List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
Governors of Cape Verde
Table:
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
[1]

1622 to 8 March 1624
Manuel Afonso de Guerra
[1]

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
[2]

13 December 1769 to 3 July 1776
Joaquim Salema de Saldanha Lobo
[2]

21 May 1777 to 19 February 1781
António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses
[2]

19 February 1781 to 19 March 1781
Duarte de Melo da Silva e Castro de Almeida
[2]

23 April 1783 to 10 August 1783
Bishop Frei Francisco de São Simão
[2]

1 April 1785 to 21 January 1790
António Machado de Faria e Eça
[2]

21 January 1790 to 19 June 1795
Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro
[2]

19 June 1795 to 10 September 1795
José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça
[2]

13 August 1796 to 29 November 1802
Marcelino António Bastos
[2]

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
[3]

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

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