Tenure
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Incumbent
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Notes
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Portuguese Suzerainty
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Captaincy of Sofala |
Under Portuguese India
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September 1505 to March 1506 |
Pêro de Anaia, Captain-Major |
Died in office
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March 1506 to December 1506 |
Manuel Fernandes de Meireles, acting Captain-Major |
Factor. Elected to temporarily replace Anaia
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December 1506 to 8 September 1507 |
Nuno Vaz Pereira, Captain-Major |
Appointed by D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India
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Captaincy of Sofala and Moçambique |
Under Portuguese India
|
8 September 1507 to February 1508 |
Vasco Gomes de Abreu, Captain-Major |
Died in office
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February 1508 to August 1509 |
Rui de Brito Patalim, acting Captain-Major |
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August 1509 to 24 June 1512 |
António de Saldanha, Captain-Major |
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24 June 1512 to June 1515 |
Simão de Miranda de Azevedo, Captain-Major |
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June 1512 to July 1515 |
Sancho de Tovar, acting Captain-Major |
1st Term
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July 1515 to June 1518 |
Cristóvão de Távora, Captain-Major |
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June 1518 to July 1521 |
Sancho de Tovar, Captain-Major |
2nd Term
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July 1521 to 1525 |
Diogo de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major |
|
1525 to 1528 |
Lopo de Almeida, Captain-Major |
|
1528 to 1531 |
António da Silveira de Meneses, Captain-Major |
|
1531 to 1538 |
Vicente Pegado, Captain-Major |
|
1538 to 1541 |
Alexio Chicorro, Captain-Major |
|
1541 to 1548 |
João de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major |
|
1548 to 1551 |
Fernão de Sousa de Távora, Captain-Major |
|
1551 to 1553 |
Diogo de Mesquita, Captain-Major |
|
1553 to 1557 |
Diogo de Sousa, Captain-Major |
|
1557 to 1560 |
Sebastião de Sá, Captain-Major |
|
1560 to 1564 |
Pantaleão de Sá, Captain-Major |
|
1564 to 1567 |
Jerónimo Barreto, Captain-Major |
|
1567 to 1569 |
Pedro Barreto Rolim, Captain-Major |
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Captaincy-General of Moçambique
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1569 to June 1573 |
Francisco Barreto, Captain-General |
|
June 1573 to 1577 |
Vasco Fernandes Homem, acting Captain-General |
|
1577 to 1577 |
Fernando Monroi, acting Captain-General |
|
1577 to 1577 |
Simão de Silveira, acting Captain-General |
|
1577 to 1582 |
Pedro de Castro, Captain-General |
|
1582 to 1586 |
Nuno Pereira, Captain-General |
|
1586 to 1589 |
Jorge Telo de Meneses, Captain-General |
|
1589 to 1590 |
Lourenço de Brito, Captain-General |
|
1590 to 1595 |
Pedro de Sousa, Captain-General |
|
1595 to 1598 |
Nuno da Cunha Ataíde, Captain-General |
|
1598 to 1601 |
Álvaro Abranches, Captain-General |
|
1601 to 1604 |
Vasco de Mascarenhas, Captain-General |
|
1604 to 1607 |
Sebastião de Macedo, Captain-General |
|
1607 to 1609 |
Estêvão de Ataíde, Captain-General |
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Colony of Moçambique, Sofala, Ríos de Cuama, and Monomatapa |
Under Portuguese India
|
1609 to 1611 |
Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor |
1st Term
|
1611 to 1612 |
Estévão de Ataíde, Governor |
|
1612 to 1612 |
Diogo Simões de Madeira, acting Governor |
|
1612 to 1614 |
João de Azevedo, Governor |
|
1614 to 1618 |
Rui de Melo Sampaio, Governor |
|
1618 to 1623 |
Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor |
2nd Term
|
1623 to 1624 |
Lopo de Almeida, Governor |
|
1624 to 1627 |
Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor |
1st Term
|
1627 to 1631 |
Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor |
3rd Term
|
1631 to 1632 |
Cristóvão de Brito e Vasconcelos, acting Governor |
|
1632 to 1633 |
Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor |
2nd Term
|
1633 to 1634 |
Filipe de Mascarenhas, Governor |
|
1634 to 1639 |
Lourenço de Souto-Maior, Governor |
|
1639 to 1640 |
Diogo de Vasconcelos, Governor |
|
1640 to 1641 |
António de Brito Pacheco, Governor |
|
1641 to 1642 |
Francisco da Silveira, Governor |
|
1642 to 1646 |
Júlio Moniz da Silva, Governor |
|
1646 to 1648 |
Fernão Dias Baião, Governor |
|
1648 to 1651 |
Álvaro de Sousa de Távora, Governor |
|
1651 to 1652 |
Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor |
|
1652 to 1657 |
Francisco de Lima, Governor |
|
1657 to 1661 |
Manuel Corte-Real de Sampaio, Governor |
|
1661 to 1664 |
Manuel de Mascarenhas, Governor |
|
1664 to 1667 |
António de Melo e Castro, Governor |
|
1667 to 1670 |
Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho, Governor |
|
1670 to 1673 |
João de Sousa Freire, Governor |
1st Term
|
1673 to 1674 |
Simão Gomes da Silva, Governor |
|
1674 to 1674 |
André Pinto da Fonseca, Governor |
|
1674 to 1676 |
Manuel da Silva, acting Governor |
|
1676 to 1682 |
João de Sousa Freire, Governor |
2nd Term
|
1682 to 1686 |
Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor |
|
1686 to 1689 |
Miguel de Almeida, Governor |
|
1689 to 1692 |
Manuel dos Santos Pinto, Governor |
|
1692 to 1693 |
Tomé de Sousa Correia, Governor |
|
1693 to 1694 |
Francisco Correia de Mesquita, acting Governor |
|
1694 to 1695 |
Estêvão José da Costa, Governor |
|
1695 to 1696 |
Francisco da Costa, Governor |
|
1696 to 1699 |
Luís de Melo Sampaio, Governor |
|
1699 to 1703 |
Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor |
|
1703 to 1706 |
João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor |
1st Term
|
1706 to 1708 |
Luís de Brito Freire, Governor |
|
1708 to 1712 |
Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor |
|
1712 to 1714 |
João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor |
2nd Term
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1714 to 1716 |
Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor |
|
1716 to 1719 |
Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor |
|
1719 to 1722 |
Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor |
|
1722 to 1723 |
Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor |
|
1723 to 1726 |
António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor |
|
1726 to 1730 |
António Cardim Fróis, Governor |
|
1730 to 1733 |
António Casco de Melo, Governor |
|
1733 to 1736 |
José Barbosa Leal, Governor |
|
1736 to 1740 |
Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor |
|
1740 to 1743 |
Lourenço de Noronha, Governor |
|
1743 to 1746 |
Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor |
|
1746 to 1750 |
Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor |
|
1750 to 1752 |
Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor |
|
Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala
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1752 to March 1758 |
Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor |
|
March 1758 to April 1758 |
João Manuel de Melo, Governor |
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April 1758 to 28 May 1759 |
David Marques Pereira, Governor |
|
28 May 1759 to January 1763 |
Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor |
1st Term
|
6 January 1763 to 1765 |
João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor |
|
1765 to June 1779 |
Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, Governor |
|
June 1779 to 1780 |
Provisional Administration |
|
1780 to 1781 |
José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor |
|
1781 to 4 January 1782 |
Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, acting Governor |
|
4 January 1782 to 21 August 1782 |
Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor |
2nd Term
|
21 August 1782 to 1786 |
Provisional Administration |
|
1786 to 1793 |
António de Melo e Castro, Governor |
|
1793 to 1797 |
Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor |
|
1797 to September 1801 |
Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor |
|
September 1801 to August 1805 |
Isidro de Sousa e Sá, Governor |
|
August 1805 to December 1807 |
Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso, Governor |
|
December 1807 to 14 August 1809 |
Provisional Administration |
|
14 August 1809 to August 1812 |
António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça, Governor |
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August 1812 to February 1817 |
Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, Governor |
|
February 1817 to September 1818 |
José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Governor |
|
September 1818 to November 1819 |
Provisional Administration |
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November 1819 to June 1821 |
João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, Governor |
|
June 1821 to June 1824 |
Provisional Administration |
|
June 1824 to January 1825 |
João Manuel da Silva, Governor |
|
January 1825 to August 1829 |
Sebastião Xavier Botelho, Governor |
|
August 1829 to January 1832 |
Paulo José Miguel de Brito, Governor |
|
January 1832 to March 1834 |
Provisional Administration |
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March 1834 to March 1836 |
José Gregório Pegado, Governor |
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Moçambique Colony/Portuguese East Africa
|
March 1836 to March 1837 |
Provisional Administration |
|
March 1837 to October 1837 |
António José de Melo, Governor-General |
|
October 1837 to March 1838 |
João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracaty, Governor-General |
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March 1838 to 25 March 1840 |
Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá, President of Governing Council |
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25 March 1840 to May 1841 |
Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor-General |
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May 1841 to 15 February 1843 |
João da Costa Xavier, Governor-General |
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15 February 1843 to May 1847 |
Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima, Governor-General |
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May 1847 to October 1851 |
Domingos Fortunato de Vale, Governor-General |
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October 1851 to April 1854 |
Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães, Governor-General |
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April 1854 to September 1857 |
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting Governor-General |
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September 1857 to February 1864 |
João Tavares d'Almeida, Governor-General |
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February 1864 to April 1864 |
Cândido M. Montes, President of Governing Council |
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April 1864 to October 1867 |
M. António do Canto e Castro, Governor-General |
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October 1867 to September 1868 |
António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda, Governor-General |
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September 1868 to February 1869 |
M. N. P. de Ataíde e Azevedo, President of Governing Council |
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February 1869 to April 1869 |
António Tavares de Almeida, Governor-General |
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April 1869 to December 1869 |
Fernão da Costa Leal, Governor-General |
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December 1869 to June 1870 |
Juiz E. K. da Fonseca e Gouveia, President of Governing Council |
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June 1870 to August 1870 |
Inácio A. Alves, acting Governor-General |
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August 1870 to December 1873 |
José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General |
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December 1873 to August 1874 |
Juiz J. M. Crispiniano da Fonseca, President of Governing Council |
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August 1874 to December 1877 |
José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General |
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December 1877 to January 1880 |
Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor-General |
|
January 1880 to August 1881 |
Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, acting Governor-General |
|
August 1881 to February 1882 |
Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, visconde de Paço d'Arcos, Governor-General |
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February 1882 to April 1882 |
J. d'Almeida d'Avila, acting Governor-General |
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April 1882 to April 1885 |
Agostinho Coelho, Governor-General |
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April 1885 to July 1885 |
D. Henrique Real da Silva, President of Governing Council |
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July 1885 to March 1889 |
Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha, Governor-General |
|
March 1889 to July 1889 |
José Joaquim d'Almeida, acting Governor-General |
|
July 1889 to July 1890 |
José António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor-General |
|
July 1890 to 2 July 1891 |
Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General |
1st Term
|
2 July 1891 to May 1893 |
Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor-General |
|
May 1893 to 13 January 1894 |
Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor-General |
|
January 1894 to July 1894 |
J. Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General |
1st Term
|
July 1894 to January 1895 |
Fernão de Magalhães e Meneses, Governor-General |
|
January 1895 to December 1895 |
António José Enes -Commissioner, Governor-General |
|
January 1896 to March 1896 |
J. Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General |
2nd Term
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March 1896 to November 1897 |
Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque, Governor-General |
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November 1897 to August 1898 |
Baltasar Freire Cabral, acting Governor-General |
|
August 1898 to December 1898 |
Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier, Governor-General |
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December 1898 to March 1900 |
Álvaro António Ferreira, Governor-General |
|
March 1900 to May 1900 |
Júlio José, marqués da Costa, Governor-General |
|
May 1900 to October 1900 |
Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General |
2nd Term
|
October 1900 to December 1902 |
Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor-General |
|
December 1902 to February 1905 |
Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor-General |
|
February 1905 to October 1906 |
João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira, Governor-General |
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October 1906 to November 1910 |
Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Governor-General |
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November 1910 to May 1911 |
José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting Governor-General |
|
May 1911 to February 1912 |
José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva, Governor-General |
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February 1912 to March 1913 |
Alfredo Afonso Meneses de Magalhães, Governor-General |
|
March 1913 to April 1914 |
Augusto Ferreira dos Santos, Governor-General |
|
April 1914 to May 1915 |
Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General |
3rd Term
|
May 1915 to October 1915 |
Alfredo Baptista Coelho, Governor-General |
|
October 1915 to April 1918 |
Álvaro Xavier de Castro, Governor-General |
|
April 1918 to April 1919 |
Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor-General |
|
April 1919 to March 1921 |
Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting Governor-General |
1st Term
|
March 1921 to September 1923 |
Manuel de Brito Camacho, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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September 1923 to November 1924 |
Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General |
2nd Term
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November 1924 to May 1926 |
Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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May 1926 to November 1926 |
Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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November 1926 to April 1938 |
José Ricardo Pereira Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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April 1938 to 1941 |
José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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1941 to 1946 |
João Tristão de Bettencourt, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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May 1947 to December 1948 |
Luís de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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December 1948 to 11 June 1951 |
Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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Mozambique Overseas Province of Portugal
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11 June 1951 to 1958 |
Gabriel Maurício Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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1958 to 1961 |
Pedro Correia de Barros, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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1961 to 1964 |
Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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1964 to 1968 |
José Augusto da Costa Almeida, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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12 July 1968 to 1970 |
Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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1970 to 1972 |
Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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1972 to 27 April 1974 |
Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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27 April 1974 to 11 June 1974 |
David Teixeira Ferreira, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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11 June 1974 to 17 August 1974 |
Henrique Soares de Melo, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
|
19 August 1974 to 12 September 1974 |
Jorge Ferro Ribeiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General |
|
12 September 1974 to 25 June 1975 |
Vítor Crespo, High Commissioner and Governor-General |
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25 June 1975 |
Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique
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