List of colonial governors of Mozambique

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Coat of arms of Portuguese Mozambique

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Mozambique, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Mozambique.

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Portuguese Suzerainty
Captaincy of Sofala Under Portuguese India
September 1505 to March 1506 Pêro de Anaia, Captain-Major Died in office
March 1506 to December 1506 , acting Captain-Major Factor. Elected to temporarily replace Anaia
December 1506 to 8 September 1507 , Captain-Major Appointed by D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India
Captaincy of Sofala and Moçambique Under Portuguese India
8 September 1507 to February 1508 , Captain-Major Died in office
February 1508 to August 1509 , acting Captain-Major  
August 1509 to 24 June 1512 António de Saldanha, Captain-Major  
24 June 1512 to June 1515 , Captain-Major  
June 1512 to July 1515 Sancho de Tovar, acting Captain-Major 1st Term
July 1515 to June 1518 Cristóvão de Távora, Captain-Major  
June 1518 to July 1521 Sancho de Tovar, Captain-Major 2nd Term
July 1521 to 1525 , Captain-Major  
1525 to 1528 Lopo de Almeida, Captain-Major  
1528 to 1531 , Captain-Major  
1531 to 1538 , Captain-Major  
1538 to 1541 , Captain-Major  
1541 to 1548 , Captain-Major  
1548 to 1551 , Captain-Major  
1551 to 1553 , Captain-Major  
1553 to 1557 , Captain-Major  
1557 to 1560 , Captain-Major  
1560 to 1564 , Captain-Major  
1564 to 1567 , Captain-Major  
1567 to 1569 , Captain-Major  
Captaincy-General of Moçambique
1569 to June 1573 Francisco Barreto, Captain-General  
June 1573 to 1577 , acting Captain-General  
1577 to 1577 , acting Captain-General  
1577 to 1577 , acting Captain-General  
1577 to 1582 Pedro de Castro, Captain-General  
1582 to 1586 , Captain-General  
1586 to 1589 , Captain-General  
1589 to 1590 , Captain-General  
1590 to 1595 Pedro de Sousa, Captain-General  
1595 to 1598 , Captain-General  
1598 to 1601 , Captain-General  
1601 to 1604 , Captain-General  
1604 to 1607 , Captain-General  
1607 to 1609 , Captain-General  
Colony of Moçambique, Sofala, , and Monomatapa Under Portuguese India
1609 to 1611 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor 1st Term
1611 to 1612 , Governor  
1612 to 1612 , acting Governor  
1612 to 1614 , Governor  
1614 to 1618 , Governor  
1618 to 1623 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor 2nd Term
1623 to 1624 Lopo de Almeida, Governor  
1624 to 1627 , Governor 1st Term
1627 to 1631 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor 3rd Term
1631 to 1632 , acting Governor  
1632 to 1633 , Governor 2nd Term
1633 to 1634 , Governor  
1634 to 1639 , Governor  
1639 to 1640 , Governor  
1640 to 1641 , Governor  
1641 to 1642 Francisco da Silveira, Governor  
1642 to 1646 , Governor  
1646 to 1648 , Governor  
1648 to 1651 , Governor  
1651 to 1652 , Governor  
1652 to 1657 , Governor  
1657 to 1661 , Governor  
1661 to 1664 , Governor  
1664 to 1667 , Governor  
1667 to 1670 , Governor  
1670 to 1673 , Governor 1st Term
1673 to 1674 , Governor  
1674 to 1674 , Governor  
1674 to 1676 , acting Governor  
1676 to 1682 , Governor 2nd Term
1682 to 1686 , Governor  
1686 to 1689 , Governor  
1689 to 1692 , Governor  
1692 to 1693 , Governor  
1693 to 1694 , acting Governor  
1694 to 1695 , Governor  
1695 to 1696 , Governor  
1696 to 1699 , Governor  
1699 to 1703 , Governor  
1703 to 1706 , Governor 1st Term
1706 to 1708 , Governor  
1708 to 1712 , Governor  
1712 to 1714 , Governor 2nd Term
1714 to 1716 , Governor  
1716 to 1719 , Governor  
1719 to 1722 , Governor  
1722 to 1723 , Governor  
1723 to 1726 , Governor  
1726 to 1730 , Governor  
1730 to 1733 , Governor  
1733 to 1736 , Governor  
1736 to 1740 , Governor  
1740 to 1743 , Governor  
1743 to 1746 , Governor  
1746 to 1750 , Governor  
1750 to 1752 , Governor  
Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala
1752 to March 1758 , Governor  
March 1758 to April 1758 , Governor  
April 1758 to 28 May 1759 , Governor  
28 May 1759 to January 1763 , Governor 1st Term
6 January 1763 to 1765 , Governor  
1765 to June 1779 , Governor  
June 1779 to 1780 Provisional Administration  
1780 to 1781 , Governor  
1781 to 4 January 1782 , acting Governor  
4 January 1782 to 21 August 1782 , Governor 2nd Term
21 August 1782 to 1786 Provisional Administration  
1786 to 1793 , Governor  
1793 to 1797 , Governor  
1797 to September 1801 , Governor  
September 1801 to August 1805 , Governor  
August 1805 to December 1807 , Governor  
December 1807 to 14 August 1809 Provisional Administration  
14 August 1809 to August 1812 , Governor  
August 1812 to February 1817 , Governor  
February 1817 to September 1818 , Governor  
September 1818 to November 1819 Provisional Administration  
November 1819 to June 1821 , Governor  
June 1821 to June 1824 Provisional Administration  
June 1824 to January 1825 , Governor  
January 1825 to August 1829 , Governor  
August 1829 to January 1832 , Governor  
January 1832 to March 1834 Provisional Administration  
March 1834 to March 1836 , Governor  
Moçambique Colony/Portuguese East Africa
March 1836 to March 1837 Provisional Administration  
March 1837 to October 1837 , Governor-General  
October 1837 to March 1838 , Governor-General  
March 1838 to 25 March 1840 , President of Governing Council  
25 March 1840 to May 1841 , Governor-General  
May 1841 to 15 February 1843 , Governor-General  
15 February 1843 to May 1847 , Governor-General  
May 1847 to October 1851 , Governor-General  
October 1851 to April 1854 , Governor-General  
April 1854 to September 1857 Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting Governor-General  
September 1857 to February 1864 , Governor-General  
February 1864 to April 1864 , President of Governing Council  
April 1864 to October 1867 , Governor-General  
October 1867 to September 1868 , Governor-General  
September 1868 to February 1869 , President of Governing Council  
February 1869 to April 1869 , Governor-General  
April 1869 to December 1869 , Governor-General  
December 1869 to June 1870 , President of Governing Council  
June 1870 to August 1870 , acting Governor-General  
August 1870 to December 1873 José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General  
December 1873 to August 1874 , President of Governing Council  
August 1874 to December 1877 José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General  
December 1877 to January 1880 Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor-General  
January 1880 to August 1881 , acting Governor-General  
August 1881 to February 1882 , Governor-General  
February 1882 to April 1882 , acting Governor-General  
April 1882 to April 1885 , Governor-General  
April 1885 to July 1885 , President of Governing Council  
July 1885 to March 1889 , Governor-General  
March 1889 to July 1889 , acting Governor-General  
July 1889 to July 1890 , Governor-General  
July 1890 to 2 July 1891 Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General 1st Term
2 July 1891 to May 1893 , Governor-General  
May 1893 to 13 January 1894 , Governor-General  
January 1894 to July 1894 , acting Governor-General 1st Term
July 1894 to January 1895 , Governor-General  
January 1895 to December 1895 , Governor-General  
January 1896 to March 1896 , acting Governor-General 2nd Term
March 1896 to November 1897 Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque, Governor-General  
November 1897 to August 1898 , acting Governor-General  
August 1898 to December 1898 , Governor-General  
December 1898 to March 1900 , Governor-General  
March 1900 to May 1900 , Governor-General  
May 1900 to October 1900 Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General 2nd Term
October 1900 to December 1902 , Governor-General  
December 1902 to February 1905 Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor-General  
February 1905 to October 1906 , Governor-General  
October 1906 to November 1910 , Governor-General  
November 1910 to May 1911 José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting Governor-General  
May 1911 to February 1912 , Governor-General  
February 1912 to March 1913 , Governor-General  
March 1913 to April 1914 , Governor-General  
April 1914 to May 1915 Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General 3rd Term
May 1915 to October 1915 , Governor-General  
October 1915 to April 1918 Álvaro Xavier de Castro, Governor-General  
April 1918 to April 1919 , Governor-General  
April 1919 to March 1921 , acting Governor-General 1st Term
March 1921 to September 1923 Manuel de Brito Camacho, High Commissioner and Governor-General  
September 1923 to November 1924 , acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 2nd Term
November 1924 to May 1926 Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General  
May 1926 to November 1926 Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General  
November 1926 to April 1938 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
April 1938 to 1941 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
1941 to 1946 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
May 1947 to December 1948 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
December 1948 to 11 June 1951 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
Mozambique Overseas Province of Portugal
11 June 1951 to 1958 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
1958 to 1961 Pedro Correia de Barros, High Commissioner and Governor-General  
1961 to 1964 Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, High Commissioner and Governor-General  
1964 to 1968 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
12 July 1968 to 1970 Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa, High Commissioner and Governor-General  
1970 to 1972 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
1972 to 27 April 1974 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
27 April 1974 to 11 June 1974 , acting High Commissioner and Governor-General  
11 June 1974 to 17 August 1974 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
19 August 1974 to 12 September 1974 , acting High Commissioner and Governor-General  
12 September 1974 to 25 June 1975 , High Commissioner and Governor-General  
25 June 1975 Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique

For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Mozambique

See also[]

  • History of Mozambique#Portuguese Mozambique (1498–1975)

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