List of colonial governors of Angola

This is a list of European (Portuguese and Dutch) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Angola, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Angola.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesPortuguese suzeraintyAngola Donatária(São Paulo de Loanda)Colony1 February 1575 to 1589Paulo Dias de Novais, DonatárioPortuguese West AfricaCrown Colony1589 to 1591 , Governor1591 to June 1592 , GovernorJune 1592 to 1593 Francisco de Almeida, Governor1593 to 1594 Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor1594 to 1602 João Furtado de Mendonça, Governor1602 to 1603 João Rodrigues Coutinho, Governor1603 to 1606 Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor1st term1606 to September 1607 ..., GovernorSeptember 1607 to 1611 Manuel Pereira Forjaz, Governor1611 to 1615 Bento Banha Cardoso, Governor1615 to 1617 Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor2nd term1617 to 1621Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, Governor1621 to 1623 João Correia de Sousa, Governor1623 to 1623 Pedro de Sousa Coelho, Governor1623 to 1624 Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor1624 to 4 September 1630 Fernão de Sousa, Governor4 September 1630 to 1635 Manuel Pereira Coutinho, Governor1635 to 18 October 1639 Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor18 October 1639 to 1641 Pedro César de Meneses, Governor1641 to October 1645In opposition to the DutchOctober 1645 to 1646 Francisco de Souto-Maior, GovernorIn opposition to the DutchDutch suzerainty (Dutch Loango-Angola)Dutch West Africa1641 to 1642 Pieter Moorthamer, Director1642 to 1648 Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, DirectorPortuguese suzerainty1646 to 24 August 1648Triumvirate Junta24 August 1648 to 1651Salvador Correia de Sá e Benavides, GovernorCommander of the Recapture of Angola1651 to March 1652 ..., acting GovernorMarch 1652 to 1653 Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques, Governor1653 to October 1654 Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos da Cunha, acting GovernorOctober 1654 to 18 April 1658 Luís Mendes de Sousa Chichorro, Governor18 April 1658 to 1661, Governor1661 to September 1666André Vidal de Negreiros, GovernorSeptember 1666 to February 1667 Tristão da Cunha, GovernorFebruary 1667 to August 1669JuntaAugust 1669 to 1676Francisco de Távora, Governor1676 to 1680 Pires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses, Governor1680 to 1684 João da Silva e Sousa, Governor1684 to 1688 Luís Lobo da Silva, Governor1688 to 1691 João de Lencastre, Governor1691 to 1694 Gonçalo da Costa de Alcáçova Carneiro de Meneses, Governor1694 to 1697 Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, Governor1697/1698 to 1701 Luís César de Meneses, Governor1701 to 1702 Bernardino de Távora de Sousa Tavares, Governor1705 to 1709 Lourenço de Almada, Governor1709 to 1713 António de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro e Ribafria, Governor1713 to 1717 João Manuel de Noronha, Governor1717 to 1722 Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor1722 to 1725 António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor1725 to 1726 José Carvalho da Costa, acting Governor1726 to 1732 Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor1732 to 1738 Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor1738 to 1748 João Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor1748 to 1749 Fonseca Coutinho, acting Governor1749 to 1753 António de Almeida Portugal, 4th Count of Avintes, 1st Marquis of Lavradio, Governor1753 to 1758 António Álvares da Cunha, Governor1758 to 1764 António de Vasconcelos, Governor1764 to 1772Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor1772 to 1779 António de Lencastre, Governor1779 to 1782 José Gonçalo da Gama, Governoror João de Camâra, Governor1782 to 1784Juntas1784 to 1790 José José de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho, 1st Baron of Moçâmedes, Governor1790 to 1797 Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos de Soveral e Carvalho da Maia Soares de Albergaria, 1st Count of a Lapa, Governor1797 to 1802Miguel António de Melo, Governor1802 to 1806 Fernando António de Noronha, Governor1806 to 1807 ..., Governor1807 to 1810António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor1810 to 1815 José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor1816 to 1819 Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor1819 to 1821 Manuel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque, Governor1821 to 1822 Joaquim Inácio de Lima, Governor1822 to 1823Junta1823 to 1823 Cristóvão Avelino Dias, Governor1823 to 1829 Nicolau de Abreu Castelo-Branco, Governor1829 to 1834 José Maria de Sousa Macedo Almeida e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Santa Comba Dão, Governor1834 to 1836Junta1836 to 1836 Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor1837 to 1839 Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General1839 to 1839 António Manuel de Noronha, Governor-General1839 to 1842 Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, acting Governor-General1842 to 1843 José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General1843 to 1845 Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General1845 to 1848 Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General1848 to 1851Adrião da Silveira Pinto, Governor-General1851 to 1853António Sérgio de Sousa, Governor-General1853 to 1853 António Ricardo Graça, Governor-General1853 to 1854 Miguel Ximenez Rodrigues Sandoval de Castro e Vargas, 1st Viscount of Pinheiro, Governor-General1854 to 1860José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General1st term1860 to 1861 Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General1861 to 1862 Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses, Governor-General1862 to 1865 José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General1st term1865 to 1868 Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso, Governor-General1868 to 1869 ..., Governor-General1869 to 1870José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General2nd term1870 to 1873José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General1873 to 1876 José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General2nd term1876 to 1878 Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General1878 to 1880Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General1880 to 1882António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General1882 to 14 February 1885Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-GeneralPortuguese West Africa Colony14 February 1885 to 1886Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General1886 to 1892Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capelo, Governor-General1st term25 August 1892 to September 1893 Jaime Lobo de Brito Godins, acting Governor-General1893 to 1896 Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General1896 to 1897Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General2nd term1897 to 1900António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General1st term1900 to 1903Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General1903 to 1904Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General1st term1904 to 1904Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor-General1904 to 1905António Duarte Ramada Curto, acting Governor-General2nd term1905 to 1906 Caminho de Ferro de Mossámedes, Governor-General1906 to 1907Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General2nd termJune 1907 to June 1909Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Cabral Couceiro, Governor-General1909 to 1909Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, acting Governor-General1909 to 1910José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor-General1910 to 1911Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, acting Governor-General1911 to 1912Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor-General1912 to 15 August 1914José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-GeneralAngola Colony15 August 1914 to 1915José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General1915 to 1916António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor-General1916 to 1917Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim, Governor-General1917 to 1918Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Governor-General1918 to 1919 Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor-General1919 to 1920 Mimoso Guerra, acting Governor-General1920 to 1921 Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, 1st Viscount of Pedralva, Governor-General1921 to 1924José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, High Commissioner and Governor-General1924 to 1924 João Augusto Crispiniano Soares, High Commissioner and Governor-General1924 to 1926Francisco Cunha Rêgo Chaves, High Commissioner and Governor-General1926 to 1928 António Vicente Ferreira, High Commissioner and Governor-General1928 to 1929António Damas Mora, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General1929 to 1931Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General1931 to 1933José Dionisio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High Commissioner and Governor-General1933 to 1934 Eduardo Ferreira Viana, High Commissioner and Governor-General1934 to 1935 Júlio Garcês de Lencastre, High Commissioner and Governor-General1936 to 1940 António Lopes Mateus, High Commissioner and Governor-General1940 to 1942 Manuel da Cunha e Costa Marques Mano, High Commissioner and Governor-General1942 to 1942 Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior, High Commissioner and Governor-General1942 to 1943 Álvaro de Freitas Morna, High Commissioner and Governor-General1943 to 1943 Manuel Pereira Figueira, High Commissioner and Governor-General1943 to 1947 Vasco Lopes Alves, High Commissioner and Governor-General1947 to 1947 Fernando Mena, High Commissioner and Governor-General1948 to 11 June 1951 , High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralAngola Overseas Province of Portugal11 June 1951 to 1955 , High Commissioner and Governor-General1955 to 1956 Manuel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, High Commissioner and Governor-General1957 to 15 January 1960 Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo, High Commissioner and Governor-General15 January 1960 to 23 June 1961 Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, High Commissioner and Governor-General23 June 1961 to 26 September 1962 , High Commissioner and Governor-General26 September 1962 to 27 October 1966 Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General1st term27 October 1966 to October 1972 , High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralOctober 1972 to May 1974 Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro, High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralMay 1974 to 15 June 1974 Joaquim Franco Pinheiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General15 June 1974 to 24 July 1974 Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General2nd term24 July 1974 to 29 November 1974António Alva Rosa Coutinho, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General29 November 1974 to 28 January 1975António Alva Rosa Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General28 January 1975 to 2 August 1975 António Silva Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General2 August 1975 to 26 August 1975 Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General26 August 1975 to 10 November 1975 Leonel Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General10/11 November 1975Independence as People's Republic of Angola

For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Angola

List of colonial governors of Angola

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