List of colonial governors of Cape Verde

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The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas province of Portugal. Autonomy was granted in 1974 and independence was granted on 5 July 1975.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Santiago

(later northern Santiago)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
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	António 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, Captain
22 December 1562 to ????	Constantino de Bragança, Captain

Boa Vista

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, Captain
1542 to 15??	Maria Correia, Captain	♀

Alcatrazes Islands

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1484 to ????	João de Santarém, Captain
1504 to 150?	Afonso Ribeiro, Captain
1508 to 15??	Rodrigi Varela, Captain

Praia

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1526 to 1527	André Rodrigues dos Mosquitos, Captain
1527 to 15??	Gomes Balieiro, Captain
21 January 1570 to ????	Manuel Correia, Captain

Fogo

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

Sal, Santa Luzia and Brava

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 Verde

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
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, Corregedor
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, Corregedor
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
Governors
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 de Moura Rolim, Governor
1622 to 1624	Manuel Afonso de Guerra, acting Governor
1624 to 1628	Francisco de 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, Governor
1663 to 1667	Antõnio Galvao, Governor
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 Pusich, 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	João 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	João 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
29 March 1869 to 26 February 1876	Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor	Some sources stated that he began his term on 11 February 1869
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 1893	José Guedes Brandão de Melo, Governor	1st Term
1893 to 1894	Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes, Governor
1893 to 1896	José Guedes Brandão de Melo, Governor	2nd Term
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 Lopes dos Santos, Governor
March 1974 to 25 April 1974	Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro, Governor
May 1974 to July 1974	Sérgio Fonseca, Governor
6 August 1974 to 21 September 1974	Henrique da Silva Horta, Governor
21 September 1974 to 30 December 1974	Vicente Almeida d'Eça, Governor
30 December 1974 to 5 July 1975	Vicente Almeida d'Eça, High Commissioner
5 July 1975	Independence as Republic of Cape Verde

For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Cape Verde

References

Thomas A. Johnson (6 July 1975). "Cape Verde Islands Gain Freedom From Portugal". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

External links

World Statesmen – Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

v t e Governors of Cape Verde
Corregedors (Magistrates) (1481–1588)	Cristóvão Soares de Melo (1577–79)
Governors (1588–1974)	Duarte Lobo da Gama (1587–91) Francisco Rolim (1622) Manuel Afonso de Guerra (1622–24) Vasconcelos da Cunha (1624–28) Maldonado d'Eça (1795) Chapuzet (1823–26) Martins (1834–35) Correia Arouca (1836–37) Pereira de Melo (1839–42) Bastos (1842–45) Pereira de Melo (1848–51) Barreiros (1851–54) Barreiros Arrobas (1854–58) Calheiros e Meneses (1858–60) Correia de Almeida (1860–61) J. Carvalho e Meneses (1864–69) Almeida e Albuquerque (1869–76) V. Carvalho e Meneses (1876–79) Cardoso de Carvalho (1889–1890) Brandão de Melo (1890–93) Serpa Pinto (1894–98) Guedes Rebelo (1900–02) Barjona de Freitas (1903–04) Sousa de Macedo (1907–09) Fontoura da Costa (1915–18) Teófilo Duarte (1918–19) Correia (1957–58) Marques (1958–62) Lopes dos Santos (1969–74) Oliveira Seguro (1974) Silva Horta (1974) Almeida d'Eça (1974)
High commissioner (1974–1975)	Almeida d'Eça