| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| Portuguese Suzerainty
|
| 1462 | Portuguese settlement
|
| Corregedor (Magistrates)
|
| 1481 to ???? | Pero Lourenço, Corregedor |
|
| ???? to 1517 | Pero de Guimaraes, Corregedor |
|
| 1517 to 1521 | João Alemão, Corregedor |
|
| 1521 to 1527 | Leonis Correia, Corregedor |
|
| 28 August 1527 to 1534 | Gaspar Correia, Corregedor |
|
| 1534 to 1536 | Estevão de Lagos, Corregedor |
|
| 1536 to 1541 | André Feio, Corregedor |
|
| 1539 to 1541 | Simão Afonso, Corregedor |
|
| 1541 to 1544 | Pero Moniz, Corregedor |
|
| 1544 to 1547 | Antonio Ferreira, Corregedor |
|
| 1547 to 1550 | Pero 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 | Gregorio Martins Caminha, Corregedor |
|
| 1562 to 1571 | Bernardo de Alpoim, Corregedor |
|
| 1571 to 1577 | António Velho Tinoco, Corregedor |
|
| 1577 to 1579 | Cristovão 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 Lôbo da Gama, Governor |
|
| 1591 to 1595 | Brás Soares de Melo, Governor |
|
| 1597 to 1603 | Fancisco Lôbo 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 Gambôa 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 | António Galvão, Governor |
|
| 1667 to 1671 | Manuel da Costa Pessôa, 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 Pessôa, 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 Esquivel, 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 Lôbo, 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 Rebêlo, 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 Queiros 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 Indice 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 Días de Carvalho, Governor |
|
| 1924 to 1926 | Julio Henríques d'Abreu, Governor |
|
| 1927 to 1927 | João de Almeida, Governor |
|
| 1927 to 1931 | António Alvares 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 García 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, Governor |
|
| 30 December 1974 to 5 July 1975 | Vicente Almeida d'Eça, High Commissioner |
|
| 5 July 1975 | Independence as Republic of Cape Verde
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