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 List of presidents of Nicaragua
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