Melchor de Navarrete | |
|---|---|
| 64th Governor of Cartagena | |
| In office 1739–1742 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Fidalgo |
| Succeeded by | Basilio de Gante |
| 37th Royal Governor of La Florida | |
| In office August 8, 1749 – June 3, 1752 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel de Montiano |
| Succeeded by | Fulgencio García de Solís |
| 76th Colonial Governor of Yucatán | |
| In office 1754–1758 | |
| Preceded by | Juan José de Clou |
| Succeeded by | Alonso Fernández de Heredia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1693 Briones, Calahorra, La Rioja (Spain). |
| Died | August 28, 1761 (aged 68) Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) |
| Spouse | María Micaela de Sanz y de la Roche |
| Profession | Politician and soldier |
Melchor de Navarrete y Bujanda (1693–1761) was a Spanish soldier and administrator who served as governor of Cartagena de Indias (in what is now Colombia), from 1739 to 1742; of Spanish Florida from 1749 to 1752; and of Yucatán (in what is now Mexico), from 1754 to 1758. He was linked to several cases of corruption in Cartagena.