List of viceroys of Peru

This article lists the viceroys of Peru, who ruled the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1544 to 1824 in the name of the monarch of Spain. The territories under de jure rule by the viceroys included in the 16th and 17th century nearly all of South America except eastern Brazil.

Viceroy of Peru
Residence	The Viceroy Palace (Now the Government Palace)
Appointer	The King of Spain
Formation	26 July 1529
First holder	Francisco Pizarro
Final holder	Pío de Tristán
Abolished	30 December 1824

Governors of New Castile (1532–1544)

No.	Portrait	Governor	From	Until	President of the Council of Indies[1]	Monarch
1		Francisco Pizarro	26 July 1529	26 June 1541	García Fernández Manrique	Charles I
					García de Loaysa
					García Fernández Manrique
—		Diego de Almagro "El Mozo"	26 June 1541	16 September 1542
2		Cristóbal Vaca de Castro	7 August 1542	17 May 1544
—		Gonzalo Pizarro Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru. Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana.	7 May 1544	10 April 1548
					Luis Hurtado de Mendoza

Viceroys of Peru (1544–1824)

No.	Portrait	Governor	From	Until	Secretary of the Indies[2]	Valido Secretary of the Universal Bureau First Secretary of State	Monarch
1		Blasco Núñez Vela	15 May 1544	18 January 1546	Vacant (Overseas Affairs hold by the President of the Council of the Indies)	No valido	Charles I
Int.		Pedro de la Gasca, Dean of the Audiencia	10 April 1547	27 January 1550
2		Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla	23 September 1551	21 July 1552
Int.		Melchor Bravo de Saravia, Dean of the Audiencia	21 July 1552	29 June 1556
							Philip II
3		Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete	29 June 1556	30 March 1561
4		Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva	17 April 1561	20 February 1564
Int.		Juan de Saavedra, Dean of the Audiencia	20 February 1564	2 September 1564
Int.		Lope García de Castro, Dean of the Audiencia	2 September 1564	26 November 1569
5		Francisco Álvarez de Toledo	26 November 1569	23 September 1581
6		Martín Enríquez de Almanza	23 September 1581	13 March 1583
Int.		Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena, Dean of the Audiencia	13 March 1583	31 March 1584
7		Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, 1st Count of Villadompardo	31 March 1584	20 November 1589
8		García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete	8 January 1590	24 July 1596
9		Luis de Velasco, Marquis of Salinas	24 July 1596	18 January 1604
						Duke of Lerma[3]	Philip III
10		Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey	18 January 1604	16 March 1606
Int.		Diego Núñez de Avendaño, Dean of the Audiencia	16 March 1606	21 December 1607
11		Juan de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Montesclaros	21 December 1607	18 December 1615
12		Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Count of Rebolledo, Prince of Esquilache	18 December 1615	31 December 1621
						Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval[3]
							Philip IV
						Baltasar de Zúñiga[3]
Int.		Juan Jiménez de Montalvo, Dean of the Audiencia	31 December 1621	25 July 1622
13		Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar, Count of Posadas	25 July 1622	14 January 1629
						Count-Duke of Olivares[3]
14		Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón	14 January 1629	18 December 1639
15		Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera	18 December 1639	20 September 1648
						Luis de Haro[3]
16		García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 2nd Count of Salvatierra	20 September 1648	24 February 1655
17		Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste	24 February 1655	31 December 1661
						No valido[4]
18		Diego de Benavides, 8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, 1st Marquis of Solera	31 December 1661	16 March 1666
						Juan Everardo Nithard[3]	Charles II
Int.		Bernardo de Iturriaza, Dean of the Audiencia	17 March 1666	21 November 1667
19		Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, 10th Count of Lemos	21 November 1667	6 December 1672
						Fernando de Valenzuela[3]
Int.		Bernardo de Iturriaza, Dean of the Audiencia	6 December 1672	15 August 1674
20		Baltasar de la Cueva, Count of Castellar	15 August 1674	7 July 1678
						John Joseph of Austria[5]
21		Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (Archbishop of Lima)	7 July 1678	20 November 1681
						Duke of Medinaceli[5]
22		Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata	20 November 1681	15 August 1689
						Count of Oropesa[5]
23		Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova	15 August 1689	22 September 1705
						Cardinal Portocarrero[3]
						Count of Oropesa[5]
						Cardinal Portocarrero[3]
						Antonio de Ubilla[6]
							Philip V
						Marquis of Mejorada del Campo[6]
Int.		Juan Peñalosa y Benavides, Dean of the Audiencia	22 September 1705	7 July 1707
24		Manuel de Oms, 1st Marquis of Castelldosrius	7 July 1707	22 April 1710
Int.		Miguel Núñez de Sanabria, Dean of the Audiencia	22 April 1710	14 September 1710
25		Diego Ladrón de Guevara	14 September 1710	2 March 1716
						Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco[6]
						José de Grimaldo[6]
					Bernardo Tinajero de la Escalera[7]
					No secretary
Int.		Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León, Dean of the Audiencia	2 March 1716	15 August 1716
Int.		Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T. (Archbishop of Lima)	15 August 1716	5 October 1716
26		Carmine Caracciolo, 5th Prince of Santo Buono	5 October 1716	26 January 1720
27		Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T. (Archbishop of Lima)	26 January 1720	14 May 1724
					Miguel Fernández Durán[7]
					Andres Matías de Pes Marazaraga [7]
					No secretary
					Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño[7]
						Juan Bautista de Orendáin[6]
							Louis I From 1700 to 1724, Philip V was the king; then from 1724 to 1746. Louis I only reigned in 1724.
28		José de Armendáriz, 1st Marquis of Castelfuerte	14 May 1724	4 February 1736
							Philip V
						José de Grimaldo[6]
					José de Patiño y Rosales[7]
						Baron Ripperda[6]
						José de Grimaldo[6]
						Juan Bautista de Orendáin[6]
						José de Patiño y Rosales[8]
29		José Antonio de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía	4 February 1736	15 December 1745
					Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero[7]	Marquis of Villarías[8]
					Marquis of Villarías[7]
					Marquess of Ensenada[7]
30		José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda	15 December 1745	12 October 1761
							Ferdinand VI
						José de Carvajal[8]
						Duke of Huéscar (Interim)[8]
						Ricardo Wall[8]
					Ricardo Wall (Interim)[9]
					Julián de Arriaga y Ribera[9]
							Charles III
31		Manuel de Amat y Juniet	12 October 1761	17 July 1776
						Jerónimo Grimaldi[8]
					Marquess of Sonora[9]
32		Manuel de Guirior	17 July 1776	21 July 1780
						Count of Floridablanca[8]
33		Agustín de Jáuregui	21 July 1780	29 April 1784
34		Teodoro de Croix	29 April 1784	25 March 1790
					Count of Floridablanca(Interim)[9]		Charles IV
					Antonio Porlier[10] Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán[11]
35		Francisco Gil de Taboada	25 March 1790	6 June 1796
					No secretary (affairs of Indies distributed among different secretariats)	Count of Aranda (Interim)[8]
						Manuel Godoy[8]
36		Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno	24 July 1796	19 March 1801
						Francisco Saavedra[8]
						Mariano Luis de Urquijo[8]
						Pedro Cevallos Guerra[8]
Int.		Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín, Dean of the Audiencia	19 March 1801	5 November 1801
37		Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés	5 November 1801	20 August 1806
38		José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquis of La Concordia[12]	20 August 1806	7 July 1816
						Gonzalo O'Farril[8]
						Pedro Cevallos Guerra[8]	Ferdinand VII
						Martín Garay Perales (Interim)[8]
						Eusebio Bardají y Azara[8]
						Pedro Rivero (Interim)[8]
						Francisco Saavedra[8]
						Nicolás Ambrosio Garro y Arizcun (Interim)[8]
						José García de León y Pizarro(Interim)[8]
						Ignacio de la Pezuela (Interim)[8]
					Ciriaco González Carvajal (Interim)[13]	Carlos Martínez de Irujo[8]
						Pedro Gómez Labrador[8]
					José Limonta (Interim)[13]
						Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano (Interim)[8]
					Manuel Antonio de la Bodega y Mollinedo[13]
						Juan O'Donojú (Interim)[8]
					Miguel de Lardizabal[14]	José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas[8]
					No secretary
						Pedro Cevallos Guerra[8]
						Juan Estebán Lozano de Torres[8]
						Pedro Cevallos Guerra
39		Joaquín de la Pezuela, 1st Marquis of Viluma	7 July 1816	29 January 1821
						José García de León[8]
						Carlos Martínez de Irujo (Interim)[8]
						Manuel González Salmón (Interim)[8]
						Joaquín José Melgarejo[8]
					Antonio González Salmón (Interim)[13]
						Juan Jabat Aztal[8]
					Antonio Porcel Román[13]
						Evaristo Pérez de Castro[8]
					Ramón Gil de la Cuadra[13]
40		José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of los Andes	29 January 1821	9 December 1824
					Antonio de Guilleman (Interim) [15]	Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca (Interim)[8]
						Francisco de Paula Escudero (Interim)[8]
					Ramón Olaguer Feliú [15]
						Eusebio Bardají y Azara[8]
					Ramón López Pelegrín[15]
						Ramón López Pelegrín[8]
						José Gabriel de Silva y Bazán[8]
						Ramón López Pelegrín[8]
					Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo[15]	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa[8]
					Diego Clemencín[15]
					José Manuel de Vadillo[15]
						Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor[8]
						José Manuel Vadillo[8]
					Pedro Urquinaona[15]	Santiago Usoz y Mozi[8]
						José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo[8]
					Francisco de Paula Ossorio y Vargas (Interim) [15]
						Luis María de Salazar y Salazar[8]
						Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay[8]
						José Luyando[8]
					No secretary
						Víctor Damián Sáez[8]
						Carlos Martínez de Irujo[8]
						Narciso Heredia[8]
						Francisco Cea Bermúdez[8]
41		Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso	9 December 1824	30 December 1824[16]

See also

• Viceroyalty of Peru
• History of Peru
• List of presidents of Peru