Question: who was the first spanish governor general of the philippines
Answer: # Picture Name From Until Monarch Miguel López de Legazpi April 27 , 1565 August 20 , 1572 Philip II ( 25 July 1554 -- 13 September 1598 ) Guido de Lavezaris August 20 , 1572 August 25 , 1575 Francisco de Sande August 25 , 1575 April 1580 Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa April 1580 March 10 , 1583 5 Diego Ronquillo March 10 , 1583 May 16 , 1584 6 Santiago de Vera May 16 , 1584 May 1590 7 Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas June 1 , 1590 October 25 , 1593 8 Pedro de Rojas October 1593 December 3 , 1593 9 Luís Pérez Dasmariñas December 3 , 1593 July 14 , 1596 10 Francisco de Tello