Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León

Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León
Acting Governor of La Florida
In office
September 21, 1631  July 29, 1633
Preceded byAndrés Rodríguez de Villegas
Succeeded byLuis de Horruytiner
In office
May 14, 1651  October 19, 1651
Preceded byBenito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla
Succeeded byPedro Horruytiner Benedit
Personal details
Born1595 (1590)
Almaguer, Cauca, in modern Colombia
Died1651 (1652)
St. Augustine, Florida
NationalitySpanish

Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León (c.1590 – 1651) was the accountant (contador) for the Royal Treasury of Spanish Florida from 1630 until his death in 1651, and from 1631 to 1633 served as acting co-governor of the colony with Eugenio de Espinosa, when Governor Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas died in office, and also for a few months in 1651.