Pedro de Rojas | |
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8th Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines | |
In office October – December 1593 | |
Monarch | Philip II of Spain |
Governor | (Viceroy of New Spain) Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas |
Preceded by | Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas |
Succeeded by | Luis Pérez Dasmariñas |
Personal details | |
Born | Cangas del Narcea, Asturias, Spain |
Died | 1600 New Spain |
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Pedro de Rojas was a Spanish licenciado (lawyer) and colonial official in the Philippines and New Spain. For 40 days in 1593 he served as interim governor of the Philippines.
He had first served in the Philippines as a member of the Audiencia of Manila, beginning in 1584. In 1590 he was made lieutenant assessor of the colony, an important position.