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

List of colonial governors of Mozambique

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 Mozambique

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

Portuguese Suzerainty

Captaincy of Sofala	Under Portuguese India

September 1505 to March 1506	Pêro de Anaia, Captain-Major	Died in office

March 1506 to December 1506	Manuel Fernandes de Meireles, acting Captain-Major	Factor. Elected to temporarily replace Anaia

December 1506 to 8 September 1507	Nuno Vaz Pereira, Captain-Major	Appointed by D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India

Captaincy of Sofala and Moçambique	Under Portuguese India

8 September 1507 to February 1508	Vasco Gomes de Abreu, Captain-Major	Died in office

February 1508 to August 1509	Rui de Brito Patalim, acting Captain-Major

August 1509 to 24 June 1512	António de Saldanha, Captain-Major

24 June 1512 to June 1515	Simão de Miranda de Azevedo, Captain-Major

June 1512 to July 1515	Sancho de Tovar, acting Captain-Major	1st Term

July 1515 to June 1518	Cristóvão de Távora, Captain-Major

June 1518 to July 1521	Sancho de Tovar, Captain-Major	2nd Term

July 1521 to 1525	Diogo de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major

1525 to 1528	Lopo de Almeida, Captain-Major

1528 to 1531	António da Silveira de Meneses, Captain-Major

1531 to 1538	Vicente Pegado, Captain-Major

1538 to 1541	Alexio Chicorro, Captain-Major

1541 to 1548	João de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major

1548 to 1551	Fernão de Sousa de Távora, Captain-Major

1551 to 1553	Diogo de Mesquita, Captain-Major

1553 to 1557	Diogo de Sousa, Captain-Major

1557 to 1560	Sebastião de Sá, Captain-Major

1560 to 1564	Pantaleão de Sá, Captain-Major

1564 to 1567	Jerónimo Barreto, Captain-Major

1567 to 1569	Pedro Barreto Rolim, Captain-Major

Captaincy-General of Moçambique

1569 to June 1573	Francisco Barreto, Captain-General

June 1573 to 1577	Vasco Fernandes Homem, acting Captain-General

1577 to 1577	Fernando Monroi, acting Captain-General

1577 to 1577	Simão de Silveira, acting Captain-General

1577 to 1582	Pedro de Castro, Captain-General

1582 to 1586	Nuno Pereira, Captain-General

1586 to 1589	Jorge Telo de Meneses, Captain-General

1589 to 1590	Lourenço de Brito, Captain-General

1590 to 1595	Pedro de Sousa, Captain-General

1595 to 1598	Nuno da Cunha Ataíde, Captain-General

1598 to 1601	Álvaro Abranches, Captain-General

1601 to 1604	Vasco de Mascarenhas, Captain-General

1604 to 1607	Sebastião de Macedo, Captain-General

1607 to 1609	Estêvão de Ataíde, Captain-General

Colony of Moçambique, Sofala, Ríos de Cuama, and Monomatapa	Under Portuguese India

1609 to 1611	Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor	1st Term

1611 to 1612	Estévão de Ataíde, Governor

1612 to 1612	Diogo Simões de Madeira, acting Governor

1612 to 1614	João de Azevedo, Governor

1614 to 1618	Rui de Melo Sampaio, Governor

1618 to 1623	Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor	2nd Term

1623 to 1624	Lopo de Almeida, Governor

1624 to 1627	Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor	1st Term

1627 to 1631	Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor	3rd Term

1631 to 1632	Cristóvão de Brito e Vasconcelos, acting Governor

1632 to 1633	Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor	2nd Term

1633 to 1634	Filipe de Mascarenhas, Governor

1634 to 1639	Lourenço de Souto-Maior, Governor

1639 to 1640	Diogo de Vasconcelos, Governor

1640 to 1641	António de Brito Pacheco, Governor

1641 to 1642	Francisco da Silveira, Governor

1642 to 1646	Júlio Moniz da Silva, Governor

1646 to 1648	Fernão Dias Baião, Governor

1648 to 1651	Álvaro de Sousa de Távora, Governor

1651 to 1652	Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor

1652 to 1657	Francisco de Lima, Governor

1657 to 1661	Manuel Corte-Real de Sampaio, Governor

1661 to 1664	Manuel de Mascarenhas, Governor

1664 to 1667	António de Melo e Castro, Governor

1667 to 1670	Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho, Governor

1670 to 1673	João de Sousa Freire, Governor	1st Term

1673 to 1674	Simão Gomes da Silva, Governor

1674 to 1674	André Pinto da Fonseca, Governor

1674 to 1676	Manuel da Silva, acting Governor

1676 to 1682	João de Sousa Freire, Governor	2nd Term

1682 to 1686	Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor

1686 to 1689	Miguel de Almeida, Governor

1689 to 1692	Manuel dos Santos Pinto, Governor

1692 to 1693	Tomé de Sousa Correia, Governor

1693 to 1694	Francisco Correia de Mesquita, acting Governor

1694 to 1695	Estêvão José da Costa, Governor

1695 to 1696	Francisco da Costa, Governor

1696 to 1699	Luís de Melo Sampaio, Governor

1699 to 1703	Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor

1703 to 1706	João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor	1st Term

1706 to 1708	Luís de Brito Freire, Governor

1708 to 1712	Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor

1712 to 1714	João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor	2nd Term

1714 to 1716	Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor

1716 to 1719	Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor

1719 to 1722	Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor

1722 to 1723	Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor

1723 to 1726	António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor

1726 to 1730	António Cardim Fróis, Governor

1730 to 1733	António Casco de Melo, Governor

1733 to 1736	José Barbosa Leal, Governor

1736 to 1740	Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor

1740 to 1743	Lourenço de Noronha, Governor

1743 to 1746	Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor

1746 to 1750	Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor

1750 to 1752	Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor

Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala

1752 to March 1758	Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor

March 1758 to April 1758	João Manuel de Melo, Governor

April 1758 to 28 May 1759	David Marques Pereira, Governor

28 May 1759 to January 1763	Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor	1st Term

6 January 1763 to 1765	João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor

1765 to June 1779	Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, Governor

June 1779 to 1780	Provisional Administration

1780 to 1781	José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor

1781 to 4 January 1782	Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, acting Governor

4 January 1782 to 21 August 1782	Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor	2nd Term

21 August 1782 to 1786	Provisional Administration

1786 to 1793	António de Melo e Castro, Governor

1793 to 1797	Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor

1797 to September 1801	Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor

September 1801 to August 1805	Isidro de Sousa e Sá, Governor

August 1805 to December 1807	Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso, Governor

December 1807 to 14 August 1809	Provisional Administration

14 August 1809 to August 1812	António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça, Governor

August 1812 to February 1817	Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, Governor

February 1817 to September 1818	José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Governor

September 1818 to November 1819	Provisional Administration

November 1819 to June 1821	João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, Governor

June 1821 to June 1824	Provisional Administration

June 1824 to January 1825	João Manuel da Silva, Governor

January 1825 to August 1829	Sebastião Xavier Botelho, Governor

August 1829 to January 1832	Paulo José Miguel de Brito, Governor

January 1832 to March 1834	Provisional Administration

March 1834 to March 1836	José Gregório Pegado, Governor

Moçambique Colony/Portuguese East Africa

March 1836 to March 1837	Provisional Administration

March 1837 to October 1837	António José de Melo, Governor-General

October 1837 to March 1838	João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracaty, Governor-General

March 1838 to 25 March 1840	Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá, President of Governing Council

25 March 1840 to May 1841	Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor-General

May 1841 to 15 February 1843	João da Costa Xavier, Governor-General

15 February 1843 to May 1847	Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima, Governor-General

May 1847 to October 1851	Domingos Fortunato de Vale, Governor-General

October 1851 to April 1854	Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães, Governor-General

April 1854 to September 1857	Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting Governor-General

September 1857 to February 1864	João Tavares d'Almeida, Governor-General

February 1864 to April 1864	Cândido M. Montes, President of Governing Council

April 1864 to October 1867	M. António do Canto e Castro, Governor-General

October 1867 to September 1868	António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda, Governor-General

September 1868 to February 1869	M. N. P. de Ataíde e Azevedo, President of Governing Council

February 1869 to April 1869	António Tavares de Almeida, Governor-General

April 1869 to December 1869	Fernão da Costa Leal, Governor-General

December 1869 to June 1870	Juiz E. K. da Fonseca e Gouveia, President of Governing Council

June 1870 to August 1870	Inácio A. Alves, acting Governor-General

August 1870 to December 1873	José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General

December 1873 to August 1874	Juiz J. M. Crispiniano da Fonseca, President of Governing Council

August 1874 to December 1877	José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General

December 1877 to January 1880	Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor-General

January 1880 to August 1881	Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, acting Governor-General

August 1881 to February 1882	Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, visconde de Paço d'Arcos, Governor-General

February 1882 to April 1882	J. d'Almeida d'Avila, acting Governor-General

April 1882 to April 1885	Agostinho Coelho, Governor-General

April 1885 to July 1885	D. Henrique Real da Silva, President of Governing Council

July 1885 to March 1889	Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha, Governor-General

March 1889 to July 1889	José Joaquim d'Almeida, acting Governor-General

July 1889 to July 1890	José António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor-General

July 1890 to 2 July 1891	Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General	1st Term

2 July 1891 to May 1893	Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor-General

May 1893 to 13 January 1894	Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor-General

January 1894 to July 1894	J. Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General	1st Term

July 1894 to January 1895	Fernão de Magalhães e Meneses, Governor-General

January 1895 to December 1895	António José Enes -Commissioner, Governor-General

January 1896 to March 1896	J. Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General	2nd Term

March 1896 to November 1897	Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque, Governor-General

November 1897 to August 1898	Baltasar Freire Cabral, acting Governor-General

August 1898 to December 1898	Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier, Governor-General

December 1898 to March 1900	Álvaro António Ferreira, Governor-General

March 1900 to May 1900	Júlio José, marqués da Costa, Governor-General

May 1900 to October 1900	Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General	2nd Term

October 1900 to December 1902	Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor-General

December 1902 to February 1905	Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor-General

February 1905 to October 1906	João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira, Governor-General

October 1906 to November 1910	Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Governor-General

November 1910 to May 1911	José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting Governor-General

May 1911 to February 1912	José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva, Governor-General

February 1912 to March 1913	Alfredo Afonso Meneses de Magalhães, Governor-General

March 1913 to April 1914	Augusto Ferreira dos Santos, Governor-General

April 1914 to May 1915	Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General	3rd Term

May 1915 to October 1915	Alfredo Baptista Coelho, Governor-General

October 1915 to April 1918	Álvaro Xavier de Castro, Governor-General

April 1918 to April 1919	Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor-General

April 1919 to March 1921	Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting Governor-General	1st Term

March 1921 to September 1923	Manuel de Brito Camacho, High Commissioner and Governor-General

September 1923 to November 1924	Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General	2nd Term

November 1924 to May 1926	Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General

May 1926 to November 1926	Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

November 1926 to April 1938	José Ricardo Pereira Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General

April 1938 to 1941	José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1941 to 1946	João Tristão de Bettencourt, High Commissioner and Governor-General

May 1947 to December 1948	Luís de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal, High Commissioner and Governor-General

December 1948 to 11 June 1951	Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General

Mozambique Overseas Province of Portugal

11 June 1951 to 1958	Gabriel Maurício Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1958 to 1961	Pedro Correia de Barros, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1961 to 1964	Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1964 to 1968	José Augusto da Costa Almeida, High Commissioner and Governor-General

12 July 1968 to 1970	Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1970 to 1972	Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General

1972 to 27 April 1974	Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos, High Commissioner and Governor-General

27 April 1974 to 11 June 1974	David Teixeira Ferreira, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

11 June 1974 to 17 August 1974	Henrique Soares de Melo, High Commissioner and Governor-General

19 August 1974 to 12 September 1974	Jorge Ferro Ribeiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General

12 September 1974 to 25 June 1975	Vítor Crespo, High Commissioner and Governor-General

25 June 1975	Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique

Sentence(s)

Pêro de Anaia became the first captain-major of the Portuguese in Sofala, and thus the first colonial governor of Portuguese East Africa.

final_sentence: Pêro de Anaia became the first captain-major of the Portuguese in Sofala, and thus the first colonial governor of Portuguese East Africa.