Colonial Heads of Angola

List of Colonial Heads of Angola

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)


Tenure Incumbent Notes
Portuguese Suzerainty
Angola Donatária
(São Paulo de Loanda)
Colony
1 February 1575 to 1589Paulo Días de Novias, Donatário 
Portuguese West AfricaCrown Colony
1589 to 1591Luís Serrão, Governor 
1591 to June 1592André Ferreira Pereira, Governor 
June 1592 to 1593Francisco de Almeida, Governor 
1593 to 1594Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor 
1594 to 1602João Furtado de Mendonça, Governor 
1602 to 1603João Rodrigues Coutinho, Governor 
1603 to 1606Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor1st Term
1606 to September 1607..., Governor 
September 1607 to 1611Manuel Pereira Forjaz, Governor 
1611 to 1615Bento Banha Cardoso, Governor 
1615 to 1617Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor2nd Term
1617 to 1621Luís Mendes de Vasconcelos, Governor 
1621 to 1623João Correia de Sousa, Governor 
1623 to 1623Pedro de Sousa Coelho, Governor 
1623 to 1624Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor 
1624 to 4 September 1630Fernão de Sousa, Governor 
4 September 1630 to 1635Manuel Pereira Coutinho, Governor 
1635 to 18 October 1639Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor 
18 October 1639 to 1641Pedro César de Meneses, Governor 
1641 to October 1645In opposition to the Dutch
October 1645 to 1646Francisco de Souto-Maior, GovernorIn opposition to the Dutch
Dutch Suzerainty
Dutch West Africa
1641 to 1642Pieter Moorthamer, Director 
1642 to 1648Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, Director 
Portuguese Suzerainty
1646 to 24 August 1648Triumvirate Junta 
24 August 1648 to 1651Salvador Correia de Sá e Benavides, Governor 
1651 to March 1652..., acting Governor 
March 1652 to 1653Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques, Governor 
1653 to October 1654Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos da Cunha, acting Governor 
October 1654 to 18 April 1658Luís Mendes de Sousa Chicorro, Governor 
18 April 1658 to 1661João Fernandes Vieira, Governor 
1661 to September 1666André Vidal de Negreiros, Governor 
September 1666 to February 1667Tristão da Cunha, Governor 
February 1667 to August 1669Junta 
August 1669 to 1676Francisco de Távora, Governor 
1676 to 1680Pires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses, Governor 
1680 to 1684João da Silva e Sousa, Governor 
1684 to 1688Luís Lobo da Silva, Governor 
1688 to 1691João de Lencastre, Governor 
1691 to 1694Gonçalo da Costa de Alcáçova Carneiro de Meneses, Governor 
1694 to 1697Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, Governor 
1697/1698 to 1701Luís César de Meneses, Governor 
1701 to 1702Bernardino de Tavora de Sousa Tavares, Governor 
1705 to 1709Lourenço de Almada, Governor 
1709 to 1713António de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro e Ribafria, Governor 
1713 to 1717João Manuel de Noronha, Governor 
1717 to 1722Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor 
1722 to 1725António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor 
1725 to 1726José Carvalho da Costa, acting Governor 
1726 to 1732Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor 
1732 to 1738Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor 
1738 to 1748João Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor 
1748 to 1749Fonseca Coutinho, acting Governor 
1749 to 1753António de Almeida Soares e Portugal, Marquês de Lavradio, Governor 
1753 to 1758António Alvares da Cunha, Governor 
1758 to 1764António de Vasconcelos, Governor 
1764 to 1772Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor 
1772 to 1779António de Lencastre , Governor 
1779 to 1782José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor
or João de Camâra, Governor
 
1782 to 1784Juntas 
1784 to 1790José de Almeida e Vasconcelos Soveral Carvalho e Albergaria, barão de Moçâmedes, Governor 
1790 to 1797Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, visconde da Lapa, Governor 
1797 to 1802Miguel António de Melo, Governor 
1802 to 1806Fernão António de Noronha, Governor 
1806 to 1807..., Governor&nbsp
1807 to 1810António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor 
1810 to 1815José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor 
1816 to 1819Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor 
1819 to 1821Manoel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque, Governor 
1821 to 1822Joaquim Inácio de Lima, Governor 
1822 to 1823Junta 
1823 to 1823Cristóvão Avelino Dias, Governor 
1823 to 1829Nicolau Abreu Castelo Branco, Governor 
1829 to 1834José Maria de Sousa Macedo Almeida e Vasconcelos, barão de Santa Comba Dão, Governor 
1834 to 1836Junta 
1836 to 1836Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor 
1837 to 1839Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General 
1839 to 1839António Manuel de Noronha, Governor-General 
1839 to 1842Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, acting Governor-General 
1842 to 1843José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General 
1843 to 1845Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General 
1845 to 1848Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General 
1848 to 1851Adrião de Silveiro Pinto, Governor-General 
1851 to 1853António Sérgio de Sousa, Governor-General 
1853 to 1853António Ricardo Graça, Governor-General 
1853 to 1854Miguel Ximenes Rodrigues Sandoval de Castro e Viegas, visconde de Pinheiro, Governor-General 
1854 to 1860José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General1st Term
1860 to 1861Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General 
1861 to 1862Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses, Governor-General 
1862 to 1865José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General1st Term
1865 to 1868Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso, Governor-General 
1868 to 1869..., Governor-General&nbsp
1869 to 1870José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General2nd Term
1870 to 1873José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General 
1873 to 1876José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General2nd Term
1876 to 1878Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General 
1878 to 1880Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General 
1880 to 1882António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General 
1882 to 14 February 1885Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General 
Portuguese West Africa Colony
14 February 1885 to 1886Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General 
1886 to 1892Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General1st Term
25 August 1892 to September 1893Jaime Lôbo de Brito Godins, acting Governor-General 
1893 to 1896Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General 
1896 to 1897Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General2nd Term
1897 to 1900António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General1st Term
1900 to 1903Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General 
1903 to 1904Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General1st Term
1904 to 1904Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor-General 
1904 to 1905António Duarte Ramada Curto, acting Governor-General2nd Term
1905 to 1906Caminho de Ferro de Mossámedes, Governor-General 
1906 to 1907Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General2nd Term
June 1907 to June 1909Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro, Governor-General 
1909 to 1909Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, acting Governor-General 
1909 to 1910José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor-General 
1910 to 1911Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, acting Governor-General 
1911 to 1912Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor-General 
1912 to 15 August 1914José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General 
Angola Colony
15 August 1914 to 1915José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General 
1915 to 1916António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor-General 
1916 to 1917Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim, Governor-General 
1917 to 1918Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Governor-General 
1918 to 1919Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor-General 
1919 to 1920Mimoso Guera, acting Governor-General 
1920 to 1921Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, visconde de Pedralva, Governor-General 
1921 to 1924José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1924 to 1924João Augusto Crispiniano Soares, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1924 to 1926Francisco Cunha Rêgo Cháves, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1926 to 1928António Vicente Ferreira, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1928 to 1929António Damas Mora, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1929 to 1931Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1931 to 1933José Dionisio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1933 to 1934Eduardo Ferreira Viana, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1934 to 1935Júlio Garcês de Lencastre, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1936 to 1940António Lopes Mateus, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1940 to 1942Manoel da Cunha e Costa Marques Mano, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1942 to 1942Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1942 to 1943Álvaro de Freitas Morna, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1943 to 1943Manuel Pereira Figueira, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1943 to 1947Vasco Lopes Alves, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1947 to 1947Fernando Mena, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1948 to 11 June 1951José Agapito de Silva Carvalho, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
Angola Overseas Province of Portugal
11 June 1951 to 1955José Agapito de Silva Carvalho, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1955 to 1956Manoel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1957 to 15 January 1960Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebêlo, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
15 January 1960 to 23 June 1961Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
23 June 1961 to 26 September 1962Venâncio Augusto Deslandes, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
26 September 1962 to 27 October 1966Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General1st Term
27 October 1966 to October 1972Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
October 1972 to May 1974Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
May 1974 to 15 June 1974Joaquín Franco Pinheiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
15 June 1974 to 24 July 1974Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General2nd Term
24 July 1974 to 29 November 1974António Alva Rosa Coutinho, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
29 November 1974 to 28 January 1975António Alva Rosa Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
28 January 1975 to 2 August 1975António Silva Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
2 August 1975 to 26 August 1975Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
26 August 1975 to 10 November 1975Leonel Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
10/11 November 1975Independence as People’s Republic of Angola

For continuation after independence, see: Presidents of Angola

Sources

  • http://www.rulers.org/rula2.html#angola
  • African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
  • Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
  • Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000

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