This is a list of colonial and provincial heads of Cabinda. The Cabinda Province, an exclave of present-day Angola, was once colonized by the Portuguese Empire along with the rest of Angola, until the nation became independent in 1975. The province has had a head since 1885.
List of Colonial and Provincial Heads of Cabinda
The colonial head of Cabinda was known as the Resident from 1885 to 1899. Beginning in 1899, the colonial (and later, provincial) head administrator has been known as a Governor ().
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|colspan="3"|Portuguese Protectorate of Cabinda
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|<small>1885 to 1886</small>||Jaime Pereira de Sampaio Forjaz de Serpa Pimentel, <small>Resident</small>||
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|31 May 1887||colspan="2"|Cabinda becomes seat of the Congo district
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|<small>1890 to 1892</small>||José António de Miranda, <small>Resident</small>||<small>Did not take office</small>
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|<small>1892 to 1897</small>||João Francisco Nunes, <small>Resident</small>||
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|<small>1897 to 1897</small>||Luís Gonzaga Ribeiro, <small>Resident</small>||
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|1899||colspan="2"|End of Cabindan administrative autonomy
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|<small>1899 to 1899</small>||Henrique Quirino da Fonseca, <small>Resident</small>||
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|colspan="4"|Congo District (Governors)
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|<small>14 July 1887 to 1889</small>||João de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1889 to 1890</small>||António de Azeredo de Vasconcelos, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1890 to 1893</small>||António Sérgio de Sousa, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1893 to 1895</small>||Nuno de Freitas Queriol, <small>Governor</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1895 to 1896</small>||Jaime Pereira de Sampaio Forjaz de Serpa Pimenta, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1895 to 1896</small>||Eduardo Augusto Gomes de Sousa, <small>Governor</small>||<small>?1st Term</small>
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|<small>1896 to 1897</small>||Nuno de Freitas Queriol, <small>Governor</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1897 to 1897</small>||Eduardo Augusto Gomes de Sousa, <small>Governor</small>||<small>?2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1897 to 1899</small>||Luís Bernardino Leitão Xavier, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1899 to 1900</small>||Henrique Quirino da Fonseca, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1900 to 1900</small>||Augusto Pereira do Vale, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1900 to 1901</small>||Jaime da Fonseca Monteiro, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1901 to 1901</small>||Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1901 to 1901</small>||Raúl Correia Betancourt de Furtado, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1901 to 1902</small>||João dos Santos Pereira Jardim, <small>Governor</small>||
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|Intendancy of Cabinda||colspan="2"|Under Maquela
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|<small>1921 to 1922</small>|| ||
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|1922||colspan="2"|Dependent on Zaire district
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|colspan="3"|Intendancy of Zaire and Cabinda
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|<small>1930 to 1932</small>|| ||
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|Intendancy of Cabinda||colspan="2"|Directly dependent on the governor-general of Angola
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|<small>1932 to 1934</small>|| ||
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|colspan="3"|Intendancy of Cabinda
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|1934||colspan="2"|Dependent on Portuguese Angola
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|<small>1934 to 1945</small>|| ||
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|colspan="3"|District of Cabinda (Governors)
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|<small>1946 to 1949</small>||Raúl de Lima, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1949 to 1956</small>||Ismael Pais, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1956 to 1956</small>||João Baptista Duarte Pinheiro, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1956 to 1957</small>||Jaime António Tavares Machado Banazol, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1957 to 1958</small>||Norberto Augusto Lopes, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1959 to 1961</small>||José Paulo Paixão Barradas, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1961 to 1963</small>||Júlio de Araújo Ferreiro, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1964 to 1965</small>||Artur João Cabral Carmona, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1965 to 1966</small>||Adriano Augusto Pires, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1966 to 1968</small>||João Tiroa, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1968 to 1970</small>||Américo Agostinho Mendonça Frazão, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1970 to 1971</small>||Eurico Ferreira Gonçalves, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1971 to 1975</small>||João António Pinheiro, <small>Governor</small>||
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|<small>1975 to 1975</small>||Themudo Barata, <small>Governor</small>||
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|November 1975 to January 1976||colspan="2"|FNLA control as part of Democratic People's Republic of Angola
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|1 August 1975||colspan="2"|Independence declared (Cabinda Republic) not recognized by Portugal or Angola
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|January 1976||colspan="2"|Cabinda occupied by Angolan government
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|colspan="3"|Cabinda Province (Governors)
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|<small>1975 to ?1993 </small>||...||
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|<small>1991 to 1991</small>||Maria Mambo Café||
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|September 1992||colspan="2"|Briefly occupied by Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda
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|<small>?1993 to January 1995</small>||Augusto Tomás||
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|<small>January 1995 to April 2002</small>||José Amaro Tati||
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|<small>2002 to 2009</small>||José Anibal Lopes Rochas||
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|<small>2009 to 2012</small>||Mawete João Baptista ||
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|<small>2024 to present</small>||Suzana Fernanda Pemba Massiala de Abreu||
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References
See also
- Cabinda
- Heads of state of Cabinda
- Heads of government of Cabinda
- Angola
- Heads of state of Angola
- Heads of government of Angola
- President of Angola
- Prime Minister of Angola
- Colonial heads of Angola
- Lists of office-holders