua (1540-1553)
- 1542-1544 Rodrigo de Contreras y de la Hoz
- 1544 Diego de Herrera
- 1545-1548 Alonso de Maldonado
- 1548-1552 Alonso López de Cerrato
Alcaldes Mayors of Nicaragua (1552-1567)
(This was established after the elimination of the Nicaragua Province by Real Audiencia of Guatemala)
- 1552-1553 Alonso Ortiz de Argueta
- 1553 Nicolás López de Zárraga
- 1553-1555 Juan de Cavallón y Arboleda
- 1555 Juan Márquez
- 1555-1556 Álvaro de Paz
- 1556-1557 Nicolás López de Zárraga
- 1558 Andrés López Moraga
- 1558-1560 Francisco de Mendoza
- 1560-1561 Juan de Cavallón y Arboleda
- 1561-1564 Juan Vázquez de Coronado
- 1564-1567 Bernardo Bermejo
Governors of the Province of Nicaragua (1565-1787)
(Provisional reinstatement)
- 1565 Juan Vázquez de Coronado
- 1567-1575 Alonso de Casaos
- 1575-1576 Francisco del Valle Marroquín
- 1576-1583 Diego de Artieda Chirino y Uclés
- 1583-1589 Hernando Casco
- 1589-1592 Carlos de Arellano, Interim governor
- 1592-1593 Bartolomé de Lences,Interim governor
- 1593-1603 Bernardino de Obando
- 1603-1622 Alonso Lara de Córdoba
- 1622 Cristóbal de Villagrán, Interim governor
- 1622-1623 Alonso Lazo
- 1623-1625 Santiago Figueroa
- 1625-1627 Lázaro de Arbizúa
- 1627-1630 Juan de Agüero
- 1630-1634 Francisco de Azagra y Vargas
- 1634-1641 Pedro de Velasco
- 1641-1653 Juan de Bracamonte
- 1653-1659 Juan de Chaves y Mendoza
- 1660-1665 Diego de Castro
- 1665-1669 Juan Fernández de Salinas y de la Cerda
- 1669-1675 Antonio de Temiño y Dávila
- 1675-1681 Pablo de Loyola
- 1681-1682 Antonio Coello de Portugal
- 1682-1692 Pedro Álvarez Castrillón
- 1692-1696 Gabriel R. Bravo de Hoyos
- 1696-1705 Luis de Colmenares
- 1705-1706 Miguel de Camargo
- 1706-1720 José Calvo de Lara
- 1720-1722 Sebastián de Arancibia
- 1722-1727 Antonio de Poveda
- 1727-1728 Pedro Martínez de Uparrio, Interim governor
- 1728-1730 Tomás Duque de Estrada
- 1730-1739 Bartolomé González Fitoria
- 1739-1740 Antonio de Ortiz, gobernador
- 1740-1745 José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios
- 1745 Francisco Antoniode Cáceres y Molinedo
- 1745 Juan de Vera
- 1745-1746 José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios
- 1746-1752 Alonso Fernández de Heredia
- 1759-1761 Pantaleón Ibáñez, gobernador
- 1761-1766 Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena, Interim governor
- 1766-1776 Domingo Cabello y Robles
- 1776-1779 Manuel de Quiroga
- 1779-1783 José de Estachería
- 1783-1787 Juan de Ayssa
Intendants de León (1787-1814)
(The Corregimientos and Alcaldías Mayores were abolished, and their territories were grouped to the Province of Nicaragua to form the Intendancy of León).
- 1787-1793 Juan de Ayssa
- 1794-1811 José Salvador y Antoli
- 1811-1814 Nicolás García Jerez
Senior political leaders of the Province of Nicaragua y Costa Rica (1812-1814)
(Unification of the intendancy of León and the Province of Costa Rica)
- 1812-1814 Juan Bautista Gual y Curvelo
Intendants de León (1814-1820)
(reinstatement)
- 1814-1816 Juan Bautista Gual y Curvelo
- 1816-1818 Manuel de Beltranena
- 1818-1820 Miguel González Saravia y Colarte
Senior political leaders of the Province of Nicaragua y Costa Rica (1820-1821)
(reinstatement)
- 1820-1821 Miguel González Saravia y Colarte
See also
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