Question: Facts: - order: 1st - successor: jeronimo de azevedo - monarch: philip i of portugal - predecessor: '' -lrb- as captain-major of portuguese ceylon -rrb- ' office created '' ' pedro homem pereira - office: governor of portuguese ceylon - term end: 1594 - term start: 1594 - name: pedro lopes de sousa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pedro lopes de sousa .
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pedro lopes de sousa was the 1st governor of portuguese ceylon .the office of captain-major was abolished in 1594 and de sousa was appointed in the same year under philip i of portugal .he left office later that year .