Governor of Buenos Aires

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The Governor of Buenos Aires was the Spanish colonial official responsible for administering and defending the strategically vital port city and surrounding territory that later became part of Argentina.

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Surface form Occurrences
Governor of Buenos Aires Province 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office
government position
abolishedAsResultOf Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED
May Revolution NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Buenos Aires NERFINISHED
Governorate of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
appointedBy King of Spain NERFINISHED
Spanish Crown NERFINISHED
country Spanish Empire
economicResponsibility control of customs revenues
supervision of legal trade
governmentForm monarchical colonial administration
hasDuty administer territory
collect royal revenues
defend port city
enforce colonial law
manage relations with indigenous peoples
organize local militias
oversee trade regulation
supervise local cabildos
hasJurisdictionOver port of Buenos Aires NERFINISHED
surrounding rural territory
historicalLocation present-day Argentina
legalSystem Castilian law
Laws of the Indies NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Buenos Aires NERFINISHED
Río de la Plata region NERFINISHED
militaryResponsibility defense against foreign powers
defense against indigenous uprisings
officeHolderRole chief administrator
colonial governor
military commander
partOf Spanish colonial administration NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
religiousPolicyRole enforce patronato real
support Catholic Church
replacedBy Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires
independent Argentine authorities
residence Buenos Aires NERFINISHED
seat Buenos Aires Cabildo NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Council of the Indies NERFINISHED
King of Spain NERFINISHED
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
colonial era
usedLanguage Spanish

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Bruno Mauricio de Zabala positionHeld Governor of Buenos Aires
Government of Buenos Aires Province (executive branch seat) headedBy Governor of Buenos Aires
this entity surface form: Governor of Buenos Aires Province