João da Mata Chapuzet

João da Mata Chapuzet (1777 – 8 August 1842) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect.[2] He was colonial governor of Cape Verde, succeeding António Pusich on 16 January 1823. He was succeeded as governor by Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos on 13 December 1826.[3] Governor Chapuzet initiated the modernisation of the city of Praia.[4]

João da Mata Chapuzet[1]
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
16 January 1823 – 13 December 1826
Preceded byAntónio Pusich
Succeeded byCaetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos
Personal details
Born1777
Lisbon
Died8 August 1842 (age 65)
Lisbon
NationalityPortuguese

See also

Notes
  1. Diário do governo, Edições 1-153 (in Portuguese). 1821. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  2. Diccionário bibliográphico portuguez: estudos. Imprensa Nacional. 1859. p. 416. Chapuzet, João da Mata.
  3. "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 315
Preceded by
António Pusich		 Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1823-1826		 Succeeded by
Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos


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