Governor of Macau

The Governor of Macau (Portuguese: Governador de Macau; Chinese: 澳門總督; Jyutping: ou3 mun4*2 zung2 duk1) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called Captain-major (Portuguese: Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the transfer of sovereignty over Macau to China by the office of the Chief Executive of Macau.

Governor of Macau
Governador de Macau
澳門總督
Standard of the Governor
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
Last Governor of Macau
StyleHis/Her Excellency
ResidenceMacau Government House
SeatMacau Government Headquarters
NominatorPrime Minister of Portugal
AppointerMonarch of Portugal (1623–1910)
President of Portugal (1910–1999)
Inaugural holderFrancisco Mascarenhas
Formation7 July 1623
Final holderVasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
Abolished20 December 1999

Powers of the Governor of Macau

The Governor of Macau was responsible for the internal and local control of the colony. External relations and military needs were dealt by the Portuguese government in Lisbon.

List of Captains-Major and Governors of Macau (1557–1999)

The date refer to the date of appointment.

Captains-Major

Captains-MajorTenure
Francisco Martins1557–1558
Leonel de Sousa1558–1559
Rui Barreto1559–1560
Manuel de Mendonça1560–1561
Fernão de Sousa1561–1562
Pêro Barreto Rolim1562–1563
Diogo Pereira1563–1565
João Pedro Pereira1565–1566
Simão de Mendonça (1st time)1566–1567
Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time)1567–1568
António de Sousa1568–1569
Manuel Travassos1569–1571
Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time)1571–1572
João de Almeida (1st time)1572–1573
António de Vilhena1573–1574
Simão de Mendonça (2nd time)1574–1575
Vasco Pereira1575–1576
Domingos Monteiro (1st time)1576–1579
Leonel de Brito1579–1580
Miguel da Gama1580–1581
Inácio de Lima1581–1582
João de Almeida (2nd time)1582–1583
Aires Gonçalves de Miranda1583–1585
Francisco Pais1585–1586
Domingos Monteiro (2nd time)1586–1587
Jerónimo Pereira1587–1589
...1589
Henrique da Costa1590–1591
Roque de Melo Pereira1591–1592
Domingos Monteiro (3rd time)1592–1593
Gaspar Pinto da Rocha1593–1594
...1594
Manuel de Miranda1595–1596
Rui Mendes de Figueiredo1596–1597
...1597
Nuno de Mendonça1598–1599
Paulo de Portugal1599–1603
Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa1603–1604
João Caiado de Gamboa1604–1605
Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses1605–1607
André Pessoa1607–1609
...1609
Pedro Martim Gaio1609–1611
Miguel de Sousa Pimentel1611–1612
João Serrão da Cunha1612–1614
Martim da Cunha1614–1616
Francisco Lopes Carrasco1616–1617
Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time)1617–1618
António de Oliveira de Morais1618–1619
Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho1619–1621
Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time)1621–1623

Governors

GovernorTenureDays
Took office Left office
1Francisco Mascarenhas7 July 162319 July 16261108
2Filipe Lobo and Jerónimo da Silveira
(Co-serving)
19 July 16261 December 16311961
3Manuel da Câmara de Noronha1 December 1631August 1636~1705
4Domingos da Câmara de NoronhaAugust 1636August 1638~730
5Sebastião Lobo da SilveiraAugust 1638August 1645~2557
6Luís de Carvalho e SousaAugust 1645August 1647~730
7João PereiraAugust 1647August 1650~1096
8João de Sousa PereiraAugust 1650August 1654~1461
9Manuel Tavares BocarroAugust 165422 July 1664~3643
10Manuel Borges da Silva22 July 166431 August 16671135
11Álvaro da Silva31 August 166720 July 16701054
12Manuel Borges da Silva20 July 167020 July 1672731
13António Barbosa Lobo20 July 167210 December 16782334
14António de Castro Sande10 December 167810 December 1679365
15Luís de Melo Sampaio10 December 167910 December 16821461
16Belchior do Amaral de Meneses10 December 16825 July 1685573
17António de Mesquita Pimentel5 July 168531 July 16881122
18André Coelho Vieira31 July 168821 July 16911085
19Francisco da Costa21 July 169123 November 1693856
20António da Silva e Melo23 November 169321 July 1694240
21Gil Vaz Lobo Freire21 July 169417 August 16971123
22Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa17 August 169728 September 169742
Municipal Council of Macau28 September 16979 August 1698315
23Pedro Vaz de Sequeira9 August 16985 August 1700726
24Diogo de Melo Sampaio5 August 170022 July 1702716
25Pedro Vaz de Sequeira22 July 170215 August 1703389
26José da Gama Machado15 August 17035 August 17061086
27Diogo do Pinho Teixeira5 August 170628 July 17101453
28Francisco de Melo e Castro28 July 171011 June 1711318
29António de Sequeira de Noronha11 June 171118 July 17141133
30Francisco de Alarcão Sotto-Maior18 July 171430 May 17181412
31António de Albuquerque Coelho30 May 17189 September 1719467
32António da Silva Telo e Meneses9 September 171919 August 17221075
33Cristóvão de Severim Manuel19 August 17226 September 1724749
34António Carneiro de Alcáçova6 September 17246 September 17271095
35António Moniz Barreto6 September 172718 August 17321808
36António de Amaral Meneses18 August 173215 January 1735880
37João do Casal15 January 17354 August 1735201
38Cosme Damião Pinto Pereira4 August 173525 August 17381117
39Diogo Pereira25 August 173825 August 17431826
40António de Mendonça Corte-Real25 August 174330 August 17471466
41José Plácido de Matos Saraiva30 August 17472 August 1749703
42Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha2 August 174929 July 17521092
43Rodrigo de Castro29 July 175214 July 17551080
44Francisco António Pereira Coutinho14 July 17551 July 17581083
45Diogo Pereira de Castro1 July 17584 July 17611099
46António de Mendonça Corte-Real4 July 176114 July 17641106
47José Plácido de Matos Saraiva14 July 176419 August 17671131
48Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha19 August 176729 July 17701075
49Rodrigo de Castro29 July 177026 July 1771362
50Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha26 July 177127 January 17782377
51Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães27 January 17781 August 1778186
52José Vicente da Silveira Meneses1 August 17785 January 1780522
53António José da Costa5 January 178028 August 1781601
54Francisco de Castro28 August 178118 August 1783692
55Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria18 August 178321 July 17881827
56Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real21 July 178818 July 1789362
57Lázaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel António Costa Ferreira
(Co-serving)
18 July 178929 July 1790376
58Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro29 July 179027 July 17931094
59José Manuel Pinto27 July 17938 August 17971473
60Cristóvão Pereira de Castro8 August 17978 August 18001095
61José Manuel Pinto8 August 18008 August 18031095
62Caetano de Sousa Pereira8 August 18038 August 18061096
63Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria8 August 180626 December 1808871
64Lucas José de Alvarenga26 December 180819 July 1810570
65Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria19 July 181019 July 18141461
66Lucas José de Alvarenga19 July 181419 July 18171096
67José Osório de Castro de Albuquerque19 July 181719 August 18221857
68Major Paulino da Silva Barbosa19 August 182223 September 1823400
Government Council23 September 182328 July 1825674
69Joaquim Mourão Garcez Palha28 July 182515 November 1827840
Government Council15 November 18277 July 1830965
70João Cabral de Estefique7 July 18303 July 18331092
71Bernardo José de Sousa Soares Andrea3 July 183322 February 18371330
72Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto22 February 18373 October 18432414
73José Gregório Pegado3 October 184321 April 1846931
74João Maria Ferreira do Amaral21 April 184622 August 18491219
Government Council22 August 184930 May 1850281
75Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha30 May 18507 July 185038
Government Council7 July 18503 February 1851211
76Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso3 February 185119 November 1851289
77Isidoro Francisco Guimarães19 November 185122 June 18634233
78José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral22 June 186326 October 18661222
79José Maria da Ponte e Horta26 October 18663 August 1868647
80António Sérgio de Sousa3 August 186823 March 18721328
81Januário Correia de Almeida23 March 18727 December 1874989
82José Maria Lobo de Ávila7 December 187431 December 1876755
83Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva31 December 187628 November 18791062
84Joaquim José da Graça28 November 187923 April 18831242
85Tomás de Sousa Rosa23 April 18837 August 18861202
86Firmino José da Costa7 August 18865 February 1889913
87Francisco Teixeira da Silva5 February 188916 October 1890618
88Custódio Miguel de Borja16 October 189024 March 18941255
89José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa (1st time)24 March 189412 May 18971145
90Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo12 May 189712 August 19001187
(89)José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa (2nd time)12 August 190017 December 1902857
91Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo17 December 190210 December 1903358
Government Council10 December 19035 April 1904117
92Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro5 April 19046 April 19071230
93Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho6 April 190718 August 1908401
94José Augusto Alves Roçadas18 August 190822 September 1909451
95Eduardo Augusto Marques22 September 190917 December 1910209
96Álvaro de Melo Machado17 December 191014 July 1912731
97Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Miranda14 July 191210 June 1914783
98José Carlos da Maia10 June 19145 September 1916731
99Manuel Ferreira da Rocha and Agostinho Vieira de Matos
(Co-serving)
5 September 191612 October 1918767
100Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa12 October 191823 August 1919315
101Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva23 August 19195 January 19231517
102Rodrigo José Rodrigues5 January 192318 October 1925731
103Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães18 October 19258 December 1926416
104Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa8 December 192630 March 19311573
105Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira30 March 193121 June 1932449
106António José Bernardes de Miranda21 June 193211 April 19371755
107Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa11 April 193729 October 19401297
108Gabriel Maurício Teixeira29 October 19401 September 19472498
109Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira1 September 194723 November 19511544
110Joaquim Marques Esparteiro23 November 19518 March 19571932
111Pedro Correia de Barros8 March 195718 September 1959924
112Jaime Silvério Marques18 September 195917 April 19621164
113António Lopes dos Santos17 April 196225 November 19661461
114José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho25 November 196619 November 19742916
115José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro19 November 197428 November 19791835
116Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio28 November 197916 June 1981566
117Vasco de Almeida e Costa16 June 198115 May 19861794
118Joaquim Pinto Correia15 May 19869 July 1987420
119Carlos Montez Melancia9 July 198723 April 19911384
120Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira23 April 199119 December 19993162

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