This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Mozambique, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Mozambique.
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesPortuguese suzeraintyCaptaincy of SofalaUnder Portuguese IndiaSeptember 1505 to March 1506 Pero de Anaia, Captain-MajorDied in officeMarch 1506 to December 1506 Manuel Fernandes de Meireles, acting Captain-MajorFactor. Elected to temporarily replace AnaiaDecember 1506 to 8 September 1507 Nuno Vaz Pereira, Captain-MajorAppointed by D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of IndiaCaptaincy of Sofala and MoçambiqueUnder Portuguese India8 September 1507 to February 1508 Vasco Gomes de Abreu, Captain-MajorDied in officeFebruary 1508 to August 1509 Rui de Brito Patalim, acting Captain-MajorAugust 1509 to 24 June 1512 António de Saldanha, Captain-Major24 June 1512 to June 1515 Simão de Miranda de Azevedo, Captain-MajorJune 1512 to July 1515 Sancho de Tovar, acting Captain-Major1st termJuly 1515 to June 1518 Cristóvão de Távora, Captain-MajorJune 1518 to July 1521 Sancho de Tovar, Captain-Major2nd termJuly 1521 to 1525 Diogo de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major1525 to 1528 Lopo de Almeida, Captain-Major1528 to 1531 António da Silveira de Meneses, Captain-Major1531 to 1538 Vicente Pegado, Captain-Major1538 to 1541 Alexio Chicorro, Captain-Major1541 to 1548 João de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major1548 to 1551 Fernão de Sousa de Távora, Captain-Major1551 to 1553 Diogo de Mesquita, Captain-Major1553 to 1557 Diogo de Sousa, Captain-Major1557 to 1560 Sebastião de Sá, Captain-Major1560 to 1564 Pantaleão de Sá, Captain-Major1564 to 1567 Jerónimo Barreto, Captain-Major1567 to 1569 Pedro Barreto Rolim, Captain-MajorCaptaincy-General of Moçambique1569 to June 1573Francisco Barreto, Captain-GeneralJune 1573 to 1577 Vasco Fernandes Homem, acting Captain-General1577 to 1577 Fernando Monroi, acting Captain-General1577 to 1577 Simão de Silveira, acting Captain-General1577 to 1582 Pedro de Castro, Captain-General1582 to 1586 Nuno Pereira, Captain-General1586 to 1589 Jorge Telo de Meneses, Captain-General1589 to 1590 Lourenço de Brito, Captain-General1590 to 1595 Pedro de Sousa, Captain-General1595 to 1598 Nuno da Cunha Ataíde, Captain-General1598 to 1601 Álvaro Abranches, Captain-General1601 to 1604 Vasco de Mascarenhas, Captain-General1604 to 1607 Sebastião de Macedo, Captain-General1607 to 1609 Estêvão de Ataíde, Captain-GeneralColony of Moçambique, Sofala, Río de Cuama, and MonomotapaUnder Portuguese India1609 to 1611 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor1st term1611 to 1612 Estêvão de Ataíde, Governor1612 to 1612 Diogo Simões de Madeira, acting Governor1612 to 1614 João de Azevedo, Governor1614 to 1618 Rui de Melo Sampaio, Governor1618 to 1623 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor2nd term1623 to 1624 Lopo de Almeida, Governor1624 to 1627 Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor1st term1627 to 1631 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor3rd term1631 to 1632 Cristóvão de Brito e Vasconcelos, acting Governor1632 to 1633 Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor2nd term1633 to 1634Filipe Mascarenhas, Governor1634 to 1639 Lourenço de Souto-Maior, Governor1639 to 1640 Diogo de Vasconcelos, Governor1640 to 1641 António de Brito Pacheco, Governor1641 to 1642 Francisco da Silveira, Governor1642 to 1646 Júlio Moniz da Silva, Governor1646 to 1648 Fernão Dias Baião, Governor1648 to 1651 Álvaro de Sousa de Távora, Governor1651 to 1652 Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor1652 to 1657 Francisco de Lima, Governor1657 to 1661Manuel Corte-Real de Sampaio, Governor1661 to 1664 Manuel de Mascarenhas, Governor1664 to 1667António de Melo e Castro, Governor1667 to 1670 Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho, Governor1670 to 1673 João de Sousa Freire, Governor1st term1673 to 1674 Simão Gomes da Silva, Governor1674 to 1674 André Pinto da Fonseca, Governor1674 to 1676 Manuel da Silva, acting Governor1676 to 1682 João de Sousa Freire, Governor2nd term1682 to 1686Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor1686 to 1689Miguel de Almeida, Governor1689 to 1692 Manuel dos Santos Pinto, Governor1692 to 1693 Tomé de Sousa Correia, Governor1693 to 1694 Francisco Correia de Mesquita, acting Governor1694 to 1695 Estêvão José da Costa, Governor1695 to 1696 Francisco da Costa, Governor1696 to 1699 Luís de Melo Sampaio, Governor1699 to 1703 Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor1703 to 1706 João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor1st term1706 to 1708 Luís de Brito Freire, Governor1708 to 1712 Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor1712 to 1714 João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor2nd term1714 to 1716 Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor1716 to 1719 Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor1719 to 1722 Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor1722 to 1723 Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor1723 to 1726 António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor1726 to 1730 António Cardim Fróis, Governor1730 to 1733 António Casco de Melo, Governor1733 to 1736 José Barbosa Leal, Governor1736 to 1740 Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor1740 to 1743 Lourenço de Noronha, Governor1743 to 1746 Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor1746 to 1750 Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor1750 to 1752 Francisco de Melo e Castro, GovernorColony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala1752 to March 1758 Francisco de Melo e Castro, GovernorMarch 1758 to April 1758 João Manuel de Melo, GovernorApril 1758 to 28 May 1759 David Marques Pereira, Governor28 May 1759 to January 1763 Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor1st term6 January 1763 to 1765 João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor1765 to June 1779 Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, GovernorJune 1779 to 1780Provisional administration1780 to 1781 José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor1781 to 4 January 1782 Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, acting Governor4 January 1782 to 21 August 1782 Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor2nd term21 August 1782 to 1786Provisional administration1786 to 1793 António de Melo e Castro, Governor1793 to 1797 Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor1797 to September 1801 Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, GovernorSeptember 1801 to August 1805 Isidro de Sousa e Sá, GovernorAugust 1805 to December 1807 Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso, GovernorDecember 1807 to 14 August 1809Provisional administration14 August 1809 to August 1812 António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça, GovernorAugust 1812 to February 1817 Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, GovernorFebruary 1817 to September 1818 José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, GovernorSeptember 1818 to November 1819Provisional administrationNovember 1819 to June 1821 João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, GovernorJune 1821 to June 1824Provisional administrationJune 1824 to January 1825 João Manuel da Silva, GovernorJanuary 1825 to August 1829 Sebastião Xavier Botelho, GovernorAugust 1829 to January 1832 Paulo José Miguel de Brito, GovernorJanuary 1832 to March 1834Provisional administrationMarch 1834 to March 1836 José Gregório Pegado, GovernorMoçambique Colony/Portuguese East AfricaMarch 1836 to March 1837Provisional administrationMarch 1837 to October 1837 António José de Melo, Governor-GeneralOctober 1837 to March 1838João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracaty, Governor-GeneralMarch 1838 to 25 March 1840 Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá, President of Governing Council25 March 1840 to May 1841 Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor-GeneralMay 1841 to 15 February 1843 João da Costa Xavier, Governor-General15 February 1843 to May 1847 Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima, Governor-GeneralMay 1847 to October 1851 Domingos Fortunato de Vale, Governor-GeneralOctober 1851 to April 1854Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães, Governor-GeneralApril 1854 to September 1857 Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting Governor-GeneralSeptember 1857 to February 1864João Tavares d'Almeida, Governor-GeneralFebruary 1864 to April 1864 Cândido M. Montes, President of Governing CouncilApril 1864 to October 1867 M. António do Canto e Castro, Governor-GeneralOctober 1867 to September 1868 António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda, Governor-GeneralSeptember 1868 to February 1869 M. N. P. de Ataíde e Azevedo, President of Governing CouncilFebruary 1869 to April 1869 António Tavares de Almeida, Governor-GeneralApril 1869 to December 1869 Fernão da Costa Leal, Governor-GeneralDecember 1869 to June 1870 Juiz E. K. da Fonseca e Gouveia, President of Governing CouncilJune 1870 to August 1870 Inácio A. Alves, acting Governor-GeneralAugust 1870 to December 1873José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-GeneralDecember 1873 to August 1874 Juiz J. M. Crispiniano da Fonseca, President of Governing CouncilAugust 1874 to December 1877 José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-GeneralDecember 1877 to January 1880Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor-GeneralJanuary 1880 to August 1881 Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, acting Governor-GeneralAugust 1881 to February 1882Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, Count of Paço de Arcos, Governor-GeneralFebruary 1882 to April 1882 J. d'Almeida d'Avila, acting Governor-GeneralApril 1882 to April 1885 Agostinho Coelho, Governor-GeneralApril 1885 to July 1885 D. Henrique Real da Silva, President of Governing CouncilJuly 1885 to March 1889Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha, Governor-GeneralMarch 1889 to July 1889 José Joaquim d'Almeida, acting Governor-GeneralJuly 1889 to July 1890José António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor-GeneralJuly 1890 to 2 July 1891Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General1st term2 July 1891 to May 1893Rafael Jácome de Andrade, Governor-GeneralMay 1893 to 13 January 1894Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor-GeneralJanuary 1894 to July 1894Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General1st termJuly 1894 to January 1895Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes, Governor-GeneralJanuary 1895 to December 1895António José Enes, Governor-GeneralJanuary 1896 to March 1896Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General2nd termMarch 1896 to November 1897 Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Governor-GeneralNovember 1897 to August 1898 Baltasar Freire Cabral, acting Governor-GeneralAugust 1898 to December 1898 Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier, Governor-GeneralDecember 1898 to March 1900 Álvaro António Ferreira, Governor-GeneralMarch 1900 to May 1900 Júlio José, marqués da Costa, Governor-GeneralMay 1900 to October 1900Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General2nd termOctober 1900 to December 1902Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor-GeneralDecember 1902 to February 1905Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor-GeneralFebruary 1905 to October 1906João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira, Governor-GeneralOctober 1906 to November 1910Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Governor-GeneralNovember 1910 to May 1911José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting Governor-GeneralMay 1911 to February 1912José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva, Governor-GeneralFebruary 1912 to March 1913José Alfredo Mendes de Magalhães, Governor-GeneralMarch 1913 to April 1914 Augusto Ferreira dos Santos, Governor-GeneralApril 1914 to May 1915Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General3rd termMay 1915 to October 1915Alfredo Baptista Coelho, Governor-GeneralOctober 1915 to April 1918Álvaro de Castro, Governor-GeneralApril 1918 to April 1919Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor-GeneralApril 1919 to March 1921 Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting Governor-General1st termMarch 1921 to September 1923Manuel de Brito Camacho, High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralSeptember 1923 to November 1924 Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General2nd termNovember 1924 to May 1926Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralMay 1926 to November 1926Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralNovember 1926 to April 1938 José Ricardo Pereira Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-GeneralApril 1938 to 1941José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General1941 to 1946 João Tris