- List of colonial heads of Angola
-
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure Incumbent Notes Portuguese Suzerainty Angola Donatária
(São Paulo de Loanda)Colony 1 February 1575 to 1589 Paulo Días de Novais, Donatário Portuguese West Africa Crown Colony 1589 to 1591 Luís Serrão, Governor 1591 to June 1592 Francisco de Almeida, Governor 1593 to 1594 Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor 1594 to 1602 Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor 1624 to 4 September 1630 Fernão de Sousa, Governor 4 September 1630 to 1635 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 Tristão da Cunha, Governor February 1667 to August 1669 Junta August 1669 to 1676 Francisco de Távora, Governor 1676 to 1680 João da Silva e Sousa, Governor 1684 to 1688 João de Lencastre, Governor 1691 to 1694 Lourenço de Almada, Governor 1709 to 1713 João Manuel de Noronha, Governor 1717 to 1722 Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor 1722 to 1725 Fonseca Coutinho, acting Governor 1749 to 1753 António de Vasconcelos, Governor 1764 to 1772 António de Lencastre, Governor 1779 to 1782 José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor
or João de Camâra, Governor1782 to 1784 Juntas 1784 to 1790 Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor 1819 to 1821 Junta 1823 to 1823 Junta 1836 to 1836 Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General 1839 to 1839 José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General 1st Term 1865 to 1868 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 Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General 1896 to 1897 Mimoso Guera, acting Governor-General 1920 to 1921 Fernando Mena, High Commissioner and Governor-General 1948 to 11 June 1951 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 Joaquín 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 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
- Angola
- List of Presidents of Angola
- Heads of government of Angola
- Lists of office-holders
Categories:
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
