Royal Governor of Panama
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The Royal Governor of Panama ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known first as the colony of Darien
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.
Appointed by Charles I
Appointed by Charles I
Appointed by Charles I
Appointed by Philip II
Appointed by Philip III
Appointed by Philip IV
Appointed by Charles II
Appointed by Philip V
Appointed by Ferdinand VI
Appointed by Charles III
Appointed by Charles IV
Darien
Darien is a masculine name; variants include Darian and Darion. Darien may refer to:-Panama:*Darién Gap, border area between Panama and Colombia*Darién National Park*Darién Province*Gulf of Darién*Santa María la Antigua del Darién, town founded in 1510...
and later as the colony of Castilla de Oro
Castilla de Oro
Castilla de Oro was the name given by the Spanish settlers at the beginning of the 16th century to the Central American territories from the Gulf of Urabá, near today's Colombian-Panamanian border, to the Belén River. Beyond that river, the region was known as Veragua, and was disputed by the...
(part of Spanish colony of Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
), which in 1529 was renamed Panamá. This district was subordinated to the Viceroyalty of New Granada
Viceroyalty of New Granada
The Viceroyalty of New Granada was the name given on 27 May 1717, to a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739...
on August 20, 1739. There were 113 such governors or presidents during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism.
Appointed by Charles ICharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
- Diego de NicuesaDiego de NicuesaDiego de Nicuesa was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. In 1506, he was given the job of governing Costa Rica, but ran aground off the coast of Panama. He made his way north overland, against resistance from the native population...
: (June 1508 - 1511) - Vasco Núñez de BalboaVasco Núñez de BalboaVasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.He traveled to the New World in...
: (1511–1513)
Appointed by Charles ICharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
- Pedrarias DávilaPedrarias DávilaPedrarias Dávila y Ortiz de Cota , was a Spanish colonial administrator...
: (1513–1520) - Lope de Sosa: (1520)
- Pedrarias DávilaPedrarias DávilaPedrarias Dávila y Ortiz de Cota , was a Spanish colonial administrator...
: (1520–1526) - Pedro de los Ríos y Gutierrez de AguayoPedro de los RíosFray Pedro de los Ríos was a Domician missionary in Mexico in the mid-16th century. Little is known about him, but he contributed to the creation of the manuscripts now known as the Codex Telleriano-Remensis and Codex Vaticanus A, which describe Aztec culture and history. The Codex Vaticanus A is...
: (1526–1529)
Appointed by Charles ICharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
- Antonio de la Gama: (1529–1532)
- Francisco Barrionuevo: (1533–1536)
- Pascual de AndagoyaPascual de AndagoyaPascual de Andagoya was a Spanish Basque conquistador. He was born in the village of Andagoya, in the valley of Cuartango , in Spain....
: (1536) - Pedro Vázquez de Acuña: (1536–1539)
- The Real Audiencia governed between 1539 and 1543
- Pedro Ramírez de Quiñones: (1543–1545)
- Diego de Herrera: (1545)
- Hernando de Bichacao: (1545–1546)
- Pedro de Rivero: (1546)
- Pedro Antonio de Hinojosa: (1546)
- Pedro de la GascaPedro de la GascaPedro de la Gasca was a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second viceroy of Peru, from April 10, 1547 to January 27, 1550....
: (1546) - Alonso de Álvarez: (1546–1548)
- Pedro Ramírez de Quiñones: (1548)
- Juan Barba de Vallecillo: (1549–1550)
- Sancho de Clavijo: (1550–1553)
- Álvaro de Sosa: (1553–1556)
- Juan Ruiz de Monjarás: (1557–1559)
Appointed by Philip IIPhilip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
- Rafael de Figueroa: (1559–1561)
- Luis de Guzmán: (1561–1563)
- Juan Busto de Villegas: (1563) (did not serve)
- Lope García de CastroLope García de CastroLope García de Castro was a Spanish colonial administrator, member of the Council of the Indies and of the Audiencias of Panama and Lima...
: (1563–1564) - Manuel Barros de San Millán: (1565–1566)
- Alonso Arias de Herrera y Maldonado: (1566)
- Juan de Pinedo: (1566)
- Manuel Barros de San Millán: (1567–1569)
- Diego Lope de Vera: (1569–1573)
- Gabriel Loarte: (1573–1578)
- Juan López de Cepeda: (1578) (interim)
- Pedro Ramírez de Quiñones: (1578–1585)
- Juan del Barrio Sepúlveda: (1585–1587)
- Francisco de Cárdenas: (1587–1596)
- Juan del Barrio Sepúlveda : (1596) (interim)
- Alonso de Sotomayor y ValmedianoAlonso de SotomayorAlonso de Sotomayor y Valmediano was a Spanish conquistador from Extremadura, and a Royal Governor of Chile.-Early life:He was born in Trujillo, in the province of Extremadura, the son of Gutiérrez de Sotomayor e Hinojosa and Beatriz de Valmediano...
: (1596–1602)
Appointed by Philip IIIPhilip III of SpainPhilip III , also known as Philip the Pious, was the King of Spain and King of Portugal and the Algarves, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death...
- Hernando de Añazco: (1602–1604)
- Francisco Valverde de Mercado: (1605–1614)
- Francisco Manso de Contreras: (1614–1616)
- Diego Fernández de Velasco: (1616–1619)
- Juan de la Cruz Rivadeneira: (1619–1621)
- Roque Chávez: (1621)
Appointed by Philip IVPhilip IV of SpainPhilip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...
- Rodrigo Vivero y Velasco: (1621–1627)
- Juan de Colmenares Andrade: (1627) (did not serve)
- Francisco Brienda y Cárdenas: (1627) (declined office)
- Álvaro de Quiñones Osorio y Miranda: (1627–1632)
- Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera y GaviríaSebastián Hurtado de CorcueraSebastián Hurtado de Corcuera was a Spanish soldier and colonial official. From 1632 to 1634 he was governor of Panama. From June 25, 1635 to August 11, 1644 he was governor of the Philippines. And from 1659 to his death in 1660 he was governor of the Canary Islands...
: (1632–1634) - Enrique Enríquez de Sotomayor: (1634–1638)
- Andrés Garabito de León: (1638) (interim)
- Iñigo de la Motta Sarmiento: (1638–1642)
- Juan de la Vega y Bazán: (1643–1646)
- Juan Fernández de Córdoba y Coalla, Marquis of Miranda de Auta: (1646–1649)
- Juan Barba Vallecillo: (1649–1650)
- Juan de Bitrián Navarra y Biamonte: (1650–1651) (interim)
- Diego de Orozco: (1651) (interim)
- Francisco de Guzmán de Toledo: (1651–1652) (interim)
- Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera y GaviríaSebastián Hurtado de CorcueraSebastián Hurtado de Corcuera was a Spanish soldier and colonial official. From 1632 to 1634 he was governor of Panama. From June 25, 1635 to August 11, 1644 he was governor of the Philippines. And from 1659 to his death in 1660 he was governor of the Canary Islands...
: (1651) (declined office) - Francisco Herrera y HenríquezFrancisco HerreraFrancisco Herrera may refer to:* Francisco Herrera the Elder , Spanish painter* Francisco Herrera the Younger , his son, Spanish painter* Francisco Herrera comic book illustrator...
: (1651) (declined office) - Pedro Carrilla de Guzmán: (1652–1657)
- Fernando Ibáñez de la Riva-Agüero y Setien: (1658–1663)
- Pablo Figueroa: (1663–1665)
Appointed by Charles IICharles II of SpainCharles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
- Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Gonzaga: (1665–1667)
- Agustín de Bracamonte: (1667–1669)
- Diego de Ibarra: (1669) (interim)
- Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Gonzaga: (1669–1671)
- Diego de Ibarra: (1671) (interim, declined office)
- The Real Audiencia governed until the designation of a new governor
- Luis Losada Quinoñes: (1671) (magistrate)
- Andres Martínez de Amileta: (1671) (magistrate)
- Francisco Miguel de Marichalar: (1671)
- Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza: (1671–1673)
- Antonio de León, Bishop of Panamá: (1673–1675)
- Francisco Miguel de Marichalar: (1675–1676)
- Alonso Mercado de Villacorta: (1676–1681)
- Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá: (1681–1682)
- José Alzamora: (1682)
- Pedro Ponte de Llorena Hoyo y Calderón, Count of Palmar: (1682–1690)
- Pedro José de Guzmán Dávalos, Marquis of Mina: (1690–1695)
- Diego Ladrón de Guevara Orozco y CalderónDiego Ladrón de GuevaraDoctor Diego Ladrón de Guevara Orozco Calderón was a Roman Catholic bishop and Spanish colonial administrator. From August 30, 1710 to March 2, 1716, he was viceroy of Peru.-Before his term as viceroy:...
, Bishop of Panamá: (1695–1696) - Pedro Luis Henríquez de Guzmán, Count of Canillas: (1696–1699)
- José Antonio de la Rocha y Carranza, Marquis of Brenes: (1699)
- Pedro Luis Henríquez de Guzmán, Count of Canillas: (1699–1702)
Appointed by Philip VPhilip V of SpainPhilip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
- Fernando D'Avila Bravo de Laguna: (1702–1706)
- José Eustaquio Vicentelo Toledo y Luca: (1706)
- José Antonio de la Rocha y Carranza, Marquis of Brenes: (1706–1708)
- Fernando Haro de Monterroso: (1708–1709)
- Juan Bautista de Ureta e Irusta: (1709–1710)
- Juan de la Rañeta y Vera: (1710–1711)
- José Antonio de la Rocha y Carranza, Marquis of Brenes: (1711)
- José Hurtado de Amézaga: (1711–1718)
- Juan José Llamas y Rivas, Bishop of Panamá: (1718)
- Jerónimo Vadillo: (1718–1723)
- Gaspar Pérez Buelta: (1723–1724)
- José Alzamora y Ursino: (1724) (interim)
- Manuel de Alderete: (1724–1730)
- Juan José Andía Vivero y Velásco, Marquis of Villa Hermosa: (1730–1735)
- Dionisio Martínez de la Vega: (1735–1743)
- Dionisio de Alcedo Ugarte y Herrera: (1743–1749)
Appointed by Ferdinand VIFerdinand VI of SpainFerdinand VI , called the Learnt, was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death. He was the fourth son of the previous monarch Philip V and his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy...
- Manuel de Montiano y LuyandoManuel de MontianoManuel de Montiano y Luyando was a Spanish General and colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of La Florida and Royal Governor of Panama...
: (1749–1758) - Antonio de Guill y GonzagaAntonio de Guill y GonzagaAntonio de Guill y Gonzaga was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Panama and Royal Governor of Chile.-Arauco War:...
: (1758–1761)
Appointed by Charles IIICharles III of SpainCharles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...
- José Roan: (1762) (interim)
- José de Arana y Górnica: (1762–1764) (interim)
- José Blasco de Orozco: (1764 - July 1767)
- Joaquín Cabrejo: (1767) (interim)
- Manuel de Agreda: (1767–1768) (interim)
- Nicolás de Castro: (1768–1769)
- Vicente de Olaciregui: (December 1769 - June 1772)
- Nicolás de Castro: (1772) (interim)
- Nicolás Quijano: (1773 - May 1774)
- Francisco NavasFrancisco NavasFrancisco Navas Cobo is an American soccer player.-Professional:Navas was invited to go on trial with the Houston Dynamo, when preseason training started in early February...
: (1774) (interim) - Pedro Carbonell Pinto Vigo y Correa: (1774 - November 1779)
- Ramón de Carvajal: (November 1779 - 1785)
- José Dómas y Valle: (1785–1793)
Appointed by Charles IVCharles IV of SpainCharles IV was King of Spain from 14 December 1788 until his abdication on 19 March 1808.-Early life:...
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of OsornoAmbrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of OsornoAmbrosio Bernardo O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins , was a member of the O'Higgins family and an Irish-born Spanish colonial administrator...
: (May 1788 - May 1796) - José de Rezabal y Ugarte: (May 1796 - September 1796)
- Gabriel de Avilés y del Fierro, marqués de AvilésGabriel de Avilés y del FierroGabriel de Avilés Itúrbide y del Fierro, 2nd Marquis of Avilés was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in America...
: (18 September 1796 - 21 January 1799) - Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas: (January 1799 - April 1801)
- José de Santiago Concha Jiménez LobatónJosé de Santiago Concha Jiménez LobatónJosé de Santiago Concha Jiménez Lobatón was interim Governor of Chile from April 1801 to December 1801. Before and after his governorship, he served as Oidor of the Real Audiencia of Santiago between 1795 and 1811 and from 1815 to 1818....
: (April 1801 - December 1801) - Francisco Tadeo Diez de Medina Vidanges: (December 1801 - January 1802)
- Luis Muñoz de GuzmánLuis Muñoz de GuzmánLuis Muñoz de Guzmán was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Quito and Royal Governor of Chile.-Sources:...
: (January 1802 - February 1808)
Appointed by Ferdinand VII
- Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros: (February 1808 - April 1808)
- Francisco Antonio García Carrasco DíazFrancisco Antonio García CarrascoFrancisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz was a Spanish soldier and Royal Governor of Chile. His political relations with Juan Martinez de Rozas and a smuggling scandal involving the frigate Scorpion destroyed what little authority he had, and required that he surrender his post to Mateo de Toro...
: (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)
- Juan Francisco Sánchez: (21 May 1813 - 1 January 1814)
- Gabino Gaínza y Fernández de MedranoGabino GaínzaGabino or Gavino Gaínza y Fernández de Medrano was a Spanish military officer and politician in Spain's American colonies. During the Latin American wars of independence, he initially fought on the royalist side, in Chile...
: (1 January 1814 - 19 July 1814) - Mariano OsorioMariano OsorioMariano de Osorio was a Spanish general and Governor of Chile, from 1814 to 1815.-Early career:Osorio was born in Seville, Spain. He joined the Spanish army and as many of his contemporaries, his military career began during the Spanish Peninsular War in 1808 as an artillery general, as well as...
: (19 July 1814 - 26 December 1815) - Casimiro Marcó del Pont Ángel Díaz y Méndez: (26 December 1815 - 12 February 1817)
- Mariano OsorioMariano OsorioMariano de Osorio was a Spanish general and Governor of Chile, from 1814 to 1815.-Early career:Osorio was born in Seville, Spain. He joined the Spanish army and as many of his contemporaries, his military career began during the Spanish Peninsular War in 1808 as an artillery general, as well as...
: (4 January 1818 - 5 April 1818)
Sources
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, http://books.google.com/books?id=vCeESt7A93EC 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