List of colonial governors of Angola
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Angola

List of colonial governors of Angola

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Angola

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

Portuguese Suzerainty

Angola Donatária (São Paulo de Loanda)	Colony

1 February 1575 to 1589	Paulo Dias de Novais, Donatário

Portuguese West Africa	Crown Colony

1589 to 1591	Luís Serrão [pt], Governor

1591 to June 1592	André Ferreira Pereira [pt], Governor

June 1592 to 1593	Francisco de Almeida, Governor

1593 to 1594	Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor

1594 to 1602	João Furtado de Mendonça, Governor

1602 to 1603	João Rodrigues Coutinho, Governor

1603 to 1606	Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor	1st Term

1606 to September 1607	..., Governor

September 1607 to 1611	Manuel Pereira Forjaz, Governor

1611 to 1615	Bento Banha Cardoso, Governor

1615 to 1617	Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor	2nd Term

1617 to 1621	Luís Mendes de Vasconcelos, Governor

1621 to 1623	João Correia de Sousa, Governor

1623 to 1623	Pedro de Sousa Coelho, Governor

1623 to 1624	Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor

1624 to 4 September 1630	Fernão de Sousa, Governor

4 September 1630 to 1635	Manuel Pereira Coutinho, Governor

1635 to 18 October 1639	Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor

18 October 1639 to 1641	Pedro César de Meneses, Governor

1641 to October 1645	In opposition to the Dutch

October 1645 to 1646	Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor	In opposition to the Dutch

Dutch Suzerainty

Dutch West Africa

1641 to 1642	Pieter Moorthamer, Director

1642 to 1648	Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, Director

Portuguese Suzerainty

1646 to 24 August 1648	Triumvirate Junta

24 August 1648 to 1651	Salvador Correia de Sá e Benavides, Governor

1651 to March 1652	..., acting Governor

March 1652 to 1653	Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques, Governor

1653 to October 1654	Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos da Cunha, acting Governor

October 1654 to 18 April 1658	Luís Mendes de Sousa Chichorro, Governor

18 April 1658 to 1661	João Fernandes Vieira, Governor

1661 to September 1666	André Vidal de Negreiros, Governor

September 1666 to February 1667	Tristão da Cunha, Governor

February 1667 to August 1669	Junta

August 1669 to 1676	Francisco de Távora, Governor

1676 to 1680	Pires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses, Governor

1680 to 1684	João da Silva e Sousa, Governor

1684 to 1688	Luís Lobo da Silva, Governor

1688 to 1691	João de Lencastre, Governor

1691 to 1694	Gonçalo da Costa de Alcáçova Carneiro de Meneses, Governor

1694 to 1697	Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, Governor

1697/1698 to 1701	Luís César de Meneses, Governor

1701 to 1702	Bernardino de Távora de Sousa Tavares, Governor

1705 to 1709	Lourenço de Almada, Governor

1709 to 1713	António de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro e Ribafria, Governor

1713 to 1717	João Manuel de Noronha, Governor

1717 to 1722	Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor

1722 to 1725	António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor

1725 to 1726	José Carvalho da Costa, acting Governor

1726 to 1732	Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor

1732 to 1738	Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor

1738 to 1748	João Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor

1748 to 1749	Fonseca Coutinho, acting Governor

1749 to 1753	António de Almeida Portugal, 4th Count of Avintes, 1st Marquis of Lavradio, Governor

1753 to 1758	António Álvares da Cunha, Governor

1758 to 1764	António de Vasconcelos, Governor

1764 to 1772	Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor

1772 to 1779	António de Lencastre, Governor

1779 to 1782	José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor or João de Camâra, Governor

1782 to 1784	Juntas

1784 to 1790	José José de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho, 1st Baron of Moçâmedes, Governor

1790 to 1797	Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos de Soveral e Carvalho da Maia Soares de Albergaria, 1st Count of a Lapa, Governor

1797 to 1802	Miguel António de Melo, Governor

1802 to 1806	Fernando António de Noronha, Governor

1806 to 1807	..., Governor

1807 to 1810	António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor

1810 to 1815	José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor

1816 to 1819	Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor

1819 to 1821	Manuel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque, Governor

1821 to 1822	Joaquim Inácio de Lima, Governor

1822 to 1823	Junta

1823 to 1823	Cristóvão Avelino Dias, Governor

1823 to 1829	Nicolau de Abreu Castelo-Branco, Governor

1829 to 1834	José Maria de Sousa Macedo Almeida e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Santa Comba Dão, Governor

1834 to 1836	Junta

1836 to 1836	Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor

1837 to 1839	Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General

1839 to 1839	António Manuel de Noronha, Governor-General

1839 to 1842	Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, acting Governor-General

1842 to 1843	José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General

1843 to 1845	Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General

1845 to 1848	Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General

1848 to 1851	Adrião de Silveiro Pinto, Governor-General

1851 to 1853	António Sérgio de Sousa, Governor-General

1853 to 1853	António Ricardo Graça, Governor-General

1853 to 1854	Miguel Ximenez Rodrigues Sandoval de Castro e Vargas, 1st Viscount of Pinheiro, Governor-General

1854 to 1860	José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General	1st Term

1860 to 1861	Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General

1861 to 1862	Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses, Governor-General

1862 to 1865	José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General	1st Term

1865 to 1868	Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso, Governor-General

1868 to 1869	..., Governor-General

1869 to 1870	José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General	2nd Term

1870 to 1873	José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General

1873 to 1876	José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General	2nd Term

1876 to 1878	Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General

1878 to 1880	Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General

1880 to 1882	António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General

1882 to 14 February 1885	Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General

Portuguese West Africa Colony

14 February 1885 to 1886	Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General

1886 to 1892	Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capelo, Governor-General	1st Term

25 August 1892 to September 1893	Jaime Lobo de Brito Godins, acting Governor-General

1893 to 1896	Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General

1896 to 1897	Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General	2nd Term

1897 to 1900	António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General	1st Term

1900 to 1903	Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General

1903 to 1904	Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General	1st Term

1904 to 1904	Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor-General

1904 to 1905	António Duarte Ramada Curto, acting Governor-General	2nd Term

1905 to 1906	Caminho de Ferro de Mossámedes, Governor-General

1906 to 1907	Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General	2nd Term

June 1907 to June 1909	Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro, Governor-General

1909 to 1909	Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, acting Governor-General

1909 to 1910	José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor-General

1910 to 1911	Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, acting Governor-General

1911 to 1912	Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor-General

1912 to 15 August 1914	José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General

Angola Colony

15 August 1914 to 1915	José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General

1915 to 1916	António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor-General

1916 to 1917	Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim, Governor-General

1917 to 1918	Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Governor-General

1918 to 1919	Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor-General

1919 to 1920	Mimoso Guerra, acting Governor-General

1920 to 1921	Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, 1st Viscount of Pedralva, Governor-General

1921 to 1924	José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1924 to 1924	João Augusto Crispiniano Soares, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1924 to 1926	Francisco Cunha Rêgo Chaves, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1926 to 1928	António Vicente Ferreira, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1928 to 1929	António Damas Mora, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

1929 to 1931	Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1931 to 1933	José Dionisio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1933 to 1934	Eduardo Ferreira Viana, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1934 to 1935	Júlio Garcês de Lencastre, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1936 to 1940	António Lopes Mateus, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1940 to 1942	Manuel da Cunha e Costa Marques Mano, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1942 to 1942	Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1942 to 1943	Álvaro de Freitas Morna, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1943 to 1943	Manuel Pereira Figueira, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1943 to 1947	Vasco Lopes Alves, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1947 to 1947	Fernando Mena, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1948 to 11 June 1951	José Agapito de Silva Carvalho [pt], High Commissioner and Governor-General

Angola Overseas Province of Portugal

11 June 1951 to 1955	José Agapito de Silva Carvalho, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1955 to 1956	Manuel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1957 to 15 January 1960	Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo, High Commissioner and Governor-General

15 January 1960 to 23 June 1961	Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, High Commissioner and Governor-General

23 June 1961 to 26 September 1962	Venâncio Augusto Deslandes, High Commissioner and Governor-General

26 September 1962 to 27 October 1966	Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General	1st Term

27 October 1966 to October 1972	Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz [pt], High Commissioner and Governor-General

October 1972 to May 1974	Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro, High Commissioner and Governor-General

May 1974 to 15 June 1974	Joaquim Franco Pinheiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

15 June 1974 to 24 July 1974	Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General	2nd Term

24 July 1974 to 29 November 1974	António Alva Rosa Coutinho, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

29 November 1974 to 28 January 1975	António Alva Rosa Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General

28 January 1975 to 2 August 1975	António Silva Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General

2 August 1975 to 26 August 1975	Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

26 August 1975 to 10 November 1975	Leonel Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General

10/11 November 1975	Independence as People's Republic of Angola

Sentence(s)

Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro served as the Governor of Angola from 1907 to 1909.

final_sentence: Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro served as the Governor of Angola from 1907 to 1909.