<page_title> List of colonial governors of Florida </page_title> <section_title> First Spanish period, 1565–1763 </section_title> <table> <cell> Pedro Menéndez de Avilés <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1565 – 1574 <col_header> Term </col_header> </cell> </table>
Menéndez de Avilés was the first governor of Florida from 1565–74.