Juan Niño de Tabora (died July 22, 1632), was a Spanish general and colonial official.

Like many Spanish noblemen of the day, he spent part of his early years in the Habsburg Netherlands, where he served in the Army of Flanders and at the court of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.

Due to the influence of his powerful uncle, Rodrigo Niño y Lasso, Count of Añover, he became a Gentleman of the Archduke's Bedchamber and was given the command of a company of lancers as well as a knighthood in the Order of Calatrava.

After his arrival on June 29, 1626, Niño de Tabora ordered that it be welcomed into the colony with pomp and ceremony.

This statue became known as Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage).

However, the intended flagship, the galleon, Concepción, was heavily loaded with a cargo of tiles that caused it to spring a leak.

The governor sent the small ship Rosario on ahead, with a considerable quantity of food for the Spanish and Filipino colonists.

The fleet reached only as far as northern Luzon, before the galleons were forced to turn back to Cavite by fierce storms, contrary winds and high seas.

Earlier that year, the Spanish had sent Captain Antonio de Vera with twenty soldiers to negotiate for food with a friendly chief not far from their fort.

When the Rosario arrived at the Spanish fort with food and soldiers, it was decided to attack the Formosans to revenge the earlier deaths.

Since they were ready, Governor Niño de Tabora ordered the two galleons to accompany the Portuguese ships as an escort.

The Spanish galleons were again beset by storms and after many dangers finally made the coast of China, at Sanchuan, about 30 leagues from Macau.

The single Spaniard, a woman, who had been captured by the Joloans at the shipyard was not freed because terms for her ransom could not be agreed upon.

Niño de Tabora established new regulations for the employment of Filipinos intended to reduce their exploitation and guarantee payment for their labor on public works.

The shortfall was made up for through forced loans, deferred payment of salaries, and sending much of the infantry on an overseas voyage for eight months.