List of Viceroys of New Granada

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This is a list of the viceroys who ruled the viceroyalty of New Granada. Until 1718 New Granada was part of the Viceroyalty of Peru ; the viceroy was represented by local governors.

The Virreinato de Santa Fe del Nuevo Reino de Granada

Domination Surname
1718 - 1719 Antonio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero
1719 - 1723 Jorge de Villalonga , Conde de la Cueva

Between 1724 and 1739 New Granada was again assigned to the Viceroyalty of Peru .

The Virreinato de Nueva Granada

Domination Surname
1740 - 1749 Sebastián de Eslava y Lazaga
1749 - 1753 José Alfonso Pizarro , Marqués del Villar
1753 - 1761 José Solís Folch de Cardona
1761 - 1772 Pedro Messia de la Cerda , Marqués de la Vega de Armijo
1773 - 1776 Manuel de Guirior
1776 - 1782 Manuel Antonio Flores
1782 Juan de Torrezar Díaz y Pimienta (interim)
1782 - 1788 Antonio Caballero y Góngora , Archbishop of Bogotá
1788 - 1789 Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos
1789 - 1797 José de Ezpeleta
1797 - 1803 Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz
1809: beginning of the war of independence
1803 - 1810 Antonio Amar y Borbon
1810 Francisco Javier Venegas , appointed viceroy without holding office
1811: Founding of the Provincias Federales de la Nueva Granada
1811 - 1812 Juntas de Gobierno of the exiled Spanish King Ferdinand VII in opposition to Napoléon Bonaparte
1812: Founding of the Provincias Unidas de la Nueva Granada
1810 - 1813 Benito Pérez Brito
1813 - 1818 Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi , 1813–1816 as governor and captain general, from 1816 also formally as viceroy
1818 - 1819 Juan de Sámano
1819 - 1821 Juan de la Cruz Mourgeon y Achet ( Captain General )