List of colonial heads of Portuguese Timor
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| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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| Subordinated to Portuguese India Portuguese India The Portuguese Viceroyalty of India , later the Portuguese State of India , was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India.The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de... |
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| 1647 to 1649 | António de São Jacinto, Captain | In Cupão Kupang Not to be confused with Tanjung Kupang in JohoreKupang is the provincial capital of East Nusa Tenggara province in southeast Indonesia.... |
| 1649 to 1652 | Francisco Carneiro, Captain | In Cupão Kupang Not to be confused with Tanjung Kupang in JohoreKupang is the provincial capital of East Nusa Tenggara province in southeast Indonesia.... |
| 1652 to 1662 | ..., Captain | |
| 1662 to 1664 | Simão Luís, Captain | |
| 1665 to 1666 | Simão Luís, Captain-Major | |
| 1666 to 1669 | António Hornay, acting Captain-Major | 1st time |
| 1669 to 1670 | Fernão Martins da Ponte, acting Captain-Major | |
| 1671 to 1673 | Mateus da Costa, acting Captain-Major | |
| 1673 to 1693 | António Hornay, acting Captain-Major | 2nd time |
| 1680 | João Antunes Portugal, Captain-Major | Sent by Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... but refused by settlers |
| 1694 to 1696 | Francisco Hornay, acting Captain-Major | |
| 1696 to 1697 | António de Mesquita Pimentel, Captain-Major | |
| 1697 | André Coelho Vieira, Captain-Major | |
| 1697 to 1702 | Domingos da Costa, acting Captain-Major | |
| 20 February 1702 to 1705 | António Coelho Guerreiro, Governor | |
| 1705 to 1706 | Lourenço Lopes, Governor | |
| 1706 to 1708 | Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Governor | 1st time |
| 1708 to 1709 | Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor | |
| 1709 to 1714 | Manuel de Souto-Maior, Governor | |
| 1714 | Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1714 to 1718 | Domingos da Costa, Governor | |
| 1718 to 1719 | Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor | |
| 1719 to 1722 | Manuel de Santo António, Governor | |
| 1722 to 1725 | António de Albuquerque Coelho, Governor | |
| 1725 to 1729 | António Moniz de Macedo, Governor | 1st time |
| 1729 to 1731 | Pedro de Melo, Governor | |
| 1731 to 1734 | Pedro do Rego Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor | |
| 1734 to 1739 | António Moniz de Macedo, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1739 to 1741 | ..., acting Governor | |
| 1741 to 1745 | Manuel Leonís de Castro, Governor | |
| 1745 to 1748 | Francisco Xavier Moraes Doutel, Governor | |
| 1748 to 1751 | Manuel Correia de Lacerda, Governor | |
| 1751 to 1759 | Manuel Doutel de Figueiredo Sarmento, Governor | |
| 1759 to 1760 | Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito, Governor | |
| 1760 to 1763 | ..., acting Governor | |
| 1763 to 1765 | Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão, Governor | |
| 1765 to 1768 | ..., acting Governor | |
| 1768 to 1776 | António José Teles de Meneses, Governor | |
| 1776 to 1779 | Caetano de Lemos Telo de Meneses, Governor | |
| 1779 to 1782 | Lourenço de Brito Correia, Governor | |
| 1782 to 1785 | João Anselmo de Almeida Soares, Governor | |
| 1785 to 1788 | João Baptista Vieira Godinho, Governor | |
| 1788 to 1790 | Feliciano António Nogueira Lisboa, Governor | |
| 1790 to 1794 | Joaquim Xavier de Morias Sarmento, Governor | |
| 1794 to 1800 | João Baptista Verquaim, Governor | |
| 1800 to 1804 | José Joaquim de Sousa, Governor | |
| 1804 to 1807 | João Vicente Soares da Veiga, Governor | |
| 1807 to 1810 | António de Mendonça Côrte-Real, Governor | |
| 1810 | António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessõa, Governor | |
| 1810 to 1812 | Joaquim António Duarte da Silva Veloso, Governor | |
| 1812 to 1815 | Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão, Governor | |
| 1815 to 1819 | José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa, Governor | |
| 1819 to 1821 | Gregório Rodrigues Pereira, Governor | |
| 1821 to 1832 | Manuel Joaquim de Matos e Góis, Governor | |
| 1832 | Miguel da Silveira Lorena, Governor | |
| 1832 to 1834 | Miguel Carlos da Cunha da Silveira e Lorena, Governor | |
| 1834 to 1839 | José Maria Marques, Governor | |
| 1839 to 1844 | Frederico Leão Cabreira de Brito Alvelos Drago Valente, Governor | |
| Subordinated to Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... |
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| 1844 to 1848 | Julião José da Silva Vieiras, Governor | |
| 1848 to 30 October 1850 | António Olavo Monteiro Torres, Governor | |
| Separate colony | ||
| 30 October 1850 to 1851 | António Olavo Monteiro Torres, Governor | |
| 23 June 1851 to 15 September 1851 | José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Governor | |
| Subordinated to Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... |
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| 15 September 1851 to 1852 | José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Governor | |
| 1852 to 1856 | Manuel de Saldanha da Gama, Governor | |
| Subordinated to Portuguese India Portuguese India The Portuguese Viceroyalty of India , later the Portuguese State of India , was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India.The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de... |
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| 1856 to 1859 | Manuel de Saldanha da Gama, Governor | |
| 1859 to 1863 | Afonso de Castro, Governor | |
| Separate overseas province | ||
| 1863 to 1864 | José Manuel Pereira de Almeida, Governor | |
| 1864 to 1866 | José Eduardo da Costa Meneses, Governor | |
| Subordinated to Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... |
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| 1866 to 1869 | Francisco Teixeira da Silva + António Joaquim Garcia, Governors | |
| 1870 to 1871 | João Clímaco de Carvalho + Manuel de Castro Sampaio, Governors | |
| 1873 to 1876 | Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco, Governor | 1st time |
| 1876 to 1878 | Joaquim António da Silva Ferrão + José Alves da Costa, Governors | |
| 1878 to 1880 | Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1880 to 1881 | Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho + José dos Santos Vaquinhas, Governors | |
| 1882 to 1883 | Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira + Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa + Francisco de Paula da Lua, Governors | 1st time for Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa |
| 1883 to 1885 | João Maria Pereira + Cipriano Forjaz, Governors | 1st time for Cipriano Forjaz |
| 1885 to 3 March 1887 | Alfredo de Lacerda Maia | |
| 1887 | António Joaquim Garcia, Governors | |
| 1887 to 1888 | António Francisco da Costa, Governor | |
| 1888 to 1889 | Rafael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor | |
| 1889 to 1890 | Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1890 to 1894 | Cipriano Forjaz, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1894 | Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, Governor | 3rd time |
| 1894 to 15 October 1896 | José Celestino da Silva, Governor | |
| Separate colony | ||
| 15 October 1896 to 1908 | José Celestino da Silva, Governor | |
| 1908 | Jaime Augusto Vieira da Rocha, acting Governor | |
| 1908 to 1909 | Eduardo Augusto Marquês, Governor | |
| 1909 to 1910 | Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro, Governor | 1st time |
| 1910 to 30 October 1910 | Alfredo Augusto de Soveral Martins, Governor | |
| 1910 | Anselmo Augusto Coelho de Carvalho, acting Governor | |
| 1910 | José Carrazeda Caldas Viana e Andrade, acting Governor | |
| 1911 to 1913 | Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor | 1st time |
| 1913 to 1914 | Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 1914 to 1917 | Filomeno da Cámara Melo Cabral, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1917 | César de Abreu + José Machado Duarte Júnior, acting Governors | |
| 1917 to 1919 | Luís Augusto de Oliveira Franco, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 1919 to 1920 | Manuel Paulo de Sousa Gentil, Governor | |
| 1920 to 1921 | Luís Augusto de Oliveira Franco, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 1921 | José de Paiva Gomes, Governor | 1st time |
| 1921 | Humberto dos Santos Leitão, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 1921 to 1923 | José de Paiva Gomes, Governor | 2nd time |
| 1923 to 1924 | Humberto dos Santos Leitão, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 1924 to 1926 | Raimundo Enes Meira, Governor | |
| 1926 to 1929 | Teófilo Duarte, Governor | |
| 1929 to 1930 | Cesário Augusto de Almeida Viana, Governor | |
| 1930 | Abel Teixeira da Costa Tavares, acting Governor | |
| 1930 to 1933 | Antonio Baptista Justo, Governor | |
| 1933 | José Luís Fontoura de Sequeira, acting Governor | |
| 1933 to 1936 | Raúl de Antas Manso Preto Mendes Cruz, Governor | |
| 1936 | Eduardo Bernardo Lápido Loureiro, acting Governor | |
| 1937 to 1940 | Álvaro Eugénio Neves da Fontoura, Governor | |
| 1940 | António Jacinto Magro, acting Governor | |
| 1940 to 8 December 1945 | Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho, Governor | Considered himself a prisoner during allied Allies of World War II The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states... rule from December 1941 until February 1942; confined by Japanese Empire of Japan The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of... from February 1942 until August 1945 |
| Occupation of Portuguese Timor by Australian and Dutch forces | ||
| 17 December 1941 to 20 February 1942 | William Watt Leggatt, Commander of Australian forces | |
| 17 December 1941 to 20 February 1942 | Nico Leonard Willem van Straten, Commander of Dutch forces | |
| Occupation of Portuguese Timor by Japanese forces | ||
| 20 February 1942 to 1942 | Sadashichi Doi, Commander | |
| August 1942 to November 1944 | Yuichi Tsuchihashi, Commander | |
| November 1944 to August 1945 | Kunitaro Yamada, Commander | |
| Portuguese Timor | ||
| 1946 to 1950 | Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas, Governor | |
| 1950 to 11 June 1950 | César Maria de Serpa Rosa, Governor | |
| Overseas province | ||
| 11 June 1950 to 1958 | César Maria de Serpa Rosa, Governor | |
| 1959 to 1963 | Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata, Governor | |
| 1963 to 1968 | José Alberty Correia, Governor | |
| 1968 to 1972 | José Nogueira Valente Pires, Governor | |
| 1972 to 1974 | Fernando Alves Adeía, Governor | |
| 18 November 1974 to 27 November 1975 | Mário Lemos Pires Mário Lemos Pires Mário Lemos Pires was the last Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor.-Historical background to governorship:Pires served from November 18, 1974 to November 27, 1975, but the administration was forced onto Atauro Island for the last three months of Portuguese rule following the UDT coup in... , Governor |
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| 28 November 1975 | Unilateral declaration of independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor | |
| 7 December 1975 | Invaded by Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
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| 17 July 1976 - 19 October 1999 | Annexed Indonesian occupation of East Timor Indonesia occupied East Timor from December 1975 to October 1999. After centuries of Portuguese colonial rule in East Timor, a 1974 coup in Portugal led to decolonization among its former colonies, creating instability in East Timor and leaving its future uncertain... by Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... (Timor Timur province). Not recognized by Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... ; remained recognized by United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... as Portuguese territory. |
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| 30 August 1999 | Referendum East Timor Special Autonomy Referendum The East Timorese independence referendum was a referendum which was held throughout East Timor on 30 August 1999. The referendum's origins lay with the request made by the President of Indonesia, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 January 1999, for... votes for independence 78% |
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| 20 September 1999 - 19 May 2002 | International administration (from 28 February 2000, under UN administration; United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor, from its establishment on October 25, 1999 until its independence on May 20, 2002 following the outcome of the East Timor Special... [UNTAET]). |
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| 20 May 2002 | Independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor | |
For continuation after independence, see: President of East Timor
President of East Timor
The President of East Timor is the Head of state of the East Timorese republic, elected by popular vote for a five-year term. The role is largely symbolic, though he is able to veto some legislation. Following elections, the president appoints as the prime minister, the leader of the majority party...
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