# List of colonial governors of Mozambique

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Mozambique, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Mozambique.

## List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
| Portuguese suzerainty ||||
| Captaincy of Sofala | Under Portuguese India | Under Portuguese India | Under Portuguese India |
| September 1505 to March 1506 | | Pero 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 | Under Portuguese India | 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, Río de Cuama, and Monomotapa | Under Portuguese India | Under Portuguese India | Under Portuguese India |
| 1609 to 1611 | | Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor | 1st term |
| 1611 to 1612 | | Estêvão 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Provisional administration | |
| November 1819 to June 1821 | | João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, Governor | |
| June 1821 to June 1824 | Provisional administration | 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 | Provisional administration | |
| March 1834 to March 1836 | | José Gregório Pegado, Governor | |
| Moçambique Colony/Portuguese East Africa ||||
| March 1836 to March 1837 | Provisional administration | 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, Count of Paço de 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 | | Rafael Jácome de Andrade, Governor-General | |
| May 1893 to 13 January 1894 | | Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor-General | |
| January 1894 to July 1894 | | Joaquim da Graça 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, Governor-General | |
| January 1896 to March 1896 | | Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General | 2nd term |
| March 1896 to November 1897 | | Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho 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 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 | | Victor 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 | Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique | Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique |
For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Mozambique