List of colonial governors of Santo Domingo

First Spanish Colony 1492-1801

Governors and Viceroys of the Indies

• 1492-1500 Admiral Christopher Columbus, as Viceroy of the Indies
• 1496-1498 Bartolomeo Columbus, as Adelantado
• 1500-1502 Comendador Francisco de Bobadilla, as Governor of the Indies
• 1502-1509 Comendador Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as Governor of the Indies
• 1509-1518 Second Admiral Diego Columbus, as Governor of the Indies until 1511, thereafter as Viceroy of the Indies
• 1515-1516 Licentiate Cristóbal Lebrón, in connection with Royal Audiencia
• 1516-1519 Luis de Figueroa, Bernardino de Manzanedo, and Ildefonso de Santo Domingo, friars of the order of San Jerónimo
• 1519-1520 Licentiate Rodrigo de Figueroa
• 1520-1524 Second Admiral Diego Columbus
• 1524-1528 Royal Audiencia, in connection with judges Gaspar de Espinosa and Alonso de Zuazo

Governors and Captains-General

• 1528-1531 Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, Bishop of Santo Domingo and Concepción de la Vega
• 1531-1533 Royal Audiencia
• 1533-1540 Licentiate Alonso de Fuenmayor, Bishop of Santo Domingo and Concepción de la Vega
• 1540-1543 Third Admiral Luis Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua
• 1543-1549 Licentiate Alonso López de Cerrato
• 1549-1556 Licentiate Alonso de Fuenmayor, Archbishop of Santo Domingo
• 1556-1560 Licentiate Alonso de Maldonado
• 1560 Licentiate Cepeda
• 1560-1561 Licentiate Veras
• 1561-1564 Licentiate Alonso Arias de Herrera
• 1564-1583 Antonio de Osorio
• 1583-1590 Licentiate Cristóbal de Ovalle
• 1590-1597 Lope de Vega Portocarrero
• 1597-1608 Domingo de Osorio
• 1608-1624 Diego Gómez de Sandoval
• 1624-1634 Diego de Acuña
• 1634-1646 Maestre de Campo Juan Bitrián de Viamonte
• 1646-1649 Nicolás Velasco Altamirano
• 1649-1652 Maestre de Campo Gabriel de Chaves Osorio
• 1652-1657 Bernardino Meneses Bracamonte y Zapata, Count of Peñalva
• 1657-1658 Félix de Zúñiga y Avellaneda
• 1658-1660 Andrés Pérez Franco
• 1660-1662 Juan Francisco de Montemayor Córdoba y Cuenca
• 1662-1670 Juan de Balboa y Mogrovejo
• 1670-1671 Pedro de Carvajal y Cobos
• 1671-1677 Maestre de Campo Ignacio de Zayas Bazán
• 1677-1679 Dr. Juan de Padilla Guardiola y Guzmán
• 1679-1684 Maestre de Campo Francisco de Segura Sandoval y Castilla
• 1684-1689 Maestre de Campo Andrés de Robles
• 1689-1698 Admiral Ignacio Pérez Caro
• 1698-1699 Maestre de Campo Gil Correoso Catalán
• 1699-1702 Severino de Manzaneda
• 1702-1706 Admiral Ignacio Pérez Caro
• 1706-1707 Licentiate Sebastián de Cerezada y Girón
• 1707-1713 Guillermo Morfi
• 1713-1714 Brigadier Pedro de Niela y Torres
• 1714-1715 Colonel Antonio Landeche
• 1715-1723 Brigadier Fernando Constanzo y Ramírez, Knight of Santiago
• 1723-1732 Colonel Francisco de la Rocha y Ferrer
• 1732-1739 Brigadier Alfonso de Castro y Mazo
• 1739-1750 Brigadier Pedro Zorrilla y de San Martín, Marquis of la Gándara Real
• 1750 Brigadier Juan José Colomo
• 1750-1751 Lieutenant Rey José de Zunnier de Basteros
• 1751-1759 Brigadier Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda
• 1759-1771 Field-Marshal Manuel de Azlor y Urries
• 1771-1779 Brigadier José Solano y Bote
• 1779-1785 Brigadier Isidoro de Peralta y Rojas
• 1785-1786 Colonel Joaquín García y Moreno
• 1786-1788 Brigadier Manuel González de Torres
• 1788-1801 Brigadier Joaquín García y Moreno

French Colony

Governors

• 1801-1802 General Toussaint Louverture
• 1802-1803 General Antoine Nicolas Kerverseau
• 1803-1808 General Louis Marie Ferrand
• 1808-1809 General L. Dubarquier

Second Spanish Colony 1809-1821

Governors and Captains-General

• 1809-1811 Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez
• 1811-1813 Colonel Manuel Caballero y Masot
• 1813-1818 Brigadier Carlos de Urrutia y Matos
• 1818-1821 Brigadier Sebastián Kindelán y O´Regan
• 1821 Brigadier Pascual Real

Third Spanish Colony 1861-1865

Governors and Captains-General

• 1861-1862 Lieutenant-General Pedro Santana
• 1862-1863 Lieutenant-General Felipe Ribero y Lemoine
• 1863-1864 Brigadier Carlos de Vargas
• 1864-1865 Lieutenant-General José de la Gándara

See also

• Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
• History of the Dominican Republic