# List of colonial governors of Angola

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History of Angola :
| Precolonial history | to 1575 |
| Colonization | 1575–1641 |
| Dutch occupation | 1641–1648 |
| Colonial history | 1648–1951 |
| Portuguese province | 1951–1961 |
| War of Independence | 1961–1974 |
| Sovereign socialist state | 1975–1992 |
| Civil War | 1975–2002 |
Post-war Angola’s :
2000s
2010s
2020s :
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Years in Angola :
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This is a list of European (Portuguese and Dutch) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Angola, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Angola.

## List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
| Portuguese suzerainty ||||
| Angola Donatária (São Paulo de Loanda) | Colony | Colony | Colony |
| 1 February 1575 to 1589 | | Paulo Dias de Novais, Donatário | |
| Portuguese West Africa | Crown Colony | Crown Colony | 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 Vasconcellos, 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 | | Pedro César de Meneses, Governor | In opposition to the Dutch |
| October 1645 to 1646 | | Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor | In opposition to the Dutch |
| Dutch suzerainty (Dutch Loango-Angola) ||||
| 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 | Triumvirate Junta | |
| 24 August 1648 to 1651 | | Salvador Correia de Sá e Benavides, Governor | Commander of the Recapture of Angola |
| 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 [pt], 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 da Silveira 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 Cabral 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 [pt], 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 [pt], 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 | Independence as People's Republic of Angola | Independence as People's Republic of Angola |
For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Angola