# 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