List of colonial governors in Angola
Colonial governors ruled over Angola during Portuguese (1575–1641 and 1648 to 1961) and Dutch colonial rule (1641–1648). Governors were also Captains-General.
1500s
- Paulo Dias de Novias, Donatario of Angola (1575–1589)
- Luís Serrão, Governor of Angola (1589–1591)
- André Ferreira Pereira, Governor of Angola (1591–1592)
- Francisco de Almeida, Governor of Angola (1592–1593)
- Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor of Angola (1593–1594)
- João Furtado de Mendonça, Governor of Angola (1594–1602)
1600s
- João Rodrigues Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1602–1603)
- Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor of Angola (1603–1606)
- Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor of Angola (1603–1606)
- ? (1606–1607)
- Manuel Pereira Forjaz, Governor of Angola (1607–1611)
- Bentro Banha Cardoso, Governor of Angola (1611–1615)
- Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor of Angola (1615–1617)
- Luís Mendes de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1617–1621)
- João Correia de Sousa, Governor of Angola (1621–1623)
- Pedro de Sousa Coelho, Governor of Angola (1623)
- Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor of Angola (1623–1624)
- Fernão de Sousa, Governor of Angola (1624–1630)
- Manuel Pereira Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1630–1635)
- Francisco de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1635–1639)
- Pedro César de Meneses, Governor of Angola (1639–1645)
- Francisco de Souto-Maior (1645–1646)
- Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, Director of Dutch West Africa (1642–1648)
- Salvador Correia de Sá, Governor of Angola (1648–1651)
- ? (1651–1652)
- Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques, Governor of Angola (1652–1653)
- Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1653–1654)
- Luís Mendes de Sousa, Governor of Angola (1654–1658)
- João Fernandes Vieira, Governor of Angola (1658–1661)
- André Vidal de Negreiros, Governor of Angola (1661–1666)
- Tristão da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1666–1667)
- Junta rule (1667–1669)
- Francisco de Távora, Governor of Angola (1669–1676)
- Pires de Saldanha, Governor of Angola (1676–1680)
- João da Silva e Sousa, Governor of Angola (1680–1684)
- Luís Lobo da Silva, Governor of Angola (1684–1688)
- João de Lencastre, Governor of Angola (1688–1691)
- Gonçalo da Costa, Governor of Angola (1691–1694)
- Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1694–1697)
- Luís César de Meneses, Governor of Angola (1697–1701)
1700s
- Bernardino de Távora de Sousa Tavares, Governor of Angola (1701–1702)
- Military junta (1702–1705)
- Lourenço de Almada, Governor of Angola (1705–1709)
- António de Saldanha de Albuquerque, Governor of Angola (1709–1713)
- João Manuel de Noronha, Governor of Angola (1713–1717)
- Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor of Angola (1717–1722)
- António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor of Angola (1722–1725)
- José Carvalho da Costa, Governor of Angola (1725–1726)
- Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor of Angola (1726–1732)
- ? (1732–1733)
- Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor of Angola (1733–1738)
- Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738–1748)
- Fonseca Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1748–1749)
- António de Almeida, Governor of Angola (1749–1753)
- António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753–1758)
- António de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1758–1764)
- Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1764–1772)
- António de Lencastre, Governor of Angola (1772–1779)
- José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor of Angola (1779–1782)
- Military junta (1782–1784)
- José de Almeida e Vasconcelos de Soveral e Carvalho, 1st Baron of Mossâmedes, Governor of Angola (1784–1790)
- Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790–1797)
- Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797–1802)
1800s
- Fernão António de Noronha, Governor of Angola (1802–1806)
- Temporarily vacant (1806–1807)
- António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor of Angola (1807–1810)
- José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor of Angola (1810–1816)
- Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor of Angola (1816–1819)
- Manuel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque, Governor of Angola (1819–1821)
- Joaquim Inácio de Lima, Governor of Angola (1821–1822)
- Military junta (1822–1823)
- Cristóvão Avelino Dias, Governor of Angola (1823)
- Nicolau de Abreu Castelo-Branco, Governor of Angola (1823–1829)
- José Maria de Sousa Macedo Almeida e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Santa Comba Dão, Governor of Angola (1829–1834)
- Military junta (1834–1836)
- Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor of Angola (1836)
- Temporarily vacant (1836–1837)
- Manuel Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General of Angola (1837–1839)
- António Manuel de Noronha, Governor-General of Angola (1839)
- Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, Governor-General of Angola (1839–1842)
- José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General of Angola (1842–1843)
- Temporarily vacant (1843–1844)
- Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General of Angola (1844–1845)
- Pedro Soto(?) or Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha(?), Governor-General of Angola (1845–1848)
- Adrião da Silveiro Pinto, Governor-General of Angola (1848–1851)
- António Sérgio de Sousa, Governor-General of Angola (1851–1853)
- António Ricardo Graça, Governor-General of Angola (1853)
- Miguel Ximenes Rodrigues Sandoval de Castro e Viegas, Governor-General of Angola (1853–1854)
- José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1854–1860)
- Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General of Angola (1860–1861)
- Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses, Governor-General of Angola (1861–1862)
- José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General of Angola (1862–1865)
- Francisco Antonio Gonçalves Cardoso, Governor-General of Angola (1865–1868)
- José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1868–1870)
- José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General of Angola (1870–1873)
- José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General of Angola (1873–1876)
- Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General of Angola (1876–1878)
- Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General of Angola (1878–1880)
- António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General of Angola (1880–1882)
- Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1882–1886)
- Guilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1886–1892)
- Jaime Lôbo de Brito Godins, Governor-General of Angola (1892–1893)
- Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General of Angola (1893–1896)
- Guilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1896–1897)
- António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General of Angola (1897–1900)
1900s
- Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General of Angola (1900–1903)
- Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General of Angola (1903–1904)
- Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor-General of Angola (1904)
- António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General of Angola (1904–1905)
- Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General of Angola (1906–1907)
- Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro, Governor-General of Angola (1907–1909)
- Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, Governor-General of Angola (1909)
- José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor-General of Angola (1909–1910)
- Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, Governor-General of Angola (1910–1911)
- Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor-General of Angola (1911–1912)
- José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General of Angola (1912–1915)
- António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor-General of Angola (1915-1915)
- Francisco Pais Teles de Utra Machado, Interim Governor of Angola (1915–1916)
- Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim, Governor-General of Angola (1916–1917)
- Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Interim Governor (1917–1918)
- Filomeno da Câmara de Melo Cabral, Governor-General of Angola (1918–1919)
- António Nogueira Mimoso Guerra, Interim Governor (1919-1919)
- Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, 1st Viscount of Pedralva, Governor-General of Angola (1919–1920)