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Governor of Macau

List of Governors of Macau (From 1623)

Date of Assumption Name of the Governor

07 July 1623 D. Francisco Mascarenhas 19 July 1626 D. Filipe Lobo, D.Jeronimo da Silveira 01 December 1631 Manuel da Camara da Noronha August 1636 Domingis da Camara da Noronha August 1638 D. Sebastiao Lobo da Silveira August 1645 Luis de Carvalho e Sousa August 1647 D. Joao Pereira August 1650 Joao de Sousa Pereira August 1654 Manuel Tavares Bocarro 22 July 1664 Manuel Borges da Silva 31 August 1667 D. Alvaro da Silva 20 July 1670 Manuel Borges da Silva 20 July 1672 Antonio Barbosa Lobo 10 December 1678 Antonio de Castro Sande 10 December 1679 Luis de Melo Sampaio 10 December 1682 Bechior do Amaral de Meneses 05 July 1685 Antonio de Mesquita Pimentel 31 July 1688 Andre Coelho Vieira 21 July 1691 D. Francisco da Costa 23 November 1693 Antonio da Silva e Melho 21 July 1694 Gil Vaz Lobo Freire 17 August 1697 Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa 28 September 1697 Leal Senado da Camara (The Senate of the Settlement) 09 August 1698 Pedro Vaz de Siqueira 05 August 1700 Diogo de Melo Sampaio 22 July 1702 Pedro Vaz de Sequeira 15 August 1703 Jose da Gama Machado 05 August 1706 Diogo do Pinho Teixeira 28 July 1710 Francisco de Melo e Castro 11 June 1711 Antonio de Sequeira de Noronha 18 July 1714 D.Francisco de Alarcao Sotto-Maior 30 May 1718 Antonio de Albuquerque Coelho 09 September 1719 Antonio da Silva Telo e Meneses 19 August 1722 D.Cristovao de Severim Manuel 06 September 1724 Antonio Carneiro de Alcacova 11 August 1727 Antonio Moniz Barreto 18 August 1732 Antonio de Amaral Meneses 15 January 1735 D.Joao do Casal 04 August 1735 Cosme Damiao Pinto Pereira 25 August 1738 D.Diogo Pereira 25 August 1743 Antonio de Mendonca Corte-Real 30 August 1747 Jose Placido de Matos Saraiva 02 August 1749 Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha 29 July 1752 D.Rodrigo de Castro 14 July 1755 Francisco Antonio Pereira Coutinho 01 July 1758 D. Diogo Pereira 04 July 1761 Antonio de Mendonca Corte-Real 14 July 1764 Jose Placido de Matos Saraiva 19 August 1767 Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha 29 July 1770 D. Rodrigo de Castro 26 July 1771 Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha 27 January 1777 D. Alexdra da Silva Pedrosa Guimares 01 August 1778 Jose Vicente da Silveira Meneses 05 January 1780 Antonio Jose da Costa 28 August 1781 D. Francisco de Castro 18 August 1783 Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria 21 July 1788 Francisco Xavier de Mendonca Corte-Real 18 July 1789 Lazaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel Antonio Costa Ferreira, military commander 29 July 1790 D.Vasco Luis Carneiro de Sousa e Faro 27 July 1793 Jose Manuel Pinto 08 August 1797 D.Cristovao Pereira de Castro 08 August 1800 Jose Manuel Pinto 08 August 1803 Caetano de Sousa Pereira 08 August 1806 Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria 26 December 1808 Lucas Jose de Alvarenga 19 July 1810 Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria 19 July 1814 Lucas Jose de Alvarenga 19 July 1817 Jose Osorio de Castro de Albuquerque 19 August 1822 Major Paulino da Silva Barbosa 23 September 1823 Conselho de Governo (Government Council) 28 July 1825 Joaquim Mourao Garces Palha 15 November 1827 Conselho de Governo (Government Council) 07 July 1830 Joao Cabral de Estefique 03 July 1833 Bernardo Jose de Sousa Soares Andrea 22 Febraury 1837 Adriao Acacio da Silveira Pinto 03 October 1843 Jose Gregorio Pegado 21 April 1846 Joao Ferreira do Amaral 22 August 1849 Conselho de Governo (Government Council) 30 May 1850 Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha 07 July 1850 Conselho de Governo (Government Council) 03 February 1851 Francisco Antonio Goncalves Cardoso 19 November 1851 Isidoro Francisco Guimaraes 22 June 1863 Jose Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral 26 October 1866 Jose Maria da Ponte e Horta 03 August 1868 Antonio Sergio de Sousa 23 March 1872 Januario Correia de Almeida 07 December 1874 Jose Maria Lobo de Avila 31 December 1876 Carlos Eugenio Correia da Silva 28 November 1879 Joaquim Jose da Graca 23 April 1883 Tomas de Sousa Rosa 07 August 1886 Firmino Jose da Costa 05 February 1889 Francisco Teixeira da Silva 16 October 1890 Custodio Miguel de Borja 24 March 1894 Jose Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa 12 May 1897 Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo 12 August 1900 Jose Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa 05 April 1904 Martinho Pinto de Queiros Montenegro 06 April 1907 Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho 18 August 1908 Jose Augusto Alves Rocadas 22 September 1909 Eduardo Augusto Marques 17 December 1910 Alvaro de Melo Machado 14 July 1912 Anibal Augusto Sanches de Miranda 10 June 1914 Jose carlos da Maia 05 September 1916 Manuel Ferreira da Rocha Augusto Vieira de Matos 12 October 1918 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 23 August 1919 Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva 05 January 1923 Rodrigo Jose Rodrigues 18 October 1925 Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhaes 08 December 1926 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 30 March 1931 Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira 21 June 1932 Antonio Jose Bernardes de Miranda 11 April 1937 Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 29 October 1940 Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira 01 September 1947 Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira 23 November 1951 Joaquim Marques Esparteiro 08 March 1957 Pedro Correia de Barros 18 September 1959 Jaime Silverio Maarques 17 April 1962 Antonio Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos 25 November 1966 Jose Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho 19 November 1974 Jose Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro 28 November 1979 Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egidio 16 June 1981 Vasco Leotte de Almeida Costa 15 May 1986 Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado Correia da Silva 09 July 1987 Carlos Montez Melancia 23 April 1991 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira