List of colonial governors of Angola
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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| Portuguese Suzerainty | ||
| Angola Donatária (São Paulo de Loanda) | Colony | |
| 1 February 1575 to 1589 | Paulo Dias de Novais, Donatário | |
| Portuguese West Africa | Crown Colony | |
| 1589 to 1591 | Luís Serrão, Governor | |
| 1591 to June 1592 | André Ferreira Pereira, Governor | |
| June 1592 to 1593 | Francisco de Almeida, Governor | |
| 1593 to 1594 | Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor | |
| 1594 to 1602 | João Furtado de Mendonça, Governor | |
| 1602 to 1603 | João Rodrigues Coutinho, Governor | |
| 1603 to 1606 | Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1606 to September 1607 | ..., Governor | |
| September 1607 to 1611 | Manuel Pereira Forjaz, Governor | |
| 1611 to 1615 | Bento Banha Cardoso, Governor | |
| 1615 to 1617 | Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1617 to 1621 | Luís Mendes de Vasconcelos, Governor | |
| 1621 to 1623 | João Correia de Sousa, Governor | |
| 1623 to 1623 | Pedro de Sousa Coelho, Governor | |
| 1623 to 1624 | Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor | |
| 1624 to 4 September 1630 | Fernão de Sousa, Governor | |
| 4 September 1630 to 1635 | Manuel Pereira Coutinho, Governor | |
| 1635 to 18 October 1639 | Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor | |
| 18 October 1639 to 1641 | Pedro César de Meneses, Governor | |
| 1641 to October 1645 | In opposition to the Dutch | |
| October 1645 to 1646 | Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor | In opposition to the Dutch |
| Dutch Suzerainty | ||
| Dutch West Africa | ||
| 1641 to 1642 | Pieter Moorthamer, Director | |
| 1642 to 1648 | Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, Director | |
| Portuguese Suzerainty | ||
| 1646 to 24 August 1648 | Triumvirate Junta | |
| 24 August 1648 to 1651 | Salvador Correia de Sá e Benavides, Governor | |
| 1651 to March 1652 | ..., acting Governor | |
| March 1652 to 1653 | Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques, Governor | |
| 1653 to October 1654 | Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos da Cunha, acting Governor | |
| October 1654 to 18 April 1658 | Luís Mendes de Sousa Chichorro, Governor | |
| 18 April 1658 to 1661 | João Fernandes Vieira, Governor | |
| 1661 to September 1666 | André Vidal de Negreiros, Governor | |
| September 1666 to February 1667 | Tristão da Cunha, Governor | |
| February 1667 to August 1669 | Junta | |
| August 1669 to 1676 | Francisco de Távora, Governor | |
| 1676 to 1680 | Pires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses, Governor | |
| 1680 to 1684 | João da Silva e Sousa, Governor | |
| 1684 to 1688 | Luís Lobo da Silva, Governor | |
| 1688 to 1691 | João de Lencastre, Governor | |
| 1691 to 1694 | Gonçalo da Costa de Alcáçova Carneiro de Meneses, Governor | |
| 1694 to 1697 | Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, Governor | |
| 1697/1698 to 1701 | Luís César de Meneses, Governor | |
| 1701 to 1702 | Bernardino de Távora de Sousa Tavares, Governor | |
| 1705 to 1709 | Lourenço de Almada, Governor | |
| 1709 to 1713 | António de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro e Ribafria, Governor | |
| 1713 to 1717 | João Manuel de Noronha, Governor | |
| 1717 to 1722 | Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor | |
| 1722 to 1725 | António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor | |
| 1725 to 1726 | José Carvalho da Costa, acting Governor | |
| 1726 to 1732 | Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor | |
| 1732 to 1738 | Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor | |
| 1738 to 1748 | João Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor | |
| 1748 to 1749 | Fonseca Coutinho, acting Governor | |
| 1749 to 1753 | António de Almeida Portugal, 4th Count of Avintes, 1st Marquis of Lavradio, Governor | |
| 1753 to 1758 | António Álvares da Cunha, Governor | |
| 1758 to 1764 | António de Vasconcelos, Governor | |
| 1764 to 1772 | Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor | |
| 1772 to 1779 | António de Lencastre, Governor | |
| 1779 to 1782 | José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor or João de Camâra, Governor | |
| 1782 to 1784 | Juntas | |
| 1784 to 1790 | José José de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho, 1st Baron of Moçâmedes, Governor | |
| 1790 to 1797 | Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos de Soveral e Carvalho da Maia Soares de Albergaria, 1st Count of a Lapa, Governor | |
| 1797 to 1802 | Miguel António de Melo, Governor | |
| 1802 to 1806 | Fernando António de Noronha, Governor | |
| 1806 to 1807 | ..., Governor | |
| 1807 to 1810 | António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor | |
| 1810 to 1815 | José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor | |
| 1816 to 1819 | Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor | |
| 1819 to 1821 | Manuel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque, Governor | |
| 1821 to 1822 | Joaquim Inácio de Lima, Governor | |
| 1822 to 1823 | Junta | |
| 1823 to 1823 | Cristóvão Avelino Dias, Governor | |
| 1823 to 1829 | Nicolau de Abreu Castelo-Branco, Governor | |
| 1829 to 1834 | José Maria de Sousa Macedo Almeida e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Santa Comba Dão, Governor | |
| 1834 to 1836 | Junta | |
| 1836 to 1836 | Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor | |
| 1837 to 1839 | Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General | |
| 1839 to 1839 | António Manuel de Noronha, Governor-General | |
| 1839 to 1842 | Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, acting Governor-General | |
| 1842 to 1843 | José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General | |
| 1843 to 1845 | Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General | |
| 1845 to 1848 | Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General | |
| 1848 to 1851 | Adrião de Silveiro Pinto, Governor-General | |
| 1851 to 1853 | António Sérgio de Sousa, Governor-General | |
| 1853 to 1853 | António Ricardo Graça, Governor-General | |
| 1853 to 1854 | Miguel Ximenez Rodrigues Sandoval de Castro e Vargas, 1st Viscount of Pinheiro, Governor-General | |
| 1854 to 1860 | José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 1860 to 1861 | Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General | |
| 1861 to 1862 | Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses, Governor-General | |
| 1862 to 1865 | José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 1865 to 1868 | Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso, Governor-General | |
| 1868 to 1869 | ..., Governor-General | |
| 1869 to 1870 | José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 1870 to 1873 | José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General | |
| 1873 to 1876 | José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 1876 to 1878 | Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General | |
| 1878 to 1880 | Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General | |
| 1880 to 1882 | António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General | |
| 1882 to 14 February 1885 | Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General | |
| Portuguese West Africa Colony | ||
| 14 February 1885 to 1886 | Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General | |
| 1886 to 1892 | Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capelo, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 25 August 1892 to September 1893 | Jaime Lobo de Brito Godins, acting Governor-General | |
| 1893 to 1896 | Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General | |
| 1896 to 1897 | Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 1897 to 1900 | António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 1900 to 1903 | Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General | |
| 1903 to 1904 | Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 1904 to 1904 | Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor-General | |
| 1904 to 1905 | António Duarte Ramada Curto, acting Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 1905 to 1906 | Caminho de Ferro de Mossámedes, Governor-General | |
| 1906 to 1907 | Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| June 1907 to June 1909 | Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro, Governor-General | |
| 1909 to 1909 | Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, acting Governor-General | |
| 1909 to 1910 | José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor-General | |
| 1910 to 1911 | Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, acting Governor-General | |
| 1911 to 1912 | Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor-General | |
| 1912 to 15 August 1914 | José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General | |
| Angola Colony | ||
| 15 August 1914 to 1915 | José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General | |
| 1915 to 1916 | António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor-General | |
| 1916 to 1917 | Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim, Governor-General | |
| 1917 to 1918 | Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Governor-General | |
| 1918 to 1919 | Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor-General | |
| 1919 to 1920 | Mimoso Guerra, acting Governor-General | |
| 1920 to 1921 | Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, 1st Viscount of Pedralva, Governor-General | |
| 1921 to 1924 | José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1924 to 1924 | João Augusto Crispiniano Soares, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1924 to 1926 | Francisco Cunha Rêgo Chaves, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1926 to 1928 | António Vicente Ferreira, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1928 to 1929 | António Damas Mora, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1929 to 1931 | Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1931 to 1933 | José Dionisio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1933 to 1934 | Eduardo Ferreira Viana, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1934 to 1935 | Júlio Garcês de Lencastre, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1936 to 1940 | António Lopes Mateus, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1940 to 1942 | Manuel da Cunha e Costa Marques Mano, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1942 to 1942 | Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1942 to 1943 | Álvaro de Freitas Morna, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1943 to 1943 | Manuel Pereira Figueira, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1943 to 1947 | Vasco Lopes Alves, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1947 to 1947 | Fernando Mena, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1948 to 11 June 1951 | José Agapito de Silva Carvalho, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| Angola Overseas Province of Portugal | ||
| 11 June 1951 to 1955 | José Agapito de Silva Carvalho, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1955 to 1956 | Manuel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 1957 to 15 January 1960 | Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 15 January 1960 to 23 June 1961 | Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 23 June 1961 to 26 September 1962 | Venâncio Augusto Deslandes, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 26 September 1962 to 27 October 1966 | Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General | 1st Term |
| 27 October 1966 to October 1972 | Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| October 1972 to May 1974 | Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| May 1974 to 15 June 1974 | Joaquim Franco Pinheiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 15 June 1974 to 24 July 1974 | Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General | 2nd Term |
| 24 July 1974 to 29 November 1974 | António Alva Rosa Coutinho, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 29 November 1974 to 28 January 1975 | António Alva Rosa Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 28 January 1975 to 2 August 1975 | António Silva Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 2 August 1975 to 26 August 1975 | Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 26 August 1975 to 10 November 1975 | Leonel Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General | |
| 10/11 November 1975 | Independence as People’s Republic of Angola | |
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Angola
Sources
- http://www.rulers.org/rula2.html#angola
- African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
- Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
- Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000
See also
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