Governor of Macau
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The Governor of Macau (Chinese: 澳門總督; Portuguese: Governador de Macau) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called Captain-major (Portuguese: Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China by the office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
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[edit] Powers of the Governor of Macau
The Governor 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.
[edit] List of Captains-Major and Governors of Macau (1557-1999)
The date refer to the date of appointment.
[edit] Captains-Major
- 1557 - Francisco Martins
- 1558 - Leonel de Sousa
- 1559 - Rui Barreto
- 1560 - Manuel de Mendonça
- 1561 - Fernão de Sousa
- 1562 - Pero Barreto Rolim
- 1563 - Diogo Pereira
- 1565 - João Pedro Pereira
- 1566 - Simão de Mendonça (1st time)
- 1567 - Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time)
- 1568 - António de Sousa
- 1569 - Manuel Travassos
- 1571 - Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time)
- 1572 - João de Almeida (1st time)
- 1573 - António de Vilhena
- 1574 - Simão de Mendonça (2nd time)
- 1575 - Vasco Pereira
- 1576 - Domingos Monteiro (1st time)
- 1579 - Leonel de Brito
- 1580 - Miguel da Gama
- 1581 - Inácio de Lima
- 1582 - João de Almeida (2nd time)
- 1583 - Aires Gonçalves de Miranda
- 1585 - Francisco Pais
- 1586 - Domingos Monteiro (2nd time)
- 1587 - Jerónimo Pereira
- 1589 - ....
- 1590 - Henrique da Costa
- 1591 - Roque de Melo Pereira
- 1592 - Domingos Monteiro (3rd time)
- 1593 - Gaspar Pinto da Rocha
- 1594 - Francisco de Sa (did not take office)
- 1595 - Manuel de Miranda
- 1596 - Rui Mendes de Figueiredo
- 1597 - ....
- 1598 - Nuno de Mendonça
- 1599 - Paulo de Portugal
- 1603 - Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa
- 1604 - João Caiado de Gamboa
- 1605 - Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses (1st time)
- 1607 - André Pessoa
- 1610 - Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses (2nd time)
- 1611 - Pedro Martim Gaio
- 1612 - Miguel de Sousa Pimentel
- 1614 - João Serrão da Cunha
- 1615 - Martim da Cunha
- 1616 - Francisco Lopes Carrasco
- 1617 - Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time)
- 1618 - António de Oliveira de Morais
- 1619 - Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho
- 1621 - Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time)
[edit] Governors
- 7 July 1623 - D. Francisco Mascarenhas
- 19 July 1626 - D. Filipe Lobo and D. Jerónimo da Silveira
- 1 December 1631 - Manuel da Câmara da Noronha
- August 1636 - Domingos da Câmara da Noronha
- August 1638 - D. Sebastião Lobo da Silveira
- August 1645 - Luís de Carvalho e Sousa
- August 1647 - D. João Pereira
- August 1650 - João de Sousa Pereira
- August 1654 - Manuel Tavares Bocarro
- 22 July 1664 - Manuel Borges da Silva
- 31 August 1667 - D. Álvaro da Silva
- 20 July 1670 - Manuel Borges da Silva
- 20 July 1672 - António Barbosa Lobo
- 10 December 1678 - António de Castro Sande
- 10 December 1679 - Luís de Melo Sampaio
- 10 December 1682 - Belchior do Amaral de Meneses
- 5 July 1685 - António de Mesquita Pimentel
- 31 July 1688 - André Coelho Vieira
- 21 July 1691 - D. Francisco da Costa
- 23 November 1693 - António da Silva e Mello
- 21 July 1694 - Gil Vaz Lobo Freire
- 17 August 1697 - Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa
- 28 September 1697 - Leal Senado da Câmara (The Senate of the Settlement)
- 9 August 1698 - Pedro Vaz de Sequeira
- 5 August 1700 - Diogo de Melo Sampaio
- 22 July 1702 - Pedro Vaz de Sequeira, father of António de Sequeira de Noronha
- 15 August 1703 - José da Gama Machado
- 5 August 1706 - Diogo de Pinho Teixeira
- 28 July 1710 - Francisco de Melo e Castro
- 11 June 1711 - António de Sequeira de Noronha, son of Pedro Vaz de Sequeira
- 18 July 1714 - D. Francisco de Alarcão de Sotomaior
- 30 May 1718 - António de Albuquerque Coelho/de Carvalho, Lord do Couto de Outil
- 9 September 1719 - António da Silva Telo de Meneses, bastard son of the 2nd Count of Aveiras
- 19 August 1722 - D. Cristóvão Severim Manoel de Vilhena of the Counts of Vila Flor by bastardy
- 6 September 1724 - António Carneiro de Alcáçova of the Counts of Idanha
- 11 August 1727 - António Moniz Barreto
- 18 August 1732 - António de Amaral e Meneses
- 15 January 1735 - D. João do Casal
- 4 August 1735 - Cosme Damião Pinto Pereira
- 25 August 1738 - D. Diogo Pereira or Manuel Pereira Coutinho
- 25 August 1743 - António de Mendonça Corte-Real
- 30 August 1747 - José Plácido de Matos Saraiva or António José Teles de Meneses
- 2 August 1749 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or João Manuel de Melo
- 29 July 1752 - D. Rodrigo de Castro
- 14 July 1755 - Francisco António Pereira Coutinho
- 1 July 1758 - D. Diogo Pereira
- 4 July 1761 - António de Mendonça Corte-Real of the Lords de Mendonça by bastardy, father of Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real
- 14 July 1764 - José Plácido de Matos Saraiva
- 19 August 1767 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or António Ricardo da Graça
- 29 July 1770 - D. Rodrigo de Castro
- 26 July 1771 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or António Ricardo da Graça
- 27 January 1777 - D. Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães
- 1 August 1778 - José Vicente Ferreira da Silveira e Meneses
- 5 January 1780 - António José da Costa
- 28 August 1781 - D. Francisco de Castro
- 18 August 1783 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
- 21 July 1788 - Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real of the Lords de Mendonça by bastardy, son of António de Mendonça Corte-Real
- 18 July 1789 - Lázaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel António da Costa Ferreira, military commander
- 29 July 1790 - D. Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro of the Counts da Ilha do Príncipe
- 27 July 1793 - José Manuel Pinto
- 8 August 1797 - D. Cristóvão Pereira de Castro of the Lords of Valhelhas e Almendra and the Counts of Monsanto by bastardy
- 8 August 1800 - José Manuel Pinto
- 8 August 1803 - Caetano de Sousa Pereira
- 8 August 1806 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
- 21 September 1808 - William O'Brien Drury
- 26 December 1808 - Lucas José de Alvarenga
- 19 July 1810 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
- 19 July 1814 - Lucas José de Alvarenga
- 19 July 1817 - José Osório de Castro Cabral de Albuquerque of the Lords of Esgueira and Vila Verde dos Francos
- 19 August 1822 - Paulino da Silva Barbosa
- 23 September 1823 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
- 28 July 1825 - Joaquim Mourão Garcês Palha (father of the 1st Viscount of Bucelas and the 1st Baron of Combarjua)
- 15 November 1827 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
- 7 July 1830 - João Cabral de Estefique
- 3 July 1833 - Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andrea of the Barons of Caçapava in Brazil
- 22 February 1837 - Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto
- 3 October 1843 - José Gregório Pegado
- 21 April 1846 - João Maria Ferreira do Amaral
- 22 August 1849 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
- 30 May 1850 - Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha
- 7 July 1850 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
- 3 February 1851 - Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso
- 19 November 1851 - Isidoro Francisco Guimarães, 1st Viscount of a Praia Grande de Macau
- 22 June 1863 - José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral
- 26 October 1866 - José Maria da Ponte e Horta
- 3 August 1868 - António Sérgio de Sousa, 1st Viscount de Sérgio de Sousa
- 23 March 1872 - Januário Correia de Almeida, 1st Baron, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of São Januário
- 7 December 1874 - José Maria Lobo de Ávila, brother in law of Joaquim José da Graça
- 31 December 1876 - Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Paço de Arcos, father of Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva
- 28 November 1879 - Joaquim José da Graça, brother in law of José Maria Lobo de Ávila
- 23 April 1883 - Tomás de Sousa Rosa, 1st Count of Sousa Rosa
- 7 August 1886 - Firmino José da Costa
- 5 February 1889 - Francisco Teixeira da Silva
- 16 October 1890 - Custódio Miguel de Borja
- 24 March 1894 - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa of the Barons of Santa Comba Dão
- 12 May 1897 - Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo
- 12 August 1900 - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa of the Barons of Santa Comba Dão
- 17 December 1902 - Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo
- 5 April 1904 - Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro of the Marquesses (formerly Viscounts and Barons) of Vila Real da Praia Grande in Brazil
- 6 April 1907 - Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho
- 18 August 1908 - José Augusto Alves Roçadas
- 22 September 1909 - Eduardo Augusto Marques
- 17 December 1910 - Álvaro de Melo Machado
- 14 July 1912 - Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Miranda
- 10 June 1914 - José Carlos da Maia
- 5 September 1916 - Manuel Ferreira da Rocha and Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos
- 12 October 1918 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
- 23 August 1919 - Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva of the Counts (formerly Viscounts) of Paço de Arcos, son of Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Paço de Arcos
- 20 May 1922 - Luís António de Magalhães Correia (acting)
- 5 January 1923 - Rodrigo José Rodrigues
- 16 July - Joaquim Augusto Tomé dos Santos (acting)
- 18 October 1925 - Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães
- 1 August 1926 - Hugo de Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo-Branco of the Barons of Beduído (acting)
- 8 December 1926 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
- 1930 - João Pereira de Magalhães (1st time) (acting)
- 30 March 1931 - Joaquim Anselmo da Mata e Oliveira
- 1931 - João Pereira de Magalhães (2nd time) (acting)
- 21 June 1932 - António José Bernardes de Miranda
- 1935 - João Pereira Barbosa
- 1936 - António Joaquim Godinho Ferreira da Silva, Jr.
- 11 April 1937 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
- 10 July 1940 - José Rodrigues Moutinho (acting)
- 29 October 1940 - Gabriel Maurício Teixeira
- 1 September 1947 - Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira
- 23 November 1951 - Joaquim Marques Esparteiro
- 8 March 1957 - Pedro Correia de Barros
- 1958 - Manuel Peixoto Nunes
- 18 September 1959 - Jaime Silvério Marques
- 17 April 1962 - António Adriano de Faria Lopes dos Santos
- 25 November 1966 - José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho
- 19 November 1974 - José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro
- 28 November 1979 - Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio
- 26 February 1981 - José Carlos Moreira Campos (acting)
- 16 June 1981 - Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa
- 15 May 1986 - Joaquim Pinto Machado
- 9 July 1987 - Carlos Montez Melancia
- 28 September 1990 - Francisco Murteira Nabo (acting)
- 23 April 1991 - Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
[edit] Appointments of Governors
The Governor was appointed to the post by the former monarchs of Portugal, later by military rulers and then by civilian government after the Carnation Revolution. Many of Macau's Governors were military officers.
[edit] Executive Council
List of members:
- Secretary for Economic Coordination
- Secretary for Transport and Public Works
- Secretary for Justice (Macau)
- Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget
- Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
- Secretary for Public Security
- Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture
Most members were Portuguese and did not change until after the handover in 1999.
