Governorate of Paraguay

The Governorate of Paraguay, originally called the Governorate of Guayrá, was a governorate of the Spanish Empire and part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Its seat was the city of Asunción; its territory roughly encompassed the modern day country of Paraguay.
The Governorate was created on December 16, 1617, by the royal decree of King Philip III as a split of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and of Paraguay into its respective halves. The Governorate lasted until 1782, after which the massive Viceroyalty of Peru was split, and Paraguay became an intendency of the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

List of governors of Paraguay

Name	Start of rule	End of rule	King of Spain
Hernando Arias de Saavedra	1615	1617	Philip III
	1618	1621	Philip III
	21 October 1621	1627	Philip IV
	1630	1633	Philip IV
	1633	1636	Philip IV
	1636	1641	Philip IV
Juan de Velasco Villasanti	1641	27 June 1641	Philip IV
Gregorio de Hinestrosa	27 June 1641	2 February 1647	Philip IV
Diego de Escobar y Osorio	2 February 1647	26 February 1649	Philip IV
Bernardino de Cárdenas	4 March 1649	1 October 1649	Philip IV
	1 October 1649	10 October 1650	Philip IV
	10 October 1650	26 July 1653	Philip IV
	26 July 1653	21 September 1656	Philip IV
	21 September 1656	24 September 1659	Philip IV
	24 September 1659	25 August 1662	Philip IV
	25 August 1662	13 April 1671	Philip IV
	25 August 1662	13 April 1671	Charles II
	13 April 1671	1676	Charles II
	1676	1681	Charles II
	7 October 1681	August 1684	Charles II
	18 October 1684	30 October 1684	Charles II
Alonso Fernández Montiel	30 October 1684	30 October 1685	Charles II
	30 October 1685	2 August 1691	Charles II
	22 October 1692	4 December 1696	Charles II
	4 December 1696	27 June 1702	-
	4 December 1696	27 June 1702	Philip V
	27 June 1702	1705	Philip V
	1705	26 September 1705	Philip V
	26 September 1705	9 February 1706	Philip V
Baltazar García Ros	9 February 1706	10 October 1707	Philip V
	10 October 1707	5 June 1713	Philip V
	5 June 1713	23 January 1717	Philip V
	23 January 1717	5 February 1717	Philip V
Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda	5 February 1717	20 August 1721	Philip V
José de Antequera y Castro	14 September 1721	5 March 1725	Philip V
Ramón de las Llanas	5 March 1725	29 April 1725	Philip V
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala	29 April 1725	4 May 1725	Philip V
Martín de Barúa	4 May 1725	28 December 1730	Philip V
Ignacio de Soroeta	28 December 1730	25 January 1731	Philip V
	25 January 1731	27 July 1733	Philip V
Agustín de Ruyloba	27 July 1733	14 September 1733	Philip V
Juan de Arregui y Gutiérrez	27 September 1733	9 December 1733	Philip V
	9 December 1733	1735	Philip V
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala	30 March 1735	1735	Philip V
	1735	7 November 1740	Philip V
	7 November 1740	August 1747	Philip V
	7 November 1740	August 1747	Ferdinand VI
	August 1747	10 November 1749	Ferdinand VI
	10 November 1749	2 April 1761	Ferdinand VI
	10 November 1749	2 April 1761	Charles III
	2 April 1761	23 July 1764	Charles III
	23 July 1764	29 September 1766	Charles III
Carlos Morphi	29 September 1766	23 August 1772	Charles III
	23 August 1772	1 February 1778	Charles III
Pedro Melo de Portugal	1 February 1778	21 August 1787	Charles III