Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
Portuguese suzerainty |
1462 |
Portuguese settlement |
Corregedor (Magistrates) |
1481 to ???? |
Pêro Lourenço, Corregedor |
|
???? to 1517 |
Pêro de Guimarães, Corregedor |
|
1517 to 1521 |
João Alemão, Corregedor |
|
1521 to 1527 |
Leonis Correia, Corregedor |
|
28 August 1527 to 1534 |
Gaspar Correia, Corregedor |
|
1534 to 1536 |
Estêvão de Lagos, Corregedor |
|
1536 to 1541 |
André Feio, Corregedor |
|
1539 to 1541 |
Simão Afonso, Corregedor |
|
1541 to 1544 |
Pêro Moniz, Corregedor |
|
1544 to 1547 |
António Ferreira, Corregedor |
|
1547 to 1550 |
Pêro de Araujo, Corregedor |
|
1550 to 1556 |
Jorge Pimentel, Corregedor |
|
1556 to 1559 |
Manuel de Andrade, Corregedor |
|
1559 to 1560 |
Luís Martins de Evangelho, Corregedor |
|
1560 to 1562 |
Gregório Martins Caminha, Corregedor |
|
1562 to 1571 |
Bernardo de Alpoim, Corregedor |
|
1571 to 1577 |
António Velho Tinoco, Corregedor |
|
1577 to 1579 |
Cristóvão Soares de Mello, Corregedor |
|
1579 to 1584 |
Diogo Dias Magro, Corregedor |
|
1584 to 1588 |
Gaspar de Andrade, Corregedor |
|
1588 to 1588 |
Amador Gomes Raposo, Corregedor |
|
1588 to 1591 |
Duarte Lobo da Gama, Governor |
|
1591 to 1595 |
Brás Soares de Melo, Governor |
|
1597 to 1603 |
Fancisco Lobo da Gama, Governor |
|
1603 to 1606 |
Fernão de Mesquita de Brito, Governor |
|
1606 to 1611 |
Francisco Correia da Silva, Governor |
|
1611 to 1614 |
Francisco Martins de Sequeira, Governor |
|
1614 to 1618 |
Nicolau de Castilho, Governor |
|
1618 to 1622 |
Francisco de Moura, Governor |
|
1622 to 1622 |
Francisco Roulim, Governor |
|
1622 to 1624 |
Manuel Afonso de Guerra, acting Governor |
|
1624 to 1628 |
Francisco Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor |
|
1628 to 1632 |
João Pereira Corte-Real, Governor |
|
1632 to 1636 |
Cristóvão de Cabral, Governor |
|
1636 to 1639 |
Jorge de Castilho, Governor |
|
1639 to 1640 |
Jerónimo de Cavalcanti e Albuquerque, Governor |
|
1640 to 1645 |
João Serrão da Cunha, Governor |
|
1645 to 1646 |
Lourenço Garro, Governor |
|
1646 to 1648 |
Jorge de Araújo, Governor |
|
1648 to 1648 |
Roque de Barros do Rêgo, Governor |
|
1648 to 1649 |
Council of Government |
|
12 June 1649 to 9 October 1650 |
Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala, Governor |
|
1650 to 1651 |
Pedro Semedo Cardoso, Governor |
|
1651 to 1653 |
Jorge de Mesquita Castelo Branco, Governor |
|
1563 to 1658 |
Pedro Ferreira Barreto, Governor |
|
1558 to 1663 |
Francisco de Figueroa, Governor |
|
1663 to 1667 |
António Galvão, Governor |
|
1667 to 1671 |
Manuel da Costa Pessoa, Governor |
1st Term |
1671 to 1676 |
Manuel Pacheco de Melo, Governor |
|
30 April 1676 to 1676 |
João Cardoso Pássaro, Governor |
|
1676 to 1678 |
Council of Government |
|
15 March 1678 to 1683 |
Manuel da Costa Pessoa, Governor |
2nd Term |
1681 to 1687 |
Inácio de Franca Barbosa, Governor |
|
1687 to 1688 |
Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa, Governor |
|
1688 to 1690 |
Vitoriano da Costa, Governor |
|
1690 to 1691 |
Digo Ramires Esquível, Governor |
|
1691 to 1692 |
Council of Government |
|
1692 to 1696 |
Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor |
|
1696 to 7 June 1696 |
António Gomes Mena, Governor |
|
1696 to 1698 |
Council of Government |
|
4 November 1698 to 1702 |
António Salgado, Governor |
|
10 February 1702 to 1702 |
Jorge Cotrim de Mello, Governor |
|
12 April 1702 to 1707 |
Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas, Governor |
|
11 May 1707 to 1710 |
Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca, Governor |
|
12 February 1710 to 1715 |
José Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor |
|
27 March 1715 to 20 June 1715 |
Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo, Governor |
|
16 December 1715 to 1719 |
Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá, Governor |
|
9 April 1719 to 1720 |
Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho, Governor |
|
11 March 1720 to 4 January 1725 |
António Vieira, Governor |
|
24 January 1726 to 1728 |
Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos, Governor |
|
10 July 1728 to 1733 |
Francisco de Oliveira Grans, Governor |
|
1733 to 1737 |
Bento Gomes Coelho, Governor |
|
1 May 1736 to 7 August 1738 |
José da Fonseca Barbosa, Governor |
|
1738 to 1741 |
Chamber Senate |
|
10 June 1741 to 1751 |
João Zuzarte de Santa Maria, Governor |
|
6 March 1751 to 1751 |
António José d'Eça e Faria, Governor |
|
1752 to 1756 |
Luís António da Cunha d'Eça, Governor |
|
1756 to 1761 |
Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses, Governor |
|
5 March 1761 to 1761 |
Marcelino Pereira de Ávila, Governor |
|
1761 to 1764 |
António de Barros Bezerra, Governor |
|
1764 to 1766 |
Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre, Governor |
|
1766 to 1767 |
João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques, Governor |
|
25 November 1768 to 1777 |
Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo, Governor |
|
1777 to 1781 |
António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses, Governor |
|
19 February 1781 to 1782 |
Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida, Governor |
|
1782 to 1783 |
Francisco de São Simão, acting Governor |
|
23 August 1784 to 1789 |
António Machado de Faria e Maia, Governor |
|
2 April 1789 to 1793 |
Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro, Governor |
|
27 September 1793 to 10 September 1795 |
José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça, Governor |
|
3 August 1796 to 29 November 1802 |
Marcelino António Bastos, Governor |
|
12 May 1803 to 1818 |
António Coutinho de Lencastre, Governor |
|
6 February 1818 to 1822 |
António Pussich, Governor |
|
9 May 1822 to 1826 |
João da Matta Chapuzet, Governor |
|
7 September 1826 to 1830 |
Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos, Governor |
|
1830 to 1831 |
Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo, Governor |
|
1831 to 1834 |
José Coutinho de Lencastre, Governor |
|
1834 to 1835 |
Manuel António Martins, Governor |
|
1835 to 1836 |
Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor |
1st Term |
1836 to 1837 |
Domingos Correia Arouca, Governor |
|
1837 to 1839 |
Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor |
2nd Term |
1839 to 1842 |
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo, Governor |
1st Term |
5 April 1842 to 1845 |
Francisco de Paula Bastos, Governor |
|
26 June 1845 to 1847 |
José Miguel de Noronha, Governor |
|
28 July 1847 to 1851 |
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo, Governor |
2nd Term |
25 June 1851 to 1854 |
Fortunato José Barreiros, Governor |
|
6 April 1854 to 1857 |
António Maria Barreiros Arrobas, Governor |
|
25 November 1857 to 1860 |
Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros Meneses, Governor |
|
1860 to 1860 |
Januário Correia de Almeida, Governor |
|
6 September 1860 to 1863 |
Carlos Joaquim Franco, Governor |
|
1863 to 1869 |
José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor |
|
11 February 1869 to 1876 |
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor |
|
1877 to 1877 |
G.C. Lopes de Macedo, Governor |
|
1878 to 1878 |
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor |
|
1879 to 1881 |
António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio, Governor |
|
1882 to 1886 |
João Paes de Vasconcellos, Governor |
|
1887 to 1889 |
João Cesário de Lacerda, Governor |
1st Term |
1890 to 1890 |
Augusto Cesário Carlos de Carvalho, Governor |
|
1891 to 1896 |
José Guedes Brandão de Melo, Governor |
|
1897 to 1897 |
Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Governor |
|
1898 to 1900 |
João Cesário de Lacerda, Governor |
2nd Term |
1901 to 1902 |
Arnaldo de Novalis Guedes de Rebelo, Governor |
|
1902 to 1903 |
Francisco de Paula Cid, Governor |
|
1903 to 1904 |
António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas, Governor |
|
1905 to 1907 |
Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral, Governor |
|
1907 to 1909 |
Bernardo António da Costa de Macedo, Governor |
|
1909 to 1910 |
Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro, Governor |
|
1910 to 1911 |
António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão, Governor |
|
1911 to 1911 |
Artur Marinha de Campos, Governor |
|
1911 to 1915 |
Joaquím Pedro Vieira Índice Bicker, Governor |
|
1915 to 1918 |
Abel Fontoura da Costa, Governor |
|
1918 to 1919 |
Teófilo Duarte, Governor |
|
1919 to 1921 |
Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães, Governor |
|
1921 to 1922 |
Filipe Carlos Dias de Carvalho, Governor |
|
1924 to 1926 |
Júlio Henriques d'Abreu, Governor |
|
1927 to 1927 |
João de Almeida, Governor |
|
1927 to 1931 |
António Álvares Guedes Vaz, Governor |
|
1931 to 1941 |
Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo, Governor |
|
1941 to 1943 |
José Diogo Ferreira Martins, Governor |
|
1943 to 1949 |
João de Figueiredo, Governor |
|
1950 to 1953 |
Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas, Governor |
|
1953 to 1957 |
Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral, Governor |
|
1957 to 1958 |
António Augusto Peixoto Correia, acting Governor |
|
1958 to 1962 |
Silvino Silvério Marques, Governor |
|
1963 to 1969 |
Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro, Governor |
|
13 March 1969 to 1974 |
António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos, Governor |
|
6 August 1974 to 21 September 1974 |
Henrique da Silva Horta, Governor |
|
21 September 1974 to 30 December 1974 |
Vicente Almeida d'Eça, Governor |
|
30 December 1974 to 5 July 1975 |
Vicente Almeida d'Eça, High Commissioner |
|
5 July 1975 |
Independence as Republic of Cape Verde |