List of colonial governors of Portuguese Timor
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: President of East Timor

List of colonial governors of Portuguese Timor

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: President of East Timor

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

Portuguese suzerainty

Subordinated to Portuguese India

1647 to 1649	António de São Jacinto, Captain	In Cupão

1649 to 1652	Francisco Carneiro, Captain	In Cupão

1652 to 1662	..., Captain

1662 to 1664	Simão Luís, Captain

1665 to 1666	Simão Luís, Captain-Major

1666 to 1669	António Hornay, acting Captain-Major	1st time

1669 to 1670	Fernão Martins da Ponte, acting Captain-Major

1671 to 1673	Mateus da Costa, acting Captain-Major

1673 to 1693	António Hornay, acting Captain-Major	2nd time

1680	João Antunes Portugal, Captain-Major	Sent by Portugal but refused by settlers

1694 to 1696	Francisco Hornay, acting Captain-Major

1696 to 1697	António de Mesquita Pimentel, Captain-Major

1697	André Coelho Vieira, Captain-Major

1697 to 1702	Domingos da Costa, acting Captain-Major

20 February 1702 to 1705	António Coelho Guerreiro, Governor

1705 to 1706	Lourenço Lopes, Governor

1706 to 1708	Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Governor	1st time

1708 to 1709	Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor

1709 to 1714	Manuel de Souto-Maior, Governor

1714	Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Governor	2nd time

1714 to 1718	Domingos da Costa, Governor

1718 to 1719	Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor

1719 to 1722	Manuel de Santo António, Governor

1722 to 1725	António de Albuquerque Coelho, Governor

1725 to 1729	António Moniz de Macedo, Governor	1st time

1729 to 1731	Pedro de Melo, Governor

1731 to 1734	Pedro do Rego Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor

1734 to 1739	António Moniz de Macedo, Governor	2nd time

1739 to 1741	..., acting Governor

1741 to 1745	Manuel Leonís de Castro, Governor

1745 to 1748	Francisco Xavier Moraes Doutel, Governor

1748 to 1751	Manuel Correia de Lacerda, Governor

1751 to 1759	Manuel Doutel de Figueiredo Sarmento, Governor

1759 to 1760	Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito, Governor

1760 to 1763	..., acting Governor

1763 to 1765	Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão, Governor

1765 to 1768	..., acting Governor

1768 to 1776	António José Teles de Meneses, Governor

1776 to 1779	Caetano de Lemos Telo de Meneses, Governor

1779 to 1782	Lourenço de Brito Correia, Governor

1782 to 1785	João Anselmo de Almeida Soares, Governor

1785 to 1788	João Baptista Vieira Godinho, Governor

1788 to 1790	Feliciano António Nogueira Lisboa, Governor

1790 to 1794	Joaquim Xavier de Morias Sarmento, Governor

1794 to 1800	João Baptista Verquaim, Governor

1800 to 1804	José Joaquim de Sousa, Governor

1804 to 1807	João Vicente Soares da Veiga, Governor

1807 to 1810	António de Mendonça Côrte-Real, Governor

1810	António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessõa, Governor

1810 to 1812	Joaquim António Duarte da Silva Veloso, Governor

1812 to 1815	Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão, Governor

1815 to 1819	José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa, Governor

1819 to 1821	Gregório Rodrigues Pereira, Governor

1821 to 1832	Manuel Joaquim de Matos e Góis, Governor

1832	Miguel da Silveira Lorena, Governor

1832 to 1834	Miguel Carlos da Cunha da Silveira e Lorena, Governor

1834 to 1839	José Maria Marques, Governor

1839 to 1844	Frederico Leão Cabreira de Brito Alvelos Drago Valente, Governor

Subordinated to Portuguese Macau

1844 to 1848	Julião José da Silva Vieiras, Governor

1848 to 30 October 1850	António Olavo Monteiro Torres, Governor

Separate colony

30 October 1850 to 1851	António Olavo Monteiro Torres, Governor

23 June 1851 to 15 September 1851	José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Governor

Subordinated to Portuguese Macau

15 September 1851 to 1852	José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Governor

1852 to 1856	Manuel de Saldanha da Gama, Governor

Subordinated to Portuguese India

1856 to 1859	Manuel de Saldanha da Gama, Governor

1859 to 1863	Afonso de Castro, Governor

Separate overseas province

1863 to 1864	José Manuel Pereira de Almeida, Governor

1864 to 1866	José Eduardo da Costa Meneses, Governor

Subordinated to Portuguese Macau

1866 to 1869	Francisco Teixeira da Silva + António Joaquim Garcia, Governors

1870 to 1871	João Clímaco de Carvalho + Manuel de Castro Sampaio, Governors

1873 to 1876	Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco, Governor	1st time

1876 to 1878	Joaquim António da Silva Ferrão + José Alves da Costa, Governors

1878 to 1880	Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco, Governor	2nd time

1880 to 1881	Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho + José dos Santos Vaquinhas, Governors

1882 to 1883	Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira + Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa + Francisco de Paula da Lua, Governors	1st time for Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa

1883 to 1885	João Maria Pereira + Cipriano Forjaz, Governors	1st time for Cipriano Forjaz

1885 to 3 March 1887	Alfredo de Lacerda Maia, Governor

1887	António Joaquim Garcia, Governors

1887 to 1888	António Francisco da Costa, Governor

1888 to 1889	Rafael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor

1889 to 1890	Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, Governor	2nd time

1890 to 1894	Cipriano Forjaz, Governor	2nd time

1894	Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, Governor	3rd time

1894 to 15 October 1896	José Celestino da Silva, Governor

Separate colony

15 October 1896 to 1908	José Celestino da Silva, Governor

1908	Jaime Augusto Vieira da Rocha, acting Governor

1908 to 1909	Eduardo Augusto Marquês, Governor

1909 to 1910	Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro, Governor	1st time

1910 to 30 October 1910	Alfredo Augusto de Soveral Martins, Governor

1910	Anselmo Augusto Coelho de Carvalho, acting Governor

1910	José Carrazeda Caldas Viana e Andrade, acting Governor

1911 to 1913	Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor	1st time

1913 to 1914	Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro, acting Governor	2nd time

1914 to 1917	Filomeno da Cámara Melo Cabral, Governor	2nd time

1917	César de Abreu + José Machado Duarte Júnior, acting Governors

1917 to 1919	Luís Augusto de Oliveira Franco, acting Governor	1st time

1919 to 1920	Manuel Paulo de Sousa Gentil, Governor

1920 to 1921	Luís Augusto de Oliveira Franco, acting Governor	2nd time

1921	José de Paiva Gomes, Governor	1st time

1921	Humberto dos Santos Leitão, acting Governor	1st time

1921 to 1923	José de Paiva Gomes, Governor	2nd time

1923 to 1924	Humberto dos Santos Leitão, acting Governor	2nd time

1924 to 1926	Raimundo Enes Meira, Governor

1926 to 1929	Teófilo Duarte, Governor

1929 to 1930	Cesário Augusto de Almeida Viana, Governor

1930	Abel Teixeira da Costa Tavares, acting Governor

1930 to 1933	Antonio Baptista Justo, Governor

1933	José Luís Fontoura de Sequeira, acting Governor

1933 to 1936	Raúl de Antas Manso Preto Mendes Cruz, Governor

1936	Eduardo Bernardo Lápido Loureiro, acting Governor

1937 to 1940	Álvaro Eugénio Neves da Fontoura, Governor

1940	António Jacinto Magro, acting Governor

1940 to 8 December 1945	Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho, Governor	Considered himself a prisoner during allied rule from December 1941 until February 1942; confined by Japanese from February 1942 until August 1945

Occupation of Portuguese Timor by Australian and Dutch forces

17 December 1941 to 20 February 1942	William Watt Leggatt, Commander of Australian forces

17 December 1941 to 20 February 1942	Nico Leonard Willem van Straten, Commander of Dutch forces

Occupation of Portuguese Timor by Japanese forces

20 February 1942 to 1942	Sadashichi Doi, Commander

August 1942 to November 1944	Yuitsu Tsuchihashi, Commander

November 1944 to August 1945	Kunitaro Yamada, Commander

Portuguese Timor

1946 to 1950	Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas, Governor

1950 to 11 June 1950	César Maria de Serpa Rosa, Governor

Overseas province

11 June 1950 to 1958	César Maria de Serpa Rosa, Governor

1959 to 1963	Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata, Governor

1963 to 1968	José Alberty Correia, Governor

1968 to 1972	José Nogueira Valente Pires, Governor

1972 to 1974	Fernando Alves Adeía, Governor

18 November 1974 to 27 November 1975	Mário Lemos Pires, Governor	From 11 August 1975, on Atauro Island

28 November 1975	Unilateral declaration of independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor

7 December 1975	Invaded by Indonesia

17 July 1976 to 19 October 1999	Annexed by Indonesia (Timor Timur province). Not recognized by Portugal; remained recognized by United Nations as Portuguese territory.

30 August 1999	Referendum votes for independence 78%

20 September 1999 to 19 May 2002	International administration (from 28 February 2000, under UN administration; United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor [UNTAET]).

20 May 2002	Independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor

Sentence(s)

António de Albuquerque Coelho was the Colonial Governor of Portuguese Timor appointed in 1722.

final_sentence: António de Albuquerque Coelho was the Colonial Governor of Portuguese Timor appointed in 1722.