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Governor of Macau
Head of the Macau Government during Portuguese rule
Summary
Head of the Macau Government during Portuguese rule
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Governor |
| body | Macau |
| native_name | Governador de Macau |
| 澳門總督 | |
| flag | Flag of Portuguese Colony Governor.svg |
| flagborder | yes |
| flagcaption | Standard of the governor |
| imagecaption | **Last in office |
| Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira** | |
| 23 April 1991 – 19 December 1999 | |
| status | His/Her Excellency |
| residence | Macau Government House |
| seat | Macau Government Headquarters |
| nominator | Prime Minister of Portugal |
| appointer | Monarch of Portugal (1623–1910) |
| President of Portugal (1910–1999) | |
| formation | 7 July 1623 |
| first | Francisco Mascarenhas |
| last | Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira |
| abolished | 20 December 1999 |
| succession | Chief Executive of Macau |
澳門總督 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira** 23 April 1991 – 19 December 1999 President of Portugal (1910–1999) The governor of Macau (; ) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called captain-major (). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the handover of Macau to China by the office of the chief executive of Macau.
Powers of the governor of Macau
The governor of Macau was responsible for the internal and local control of the colony. External relations and military needs were dealt by the Portuguese government in Lisbon.
List of captains-major and governors of Macau (1557–1999)
The date refers to the date of appointment.
Captains-major
| Captains-major | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Martins | ||
| Leonel de Sousa | ||
| Rui Barreto | ||
| Manuel de Mendonça | ||
| Fernão de Sousa | ||
| Pêro Barreto Rolim | ||
| Diogo Pereira | ||
| João Pedro Pereira | ||
| Simão de Mendonça (1st time) | ||
| Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time) | ||
| António de Sousa | ||
| Manuel Travassos | ||
| Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time) | ||
| João de Almeida (1st time) | ||
| António de Vilhena | ||
| Simão de Mendonça (2nd time) | ||
| Vasco Pereira | ||
| Domingos Monteiro (1st time) | ||
| Leonel de Brito | ||
| Miguel da Gama | ||
| Inácio de Lima | ||
| João de Almeida (2nd time) | ||
| Aires Gonçalves de Miranda | ||
| Francisco Pais | ||
| Domingos Monteiro (2nd time) | ||
| Jerónimo Pereira | ||
| ... | ||
| Henrique da Costa | ||
| Roque de Melo Pereira | ||
| Domingos Monteiro (3rd time) | ||
| Gaspar Pinto da Rocha | ||
| ... | ||
| Manuel de Miranda | ||
| Rui Mendes de Figueiredo | ||
| ... | ||
| Nuno de Mendonça | ||
| Paulo de Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa | ||
| João Caiado de Gamboa | ||
| Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses | ||
| André Pessoa | ||
| ... | ||
| Pedro Martim Gaio | ||
| Miguel de Sousa Pimentel | ||
| João Serrão da Cunha | ||
| Martim da Cunha | ||
| Francisco Lopes Carrasco | ||
| Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time) | ||
| António de Oliveira de Morais | ||
| Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho | ||
| Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time) |
Governors
| No. | rowspan="2" | Governor | colspan="2" | Tenure | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Mascarenhas | 7 July 1623 | ||||||
| 2 | Filipe Lobo | 19 July 1626 | ||||||
| 3 | Jerónimo da Silveira | 1630 | ||||||
| 4 | Manuel da Câmara de Noronha | 1 December 1631 | ||||||
| 5 | Domingos da Câmara de Noronha | 1637 | ||||||
| 6 | Sebastião Lobo da Silveira | 1638 | ||||||
| 7 | Luís de Carvalho e Sousa | 1644 | ||||||
| 8 | Diogo Coutinho Docem | 1646 | ||||||
| 9 | João Pereira | 1646 | ||||||
| 10 | João de Sousa Pereira | 1649 | ||||||
| 11 | Manuel Tavares Bocarro | 1656 | ||||||
| 12 | Manuel Borges da Silva | 22 July 1664 | ||||||
| 13 | Álvaro da Silva | 31 August 1667 | ||||||
| 14 | Manuel Borges da Silva | 20 July 1670 | ||||||
| 15 | António Barbosa Lobo | 20 July 1672 | ||||||
| 16 | António de Castro Sande | 1676 | ||||||
| 17 | Luís de Melo Sampaio | 10 December 1679 | ||||||
| 18 | Belchior do Amaral de Meneses | 10 December 1682 | ||||||
| 19 | António de Mesquita Pimentel | 5 July 1685 | ||||||
| 20 | André Coelho Vieira | 31 July 1688 | ||||||
| 21 | Francisco da Costa | 21 July 1691 | ||||||
| 22 | António da Silva e Melo | 23 November 1693 | ||||||
| 23 | Gil Vaz Lobo Freire | 21 July 1694 | ||||||
| 24 | Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa | 17 August 1697 | ||||||
| — | Municipal Council of Macau | 28 September 1697 | ||||||
| 24 | Pedro Vaz de Sequeira | 9 August 1698 | ||||||
| 25 | Diogo de Melo Sampaio | 1699 | ||||||
| 26 | Pedro Vaz de Sequeira | 22 July 1702 | ||||||
| 27 | José da Gama Machado | 15 August 1703 | ||||||
| 28 | Diogo do Pinho Teixeira | 5 August 1706 | ||||||
| 29 | Francisco de Melo e Castro | 28 July 1710 | ||||||
| 30 | António de Sequeira de Noronha | 11 June 1711 | ||||||
| 31 | Francisco de Alarcão Sotto-Maior | 18 July 1714 | ||||||
| 32 | António de Albuquerque Coelho | 30 May 1718 | ||||||
| 33 | António da Silva Telo e Meneses | 9 September 1719 | ||||||
| 34 | Cristóvão de Severim Manuel | 19 August 1722 | ||||||
| 35 | António Carneiro de Alcáçova | 6 September 1724 | ||||||
| 36 | António Moniz Barreto | 11 August 1727 | ||||||
| 37 | António de Amaral Meneses | 18 August 1732 | ||||||
| 38 | João do Casal | 15 January 1735 | ||||||
| 39 | Cosme Damião Pereira Pinto | 4 August 1735 | ||||||
| 40 | Manuel Pereira Coutinho | 25 August 1738 | ||||||
| 41 | Cosme Damião Pereira Pinto | 25 August 1743 | ||||||
| 42 | António José Teles de Meneses | 30 August 1747 | ||||||
| 43 | João Manuel de Melo | 2 August 1749 | ||||||
| 44 | Rodrigo de Castro | 29 July 1752 | ||||||
| 45 | Francisco António Pereira Coutinho | 14 July 1755 | ||||||
| 46 | Diogo Pereira | 1 July 1758 | ||||||
| 47 | António de Mendonça Corte Real | 4 July 1761 | ||||||
| 48 | José Plácido de Matos Saraiva | 14 July 1764 | ||||||
| 49 | Diogo Fernandes Salema de Saldanha | 19 August 1767 | ||||||
| 50 | Rodrigo de Castro | 29 July 1770 | ||||||
| 51 | Diogo Fernandes Salema de Saldanha | 26 July 1771 | ||||||
| 52 | Alexandre Pedrosa da Silva Guimarães | 27 January 1778 | ||||||
| 53 | José Vicente da Silveira de Meneses | 1 August 1778 | ||||||
| 54 | António José da Costa | 5 January 1780 | ||||||
| 55 | Francisco Xavier de Castro | 1780 | ||||||
| 56 | Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria | 18 August 1783 | ||||||
| 57 | Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real | 21 July 1788 | ||||||
| 58 | Lázaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel António da Costa Ferreira | |||||||
| (Co-serving) | 18 July 1789 | |||||||
| 59 | Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro | 29 July 1790 | ||||||
| 60 | José Manuel Pinto | 27 July 1793 | ||||||
| 61 | Cristóvão Pereira de Castro | 8 August 1797 | ||||||
| 62 | José Manuel Pinto | 8 August 1800 | ||||||
| 63 | Caetano de Sousa Pereira | 8 August 1803 | ||||||
| 64 | Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria | 8 August 1806 | ||||||
| 65 | Lucas José de Alvarenga | 26 December 1808 | ||||||
| 66 | Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria | 19 July 1810 | ||||||
| 67 | José Osório de Castro Cabral de Albuquerque | 19 July 1817 | ||||||
| — | Municipal Council of Macau | 19 August 1822 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 23 September 1823 | ||||||
| 68 | Joaquim Mourão Garcêz Palha | 28 July 1825 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 15 November 1827 | ||||||
| 69 | João Cabral de Estefique | 1829 | ||||||
| 70 | Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andreia | 3 July 1833 | ||||||
| 71 | Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto | 22 February 1837 | ||||||
| 72 | José Gregório Pegado | 3 October 1843 | ||||||
| 73 | João Maria Ferreira do Amaral | 21 April 1846 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 22 August 1849 | ||||||
| 74 | Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha | 30 May 1850 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 7 July 1850 | ||||||
| 75 | Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso | 3 February 1851 | ||||||
| 76 | Isidoro Francisco Guimarães | 19 November 1851 | ||||||
| 77 | José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral | 22 June 1863 | ||||||
| 78 | José Maria da Ponte e Horta | 26 October 1866 | ||||||
| 79 | António Sérgio de Sousa | 3 August 1868 | ||||||
| 80 | Januário Correia de Almeida | 23 March 1872 | ||||||
| 81 | José Maria Lobo de Ávila | 7 December 1874 | ||||||
| 82 | Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva | 31 December 1876 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 1879 | ||||||
| 83 | Joaquim José da Graça | 28 November 1879 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 1883 | ||||||
| 84 | Tomás de Sousa Rosa | 23 April 1883 | ||||||
| 85 | Firmino José da Costa | 7 August 1886 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 1888 | ||||||
| 86 | Francisco Teixeira da Silva | 5 February 1889 | ||||||
| 87 | Francisco Augusto Ferreira da Silva | 1890 | ||||||
| 88 | Custódio Miguel de Borja | 16 October 1890 | ||||||
| 89 | José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa | 24 March 1894 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 1897 | ||||||
| 90 | Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo | 12 May 1897 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 1900 | ||||||
| 91 | José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa | 12 August 1900 | ||||||
| 92 | Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo | 17 December 1902 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 10 December 1903 | ||||||
| 93 | Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro | 5 April 1904 | ||||||
| 94 | José Emílio Santana da Cunha Castelo Branco (interim governor) | 1907 | ||||||
| 95 | Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho | 6 April 1907 | ||||||
| 96 | Francisco Diogo de Sá (interim governor) | 1908 | ||||||
| 97 | José Augusto Alves Roçadas | 18 August 1908 | ||||||
| 98 | Eduardo Augusto Marques | 22 September 1909 | ||||||
| 99 | João Marques Vidal (interim governor) | 1910 | ||||||
| 100 | (interim governor) | 17 December 1910 | ||||||
| 101 | Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Sousa Miranda (interim governor) | 14 July 1912 | ||||||
| 102 | José Maria Martins Pereira | 1914 | ||||||
| 103 | José Carlos da Maia | 10 June 1914 | ||||||
| 104 | Manuel Ferreira da Rocha | 5 September 1916 | ||||||
| — | Government Council | 1917 | ||||||
| 105 | Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos (interim governor) | 1917 | ||||||
| 106 | Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa | 12 October 1918 | ||||||
| — | Joaquim Augusto dos Santos (acting governor) | 1919 | ||||||
| 107 | Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva | 23 August 1919 | ||||||
| — | Luís António de Magalhães Correia (acting governor) | 1922 | ||||||
| 108 | Rodrigo José Rodrigues | 1923 | ||||||
| — | Joaquim Augusto dos Santos (acting governor) | 1924 | ||||||
| 109 | Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães | 18 October 1925 | ||||||
| — | Hugo Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo Branco (acting governor) | 1926 | ||||||
| 110 | Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa | 8 December 1926 | ||||||
| — | João Pereira Magalhães (acting governor) | 1930 | ||||||
| 111 | Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira | 30 March 1931 | ||||||
| — | João Pereira Magalhães (acting governor) | 1931 | ||||||
| 112 | António José Bernardes de Miranda | 21 June 1932 | ||||||
| 113 | João Pereira Barbosa (interim governor) | 1935 | ||||||
| — | António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva (acting governor) | 1936 | ||||||
| — | João Pinto Crisóstomo (acting governor) | 1937 | ||||||
| 114 | Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa | 11 April 1937 | ||||||
| — | José Rodrigues Moutinho (acting governor) | 1940 | ||||||
| 115 | Gabriel Maurício Teixeira | 29 October 1940 | ||||||
| — | Samuel da Conceição Vieira (acting governor) | 1946 | ||||||
| 116 | Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira | 1 September 1947 | ||||||
| — | Aires Pinto Ribeiro (acting governor) | 1951 | ||||||
| 117 | Joaquim Marques Esparteiro | 13 November 1951 | ||||||
| — | João Carlos Guedes Quinhones de Portugal da Silveira (acting governor) | 1956 | ||||||
| 118 | Pedro Correia de Barros | 8 March 1957 | ||||||
| — | Manuel Peixoto Nunes (acting governor) | 1958 | ||||||
| 119 | Jaime Silvério Marques | 18 September 1959 | ||||||
| — | Eduardo Luís de Sousa Gentil Beça (acting governor) | 1962 | ||||||
| 120 | António Lopes dos Santos | 17 April 1962 | ||||||
| 121 | José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho | 25 November 1966 | ||||||
| 122 | José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro | 19 November 1974 | ||||||
| 123 | Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio | 28 November 1979 | ||||||
| 124 | Vasco de Almeida e Costa | 16 June 1981 | ||||||
| 125 | Joaquim Pinto Correia | 15 May 1986 | ||||||
| — | Carlos Augusto Pulido Valente Monjardino (acting governor) | 1987 | ||||||
| 126 | Carlos Montez Melancia | 9 July 1987 | ||||||
| — | Francisco Murteira Nabo (acting governor) | 1990 | ||||||
| 127 | Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira | 23 April 1991 |
References
References
- Santos Alves, Jorge. (2013). "Governadores de Macau". Livros do Oriente.
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