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.

Governors of New Castile">Governorate of New Castile">New Castile (1532–1544)

PortraitGovernorFromUntilPresident of the Council of IndiesMonarch
1Francisco Pizarro26 July 152926 June 1541García Fernández Manrique
Charles I
1Francisco Pizarro26 July 152926 June 1541
García de Loaysa
Charles I
1Francisco Pizarro26 July 152926 June 1541García Fernández Manrique
Charles I
Diego de Almagro "El Mozo"26 June 154116 September 1542García Fernández Manrique
Charles I
2Cristóbal Vaca de Castro7 August 154217 May 1544García Fernández Manrique
Charles I
Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana.		7 May 154410 April 1548García Fernández Manrique
Charles I
Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana.		7 May 154410 April 1548Luis Hurtado de Mendoza
Charles I