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