Colonial heads of Cape Verde
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List of Colonial Heads of the Cape Verde
Islands
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Santiago
(later northern Santiago)
Boa Vista
Praia
Fogo
Sal
The Islands of Cape Verde
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
Islands
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
SantiagoSantiago, Cape VerdeSantiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....
(later northern Santiago)| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| 29 January 1462 to 1473 | Diogo Afonso, Captain | |
| 1473 to 1505 | Rodrigo Afonso, Captain |
Ribeira Grande
(southern Santiago)| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1462 to 1496 | Antonio de Noli, Captain | |
| 8 April 1497 to ???? | Branca de Aguiar, Captain | ♀ |
| 1508 to 15?? | Sebastião Álvares de Landim, Captain | |
| 1515 to 151? | Fernão Mendes, Captain | |
| 1517 to 15?? | João Alemão, Captain | |
| 16 August 1536 to 15?? | João Correia de Souza, Captain | |
| 1544 to 15?? | António Correia de Souza, Captain | |
| 1555 (or ?1559) to 15?? | Manuel de Andrade Manuel de Andrade Manuel de Andrade Fulano de Tal , an Azorean jurist. He was also a comarta of Velas. He was a publisher of the review known as Jorgense.-References:... , Captain |
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| 22 December 1562 to ???? | Constantino de Bragança, Captain |
Boa VistaBoa Vista, Cape VerdeBoa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 29 October 1497 to 3 January 1505 | Rodrigo Afonso, Captain | |
| 3 January 1505 to 15?? | Pêro Correia, Captain | |
| 15?? to 1542 | António Correia António Correia António Correia was a Portuguese commander who in 1521 conquered Bahrain, beginning eighty years of Portuguese rule in the Persian Gulf state.Correia was the son of merchant and explorer Aires Correia, who had gained notoriety during the Portuguese bombardment of Calicut a generation earlier... , Captain |
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| 1542 to 15?? | Maria Correia, Captain | ♀ |
Alcatrazes
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1484 to ???? | João de Santarém João de Santarém João de Santarém Portuguese explorer that discovered São Tomé and Príncipe together with Pedro Escobar.... , Captain |
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| 1504 to 150? | Afonso Ribeiro, Captain | |
| 1508 to 15?? | Rodrigi Varela, Captain |
PraiaPraiaPraia , is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento Islands group. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation’s four international airports...
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1526 to 1527 | André Rodrigues dos Mosquitos, Captain | |
| 1527 to 15?? | Gomes Balieiro, Captain | |
| 21 January 1570 to ???? | Manuel Correia, Captain |
FogoFogo, Cape VerdeFogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1528 to 1529 | João de Meneses Vasconcellos, conde de Penela, Captain | |
| 20 April 1528 to 15?? | Afonso de Meneses, conde de Penela, Captain |
SalSal, Cape VerdeSal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
, Santa LuziaSanta Luzia, Cape VerdeSanta Luzia is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau and São Vicente. The area is 35 km² . The highest point is Monte Grande elevating 395 m...
and BravaBrava, Cape VerdeBrava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 22 October 1542 to 15?? | Luís Pereira, Captain | |
| 12 January 1553 to 15?? | Martinho Pereira, Captain |
Santo Antão
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 13 January 1548 to 15?? | Gonçalo de Sousa, Captain |
The Islands of Cape VerdeCape VerdeThe Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| Portuguese suzerainty | ||
| 1462 | Portuguese settlement | |
| Corregedor (Magistrates) | ||
| 1481 to ???? | Pêro Lourenço, Corregedor | |
| ???? to 1517 | Pêro de Guimarães, Corregedor | |
| 1517 to 1521 | João Alemão, Corregedor | |
| 1521 to 1527 | Leonis Correia, Corregedor | |
| 28 August 1527 to 1534 | Gaspar Correia Gaspar Correia Gaspar Correia or Gaspar Corrêa was a Portuguese historian, author of "Lendas da Índia , one of the earliest and most important works about Portuguese rule in Asia, being referred to as a Portuguese Polybius.- Biography :There is little information about the life of the author... , Corregedor |
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| 1534 to 1536 | Estêvão de Lagos, Corregedor | |
| 1536 to 1541 | André Feio, Corregedor | |
| 1539 to 1541 | Simão Afonso, Corregedor | |
| 1541 to 1544 | Pêro Moniz, Corregedor | |
| 1544 to 1547 | António Ferreira António Ferreira António Ferreira was a Portuguese poet and the foremost representative of the classical school, founded by Francisco de Sá de Miranda. His most considerable work, Castro, is the first tragedy in Portuguese, and the second in modern European literature.-His life:Ferreira was a native of Lisbon... , Corregedor |
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| 1547 to 1550 | Pêro de Araujo, Corregedor | |
| 1550 to 1556 | Jorge Pimentel, Corregedor | |
| 1556 to 1559 | Manuel de Andrade, Corregedor | |
| 1559 to 1560 | Luís Martins de Evangelho, Corregedor | |
| 1560 to 1562 | Gregório Martins Caminha, Corregedor | |
| 1562 to 1571 | Bernardo de Alpoim, Corregedor | |
| 1571 to 1577 | António Velho Tinoco, Corregedor | |
| 1577 to 1579 | Cristóvão Soares de Mello, Corregedor | |
| 1579 to 1584 | Diogo Dias Magro, Corregedor | |
| 1584 to 1588 | Gaspar de Andrade, Corregedor | |
| 1588 to 1588 | Amador Gomes Raposo, Corregedor | |
| 1588 to 1591 | Duarte Lobo da Gama, Governor | |
| 1591 to 1595 | Brás Soares de Melo, Governor | |
| 1597 to 1603 | Fancisco Lobo da Gama, Governor | |
| 1603 to 1606 | Fernão de Mesquita de Brito, Governor | |
| 1606 to 1611 | Francisco Correia da Silva, Governor | |
| 1611 to 1614 | Francisco Martins de Sequeira, Governor | |
| 1614 to 1618 | Nicolau de Castilho, Governor | |
| 1618 to 1622 | Francisco de Moura, Governor | |
| 1622 to 1622 | Francisco Roulim, Governor | |
| 1622 to 1624 | Manuel Afonso de Guerra, acting Governor | |
| 1624 to 1628 | Francisco Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor | |
| 1628 to 1632 | João Pereira Corte-Real, Governor | |
| 1632 to 1636 | Cristóvão de Cabral, Governor | |
| 1636 to 1639 | Jorge de Castilho, Governor | |
| 1639 to 1640 | Jerónimo de Cavalcanti e Albuquerque, Governor | |
| 1640 to 1645 | João Serrão da Cunha, Governor | |
| 1645 to 1646 | Lourenço Garro, Governor | |
| 1646 to 1648 | Jorge de Araújo, Governor | |
| 1648 to 1648 | Roque de Barros do Rêgo, Governor | |
| 1648 to 1649 | Council of Government | |
| 12 June 1649 to 9 October 1650 | Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala, Governor | |
| 1650 to 1651 | Pedro Semedo Cardoso, Governor | |
| 1651 to 1653 | Jorge de Mesquita Castelo Branco, Governor | |
| 1563 to 1658 | Pedro Ferreira Barreto, Governor | |
| 1558 to 1663 | Francisco de Figueroa Francisco de Figueroa Francisco de Figueroa was a Spanish poet best known for his love sonnets and his bilingual compositions in Spanish and Italian... , Governor |
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| 1663 to 1667 | António Galvão António Galvão António Galvão , known in English as Antonio Galvano, was a Portuguese soldier and administrator in the Maluku islands, and a Renaissance historian, the first to present a comprehensive report of all the leading voyages and explorers up to 1550, either by Portuguese and by other nationalities... , Governor |
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| 1667 to 1671 | Manuel da Costa Pessoa, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1671 to 1676 | Manuel Pacheco de Melo, Governor | |
| 30 April 1676 to 1676 | João Cardoso Pássaro, Governor | |
| 1676 to 1678 | Council of Government | |
| 15 March 1678 to 1683 | Manuel da Costa Pessoa, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1681 to 1687 | Inácio de Franca Barbosa, Governor | |
| 1687 to 1688 | Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa, Governor | |
| 1688 to 1690 | Vitoriano da Costa, Governor | |
| 1690 to 1691 | Digo Ramires Esquível, Governor | |
| 1691 to 1692 | Council of Government | |
| 1692 to 1696 | Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor | |
| 1696 to 7 June 1696 | António Gomes Mena, Governor | |
| 1696 to 1698 | Council of Government | |
| 4 November 1698 to 1702 | António Salgado, Governor | |
| 10 February 1702 to 1702 | Jorge Cotrim de Mello, Governor | |
| 12 April 1702 to 1707 | Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas, Governor | |
| 11 May 1707 to 1710 | Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca, Governor | |
| 12 February 1710 to 1715 | José Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor | |
| 27 March 1715 to 20 June 1715 | Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo, Governor | |
| 16 December 1715 to 1719 | Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá, Governor | |
| 9 April 1719 to 1720 | Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho, Governor | |
| 11 March 1720 to 4 January 1725 | António Vieira, Governor | |
| 24 January 1726 to 1728 | Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos, Governor | |
| 10 July 1728 to 1733 | Francisco de Oliveira Grans, Governor | |
| 1733 to 1737 | Bento Gomes Coelho, Governor | |
| 1 May 1736 to 7 August 1738 | José da Fonseca Barbosa, Governor | |
| 1738 to 1741 | Chamber Senate | |
| 10 June 1741 to 1751 | João Zuzarte de Santa Maria, Governor | |
| 6 March 1751 to 1751 | António José d'Eça e Faria, Governor | |
| 1752 to 1756 | Luís António da Cunha d'Eça, Governor | |
| 1756 to 1761 | Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses, Governor | |
| 5 March 1761 to 1761 | Marcelino Pereira de Ávila, Governor | |
| 1761 to 1764 | António de Barros Bezerra, Governor | |
| 1764 to 1766 | Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre, Governor | |
| 1766 to 1767 | João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques, Governor | |
| 25 November 1768 to 1777 | Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo, Governor | |
| 1777 to 1781 | António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses, Governor | |
| 19 February 1781 to 1782 | Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida, Governor | |
| 1782 to 1783 | Francisco de São Simão, acting Governor | |
| 23 August 1784 to 1789 | António Machado de Faria e Maia, Governor | |
| 2 April 1789 to 1793 | Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro, Governor | |
| 27 September 1793 to 10 September 1795 | José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça, Governor | |
| 3 August 1796 to 29 November 1802 | Marcelino António Bastos, Governor | |
| 12 May 1803 to 1818 | António Coutinho de Lencastre, Governor | |
| 6 February 1818 to 1822 | António Pussich, Governor | |
| 9 May 1822 to 1826 | João da Matta Chapuzet, Governor | |
| 7 September 1826 to 1830 | Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos, Governor | |
| 1830 to 1831 | Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo, Governor | |
| 1831 to 1834 | José Coutinho de Lencastre, Governor | |
| 1834 to 1835 | Manuel António Martins, Governor | |
| 1835 to 1836 | Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1836 to 1837 | Domingos Correia Arouca, Governor | |
| 1837 to 1839 | Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1839 to 1842 | António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo, Governor | 1st Term |
| 5 April 1842 to 1845 | Francisco de Paula Bastos, Governor | |
| 26 June 1845 to 1847 | José Miguel de Noronha, Governor | |
| 28 July 1847 to 1851 | António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 25 June 1851 to 1854 | Fortunato José Barreiros, Governor | |
| 6 April 1854 to 1857 | António Maria Barreiros Arrobas, Governor | |
| 25 November 1857 to 1860 | Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros Meneses, Governor | |
| 1860 to 1860 | Januário Correia de Almeida, Governor | |
| 6 September 1860 to 1863 | Carlos Joaquim Franco, Governor | |
| 1863 to 1869 | José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor | |
| 11 February 1869 to 1876 | Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor | |
| 1877 to 1877 | G.C. Lopes de Macedo, Governor | |
| 1878 to 1878 | Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor | |
| 1879 to 1881 | António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio, Governor | |
| 1882 to 1886 | João Paes de Vasconcellos, Governor | |
| 1887 to 1889 | João Cesário de Lacerda, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1890 to 1890 | Augusto Cesário Carlos de Carvalho, Governor | |
| 1891 to 1896 | José Guedes Brandão de Melo, Governor | |
| 1897 to 1897 | Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Governor | |
| 1898 to 1900 | João Cesário de Lacerda, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1901 to 1902 | Arnaldo de Novalis Guedes de Rebelo, Governor | |
| 1902 to 1903 | Francisco de Paula Cid, Governor | |
| 1903 to 1904 | António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas, Governor | |
| 1905 to 1907 | Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral, Governor | |
| 1907 to 1909 | Bernardo António da Costa de Macedo, Governor | |
| 1909 to 1910 | Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro, Governor | |
| 1910 to 1911 | António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão, Governor | |
| 1911 to 1911 | Artur Marinha de Campos, Governor | |
| 1911 to 1915 | Joaquím Pedro Vieira Índice Bicker, Governor | |
| 1915 to 1918 | Abel Fontoura da Costa, Governor | |
| 1918 to 1919 | Teófilo Duarte, Governor | |
| 1919 to 1921 | Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães, Governor | |
| 1921 to 1922 | Filipe Carlos Dias de Carvalho, Governor | |
| 1924 to 1926 | Júlio Henriques d'Abreu, Governor | |
| 1927 to 1927 | João de Almeida, Governor | |
| 1927 to 1931 | António Álvares Guedes Vaz, Governor | |
| 1931 to 1941 | Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo, Governor | |
| 1941 to 1943 | José Diogo Ferreira Martins, Governor | |
| 1943 to 1949 | João de Figueiredo, Governor | |
| 1950 to 1953 | Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas, Governor | |
| 1953 to 1957 | Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral, Governor | |
| 1957 to 1958 | António Augusto Peixoto Correia, acting Governor | |
| 1958 to 1962 | Silvino Silvério Marques, Governor | |
| 1963 to 1969 | Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro, Governor | |
| 13 March 1969 to 1974 | António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos, Governor | |
| 6 August 1974 to 21 September 1974 | Henrique da Silva Horta, Governor | |
| 21 September 1974 to 30 December 1974 | Vicente Almeida d'Eça Vicente Almeida d'Eça Vice-Admiral Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça was the last Governor, then High Commissioner of Cape Verde from 1974 to its 1975 independence from Portugal.... , Governor |
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| 30 December 1974 to 5 July 1975 | Vicente Almeida d'Eça Vicente Almeida d'Eça Vice-Admiral Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça was the last Governor, then High Commissioner of Cape Verde from 1974 to its 1975 independence from Portugal.... , High Commissioner |
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| 5 July 1975 | Independence as Republic of Cape Verde | |
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Cape Verde
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