List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
Governors of Cape Verde
For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Cape Verde

List of colonial governors of Cape Verde

Section Title: Governors of Cape Verde
Table Section Text: For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Cape Verde

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

7 August 1587 to 25 March 1591	Duarte Lobo da Gama

1591 to 1595	Brás Soares de Melo

1597 to 1603	Francisco Lobo da Gama

1603 to 1606	Fernão de Mesquita de Brito

1606 to 1611	Francisco Correia da Silva

1611 to 1614	Francisco Martins de Sequeira

1614 to 1618	Nicolau de Castilho

1618 to 1622	Francisco de Moura

3 April 1622 to 1622	Francisco Rolim

1622 to 8 March 1624	Manuel Afonso de Guerra

1624 to 1628	Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha

1628 to 1632	João Pereira Corte-Real

1632 to 1636	Cristóvão de Cabral

1636 to 1639	Jorge de Castilho

1639 to 1640	Jerónimo de Cavalcanti e Albuquerque

1640 to 1645	João Serrão da Cunha

1645 to 1646	Lourenço Garro

1646 to 1648	Jorge de Araújo

1648 to 1648	Roque de Barros do Rêgo

1648 to 1649	Council of Government

12 June 1649 to 9 October 1650	Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala

1650 to 1651	Pedro Semedo Cardoso

1651 to 1653	Jorge de Mesquita Castelo Branco

1563 to 1658	Pedro Ferreira Barreto

1558 to 1663	Francisco de Figueroa

1663 to 1667	Antõnio Galvao

1667 to 1671	Manuel da Costa Pessoa	1st Term

1671 to 1676	Manuel Pacheco de Melo

30 April 1676 to 1676	João Cardoso Pássaro

1676 to 1678	Council of Government

15 March 1678 to 1683	Manuel da Costa Pessoa	2nd Term

1681 to 1687	Inácio de Franca Barbosa

1687 to 1688	Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa

1688 to 1690	Vitoriano da Costa

1690 to 1691	Digo Ramires Esquível

1691 to 1692	Council of Government

1692 to 1696	Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara

1696 to 7 June 1696	António Gomes Mena

1696 to 1698	Council of Government

4 November 1698 to 1702	António Salgado

10 February 1702 to 1702	Jorge Cotrim de Mello

12 April 1702 to 1707	Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas

11 May 1707 to 1710	Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca

12 February 1710 to 1715	José Pinheiro da Câmara

27 March 1715 to 20 June 1715	Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo

16 December 1715 to 1719	Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá

9 April 1719 to 1720	Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho

11 March 1720 to 4 January 1725	António Vieira

24 January 1726 to 1728	Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos

10 July 1728 to 1733	Francisco de Oliveira Grans

1733 to 1737	Bento Gomes Coelho

1 May 1736 to 7 August 1738	José da Fonseca Barbosa

1738 to 1741	Chamber Senate

10 June 1741 to 1751	João Zuzarte de Santa Maria

6 March 1751 to 1751	António José d'Eça e Faria

1752 to 1756	Luís António da Cunha d'Eça

1756 to 1761	Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses

5 March 1761 to 1761	Marcelino Pereira de Ávila

1761 to 1764	António de Barros Bezerra

1764 to 1766	Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre

25 December 1766 to 4 May 1767	João Jácome Baiena Henriques

13 December 1769 to 3 July 1776	Joaquim Salema de Saldanha Lobo

21 May 1777 to 19 February 1781	António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses

19 February 1781 to 19 March 1781	Duarte de Melo da Silva e Castro de Almeida

23 April 1783 to 10 August 1783	Bishop Frei Francisco de São Simão

1 April 1785 to 21 January 1790	António Machado de Faria e Eça

21 January 1790 to 19 June 1795	Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro

19 June 1795 to 10 September 1795	José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça

13 August 1796 to 29 November 1802	Marcelino António Bastos

12 May 1803 to 1818	António Coutinho de Lencastre

6 February 1818 to 1822	António Pusich

16 January 1823 to 13 December 1826	João da Mata Chapuzet

13 December 1826 to 25 August 1830	Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos

1830 to 1831	Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo

1831 to 1834	José Coutinho de Lencastre

14 February 1834 to 1835	Manuel António Martins

1835 to 1836	Joaquim Pereira Marinho	1st Term

24 July 1836 to 13 January 1837	Domingos Correia Arouca

13 January 1837 to 1839	Joaquim Pereira Marinho	2nd Term

1839 to 1842	João de Fontes Pereira de Melo	1st Term

5 April 1842 to 1845	Francisco de Paula Bastos

26 June 1845 to 1847	José Miguel de Noronha

28 July 1847 to 1851	João de Fontes Pereira de Melo	2nd Term

25 June 1851 to 1854	Fortunato José Barreiros

6 April 1854 to 1857	António Maria Barreiros Arrobas

25 November 1857 to 1860	Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses

1860 to 1860	Januário Correia de Almeida

6 September 1860 to 1863	Carlos Joaquim Franco

1863 to 1869	José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

29 March 1869 to 26 February 1876	Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque

1876 to 1878	Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses

1879 to 1881	António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio

1882 to 1886	João Paes de Vasconcellos

1887 to 1889	João Cesário de Lacerda	1st Term

1890 to 1890	Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho

1891 to 1893	José Guedes Brandão de Melo	1st Term

1893 to 1894	Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes

1894 to 1897	Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto

1898 to 1900	João Cesário de Lacerda	2nd Term

1901 to 1902	Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo

1902 to 1903	Francisco de Paula Cid

1903 to 1904	Alfredo Barjona de Freitas

1905 to 1907	Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral

1907 to 1909	Bernardo António da Costa de Sousa de Macedo

1909 to 1910	Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro

1910 to 1911	António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão

1911 to 1911	Artur Marinha de Campos

1911 to 1915	Joaquím Pedro Vieira Índice Bicker

1915 to 1918	Abel Fontoura da Costa

1918 to 1919	Teófilo Duarte

1919 to 1921	Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães

1921 to 1922	Filipe Carlos Dias de Carvalho

1924 to 1926	Júlio Henriques d'Abreu

1927 to 1927	João de Almeida

1927 to 1931	António Álvares Guedes Vaz

1931 to 1941	Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo

1941 to 1943	José Diogo Ferreira Martins

1943 to 1949	João de Figueiredo

1950 to 1953	Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas

1953 to 1957	Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral

1957 to 1958	António Augusto Peixoto Correia acting Governor

1958 to 1962	Silvino Silvério Marques

1963 to 1969	Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro

13 March 1969 to 1974	António Lopes dos Santos

March 1974 to 25 April 1974	Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro

6 August 1974 to 21 September 1974	Henrique da Silva Horta Governor

21 September 1974 to 30 December 1974	Vicente Almeida d'Eça

30 December 1974 to 5 July 1975	Vicente Almeida d'Eça High Commissioner

5 July 1975	Independence as Republic of Cape Verde

Sentence(s)

Fortunato José Barreiros was a governor of Cape Verde between 1851 and 1854.

final_sentence: Fortunato José Barreiros was a governor of Cape Verde between 1851 and 1854.