List of colonial governors of Angola

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This is a list of European (Portuguese and Dutch) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Angola, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Angola.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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|Angola Donatária (São Paulo de Loanda)||colspan="3"|Colony

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|1 February 1575 to 1589||60px||Paulo Dias de Novais, Donatário||

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|Portuguese West Africa||colspan="3"|Crown Colony

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|1589 to 1591|| ||, Governor||

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|1591 to June 1592|| ||, Governor||

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|June 1592 to 1593|| ||Francisco de Almeida, Governor||

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|1593 to 1594|| ||Jerónimo de Almeida, Governor||

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|1594 to 1602|| ||João Furtado de Mendonça, Governor||

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|1602 to 1603|| ||João Rodrigues Coutinho, Governor||

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|1603 to 1606|| ||Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor||1st term

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|1606 to September 1607|| ||..., Governor||

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|September 1607 to 1611|| ||Manuel Pereira Forjaz, Governor||

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|1611 to 1615|| ||Bento Banha Cardoso, Governor||

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|1615 to 1617|| ||Manuel Cerveira Pereira, Governor||2nd term

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|1617 to 1621||60px||Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, Governor||

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|1621 to 1623|| ||João Correia de Sousa, Governor||

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|1623 to 1623|| ||Pedro de Sousa Coelho, Governor||

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|1623 to 1624|| ||Simão de Mascarenhas, Governor||

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|1624 to 4 September 1630|| ||Fernão de Sousa, Governor||

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|4 September 1630 to 1635|| ||Manuel Pereira Coutinho, Governor||

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|1635 to 18 October 1639|| ||Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha, Governor||

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|18 October 1639 to 1641||rowspan="2"| ||rowspan="2"|Pedro César de Meneses, Governor||

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|1641 to October 1645||In opposition to the Dutch

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|October 1645 to 1646|| ||Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor||In opposition to the Dutch

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|1641 to 1642|| ||Pieter Moorthamer, Director||

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|1642 to 1648|| ||Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, Director||

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|1646 to 24 August 1648||colspan="2"|Triumvirate Junta||

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|24 August 1648 to 1651||60px||Salvador Correia de Sá e Benavides, Governor||Commander of the Recapture of Angola

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|1651 to March 1652|| ||..., acting Governor||

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|March 1652 to 1653|| ||Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques, Governor||

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|1653 to October 1654|| ||Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos da Cunha, acting Governor||

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|October 1654 to 18 April 1658|| ||Luís Mendes de Sousa Chichorro, Governor||

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|18 April 1658 to 1661||60px||, Governor||

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|1661 to September 1666||60px||André Vidal de Negreiros, Governor||

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|September 1666 to February 1667|| ||Tristão da Cunha, Governor||

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|February 1667 to August 1669||colspan="2"|Junta||

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|August 1669 to 1676||60px||Francisco de Távora, Governor||

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|1676 to 1680|| ||Pires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses, Governor||

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|1680 to 1684|| ||João da Silva e Sousa, Governor||

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|1684 to 1688|| ||Luís Lobo da Silva, Governor||

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|1688 to 1691|| ||João de Lencastre, Governor||

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|1691 to 1694|| ||Gonçalo da Costa de Alcáçova Carneiro de Meneses, Governor||

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|1694 to 1697|| ||Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, Governor||

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|1697/1698 to 1701|| ||Luís César de Meneses, Governor||

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|1701 to 1702|| ||Bernardino de Távora de Sousa Tavares, Governor||

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|1705 to 1709|| ||Lourenço de Almada, Governor||

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|1709 to 1713|| ||António de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro e Ribafria, Governor||

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|1713 to 1717|| ||João Manuel de Noronha, Governor||

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|1717 to 1722|| ||Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor||

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|1722 to 1725|| ||António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor||

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|1725 to 1726|| ||José Carvalho da Costa, acting Governor||

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|1726 to 1732|| ||Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor||

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|1732 to 1738|| ||Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor||

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|1738 to 1748|| ||João Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor||

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|1748 to 1749|| ||Fonseca Coutinho, acting Governor||

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|1749 to 1753|| ||António de Almeida Portugal, 4th Count of Avintes, 1st Marquis of Lavradio, Governor||

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|1753 to 1758|| ||António Álvares da Cunha, Governor||

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|1758 to 1764|| ||António de Vasconcelos, Governor||

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|1764 to 1772||60px||Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor||

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|1772 to 1779|| ||António de Lencastre, Governor||

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|1779 to 1782|| ||José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor or João de Camâra, Governor||

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|1782 to 1784||colspan="2"|Juntas||

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|1784 to 1790|| ||José José de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho, 1st Baron of Moçâmedes, Governor||

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|1790 to 1797|| ||Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos de Soveral e Carvalho da Maia Soares de Albergaria, 1st Count of a Lapa, Governor||

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|1797 to 1802||60px||Miguel António de Melo, Governor||

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|1802 to 1806|| ||Fernando António de Noronha, Governor||

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|1806 to 1807|| ||..., Governor||

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|1807 to 1810||60px||António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor||

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|1810 to 1815|| 60px||José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor||

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|1816 to 1819|| ||Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor||

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|1819 to 1821|| ||Manuel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque, Governor||

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|1821 to 1822|| ||Joaquim Inácio de Lima, Governor||

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|1822 to 1823||colspan="2"|Junta||

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|1823 to 1823|| ||Cristóvão Avelino Dias, Governor||

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|1823 to 1829|| ||Nicolau de Abreu Castelo-Branco, Governor||

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|1829 to 1834|| ||José Maria de Sousa Macedo Almeida e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Santa Comba Dão, Governor||

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|1834 to 1836||colspan="2"|Junta||

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|1836 to 1836|| ||Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor||

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|1837 to 1839|| ||Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General||

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|1839 to 1839|| ||António Manuel de Noronha, Governor-General||

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|1839 to 1842|| ||Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, acting Governor-General||

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|1842 to 1843|| ||José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General||

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|1843 to 1845|| ||Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General||

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|1845 to 1848|| ||Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General||

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|1848 to 1851|| ||Adrião da Silveira Pinto, Governor-General||

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|1851 to 1853||60px||António Sérgio de Sousa, Governor-General||

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|1853 to 1853|| ||António Ricardo Graça, Governor-General||

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|1853 to 1854|| ||Miguel Ximenez Rodrigues Sandoval de Castro e Vargas, 1st Viscount of Pinheiro, Governor-General||

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|1854 to 1860|| ||José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General||1st term

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|1860 to 1861|| ||Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General||

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|1861 to 1862|| ||Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses, Governor-General||

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|1862 to 1865|| ||José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General||1st term

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|1865 to 1868|| ||Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso, Governor-General||

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|1868 to 1869|| ||..., Governor-General||

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|1869 to 1870|| ||José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General||2nd term

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|1870 to 1873||60px||José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General||

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|1873 to 1876|| ||José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General||2nd term

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|1876 to 1878|| ||Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General||

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|1878 to 1880|| ||Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General||

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|1880 to 1882||60px||António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General||

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|1882 to 14 February 1885||60px||Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General||

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|colspan="4"|Portuguese West Africa Colony

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|14 February 1885 to 1886||60px||Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General||

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|1886 to 1892||60px||Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capelo, Governor-General||1st term

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|25 August 1892 to September 1893|| ||Jaime Lobo de Brito Godins, acting Governor-General||

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|1893 to 1896|| ||Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General||

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|1896 to 1897||60px||Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General||2nd term

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|1897 to 1900||60px||António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General||1st term

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|1900 to 1903||60px||Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor-General||

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|1903 to 1904||60px||Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General||1st term

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|1904 to 1904||60px||Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor-General||

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|1904 to 1905||60px||António Duarte Ramada Curto, acting Governor-General||2nd term

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|1905 to 1906|| ||Caminho de Ferro de Mossámedes, Governor-General||

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|1906 to 1907||60px||Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor-General||2nd term

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|June 1907 to June 1909||60px||Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Cabral Couceiro, Governor-General||

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|1909 to 1909||60px||Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, acting Governor-General||

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|1909 to 1910||60px||José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor-General||

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|1910 to 1911||60px||Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, acting Governor-General||

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|1911 to 1912||60px||Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor-General||

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|1912 to 15 August 1914||60px||José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General||

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|colspan="4"|Angola Colony

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|15 August 1914 to 1915||60px||José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General||

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|1915 to 1916||60px||António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor-General||

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|1916 to 1917|| ||Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim, Governor-General||

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|1917 to 1918||60px||Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Governor-General||

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|1918 to 1919|| ||Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor-General||

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|1919 to 1920|| ||Mimoso Guerra, acting Governor-General||

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|1920 to 1921|| ||Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, 1st Viscount of Pedralva, Governor-General||

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|1921 to 1924||60px||José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1924 to 1924|| ||João Augusto Crispiniano Soares, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1924 to 1926||60px||Francisco Cunha Rêgo Chaves, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1926 to 1928|| ||António Vicente Ferreira, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1928 to 1929||60px||António Damas Mora, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1929 to 1931||60px||Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1931 to 1933||60px||José Dionisio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1933 to 1934|| ||Eduardo Ferreira Viana, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1934 to 1935|| ||Júlio Garcês de Lencastre, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1936 to 1940|| ||António Lopes Mateus, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1940 to 1942|| ||Manuel da Cunha e Costa Marques Mano, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1942 to 1942|| ||Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1942 to 1943|| ||Álvaro de Freitas Morna, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1943 to 1943|| ||Manuel Pereira Figueira, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1943 to 1947|| ||Vasco Lopes Alves, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1947 to 1947|| ||Fernando Mena, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1948 to 11 June 1951|| ||, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|colspan="4"|Angola Overseas Province of Portugal

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|11 June 1951 to 1955|| ||, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1955 to 1956|| ||Manuel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1957 to 15 January 1960|| ||Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|15 January 1960 to 23 June 1961|| ||Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|23 June 1961 to 26 September 1962|| ||, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|26 September 1962 to 27 October 1966|| ||Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General||1st term

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|27 October 1966 to October 1972|| ||, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|October 1972 to May 1974|| ||Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|May 1974 to 15 June 1974|| ||Joaquim Franco Pinheiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|15 June 1974 to 24 July 1974|| ||Silvino Silvério Marques, High Commissioner and Governor-General||2nd term

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|24 July 1974 to 29 November 1974||rowspan="2"|60px||António Alva Rosa Coutinho, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|29 November 1974 to 28 January 1975||António Alva Rosa Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|28 January 1975 to 2 August 1975|| ||António Silva Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|2 August 1975 to 26 August 1975|| ||Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|26 August 1975 to 10 November 1975|| ||Leonel Cardoso, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|10/11 November 1975||colspan="3"|Independence as People's Republic of Angola

For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Angola

References

Sources

http://www.rulers.org/rula2.html#angola
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Angola.html
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

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