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{{Short description|Head of the Macau Government during Portuguese rule}}
{{For|the modern head of government of Macau|Chief Executive of Macau}}
{{Expand Portuguese|Lista de governadores de Macau|date=December 2010}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
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| body = Macau
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| imagecaption = '''Last in office<br />[[Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira]]'''<br />23 April 1991 – 19 December 1999<ref name=book/>
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| residence = [[Macau Government House]]
| seat = [[Macau Government Headquarters]]
| nominator = [[Prime Minister of Portugal]]
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| formation = 7 July 1623
| first = [[Francisco Mascarenhas (Governor of Macau)|Francisco Mascarenhas]]
| last = [[Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira]]
| abolished = 20 December 1999
| succession = [[Chief Executive of Macau]]
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The '''governor of Macau''' ({{langx|pt|Governador de Macau}}; {{zh|t=澳門總督|j=}}) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] colonial official who headed the [[Portuguese Empire|colony]] of [[Portuguese Macau|Macau]], before 1623 called [[captain-major]] ({{langx|pt|Capitão-mor}}). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the [[handover of Macau]] to [[China]] by the office of the [[Chief Executive of Macau|chief executive of Macau]].

==Powers of the governor of Macau==

The governor of Macau was responsible for the internal and local control of the colony. External relations and military needs were dealt by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] government in [[Lisbon]].

==List of captains-major and governors of Macau (1557–1999)==

The date refers to the date of appointment.

===Captains-major===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Captains-major||Tenure
|-
| [[Francisco Martins]] || 1557–1558
|-
| [[Leonel de Sousa]] || 1558–1559
|-
| [[Rui Barreto]] || 1559–1560
|-
| [[Manuel de Mendonça]] || 1560–1561
|-
| [[Fernão de Sousa]] || 1561–1562
|-
| [[Pêro Barreto Rolim]] || 1562–1563
|-
| [[Diogo Pereira (captain-major)|Diogo Pereira]] || 1563–1565
|-
| [[João Pedro Pereira (captain-major)|João Pedro Pereira]] || 1565–1566
|-
| [[Simão de Mendonça]] (1st time) || 1566–1567
|-
| [[Tristão Vaz da Veiga]] (1st time) || 1567–1568
|-
| [[António de Sousa (captain-major)|António de Sousa]] || 1568–1569
|-
| [[Manuel Travassos]] || 1569–1571
|-
| [[Tristão Vaz da Veiga]] (2nd time) || 1571–1572
|-
| [[João de Almeida (captain-major)|João de Almeida]] (1st time) || 1572–1573
|-
| [[António de Vilhena]] || 1573–1574
|-
| [[Simão de Mendonça]] (2nd time) || 1574–1575
|-
| [[Vasco Pereira]] || 1575–1576
|-
| [[Domingos Monteiro]] (1st time) || 1576–1579
|-
| [[Leonel de Brito]] || 1579–1580
|-
| [[Miguel da Gama]] || 1580–1581
|-
| [[Inácio de Lima]] || 1581–1582
|-
| [[João de Almeida (captain-major)|João de Almeida]] (2nd time) || 1582–1583
|-
| [[Aires Gonçalves de Miranda]] || 1583–1585
|-
| [[Francisco Pais]] || 1585–1586
|-
| [[Domingos Monteiro]] (2nd time) || 1586–1587
|-
| [[Jerónimo Pereira]] || 1587–1589
|-
| ... || 1589
|-
| [[Henrique da Costa]] || 1590–1591
|-
| [[Roque de Melo Pereira]] || 1591–1592
|-
| [[Domingos Monteiro]] (3rd time) || 1592–1593
|-
| [[Gaspar Pinto da Rocha]] || 1593–1594
|-
| ... || 1594
|-
| [[Manuel de Miranda]] || 1595–1596
|-
| [[Rui Mendes de Figueiredo]] || 1596–1597
|-
| ... || 1597
|-
| [[Nuno de Mendonça]] || 1598–1599
|-
| [[Paulo de Portugal]] || 1599–1603
|-
| [[Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa]] || 1603–1604
|-
| [[João Caiado de Gamboa]] || 1604–1605
|-
| [[Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses]] || 1605–1607
|-
| [[André Pessoa]] || 1607–1609
|-
| ... || 1609
|-
| [[Pedro Martim Gaio]] || 1609–1611
|-
| [[Miguel de Sousa Pimentel]] || 1611–1612
|-
| [[João Serrão da Cunha]] || 1612–1614
|-
| [[Martim da Cunha]] || 1614–1616
|-
| [[Francisco Lopes Carrasco]] || 1616–1617
|-
| [[Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho]] (1st time) || 1617–1618
|-
| [[António de Oliveira de Morais]] || 1618–1619
|-
| [[Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho]] || 1619–1621
|-
| [[Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho]] (2nd time) || 1621–1623
|}

===Governors===
{|class="wikitable" 
|-
!rowspan="2"|No.<ref name=book>{{cite book |last=Santos Alves |first=Jorge |date=2013 |title=Governadores de Macau |url=https://archive.org/details/governadores-de-macau_202311/page/n8/mode/1up?q=Matos |publisher=Livros do Oriente |isbn=9789993786634}}</ref>||rowspan="2"|Governor||colspan="2"|Tenure
|-
! Took office
! Left office
|-
| 1 || [[Francisco Mascarenhas (Governor of Macau)|Francisco Mascarenhas]] || 7 July 1623 || 19 July 1626 
|-
| 2 || [[Filipe Lobo]] || 19 July 1626 || 1629 
|-
|3
|[[Jerónimo da Silveira]]
|1630
|1 December 1631
|-
| 4 || [[Manuel da Câmara de Noronha]]|| 1 December 1631 || 1637 
|-
| 5 || [[Domingos da Câmara de Noronha]]|| 1637 || 1638 
|-
| 6 || [[Sebastião Lobo da Silveira]]|| 1638 || 1644 
|-
| 7 || [[Luís de Carvalho e Sousa]]|| 1644 || 1646 
|-
| 8 || [[Diogo Coutinho Docem]]
|1646
|1646
|-
| 9 || [[João Pereira (governor)|João Pereira]]|| 1646 || 1649 
|-
| 10 || [[João de Sousa Pereira]]|| 1649 || 1655 
|-
| 11 || [[Manuel Tavares Bocarro]]|| 1656 || 1664 
|-
| 12 || [[Manuel Borges da Silva]]|| 22 July 1664 || 31 August 1667 
|-
| 13 || [[Álvaro da Silva]]|| 31 August 1667 || 20 July 1670 
|-
| 14 || [[Manuel Borges da Silva]]|| 20 July 1670 || 20 July 1672 
|-
| 15 || [[António Barbosa Lobo]]|| 20 July 1672 || 1676 
|-
| 16 || [[António de Castro Sande]]|| 1676 || 10 December 1679 
|-
| 17 || [[Luís de Melo Sampaio]]|| 10 December 1679 || 10 December 1682 
|-
| 18 || [[Belchior do Amaral de Meneses]]|| 10 December 1682 || 5 July 1685 
|-
| 19 || [[António de Mesquita Pimentel]]|| 5 July 1685 || 31 July 1688 
|-
| 20 || [[André Coelho Vieira]]|| 31 July 1688 || 21 July 1691 
|-
| 21 || [[Francisco da Costa]]|| 21 July 1691 || 23 November 1693 
|-
| 22 || [[António da Silva e Melo]]|| 23 November 1693 || 21 July 1694 
|-
| 23 || [[Gil Vaz Lobo Freire]]|| 21 July 1694 || 17 August 1697 
|-
| 24 || [[Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa]]|| 17 August 1697 || 28 September 1697 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | [[Municipal Council of Macau]]|| 28 September 1697 || 9 August 1698 
|-
| 24 || [[Pedro Vaz de Sequeira]]|| 9 August 1698 || 1699 
|-
| 25 || [[Diogo de Melo Sampaio]]|| 1699 || 22 July 1702 
|-
| 26 || [[Pedro Vaz de Sequeira]]|| 22 July 1702 || 15 August 1703 
|-
| 27 || [[José da Gama Machado]]|| 15 August 1703 || 5 August 1706 
|-
| 28 || [[Diogo do Pinho Teixeira]]|| 5 August 1706 || 28 July 1710 
|-
| 29 || [[Francisco de Melo e Castro (Governor of Macau and Timor)|Francisco de Melo e Castro]]|| 28 July 1710 || 11 June 1711 
|-
| 30 || [[António de Sequeira de Noronha]]|| 11 June 1711 || 18 July 1714 
|-
| 31 || [[Francisco de Alarcão Sotto-Maior]]|| 18 July 1714 || 30 May 1718 
|-
| 32 || [[António de Albuquerque Coelho]]|| 30 May 1718 || 9 September 1719 
|-
| 33 || [[António da Silva Telo e Meneses]]|| 9 September 1719 || 19 August 1722 
|-
| 34 || [[Cristóvão de Severim Manuel]]|| 19 August 1722 || 1723 
|-
| 35 || [[António Carneiro de Alcáçova]]|| 6 September 1724 || 11 August 1727 
|-
| 36 || [[António Moniz Barreto]]|| 11 August 1727<ref name="book" />|| 18 August 1732 
|-
| 37 || [[António de Amaral Meneses]]|| 18 August 1732 || 15 January 1735 
|-
| 38 || [[João do Casal]]|| 15 January 1735 || 4 August 1735 
|-
| 39 || [[Cosme Damião Pereira Pinto]]|| 4 August 1735 || 25 August 1738 
|-
| 40 || [[Manuel Pereira Coutinho]]|| 25 August 1738 || 25 August 1743 
|-
| 41 || [[António de Mendonça Corte-Real|Cosme Damião Pereira Pinto]]|| 25 August 1743 || 30 August 1747 
|-
|42
|[[António José Teles de Meneses]]
|30 August 1747
|2 August 1749
|-
|43
|[[João Manuel de Melo]]
|2 August 1749
|29 July 1752
|-
| 44 || [[Rodrigo de Castro (governor)|Rodrigo de Castro]]|| 29 July 1752 || 14 July 1755 
|-
| 45 || [[Francisco António Pereira Coutinho]]|| 14 July 1755 || 1 July 1758 
|-
| 46 || [[Diogo Pereira (Governor of Macau)|Diogo Pereira]]|| 1 July 1758 || 4 July 1761 
|-
| 47 || [[António de Mendonça Corte Real]]|| 4 July 1761 || 14 July 1764 
|-
| 48 || [[José Plácido de Matos Saraiva]]|| 14 July 1764 || 19 August 1767 
|-
| 49 || [[Diogo Fernandes Salema de Saldanha]]|| 19 August 1767 || 29 July 1770 
|-
| 50 || [[Rodrigo de Castro (governor)|Rodrigo de Castro]]|| 29 July 1770 || 26 July 1771 
|-
| 51 || [[Diogo Fernandes Salema de Saldanha]]|| 26 July 1771 || 27 January 1778 
|-
| 52 || [[Alexandre Pedrosa da Silva Guimarães]]|| 27 January 1778 || 1 August 1778 
|-
| 53 || [[José Vicente da Silveira de Meneses]]|| 1 August 1778 || 5 January 1780 
|-
| 54 || [[António José da Costa]]|| 5 January 1780 || August 1780 
|-
| 55 || [[Francisco Xavier de Castro]]|| 1780 || 18 August 1783 
|-
| 56 || [[Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria]]|| 18 August 1783 || 21 July 1788 
|-
| 57 || [[Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real]]|| 21 July 1788 || 18 July 1789 
|-
| 58 || [[Lázaro da Silva Ferreira]] and [[Manuel António da Costa Ferreira]]<br>{{small|(Co-serving)}}|| 18 July 1789 || 29 July 1790 
|-
| 59 || [[Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro]]|| 29 July 1790 || 27 July 1793 
|-
| 60 || [[José Manuel Pinto (governor)|José Manuel Pinto]]|| 27 July 1793 || 8 August 1797 
|-
| 61 || [[Cristóvão Pereira de Castro]]|| 8 August 1797 || 8 August 1800 
|-
| 62 || [[José Manuel Pinto (governor)|José Manuel Pinto]]|| 8 August 1800 || 8 August 1803 
|-
| 63 || [[Caetano de Sousa Pereira]]|| 8 August 1803 || 8 August 1806 
|-
| 64 || [[Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria]]|| 8 August 1806 || 26 December 1808 
|-
| 65 || [[Lucas José de Alvarenga]]|| 26 December 1808 || 19 July 1810 
|-
| 66 || [[Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria]]|| 19 July 1810 || 1817 
|-
| 67 || [[José Osório de Castro Cabral de Albuquerque]]|| 19 July 1817 || 19 August 1822 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | [[Municipal Council of Macau]]|| 19 August 1822 || 23 September 1823 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 23 September 1823 || 28 July 1825 
|-
| 68 || [[Joaquim Mourão Garcêz Palha]]|| 28 July 1825 || 15 November 1827 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 15 November 1827 || 1829 
|-
| 69 || [[João Cabral de Estefique]] || 1829 || 3 July 1833 
|-
| 70 || [[Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andreia]]|| 3 July 1833 || 22 February 1837 
|-
| 71 || [[Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto]] || 22 February 1837 || 3 October 1843 
|-
| 72 || [[José Gregório Pegado]] || 3 October 1843 || 21 April 1846 
|-
| 73 || [[João Maria Ferreira do Amaral]] || 21 April 1846 || 22 August 1849 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 22 August 1849 || 30 May 1850 
|-
| 74 || [[Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha]] || 30 May 1850 || 7 July 1850 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 7 July 1850 || 3 February 1851 
|-
| 75 || [[Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso]] || 3 February 1851 || 19 November 1851 
|-
| 76 || [[Isidoro Francisco Guimarães]] || 19 November 1851 || 22 June 1863 
|-
| 77 || [[José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral]] || 22 June 1863 || 26 October 1866 
|-
| 78 || [[José Maria da Ponte e Horta]] || 26 October 1866 || 3 August 1868 
|-
| 79 || [[António Sérgio de Sousa]] || 3 August 1868 || 23 March 1872 
|-
| 80 || [[Januário Correia de Almeida]] || 23 March 1872 || 7 December 1874 
|-
| 81 || [[José Maria Lobo de Ávila]] || 7 December 1874 || 31 December 1876 
|-
| 82 || [[Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva]] || 31 December 1876 || 1879 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council ||1879
|-
| 83 || [[Joaquim José da Graça]]|| 28 November 1879 || 23 April 1883 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council ||1883
|-
| 84 || [[Tomás de Sousa Rosa]]|| 23 April 1883 || 7 August 1886 
|-
| 85 || [[Firmino José da Costa]]|| 7 August 1886 || 1888 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 1888 || 1889
|-
| 86 || [[Francisco Teixeira da Silva]]|| 5 February 1889 || 1890 
|-
|87
|[[Francisco Augusto Ferreira da Silva]]
|1890
|
|-
| 88 || [[Custódio Miguel de Borja]]|| 16 October 1890 || 1894 
|-
| 89 || [[José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa]]|| 24 March 1894 || 12 May 1897 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council ||1897 | 
|-
| 90 || [[Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo]]|| 12 May 1897 || 1900 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || |1900
|-
| 91 || [[José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa]]|| 12 August 1900 || 17 December 1902 
|-
| 92 || [[Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo]]|| 17 December 1902 || 10 December 1903 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 10 December 1903 || 5 April 1904 
|-
| 93 || [[Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro]]|| 5 April 1904 || 6 April 1907 
|-
|94
|[[José Emílio Santana da Cunha Castelo Branco]] (interim governor)
|1907
|
|-
| 95 || [[Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho]]|| 6 April 1907 || 18 August 1908 
|-
|96
|[[Francisco Diogo de Sá]] (interim governor)
|1908
|
|-
| 97 || [[José Augusto Alves Roçadas]]|| 18 August 1908 || 22 September 1909 
|-
| 98 || [[Eduardo Augusto Marques]]|| 22 September 1909 || 1910 
|-
|99
|[[João Marques Vidal]] (interim governor)
|1910
|
|-
| 100 || {{Interlanguage link multi|Álvaro de Melo Machado|pt}} (interim governor) || 17 December 1910 || 14 July 1912 
|-
| 101 || [[Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Sousa Miranda]] (interim governor) || 14 July 1912 || 10 June 1914 
|-
|102
|[[José Maria Martins Pereira]]
|1914
|
|-
| 103 || [[José Carlos da Maia]]|| 10 June 1914 || 5 September 1916 
|-
| 104 || [[Manuel Ferreira da Rocha]]|| 5 September 1916 || 1917 
|-
| — || bgcolor="lightgreen" | Government Council || 1917
|-
|105
|[[Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos]] (interim governor) || 1917 || 1918
|-
| 106 || [[Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa]]|| 12 October 1918 || 1919 
|-
|—
|[[Joaquim Augusto dos Santos]] (acting governor)
|1919
|
|-
| 107 || [[Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva]]|| 23 August 1919 || 5 January 1922 
|-
|—
|[[Luís António de Magalhães Correia]] (acting governor)
|1922
|1923
|-
| 108 || [[Rodrigo José Rodrigues]]|| 1923 || 1924 
|-
|—
|[[Joaquim Augusto dos Santos]] (acting governor)
|1924
|1925
|-
| 109 || [[Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães]]|| 18 October 1925 || 1926 
|-
|—
|[[Hugo Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo Branco]] (acting governor)
|1926
|
|-
| 110 || [[Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa]]|| 8 December 1926 || 1930 
|-
|—
|[[João Pereira Magalhães]] (acting governor)
|1930
|1931
|-
| 111 || [[Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira]] || 30 March 1931 || 1931 
|-
|—
|[[João Pereira Magalhães]] (acting governor)
|1931
|1932
|-
| 112 || [[António José Bernardes de Miranda]] || 21 June 1932  || 1935 
|-
|113
|[[João Pereira Barbosa]] (interim governor)
|1935
|1936
|-
|—
|[[António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva]] (acting governor)
|1936
|1937
|-
|—
|[[João Pinto Crisóstomo]] (acting governor)
|1937
|
|-
| 114 || [[Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa]] || 11 April 1937 || 1940 
|-
|—
|[[José Rodrigues Moutinho]] (acting governor)
|1940
|
|-
| 115 || [[Gabriel Maurício Teixeira]] || 29 October 1940 || 1946 
|-
|—
|[[Samuel da Conceição Vieira]] (acting governor)
|1946
|1947
|-
| 116 || [[Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira]] || 1 September 1947 || 1951 
|-
|—
|[[Aires Pinto Ribeiro]] (acting governor)
|1951
|
|-
| 117 || [[Joaquim Marques Esparteiro]] || 13 November 1951 || 1956 
|-
|—
|[[João Carlos Guedes Quinhones de Portugal da Silveira]] (acting governor)
|1956
|1957
|-
| 118 || [[Pedro Correia de Barros]] || 8 March 1957 || 1958 
|-
|—
|[[Manuel Peixoto Nunes]] (acting governor)
|1958
|1959
|-
| 119 || [[Jaime Silvério Marques]] || 18 September 1959 || 1962 
|-
|—
|[[Eduardo Luís de Sousa Gentil Beça]] (acting governor)
|1962
|
|-
| 120 || [[António Lopes dos Santos]] || 17 April 1962 || 25 November 1966 
|-
| 121 || [[José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho]] || 25 November 1966 || 19 November 1974 
|-
| 122 || [[José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro]] || 19 November 1974 || 27 November 1979 
|-
| 123 || [[Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio]] || 28 November 1979 || 16 June 1981 
|-
| 124 || [[Vasco de Almeida e Costa]] || 16 June 1981 || 14 May 1986 
|-
| 125 || [[Joaquim Pinto Correia]] || 15 May 1986 || 9 July 1987 
|-
|—
|[[Carlos Augusto Pulido Valente Monjardino]] (acting governor)
|1987
|
|-
| 126 || [[Carlos Montez Melancia]] || 9 July 1987 || 1990 
|-
|—
|[[Francisco Murteira Nabo]] (acting governor)
|1990
|1991
|-
| 127 || [[Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira]] || 23 April 1991 || 19 December 1999 
|}

==See also==
* [[History of Macau]]
* [[Portuguese Macau]]

==References==
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