List of colonial governors of 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.

Map of Mozambique.
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List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Portuguese Suzerainty
Captaincy of SofalaUnder Portuguese India
September 1505 to March 1506Pêro de Anaia, Captain-MajorDied in office
March 1506 to December 1506Manuel Fernandes de Meireles, acting Captain-MajorFactor. Elected to temporarily replace Anaia
December 1506 to 8 September 1507Nuno Vaz Pereira, Captain-MajorAppointed by D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India
Captaincy of Sofala and MoçambiqueUnder Portuguese India
8 September 1507 to February 1508Vasco Gomes de Abreu, Captain-MajorDied in office
February 1508 to August 1509Rui de Brito Patalim, acting Captain-Major 
August 1509 to 24 June 1512António de Saldanha, Captain-Major 
24 June 1512 to June 1515Simão de Miranda de Azevedo, Captain-Major 
June 1512 to July 1515Sancho de Tovar, acting Captain-Major1st Term
July 1515 to June 1518Cristóvão de Távora, Captain-Major 
June 1518 to July 1521Sancho de Tovar, Captain-Major2nd Term
July 1521 to 1525Diogo de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major 
1525 to 1528Lopo de Almeida, Captain-Major 
1528 to 1531António da Silveira de Meneses, Captain-Major 
1531 to 1538Vicente Pegado, Captain-Major 
1538 to 1541Alexio Chicorro, Captain-Major 
1541 to 1548João de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major 
1548 to 1551Fernão de Sousa de Távora, Captain-Major 
1551 to 1553Diogo de Mesquita, Captain-Major 
1553 to 1557Diogo de Sousa, Captain-Major 
1557 to 1560Sebastião de Sá, Captain-Major 
1560 to 1564Pantaleão de Sá, Captain-Major 
1564 to 1567Jerónimo Barreto, Captain-Major 
1567 to 1569Pedro Barreto Rolim, Captain-Major 
Captaincy-General of Moçambique
1569 to June 1573Francisco Barreto, Captain-General 
June 1573 to 1577Vasco Fernandes Homem, acting Captain-General 
1577 to 1577Fernando Monroi, acting Captain-General 
1577 to 1577Simão de Silveira, acting Captain-General 
1577 to 1582Pedro de Castro, Captain-General 
1582 to 1586Nuno Pereira, Captain-General 
1586 to 1589Jorge Telo de Meneses, Captain-General 
1589 to 1590Lourenço de Brito, Captain-General 
1590 to 1595Pedro de Sousa, Captain-General 
1595 to 1598Nuno da Cunha Ataíde, Captain-General 
1598 to 1601Álvaro Abranches, Captain-General 
1601 to 1604Vasco de Mascarenhas, Captain-General 
1604 to 1607Sebastião de Macedo, Captain-General 
1607 to 1609Estêvão de Ataíde, Captain-General 
Colony of Moçambique, Sofala, Ríos de Cuama, and MonomatapaUnder Portuguese India
1609 to 1611Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor1st Term
1611 to 1612Estévão de Ataíde, Governor 
1612 to 1612Diogo Simões de Madeira, acting Governor 
1612 to 1614João de Azevedo, Governor 
1614 to 1618Rui de Melo Sampaio, Governor 
1618 to 1623Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor2nd Term
1623 to 1624Lopo de Almeida, Governor 
1624 to 1627Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor1st Term
1627 to 1631Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor3rd Term
1631 to 1632Cristóvão de Brito e Vasconcelos, acting Governor 
1632 to 1633Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor2nd Term
1633 to 1634Filipe de Mascarenhas, Governor 
1634 to 1639Lourenço de Souto-Maior, Governor 
1639 to 1640Diogo de Vasconcelos, Governor 
1640 to 1641António de Brito Pacheco, Governor 
1641 to 1642Francisco da Silveira, Governor 
1642 to 1646Júlio Moniz da Silva, Governor 
1646 to 1648Fernão Dias Baião, Governor 
1648 to 1651Álvaro de Sousa de Távora, Governor 
1651 to 1652Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor 
1652 to 1657Francisco de Lima, Governor 
1657 to 1661Manuel Corte-Real de Sampaio, Governor 
1661 to 1664Manuel de Mascarenhas, Governor 
1664 to 1667António de Melo e Castro, Governor 
1667 to 1670Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho, Governor 
1670 to 1673João de Sousa Freire, Governor1st Term
1673 to 1674Simão Gomes da Silva, Governor 
1674 to 1674André Pinto da Fonseca, Governor 
1674 to 1676Manuel da Silva, acting Governor 
1676 to 1682João de Sousa Freire, Governor2nd Term
1682 to 1686Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor 
1686 to 1689Miguel de Almeida, Governor 
1689 to 1692Manuel dos Santos Pinto, Governor 
1692 to 1693Tomé de Sousa Correia, Governor 
1693 to 1694Francisco Correia de Mesquita, acting Governor 
1694 to 1695Estêvão José da Costa, Governor 
1695 to 1696Francisco da Costa, Governor 
1696 to 1699Luís de Melo Sampaio, Governor 
1699 to 1703Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor 
1703 to 1706João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor1st Term
1706 to 1708Luís de Brito Freire, Governor 
1708 to 1712Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor 
1712 to 1714João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor2nd Term
1714 to 1716Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor 
1716 to 1719Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor 
1719 to 1722Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor 
1722 to 1723Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor 
1723 to 1726António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor 
1726 to 1730António Cardim Fróis, Governor 
1730 to 1733António Casco de Melo, Governor 
1733 to 1736José Barbosa Leal, Governor 
1736 to 1740Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor 
1740 to 1743Lourenço de Noronha, Governor 
1743 to 1746Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor 
1746 to 1750Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor 
1750 to 1752Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor 
Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala
1752 to March 1758Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor 
March 1758 to April 1758João Manuel de Melo, Governor 
April 1758 to 28 May 1759David Marques Pereira, Governor 
28 May 1759 to January 1763Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor1st Term
6 January 1763 to 1765João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor 
1765 to June 1779Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, Governor 
June 1779 to 1780Provisional Administration 
1780 to 1781José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor 
1781 to 4 January 1782Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, acting Governor 
4 January 1782 to 21 August 1782Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor2nd Term
21 August 1782 to 1786Provisional Administration 
1786 to 1793António de Melo e Castro, Governor 
1793 to 1797Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor 
1797 to September 1801Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor 
September 1801 to August 1805Isidro de Sousa e Sá, Governor 
August 1805 to December 1807Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso, Governor 
December 1807 to 14 August 1809Provisional Administration 
14 August 1809 to August 1812António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça, Governor 
August 1812 to February 1817Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, Governor 
February 1817 to September 1818José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Governor 
September 1818 to November 1819Provisional Administration 
November 1819 to June 1821João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, Governor 
June 1821 to June 1824Provisional Administration 
June 1824 to January 1825João Manuel da Silva, Governor 
January 1825 to August 1829Sebastião Xavier Botelho, Governor 
August 1829 to January 1832Paulo José Miguel de Brito, Governor 
January 1832 to March 1834Provisional Administration 
March 1834 to March 1836José Gregório Pegado, Governor 
Moçambique Colony/Portuguese East Africa
March 1836 to March 1837Provisional Administration 
March 1837 to October 1837António José de Melo, Governor-General 
October 1837 to March 1838João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracaty, Governor-General 
March 1838 to 25 March 1840Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá, President of Governing Council 
25 March 1840 to May 1841Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor-General 
May 1841 to 15 February 1843João da Costa Xavier, Governor-General 
15 February 1843 to May 1847Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima, Governor-General 
May 1847 to October 1851Domingos Fortunato de Vale, Governor-General 
October 1851 to April 1854Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães, Governor-General 
April 1854 to September 1857Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting Governor-General 
September 1857 to February 1864João Tavares d'Almeida, Governor-General 
February 1864 to April 1864Cândido M. Montes, President of Governing Council 
April 1864 to October 1867M. António do Canto e Castro, Governor-General 
October 1867 to September 1868António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda, Governor-General 
September 1868 to February 1869M. N. P. de Ataíde e Azevedo, President of Governing Council 
February 1869 to April 1869António Tavares de Almeida, Governor-General 
April 1869 to December 1869Fernão da Costa Leal, Governor-General 
December 1869 to June 1870Juiz E. K. da Fonseca e Gouveia, President of Governing Council 
June 1870 to August 1870Inácio A. Alves, acting Governor-General 
August 1870 to December 1873José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General 
December 1873 to August 1874Juiz J. M. Crispiniano da Fonseca, President of Governing Council 
August 1874 to December 1877José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General 
December 1877 to January 1880Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor-General 
January 1880 to August 1881Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, acting Governor-General 
August 1881 to February 1882Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, visconde de Paço d'Arcos, Governor-General 
February 1882 to April 1882J. d'Almeida d'Avila, acting Governor-General 
April 1882 to April 1885Agostinho Coelho, Governor-General 
April 1885 to July 1885D. Henrique Real da Silva, President of Governing Council 
July 1885 to March 1889Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha, Governor-General 
March 1889 to July 1889José Joaquim d'Almeida, acting Governor-General 
July 1889 to July 1890José António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor-General 
July 1890 to 2 July 1891Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General1st Term
2 July 1891 to May 1893Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor-General 
May 1893 to 13 January 1894Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor-General 
January 1894 to July 1894J. Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General1st Term
July 1894 to January 1895Fernão de Magalhães e Meneses, Governor-General 
January 1895 to December 1895António José Enes -Commissioner, Governor-General 
January 1896 to March 1896J. Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General2nd Term
March 1896 to November 1897Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque, Governor-General 
November 1897 to August 1898Baltasar Freire Cabral, acting Governor-General 
August 1898 to December 1898Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier, Governor-General 
December 1898 to March 1900Álvaro António Ferreira, Governor-General 
March 1900 to May 1900Júlio José, marqués da Costa, Governor-General 
May 1900 to October 1900Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General2nd Term
October 1900 to December 1902Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor-General 
December 1902 to February 1905Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor-General 
February 1905 to October 1906João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira, Governor-General 
October 1906 to November 1910Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Governor-General 
November 1910 to May 1911José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting Governor-General 
May 1911 to February 1912José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva, Governor-General 
February 1912 to March 1913Alfredo Afonso Meneses de Magalhães, Governor-General 
March 1913 to April 1914Augusto Ferreira dos Santos, Governor-General 
April 1914 to May 1915Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General3rd Term
May 1915 to October 1915Alfredo Baptista Coelho, Governor-General 
October 1915 to April 1918Álvaro Xavier de Castro, Governor-General 
April 1918 to April 1919Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor-General 
April 1919 to March 1921Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting Governor-General1st Term
March 1921 to September 1923Manuel de Brito Camacho, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
September 1923 to November 1924Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General2nd Term
November 1924 to May 1926Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
May 1926 to November 1926Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
November 1926 to April 1938José Ricardo Pereira Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
April 1938 to 1941José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1941 to 1946João Tristão de Bettencourt, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
May 1947 to December 1948Luís de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
December 1948 to 11 June 1951Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
Mozambique Overseas Province of Portugal
11 June 1951 to 1958Gabriel Maurício Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1958 to 1961Pedro Correia de Barros, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1961 to 1964Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1964 to 1968José Augusto da Costa Almeida, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
12 July 1968 to 1970Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1970 to 1972Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
1972 to 27 April 1974Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
27 April 1974 to 11 June 1974David Teixeira Ferreira, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
11 June 1974 to 17 August 1974Henrique Soares de Melo, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
19 August 1974 to 12 September 1974Jorge Ferro Ribeiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General 
12 September 1974 to 25 June 1975Vítor Crespo, High Commissioner and Governor-General 
25 June 1975Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique

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

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