| 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 |
|
| Governors
|
| 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 de Moura Rolim, Governor |
|
| 1622 to 1624 |
Manuel Afonso de Guerra, acting Governor |
|
| 1624 to 1628 |
Francisco de 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 |
Antõnio Galvao, 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 Pusich, 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 |
João 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 |
João 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 |
|
| 29 March 1869 to 26 February 1876 |
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor |
Some sources stated that he began his term on 11 February 1869
|
| 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 1893 |
José Guedes Brandão de Melo, Governor |
1st Term
|
| 1893 to 1894 |
Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes, Governor |
|
| 1893 to 1896 |
José Guedes Brandão de Melo, Governor |
2nd Term
|
| 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 Lopes dos Santos, Governor |
|
| March 1974 to 25 April 1974 |
Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro, Governor |
|
| May 1974 to July 1974 |
Sérgio Fonseca, 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
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