Royal Governor of Panama
The Royal Governor of Panama ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known first as the colony of Darién and later as the colony of Castilla de Oro (part of Spanish colony of Peru), which in 1529 was renamed Panamá. This district was subordinated to the Viceroyalty of New Granada on August 20, 1739. There were 113 such governors or presidents during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism.
Governors of Darien[]
Appointed by Charles I[]
- Diego de Nicuesa: (June 1508 - 1511)
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa: (1511–1513)
Charles I[]
Appointed by Charles I[]
- Pedrarias Dávila: (1513–1520)
- : (1520)
- Pedrarias Dávila: (1520–1526)
- Pedro de los Ríos y Gutiérrez de Aguayo: (1526–1529)
Governors of Panamá[]
Appointed by Charles I[]
- : (1529–1532)
- : (1533–1536)
- Pascual de Andagoya: (1536)
- : (1536–1539)
- The Real Audiencia governed between 1539 and 1543
- : (1543–1545)
- : (1545)
- : (1545–1546)
- : (1546)
- : (1546)
- Pedro de la Gasca: (1546)
- : (1546–1548)
- : (1548)
- : (1549–1550)
- : (1550–1553)
- : (1553–1556)
- : (1557–1559)
Appointed by Philip II[]
- : (1559–1561)
- : (1561–1563)
- : (1563) (did not serve)
- Lope García de Castro: (1563–1564)
- : (1565–1566)
- : (1566)
- : (1566)
- : (1567–1569)
- : (1569–1573)
- : (1573–1578)
- : (1578) (interim)
- : (1578–1585)
- : (1585–1587)
- : (1587–1596)
- : (1596) (interim)
- Alonso de Sotomayor y Valmediano: (1596–1602)
Appointed by Philip III[]
- : (1602–1604)
- : (1605–1614)
- : (1614–1616)
- Diego Fernández de Velasco: (1616–1619)
- : (1619–1621)
- : (1621)
Appointed by Philip IV[]
- : (1621–1627)
- : (1627) (did not serve)
- : (1627) (declined office)
- : (1627–1632)
- Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera y Gaviría: (1632–1634)
- : (1634–1638)
- : (1638) (interim)
- : (1638–1642)
- : (1643–1646)
- , Marquis of Miranda de Auta: (1646–1649)
- : (1649–1650)
- : (1650–1651) (interim)
- : (1651) (interim)
- : (1651–1652) (interim)
- Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera y Gaviría: (1651) (declined office)
- : (1651) (declined office)
- : (1652–1657)
- : (1658–1663)
- : (1663–1665)
Appointed by Charles II[]
- Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Gonzaga: (1665–1667)
- : (1667–1669)
- : (1669) (interim)
- Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Gonzaga: (1669–1671)
- : (1671) (interim, declined office)
- The Real Audiencia governed until the designation of a new governor
- : (1671) (magistrate)
- : (1671) (magistrate)
- : (1671)
- : (1671–1673)
- Antonio Calderón de León, Bishop of Panamá: (1673–1675)
- : (1675–1676)
- : (1676–1681)
- Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá: (1681–1682)
- : (1682)
- , Count of Palmar: (1682–1690)
- , Marquis of Mina: (1690–1695)
- Diego Ladrón de Guevara Orozco y Calderón, Bishop of Panamá: (1695–1696)
- , Count of Canillas: (1696–1699)
- , Marquis of Villarocha: (1699)
- , Count of Canillas: (1699–1702)
Appointed by Philip V[]
- : (1702–1706)
- : (1706)
- , Marquis of Villarocha: (1706–1708)
- : (1708–1709)
- : (1709–1710)
- : (1710–1711)
- , Marquis of Villarocha: (1711)
- : (1711–1718)
- , Bishop of Panamá: (1718)
- : (1718–1723)
- : (1723–1724)
- : (1724) (interim)
- : (1724–1730)
- , Marquis of Villa Hermosa: (1730–1735)
- : (1735–1743)
- : (1743–1749)
Appointed by Ferdinand VI[]
- Manuel de Montiano y Luyando: (1749–1758)
- Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga: (1758–1761)
Appointed by Charles III[]
- José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez: (1761-1762) (interim)
- : (1762–1764) (interim)
- : (1764 - July 1767)
- : (1767) (interim)
- : (1767–1768) (interim)
- : (1768–1769)
- : (December 1769 - June 1772)
- : (1772) (interim)
- : (1773 - May 1774)
- Francisco Navas: (1774) (interim)
- : (1774 - November 1779)
- : (November 1779 - 1785)
- : (1785–1793)
Appointed by Charles IV[]
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno: (May 1788 - May 1796)
- José de Rezabal y Ugarte: (May 1796 - September 1796)
- Gabriel de Avilés y del Fierro, marqués de Avilés: (18 September 1796 - 21 January 1799)
- : (January 1799 - April 1801)
- José de Santiago Concha Jiménez Lobatón: (April 1801 - December 1801)
- : (December 1801 - January 1802)
- Luis Muñoz de Guzmán: (January 1802 - February 1808)
Appointed by Ferdinand VII[]
- : (February 1808 - April 1808)
- Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz: (April 1808 - July 1810)
- Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, Count of la Conquista: (July 1810 - September 1810)
- Period of the Reconquista Española: Governors and Captain-Generals (in opposition)
- Antonio Pareja: (12 December 1812 - 21 May 1813)
- : (21 May 1813 - 1 January 1814)
- Gabino Gaínza y Fernández de Medrano: (1 January 1814 - 19 July 1814)
- Mariano Osorio: (19 July 1814 - 26 December 1815)
- Casimiro Marcó del Pont Ángel Díaz y Méndez: (26 December 1815 - 12 February 1817)
- Mariano Osorio: (4 January 1818 - 5 April 1818)
Sources[]
- Vicente Carvallo y Goyeneche, Descripcion Histórico Geografía del Reino de Chile, Tomo II, (Description Historical Geography of the Kingdom of Chile), Coleccíon de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional Vol. IX, By Diego Barros Arana, Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía, Francisco Solano Astaburuaga, Instituto Chileno de Cultura Hispánica, Miguel Luis Amunátegui, Academia Chilena de la Historia, José Toribio Medina, Luis Montt, Published by Imprenta del Ferrocarril, 1875 Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized 4 Aug 2005, History of Chile 1542-1788)
- Pg.469 List of Governors and Captain Generals of Chile
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