Pedro de Rojas

Pedro de Rojas
8th Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
In office
October – December 1593
MonarchPhilip II of Spain
Governor(Viceroy of New Spain)
Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas
Preceded byGómez Pérez Dasmariñas
Succeeded byLuis Pérez Dasmariñas
Personal details
BornCangas del Narcea, Asturias, Spain
Died1600
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.