List of colonial governors of Nicaragua
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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
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:
- 1528-1531: Pedro Arias Dávila
- 1531-1535:
- 1535:
- 1536-1542:
Governors of the Province of Nicaragua (1540-1553)[]
- 1542-1544
- 1544
- 1545-1548 Alonso de Maldonado
- 1548-1552
Alcaldes Mayors of Nicaragua (1552-1567)[]
(This was established after the elimination of the Nicaragua Province by Real Audiencia of Guatemala)
- 1552-1553
- 1553
- 1553-1555
- 1555 Juan Márquez
- 1555-1556
- 1556-1557
- 1558
- 1558-1560
- 1560-1561
- 1561-1564 Juan Vázquez de Coronado
- 1564-1567
Governors of the Province of Nicaragua (1565-1787)[]
(Provisional reinstatement)
- 1565 Juan Vázquez de Coronado
- 1567-1575
- 1575-1576
- 1576-1583
- 1583-1589
- 1589-1592 , interim governor
- 1592-1593 , interim governor
- 1593-1603
- 1603-1622
- 1622 , interim governor
- 1622-1623
- 1623-1625
- 1625-1627
- 1627-1630
- 1630-1634
- 1634-1641
- 1641-1653
- 1653-1659
- 1660-1665
- 1665-1669
- 1669-1675
- 1675-1681
- 1681-1682
- 1682-1692
- 1692-1696
- 1696-1705
- 1705-1706
- 1706-1720
- 1720-1722
- 1722-1727
- 1727-1728 , interim governor
- 1728-1730
- 1730-1739
- 1739-1740 , gobernador
- 1740-1745 José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios
- 1745
- 1745 Juan de Vera
- 1745-1746 José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios
- 1746-1752 Alonso Fernández de Heredia
- 1759-1761 , gobernador
- 1761-1766 , interim governor
- 1766-1776 Domingo Cabello y Robles
- 1776-1779
- 1779-1783
- 1783-1787
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
- 1794-1811
- 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
Intendants de León (1814-1820)[]
(reinstatement)
- 1814-1816
- 1816-1818
- 1818-1820
Senior political leaders of the Province of Nicaragua y Costa Rica (1820-1821)[]
(reinstatement)
- 1820-1821
See also[]
- List of presidents of Nicaragua
- Governors of Nicaragua
- Spanish colonial governors and administrators