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 Name 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

No. Portrait Name 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 18 August 1732 37 António de Amaral Meneses 18 August 1732 15 January 1735 38 João de 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 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 1897 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 1907 95 Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho 6 April 1907 18 August 1908 96 Francisco Diogo de Sá 1908 97 José Augusto Alves Roçadas 18 August 1908 22 September 1909 98 Eduardo Augusto Marques 22 September 1909 1910 99 João Marques Vidal 1910 100 17 December 1910 14 July 1912 101 Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Sousa Miranda 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 1917 1918 106 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 12 October 1918 1919 — Joaquim Augusto dos Santos 1919 107 Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva 23 August 1919 5 January 1922 — Luís António de Magalhães Correia 1922 1923 108 Rodrigo José Rodrigues 1923 1924 — Joaquim Augusto dos Santos 1924 1925 109 Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães 18 October 1925 1926 — Hugo Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo Branco 1926 110 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 8 December 1926 1930 — João Pereira Magalhães 1930 1931 111 Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira 30 March 1931 1931 — João Pereira Magalhães 1931 1932 112 António José Bernardes de Miranda 21 June 1932 1935 113 João Pereira Barbosa 1935 1936 — António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva 1936 1937 — João Pinto Crisóstomo 1937 114 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 11 April 1937 1940 — José Rodrigues Moutinho 1940 115 Gabriel Maurício Teixeira 29 October 1940 1946 — Samuel da Conceição Vieira 1946 1947 116 Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira 1 September 1947 1951 — Aires Pinto Ribeiro 1951 117 Joaquim Marques Esparteiro 13 November 1951 1956 — João Carlos Guedes Quinhones de Portugal da Silveira 1956 1957 118 Pedro Correia de Barros 8 March 1957 1958 — Manuel Peixoto Nunes 1958 1959 119 Jaime Silvério Marques 18 September 1959 1962 — Eduardo Luís de Sousa Gentil Beça 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 1987 126 Carlos Montez Melancia 9 July 1987 1990 — Francisco Murteira Nabo 1990 1991 127 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira 23 April 1991 19 December 1999

See also History of Macau Portuguese Macau

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