monarch predecessor successor death_date office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
philip ii of portugal john iv of portugal francisco de meneses filipe mascarenhas nuno Álvares pereira francisco de mello e castro 1657 governor of portuguese ceylon 1600 4th & 16th 1614 1645 manuel mascarenhas homem
 1616 1653 manuel mascarenhas homem
manuel mascarenhas homem

manuel mascarenhas homem was twice governor of portuguese ceylon .
homem was first appointed in 1614 under philip ii of portugal as the governor , serving until 1616 and being succeeded by nuno Álvares pereira .
he was appointed a second time in 1645 by john iv of portugal , serving until 1653 and being succeeded by francisco de mello e castro .
