Governor of Macau

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The Governor of Macau (Chinese: 澳門總督; Portuguese: Governador de Macau) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called Captain-major (Portuguese: Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China by the office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

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[edit] List of Captains-Major and Governors of Macau (from 1557)

The date refer to the date of appointment.

[edit] Captains-Major

[edit] 16th Century

  1. 1557 - Francisco Martins
  2. 1558 - Leonel de Sousa
  3. 1559 - Rui Barreto
  4. 1560 - Manuel de Mendonça
  5. 1561 - Fernão de Sousa
  6. 1562 - Pero Barreto Rolim
  7. 1563 - Diogo Pereira
  8. 1565 - João Pedro Pereira
  9. 1566 - Simão de Mendonça (1st time)
  10. 1567 - Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time)
  11. 1568 - António de Sousa
  12. 1569 - Manuel Travassos
  13. 1571 - Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time)
  14. 1572 - João de Almeida (1st time)
  15. 1573 - António de Vilhena
  16. 1574 - Simão de Mendonça (1st time)
  17. 1575 - Vasco Pereira
  18. 1576 - Domingos Monteiro (1st time)
  19. 1579 - Leonel de Brito
  20. 1580 - Miguel da Gama
  21. 1581 - Inácio de Lima
  22. 1582 - João de Almeida (2nd time)
  23. 1583 - Aires Gonçalves de Miranda
  24. 1585 - Francisco Pais
  25. 1586 - Domingos Monteiro (2nd time)
  26. 1587 - Jerónimo Pereira
  27. 1589 - ....
  28. 1590 - Henrique da Costa
  29. 1591 - Roque de Melo Pereira
  30. 1592 - Domingos Monteiro (3rd time)
  31. 1593 - Gaspar Pinto da Rocha
  32. 1594 - ....
  33. 1595 - Manuel de Miranda
  34. 1596 - Rui Mendes de Figuieredo
  35. 1597 - ....
  36. 1598 - Nuno de Mendonça
  37. 1599 - Paulo de Portugal

[edit] 17th Century

  1. 1603 - Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa
  2. 1604 - João Caiado de Gamboa
  3. 1605 - Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses
  4. 1607 - André Pessoa
  5. 1609 - ....
  6. 1611 - Pedro Martim Gaio
  7. 1612 - Miguel de Sousa Pimentel
  8. 1614 - João Serrão da Cunha
  9. 1615 - Martim da Cunha
  10. 1616 - Francisco Lopes Carrasco
  11. 1617 - Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time)
  12. 1618 - António de Oliveira de Morais
  13. 1619 - Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho
  14. 1621 - Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time)

[edit] Governors

[edit] 17th Century

  1. 7 July 1623 - D. Francisco Mascarenhas
  2. 19 July 1626 - D. Filipe Lobo and D. Jerónimo da Silveira
  3. 1 December 1631 - Manuel da Câmara da Noronha
  4. August 1636 - Domingos da Câmara da Noronha
  5. August 1638 - D. Sebastião Lobo da Silveira
  6. August 1645 - Luís de Carvalho e Sousa
  7. August 1647 - D. João Pereira
  8. August 1650 - João de Sousa Pereira
  9. August 1654 - Manuel Tavares Bocarro
  10. 22 July 1664 - Manuel Borges da Silva
  11. 31 August 1667 - D. Álvaro da Silva
  12. 20 July 1670 - Manuel Borges da Silva
  13. 20 July 1672 - António Barbosa Lobo
  14. 10 December 1678 - António de Castro Sande
  15. 10 December 1679 - Luís de Melo Sampaio
  16. 10 December 1682 - Belchior do Amaral de Meneses
  17. 5 July 1685 - António de Mesquita Pimentel
  18. 31 July 1688 - André Coelho Vieira
  19. 21 July 1691 - D. Francisco da Costa
  20. 23 November 1693 - António da Silva e Mello
  21. 21 July 1694 - Gil Vaz Lobo Freire
  22. 17 August 1697 - Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa
  23. 28 September 1697 - Leal Senado da Câmara (The Senate of the Settlement)
  24. 9 August 1698 - Pedro Vaz de Sequeira

[edit] 18th Century

  1. 5 August 1700 - Diogo de Melo Sampaio
  2. 22 July 1702 - Pedro Vaz de Sequeira, father of António de Sequeira de Noronha
  3. 15 August 1703 - José da Gama Machado
  4. 5 August 1706 - Diogo de Pinho Teixeira
  5. 28 July 1710 - Francisco de Melo e Castro
  6. 11 June 1711 - António de Sequeira de Noronha, son of Pedro Vaz de Sequeira
  7. 18 July 1714 - D. Francisco de Alarcão de Sotomaior
  8. 30 May 1718 - António de Albuquerque Coelho/de Carvalho, Lord do Couto de Outil
  9. 9 September 1719 - António da Silva Telo de Meneses, bastard son of the 2nd Count de Aveiras
  10. 19 August 1722 - D. Cristovão Severim Manoel de Vilhena of the Counts de Vila Flor by bastardy
  11. 6 September 1724 - António Carneiro de Alcáçova of the Counts of Idanha
  12. 11 August 1727 - António Moniz Barreto
  13. 18 August 1732 - António de Amaral e Meneses
  14. 15 January 1735 - D. João do Casal
  15. 4 August 1735 - Cosme Damião Pinto Pereira
  16. 25 August 1738 - D. Diogo Pereira or Manuel Pereira Coutinho
  17. 25 August 1743 - António de Mendonca Corte-Real
  18. 30 August 1747 - José Plácido de Matos Saraiva or António José Teles de Meneses
  19. 2 August 1749 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or João Manuel de Melo
  20. 29 July 1752 - D. Rodrigo de Castro
  21. 14 July 1755 - Francisco António Pereira Coutinho
  22. 1 July 1758 - D. Diogo Pereira
  23. 4 July 1761 - António de Mendonca Corte-Real of the Lords de Mendoza by bastardy, father of Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real
  24. 14 July 1764 - José Plácido de Matos Saraiva
  25. 19 August 1767 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or António Ricardo da Graça
  26. 29 July 1770 - D. Rodrigo de Castro
  27. 26 July 1771 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or António Ricardo da Graça
  28. 27 January 1777 - D. Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães
  29. 1 August 1778 - José Vicente Ferreira da Silveira e Meneses
  30. 5 January 1780 - António José da Costa
  31. 28 August 1781 - D. Francisco de Castro
  32. 18 August 1783 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
  33. 21 July 1788 - Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real of the Lords de Mendoza by bastardy, son of António de Mendonça Corte-Real
  34. 18 July 1789 - Lázaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel António da Costa Ferreira, military commander
  35. 29 July 1790 - D. Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro of the Counts da Ilha do Príncipe
  36. 27 July 1793 - José Manuel Pinto
  37. 8 August 1797 - D. Cristovão Pereira de Castro of the Lords de Valhelhas e Almendra and the Counts de Monsanto by bastardy

[edit] 19th Century

  1. 8 August 1800 - José Manuel Pinto
  2. 8 August 1803 - Caetano de Sousa Pereira
  3. 8 August 1806 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
  4. 21 September 1808 - William O'Brien Drury
  5. 26 December 1808 - Lucas José de Alvarenga
  6. 19 July 1810 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
  7. 19 July 1814 - Lucas José de Alvarenga
  8. 19 July 1817 - José Osório de Castro Cabral de Albuquerque of the Lords de Esgueira and Vila Verde dos Francos
  9. 19 August 1822 - Paulino da Silva Barbosa
  10. 23 September 1823 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
  11. 28 July 1825 - Joaquim Mourão Garcês Palha (father of the 1st Viscount de Bucelas and the 1st Baron de Combarjua)
  12. 15 November 1827 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
  13. 7 July 1830 - João Cabral de Estefique
  14. 3 July 1833 - Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andrea of the Barons de Caçapava in Brazil
  15. 22 February 1837 - Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto
  16. 3 October 1843 - José Gregório Pegado
  17. 21 April 1846 - João Maria Ferreira do Amaral
  18. 22 August 1849 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
  19. 30 May 1850 - Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha
  20. 7 July 1850 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
  21. 3 February 1851 - Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso
  22. 19 November 1851 - Isidoro Francisco Guimarães, 1st Viscount da Praia Grande de Macau
  23. 22 June 1863 - José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral
  24. 26 October 1866 - José Maria da Ponte e Horta
  25. 3 August 1868 - António Sérgio de Sousa, 1st Viscount de Sérgio de Sousa
  26. 23 March 1872 - Januário Correia de Almeida, 1st Baron, 1st Viscount and 1st Count de São Januário
  27. 7 December 1874 - José Maria Lobo de Ávila, brother in law of Joaquim José da Graça
  28. 31 December 1876 - Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count de Paço de Arcos, father of Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva
  29. 28 November 1879 - Joaquim José da Graça, brother in law of José Maria Lobo de Ávila
  30. 23 April 1883 - Tomás de Sousa Rosa, 1st Count de Sousa Rosa
  31. 7 August 1886 - Firmino José da Costa
  32. 5 February 1889 - Francisco Teixeira da Silva
  33. 16 October 1890 - Custódio Miguel de Borja
  34. 24 March 1894 - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa of the Barons de Santa Comba Dão
  35. 12 May 1897 - Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo

[edit] 20th century

  1. 12 August 1900 - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa of the Barons de Santa Comba Dão
  2. 17 December 1902 - Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo
  3. 5 April 1904 - Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro of the Marquesses (formerly Viscounts and Barons) de Vila Real da Praia Grande in Brazil
  4. 6 April 1907 - Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho
  5. 18 August 1908 - José Augusto Alves Roçadas
  6. 22 September 1909 - Eduardo Augusto Marquês
  7. 17 December 1910 - Álvaro de Melo Machado
  8. 14 July 1912 - Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Miranda
  9. 10 June 1914 - José Carlos da Maia
  10. 5 September 1916 - Manuel Ferreira da Rocha and Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos
  11. 12 October 1918 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
  12. 23 August 1919 - Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva of the Counts (formerly Viscounts) de Paço de Arcos, son of Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count de Paço de Arcos
  13. 20 May 1922 - Luís António de Magalhães Correia (acting)
  14. 5 January 1923 - Rodrigo José Rodrigues
  15. 16 July - Joaquim Augusto Tomé dos Santos (acting)
  16. 18 October 1925 - Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães
  17. 1 August 1926 - Hugo de Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo-Branco of the Barons de Beduído (acting)
  18. 8 December 1926 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
  19. 1930 - João Pereira de Magalhães (1st time) (acting)
  20. 30 March 1931 - Joaquim Anselmo da Mata e Oliveira
  21. 1931 - João Pereira de Magalhães (2nd time) (acting)
  22. 21 June 1932 - António José Bernardes de Miranda
  23. 1935 - João Pereira Barbosa
  24. 1936 - António Joaquim Godinho Ferreira da Silva Júnior
  25. 11 April 1937 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
  26. 10 July 1940 - José Rodrigues Moutinho (acting)
  27. 29 October 1940 - Gabriel Maurício Teixeira
  28. 1 September 1947 - Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira
  29. 23 November 1951 - Joaquim Marques Esparteiro
  30. 8 March 1957 - Pedro Correia de Barros
  31. 1958 - Manuel Peixoto Nunes
  32. 18 September 1959 - Jaime Silvério Marques
  33. 17 April 1962 - António Adriano de Faria Lopes dos Santos
  34. 25 November 1966 - José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho
  35. 19 November 1974 - José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro
  36. 28 November 1979 - Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio
  37. 26 February 1981 - José Carlos Moreira Campos (acting)
  38. 16 June 1981 - Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa
  39. 15 May 1986 - Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado Correia da Silva
  40. 9 July 1987 - Carlos Montez Melancia
  41. 28 September 1990 - Francisco Murteira Nabo (acting)
  42. 23 April 1991 - Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira

[edit] Staff

[edit] Aide-de-Camp

  • Col. Tiago Vasconcelos ?-1999

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