João de Fontes Pereira de Melo

João de Fontes Pereira de Melo

Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office 1839–1842
Preceded by	Joaquim Pereira Marinho
Succeeded by	Francisco de Paula Bastos
In office 1847–1851
Preceded by	José Miguel de Noronha
Succeeded by	Fortunato José Barreiros
Martitime and Overseas Minister of Portugal
Incumbent
Assumed office 1849
Preceded by	Count of Tojal
Succeeded by	Agostinho Albano
Personal details
Born	25 January 1780 Elvas, Caia e São Pedro
Died	28 October 1856 Lisbon
Nationality	Portuguese

João de Fontes Pereira de Melo (25 January 1780 – 28 October 1856) was a Portuguese politician and a general in the 19th century, he was colonial governor of Cape Verde^[1]^[2] and Minister of the Maritime and Overseas.

Biography

de Fontes Pereira de Melo was born in Elvas in southern Portugal.

He was the 75th and 78th colonial governor of Cape Verde, his first term was from 1839 up to 1842 and was succeeded by Francisco de Paula Bastos and the second was from 28 June 1847 up to 25 June 1851 and was succeeded by Fortunato José Barreiros.^[1]^[2]

From 22 August to 18 December 1847, he was the Maritime and Overseas minister under the Duke of Saldanha.

He was the son of the Portuguese prime minister António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo.

Notes

1 2 "Cape Verde". rulers.org.
1 2 "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.

Bibliography

The Political Thought Studies Centre (Portuguese)

Preceded by Joaquim Pereira Marinho	Colonial governor of Cape Verde 1839-1842	Succeeded by Francisco de Paula Bastos
Preceded by José Miguel de Noronha	Colonial governor of Cape Verde 1847-1851	Succeeded by Fortunato José Barreiros
Preceded by Count of Tojal	Maritime and Overseas Minister of Portugal 1847	Succeeded by Agostinho Albano

Governors of Cape Verde

Corregedors (Magistrates) (1481-1588)	Pero Lourenço Pero de Guimarães João Alemão Leonis Correia Gaspar Correia Estêvão de Lagos André Feio Simão Afonso Pero Moniz António Ferreira Pero de Araújo Jorge Pimentel Manuel de Andrade Luís Martins Evangelho Gregorio Martins Caminha Bernardo de Alpoim António Velho Tinoco Cristóvão Soares de Melo Diogo Dias Magro Gaspar de Andrade Amador Gomes Raposo

Governors (1588-1974)	Duarte Lobo da Gama Brás Soares de Melo Francisco Lobo da Gama Fernão de Mesquita de Brito Francisco Correia da Silva Francisco Martins de Sequeira Nicolau de Castilho Francisco de Moura Francisco de Moura Rolim Manuel Afonso da Guerra Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha João Pereira Corte-Real Cristóvão Cabral Jorge de Castilho Jerónimo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque João Serrão da Cunha Lourenço Garro Jorge de Araújo Roque de Barros do Rego Gonçalo de Gamboa de Ayala Pedro Semedo Cardoso Jorge de Mesquita Castelo-Branco Pedro Ferreira Barreto Francisco de Figueroa António Galvão Manuel da Costa Pessoa Manuel Pacheco de Melo João Cardoso Pássaro Manuel da Costa Pessoa Inácio da Franca Barbosa Veríssimo de Carvalho da Costa Vitoriano da Costa Diogo Ramires Esquível Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara António Gomes de Mena António Salgado Jorge Cotrim de Melo Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca José Pinheiro da Câmara Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá Baltasar de Sousa Coutinho António Vieira Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega e Vasconcelos Francisco de Oliveira Grans Bento Gomes Coelho José da Fonseca Barbosa João Zuzarte de Santa Maria António José de Eça e Faria Luís António da Cunha de Eça Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses Marcelino Pereira de Ávila António de Barros Bezerra Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques Joaquim Salema de Saldanha Lobo António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro e Almeida Francisco de São Simão António Machado de Faria e Maia Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro José da Silva Maldonado de Eça Marcelino António Bastos D. António Coutinho de Lencastre António Pusich João da Mata Chapuzet Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos D. Duarte da Costa de Sousa de Macedo José Coutinho de Lencastre Manuel António Martins Joaquim Pereira Marinho Domingos Correia Arouca Joaquim Pereira Marinho João de Fontes Pereira de Melo Francisco de Paula Bastos José Miguel de Noronha João de Fontes Pereira de Melo Fortunato José Barreiros António Maria Barreiros Arrobas Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses Januário Correia de Almeida Carlos Joaquim Franco José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque G. C. Lopes de Macedo Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio João Paes de Vasconcellos João Cesário de Lacerda Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho José Guedes Brandão de Melo Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes José Guedes Brandão de Melo Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto João Cesário de Lacerda Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo Francisco de Paula Cid António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas Amâncio de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral D. Bernardo António da Costa de Sousa de Macedo Martinho Pinto de Queiros Montenegro António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão Artur Marinha de Campos Joaquím Pedro Vieira Júdice Bicker Abel Fontoura da Costa Teófilo Duarte Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães Filipe Carlos Días de Carvalho Julio Henríques d'Abreu João de Almeida António Álvares Guedes Vaz Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo José Diogo Ferreira Martins João de Figueiredo Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral António Augusto Peixoto Correia Silvino Silvério Marques Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro Sérgio Fonseca Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça

High commissioner (1974-1975)	Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça

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João de Fontes Pereira de Melo

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