Doctor Miguel Núñez de Sanabria (1645 or 1646 – 1729) was a Spanish official in Peru and an ''oidor'' (judge) of the ''Audiencia'' of Lima. Twice he was interim viceroy of Peru (September 1705 to May 1707 and April 22 to September 14, 1710), in virtue of his office as president of the Audiencia.
Biography
Núñez de Sanabria was born in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, RÃmac River, RÃmac and LurÃn Rive ...
. He was a knight of the
Order of Santiago
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and a professor of laws at the University of San Marcos, Lima. He bought a position as criminal ''alcalde'' before the Audiencia of Lima, and later became an
oidor
An () was a judge of the Royal ''Audiencias'' and ''ChancillerÃas'', originally courts of Kingdom of Castile, which became the highest organs of justice within the Spanish Empire. The term comes , referring to the judge's obligation to listen ...
of the same Audiencia. He had much influence with his fellow ''oidores''.
As president of the Audiencia at the time of the death of Viceroy
Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova
Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd Count of Monclova (1636, Madrid – September 15, 1705, Lima) was viceroy of New Spain from November 30, 1686 to November 19, 1688 and viceroy of Peru from August 1689 to 1705.
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on September 15, 1705, Núñez de Sanabria took over the government of the colony on an interim basis, until
succeeded him in May 1707. He served as interim viceroy again, briefly, from April to September 1710. He was still a member of the Audiencia in 1715.
He left Peru for
Spain
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, where he was a member of the
Council of the Indies
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