Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León
Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León | |
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| Acting Governor of La Florida | |
| In office September 21, 1631 – July 29, 1633 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas |
| Succeeded by | Luis de Horruytiner |
| In office May 14, 1651 – October 19, 1651 | |
| Preceded by | Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Horruytiner Benedit |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1595 Almaguer, Cauca, in modern Colombia |
| Died | 1651 |
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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.