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Governor of Macau
Governador de Macau
澳門總督
Standard of the governor
StatusHis/Her Excellency
ResidenceMacau Government House
SeatMacau Government Headquarters
NominatorPrime Minister of Portugal
AppointerMonarch of Portugal (1623–1910)
President of Portugal (1910–1999)
Formation7 July 1623
First holderFrancisco Mascarenhas
Final holderVasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
Abolished20 December 1999
SuccessionChief Executive of Macau
Governor of Macau
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese澳門總督
Simplified Chinese澳门总督
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀomén Zǒngdū
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingou3 mun4*2 zung2 duk1
Portuguese name
PortugueseGovernador de Macau

The governor of Macau (Portuguese: Governador de Macau; Chinese: 澳門總督) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called captain-major (Portuguese: Capitão-mor). 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

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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)

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The date refers to the date of appointment.

Captains-major

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Captains-major Tenure
Francisco Martins 1557–1558
Leonel de Sousa 1558–1559
Rui Barreto 1559–1560
Manuel de Mendonça 1560–1561
Fernão de Sousa 1561–1562
Pêro Barreto Rolim 1562–1563
Diogo Pereira 1563–1565
João Pedro Pereira 1565–1566
Simão de Mendonça (1st time) 1566–1567
Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time) 1567–1568
António de Sousa 1568–1569
Manuel Travassos 1569–1571
Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time) 1571–1572
João de Almeida (1st time) 1572–1573
António de Vilhena 1573–1574
Simão de Mendonça (2nd time) 1574–1575
Vasco Pereira 1575–1576
Domingos Monteiro (1st time) 1576–1579
Leonel de Brito 1579–1580
Miguel da Gama 1580–1581
Inácio de Lima 1581–1582
João de Almeida (2nd time) 1582–1583
Aires Gonçalves de Miranda 1583–1585
Francisco Pais 1585–1586
Domingos Monteiro (2nd time) 1586–1587
Jerónimo Pereira 1587–1589
... 1589
Henrique da Costa 1590–1591
Roque de Melo Pereira 1591–1592
Domingos Monteiro (3rd time) 1592–1593
Gaspar Pinto da Rocha 1593–1594
... 1594
Manuel de Miranda 1595–1596
Rui Mendes de Figueiredo 1596–1597
... 1597
Nuno de Mendonça 1598–1599
Paulo de Portugal 1599–1603
Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa 1603–1604
João Caiado de Gamboa 1604–1605
Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses 1605–1607
André Pessoa 1607–1609
... 1609
Pedro Martim Gaio 1609–1611
Miguel de Sousa Pimentel 1611–1612
João Serrão da Cunha 1612–1614
Martim da Cunha 1614–1616
Francisco Lopes Carrasco 1616–1617
Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time) 1617–1618
António de Oliveira de Morais 1618–1619
Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho 1619–1621
Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time) 1621–1623

Governors

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No.[1] Governor Tenure
Took office Left office
1 Francisco Mascarenhas 7 July 1623 19 July 1626
2 Filipe Lobo 19 July 1626 1629
3 Jerónimo da Silveira 1630 1 December 1631
4 Manuel da Câmara de Noronha 1 December 1631 1637
5 Domingos da Câmara de Noronha 1637 1638
6 Sebastião Lobo da Silveira 1638 1644
7 Luís de Carvalho e Sousa 1644 1646
8 Diogo Coutinho Docem 1646 1646
9 João Pereira 1646 1649
10 João de Sousa Pereira 1649 1655
11 Manuel Tavares Bocarro 1656 1664
12 Manuel Borges da Silva 22 July 1664 31 August 1667
13 Álvaro da Silva 31 August 1667 20 July 1670
14 Manuel Borges da Silva 20 July 1670 20 July 1672
15 António Barbosa Lobo 20 July 1672 1676
16 António de Castro Sande 1676 10 December 1679
17 Luís de Melo Sampaio 10 December 1679 10 December 1682
18 Belchior do Amaral de Meneses 10 December 1682 5 July 1685
19 António de Mesquita Pimentel 5 July 1685 31 July 1688
20 André Coelho Vieira 31 July 1688 21 July 1691
21 Francisco da Costa 21 July 1691 23 November 1693
22 António da Silva e Melo 23 November 1693 21 July 1694
23 Gil Vaz Lobo Freire 21 July 1694 17 August 1697
24 Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa 17 August 1697 28 September 1697
Municipal Council of Macau 28 September 1697 9 August 1698
24 Pedro Vaz de Sequeira 9 August 1698 1699
25 Diogo de Melo Sampaio 1699 22 July 1702
26 Pedro Vaz de Sequeira 22 July 1702 15 August 1703
27 José da Gama Machado 15 August 1703 5 August 1706
28 Diogo do Pinho Teixeira 5 August 1706 28 July 1710
29 Francisco de Melo e Castro 28 July 1710 11 June 1711
30 António de Sequeira de Noronha 11 June 1711 18 July 1714
31 Francisco de Alarcão Sotto-Maior 18 July 1714 30 May 1718
32 António de Albuquerque Coelho 30 May 1718 9 September 1719
33 António da Silva Telo e Meneses 9 September 1719 19 August 1722
34 Cristóvão de Severim Manuel 19 August 1722 1723
35 António Carneiro de Alcáçova 6 September 1724 11 August 1727
36 António Moniz Barreto 11 August 1727[1] 18 August 1732
37 António de Amaral Meneses 18 August 1732 15 January 1735
38 João do Casal 15 January 1735 4 August 1735
39 Cosme Damião Pereira Pinto 4 August 1735 25 August 1738
40 Manuel Pereira Coutinho 25 August 1738 25 August 1743
41 Cosme Damião Pereira Pinto 25 August 1743 30 August 1747
42 António José Teles de Meneses 30 August 1747 2 August 1749
43 João Manuel de Melo 2 August 1749 29 July 1752
44 Rodrigo de Castro 29 July 1752 14 July 1755
45 Francisco António Pereira Coutinho 14 July 1755 1 July 1758
46 Diogo Pereira 1 July 1758 4 July 1761
47 António de Mendonça Corte Real 4 July 1761 14 July 1764
48 José Plácido de Matos Saraiva 14 July 1764 19 August 1767
49 Diogo Fernandes Salema de Saldanha 19 August 1767 29 July 1770
50 Rodrigo de Castro 29 July 1770 26 July 1771
51 Diogo Fernandes Salema de Saldanha 26 July 1771 27 January 1778
52 Alexandre Pedrosa da Silva Guimarães 27 January 1778 1 August 1778
53 José Vicente da Silveira de Meneses 1 August 1778 5 January 1780
54 António José da Costa 5 January 1780 August 1780
55 Francisco Xavier de Castro 1780 18 August 1783
56 Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria 18 August 1783 21 July 1788
57 Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real 21 July 1788 18 July 1789
58 Lázaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel António da Costa Ferreira
(Co-serving)
18 July 1789 29 July 1790
59 Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro 29 July 1790 27 July 1793
60 José Manuel Pinto 27 July 1793 8 August 1797
61 Cristóvão Pereira de Castro 8 August 1797 8 August 1800
62 José Manuel Pinto 8 August 1800 8 August 1803
63 Caetano de Sousa Pereira 8 August 1803 8 August 1806
64 Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria 8 August 1806 26 December 1808
65 Lucas José de Alvarenga 26 December 1808 19 July 1810
66 Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria 19 July 1810 1817
67 José Osório de Castro Cabral de Albuquerque 19 July 1817 19 August 1822
Municipal Council of Macau 19 August 1822 23 September 1823
Government Council 23 September 1823 28 July 1825
68 Joaquim Mourão Garcêz Palha 28 July 1825 15 November 1827
Government Council 15 November 1827 1829
69 João Cabral de Estefique 1829 3 July 1833
70 Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andreia 3 July 1833 22 February 1837
71 Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto 22 February 1837 3 October 1843
72 José Gregório Pegado 3 October 1843 21 April 1846
73 João Maria Ferreira do Amaral 21 April 1846 22 August 1849
Government Council 22 August 1849 30 May 1850
74 Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha 30 May 1850 7 July 1850
Government Council 7 July 1850 3 February 1851
75 Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso 3 February 1851 19 November 1851
76 Isidoro Francisco Guimarães 19 November 1851 22 June 1863
77 José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral 22 June 1863 26 October 1866
78 José Maria da Ponte e Horta 26 October 1866 3 August 1868
79 António Sérgio de Sousa 3 August 1868 23 March 1872
80 Januário Correia de Almeida 23 March 1872 7 December 1874
81 José Maria Lobo de Ávila 7 December 1874 31 December 1876
82 Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva 31 December 1876 1879
Government Council 1879
83 Joaquim José da Graça 28 November 1879 23 April 1883
Government Council 1883
84 Tomás de Sousa Rosa 23 April 1883 7 August 1886
85 Firmino José da Costa 7 August 1886 1888
Government Council 1888 1889
86 Francisco Teixeira da Silva 5 February 1889 1890
87 Francisco Augusto Ferreira da Silva 1890
88 Custódio Miguel de Borja 16 October 1890 1894
89 José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa 24 March 1894 12 May 1897
Government Council
90 Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo 12 May 1897 1900
Government Council 1900
91 José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa 12 August 1900 17 December 1902
92 Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo 17 December 1902 10 December 1903
Government Council 10 December 1903 5 April 1904
93 Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro 5 April 1904 6 April 1907
94 José Emílio Santana da Cunha Castelo Branco (interim governor) 1907
95 Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho 6 April 1907 18 August 1908
96 Francisco Diogo de Sá (interim governor) 1908
97 José Augusto Alves Roçadas 18 August 1908 22 September 1909
98 Eduardo Augusto Marques 22 September 1909 1910
99 João Marques Vidal (interim governor) 1910
100 Álvaro de Melo Machado [pt] (interim governor) 17 December 1910 14 July 1912
101 Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Sousa Miranda (interim governor) 14 July 1912 10 June 1914
102 José Maria Martins Pereira 1914
103 José Carlos da Maia 10 June 1914 5 September 1916
104 Manuel Ferreira da Rocha 5 September 1916 1917
Government Council 1917
105 Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos (interim governor) 1917 1918
106 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 12 October 1918 1919
Joaquim Augusto dos Santos (acting governor) 1919
107 Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva 23 August 1919 5 January 1922
Luís António de Magalhães Correia (acting governor) 1922 1923
108 Rodrigo José Rodrigues 1923 1924
Joaquim Augusto dos Santos (acting governor) 1924 1925
109 Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães 18 October 1925 1926
Hugo Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo Branco (acting governor) 1926
110 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 8 December 1926 1930
João Pereira Magalhães (acting governor) 1930 1931
111 Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira 30 March 1931 1931
João Pereira Magalhães (acting governor) 1931 1932
112 António José Bernardes de Miranda 21 June 1932 1935
113 João Pereira Barbosa (interim governor) 1935 1936
António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva (acting governor) 1936 1937
João Pinto Crisóstomo (acting governor) 1937
114 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 11 April 1937 1940
José Rodrigues Moutinho (acting governor) 1940
115 Gabriel Maurício Teixeira 29 October 1940 1946
Samuel da Conceição Vieira (acting governor) 1946 1947
116 Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira 1 September 1947 1951
Aires Pinto Ribeiro (acting governor) 1951
117 Joaquim Marques Esparteiro 13 November 1951 1956
João Carlos Guedes Quinhones de Portugal da Silveira (acting governor) 1956 1957
118 Pedro Correia de Barros 8 March 1957 1958
Manuel Peixoto Nunes (acting governor) 1958 1959
119 Jaime Silvério Marques 18 September 1959 1962
Eduardo Luís de Sousa Gentil Beça (acting governor) 1962
120 António Lopes dos Santos 17 April 1962 25 November 1966
121 José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho 25 November 1966 19 November 1974
122 José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro 19 November 1974 27 November 1979
123 Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio 28 November 1979 16 June 1981
124 Vasco de Almeida e Costa 16 June 1981 14 May 1986
125 Joaquim Pinto Correia 15 May 1986 9 July 1987
Carlos Augusto Pulido Valente Monjardino (acting governor) 1987
126 Carlos Montez Melancia 9 July 1987 1990
Francisco Murteira Nabo (acting governor) 1990 1991
127 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira 23 April 1991 19 December 1999

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Santos Alves, Jorge (2013). Governadores de Macau. Livros do Oriente. ISBN 9789993786634.