List of colonial governors of Mozambique

thumb|Map of Mozambique.

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This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Mozambique, an area equivalent to modern-day Republic of Mozambique.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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|Captaincy of Sofala||colspan="3"|Under Portuguese India

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|September 1505 to March 1506|| ||Pero de Anaia, Captain-Major||Died in office

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|March 1506 to December 1506|| ||Manuel Fernandes de Meireles, acting Captain-Major||Factor. Elected to temporarily replace Anaia

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|December 1506 to 8 September 1507|| ||Nuno Vaz Pereira, Captain-Major||Appointed by D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India

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|Captaincy of Sofala and Moçambique||colspan="3"|Under Portuguese India

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|8 September 1507 to February 1508|| ||Vasco Gomes de Abreu, Captain-Major||Died in office

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|February 1508 to August 1509|| ||Rui de Brito Patalim, acting Captain-Major||

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|August 1509 to 24 June 1512|| ||António de Saldanha, Captain-Major||

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|24 June 1512 to June 1515|| ||Simão de Miranda de Azevedo, Captain-Major||

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|June 1512 to July 1515|| ||Sancho de Tovar, acting Captain-Major||1st term

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|July 1515 to June 1518|| ||Cristóvão de Távora, Captain-Major||

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|June 1518 to July 1521|| ||Sancho de Tovar, Captain-Major||2nd term

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|July 1521 to 1525|| ||Diogo de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major||

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|1525 to 1528|| ||Lopo de Almeida, Captain-Major||

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|1528 to 1531|| ||António da Silveira de Meneses, Captain-Major||

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|1531 to 1538|| ||Vicente Pegado, Captain-Major||

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|1538 to 1541|| ||Alexio Chicorro, Captain-Major||

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|1541 to 1548|| ||João de Sepúlveda, Captain-Major||

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|1548 to 1551|| ||Fernão de Sousa de Távora, Captain-Major||

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|1551 to 1553|| ||Diogo de Mesquita, Captain-Major||

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|1553 to 1557|| ||Diogo de Sousa, Captain-Major||

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|1557 to 1560|| ||Sebastião de Sá, Captain-Major||

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|1560 to 1564|| ||Pantaleão de Sá, Captain-Major||

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|1564 to 1567|| ||Jerónimo Barreto, Captain-Major||

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|1567 to 1569|| ||Pedro Barreto Rolim, Captain-Major||

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|colspan="4"|Captaincy-General of Moçambique

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|1569 to June 1573||60px||Francisco Barreto, Captain-General||

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|June 1573 to 1577|| ||Vasco Fernandes Homem, acting Captain-General||

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|1577 to 1577|| ||Fernando Monroi, acting Captain-General||

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|1577 to 1577|| ||Simão de Silveira, acting Captain-General||

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|1577 to 1582|| ||Pedro de Castro, Captain-General||

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|1582 to 1586|| ||Nuno Pereira, Captain-General||

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|1586 to 1589|| ||Jorge Telo de Meneses, Captain-General||

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|1589 to 1590|| ||Lourenço de Brito, Captain-General||

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|1590 to 1595|| ||Pedro de Sousa, Captain-General||

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|1595 to 1598|| ||Nuno da Cunha Ataíde, Captain-General||

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|1598 to 1601|| ||Álvaro Abranches, Captain-General||

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|1601 to 1604|| ||Vasco de Mascarenhas, Captain-General||

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|1604 to 1607|| ||Sebastião de Macedo, Captain-General||

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|1607 to 1609|| ||Estêvão de Ataíde, Captain-General||

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|Colony of Moçambique, Sofala, Río de Cuama, and Monomotapa||colspan="3"|Under Portuguese India

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|1609 to 1611|| ||Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor||1st term

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|1611 to 1612|| ||Estêvão de Ataíde, Governor||

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|1612 to 1612|| ||Diogo Simões de Madeira, acting Governor||

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|1612 to 1614|| ||João de Azevedo, Governor||

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|1614 to 1618|| ||Rui de Melo Sampaio, Governor||

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|1618 to 1623|| ||Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor||2nd term

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|1623 to 1624|| ||Lopo de Almeida, Governor||

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|1624 to 1627|| ||Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor||1st term

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|1627 to 1631|| ||Nuno Álvares Pereira, Governor||3rd term

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|1631 to 1632|| ||Cristóvão de Brito e Vasconcelos, acting Governor||

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|1632 to 1633|| ||Diogo de Sousa de Meneses, Governor||2nd term

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|1633 to 1634||60px||Filipe Mascarenhas, Governor||

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|1634 to 1639|| ||Lourenço de Souto-Maior, Governor||

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|1639 to 1640|| ||Diogo de Vasconcelos, Governor||

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|1640 to 1641|| ||António de Brito Pacheco, Governor||

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|1641 to 1642|| ||Francisco da Silveira, Governor||

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|1642 to 1646|| ||Júlio Moniz da Silva, Governor||

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|1646 to 1648|| ||Fernão Dias Baião, Governor||

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|1648 to 1651|| ||Álvaro de Sousa de Távora, Governor||

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|1651 to 1652|| ||Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor||

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|1652 to 1657|| ||Francisco de Lima, Governor||

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|1657 to 1661||60px||Manuel Corte-Real de Sampaio, Governor||

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|1661 to 1664|| ||Manuel de Mascarenhas, Governor||

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|1664 to 1667||60px||António de Melo e Castro, Governor||

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|1667 to 1670|| ||Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho, Governor||

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|1670 to 1673|| ||João de Sousa Freire, Governor||1st term

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|1673 to 1674|| ||Simão Gomes da Silva, Governor||

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|1674 to 1674|| ||André Pinto da Fonseca, Governor||

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|1674 to 1676|| ||Manuel da Silva, acting Governor||

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|1676 to 1682|| ||João de Sousa Freire, Governor||2nd term

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|1682 to 1686||60px||Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor||

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|1686 to 1689||60px||Miguel de Almeida, Governor||

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|1689 to 1692|| ||Manuel dos Santos Pinto, Governor||

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|1692 to 1693|| ||Tomé de Sousa Correia, Governor||

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|1693 to 1694|| ||Francisco Correia de Mesquita, acting Governor||

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|1694 to 1695|| ||Estêvão José da Costa, Governor||

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|1695 to 1696|| ||Francisco da Costa, Governor||

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|1696 to 1699|| ||Luís de Melo Sampaio, Governor||

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|1699 to 1703|| ||Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor||

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|1703 to 1706|| ||João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor||1st term

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|1706 to 1708|| ||Luís de Brito Freire, Governor||

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|1708 to 1712|| ||Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor||

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|1712 to 1714|| ||João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor||2nd term

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|1714 to 1716|| ||Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor||

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|1716 to 1719|| ||Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor||

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|1719 to 1722|| ||Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor||

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|1722 to 1723|| ||Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor||

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|1723 to 1726|| ||António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor||

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|1726 to 1730|| ||António Cardim Fróis, Governor||

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|1730 to 1733|| ||António Casco de Melo, Governor||

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|1733 to 1736|| ||José Barbosa Leal, Governor||

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|1736 to 1740|| ||Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor||

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|1740 to 1743|| ||Lourenço de Noronha, Governor||

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|1743 to 1746|| ||Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor||

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|1746 to 1750|| ||Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor||

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|1750 to 1752|| ||Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor||

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|colspan="4"|Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala

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|1752 to March 1758|| ||Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor||

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|March 1758 to April 1758|| ||João Manuel de Melo, Governor||

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|April 1758 to 28 May 1759|| ||David Marques Pereira, Governor||

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|28 May 1759 to January 1763|| ||Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor||1st term

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|6 January 1763 to 1765|| ||João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor||

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|1765 to June 1779|| ||Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, Governor||

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|June 1779 to 1780||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|1780 to 1781|| ||José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor||

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|1781 to 4 January 1782|| ||Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, acting Governor||

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|4 January 1782 to 21 August 1782|| ||Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor||2nd term

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|21 August 1782 to 1786||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|1786 to 1793|| ||António de Melo e Castro, Governor||

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|1793 to 1797|| ||Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor||

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|1797 to September 1801|| ||Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor||

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|September 1801 to August 1805|| ||Isidro de Sousa e Sá, Governor||

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|August 1805 to December 1807|| ||Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso, Governor||

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|December 1807 to 14 August 1809||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|14 August 1809 to August 1812|| ||António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça, Governor||

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|August 1812 to February 1817|| ||Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, Governor||

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|February 1817 to September 1818|| ||José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Governor||

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|September 1818 to November 1819||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|November 1819 to June 1821|| ||João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, Governor||

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|June 1821 to June 1824||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|June 1824 to January 1825|| ||João Manuel da Silva, Governor||

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|January 1825 to August 1829|| ||Sebastião Xavier Botelho, Governor||

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|August 1829 to January 1832|| ||Paulo José Miguel de Brito, Governor||

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|January 1832 to March 1834||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|March 1834 to March 1836|| ||José Gregório Pegado, Governor||

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|colspan="4"|Moçambique Colony/Portuguese East Africa

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|March 1836 to March 1837||colspan="2"|Provisional administration||

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|March 1837 to October 1837|| ||António José de Melo, Governor-General||

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|October 1837 to March 1838||60px||João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracaty, Governor-General||

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|March 1838 to 25 March 1840|| ||Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá, President of Governing Council||

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|25 March 1840 to May 1841|| ||Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor-General||

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|May 1841 to 15 February 1843|| ||João da Costa Xavier, Governor-General||

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|15 February 1843 to May 1847|| ||Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima, Governor-General||

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|May 1847 to October 1851|| ||Domingos Fortunato de Vale, Governor-General||

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|October 1851 to April 1854||60px||Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães, Governor-General||

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|April 1854 to September 1857|| ||Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting Governor-General||

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|September 1857 to February 1864||60px||João Tavares d'Almeida, Governor-General||

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|February 1864 to April 1864|| ||Cândido M. Montes, President of Governing Council||

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|April 1864 to October 1867|| ||M. António do Canto e Castro, Governor-General||

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|October 1867 to September 1868|| ||António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda, Governor-General||

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|September 1868 to February 1869|| ||M. N. P. de Ataíde e Azevedo, President of Governing Council||

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|February 1869 to April 1869|| ||António Tavares de Almeida, Governor-General||

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|April 1869 to December 1869|| ||Fernão da Costa Leal, Governor-General||

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|December 1869 to June 1870|| ||Juiz E. K. da Fonseca e Gouveia, President of Governing Council||

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|June 1870 to August 1870|| ||Inácio A. Alves, acting Governor-General||

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|August 1870 to December 1873||60px||José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General||

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|December 1873 to August 1874|| ||Juiz J. M. Crispiniano da Fonseca, President of Governing Council||

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|August 1874 to December 1877|| ||José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General||

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|December 1877 to January 1880||60px||Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor-General||

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|January 1880 to August 1881|| ||Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, acting Governor-General||

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|August 1881 to February 1882||60px||Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, Count of Paço de Arcos, Governor-General||

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|February 1882 to April 1882|| ||J. d'Almeida d'Avila, acting Governor-General||

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|April 1882 to April 1885|| ||Agostinho Coelho, Governor-General||

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|April 1885 to July 1885|| ||D. Henrique Real da Silva, President of Governing Council||

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|July 1885 to March 1889||60px||Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha, Governor-General||

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|March 1889 to July 1889|| ||José Joaquim d'Almeida, acting Governor-General||

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|July 1889 to July 1890||60px||José António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor-General||

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|July 1890 to 2 July 1891||60px||Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General||1st term

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|2 July 1891 to May 1893||60px||Rafael Jácome de Andrade, Governor-General||

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|May 1893 to 13 January 1894||60px||Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor-General||

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|January 1894 to July 1894||60px||Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General||1st term

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|July 1894 to January 1895||File:General magalhaes.jpg||Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes, Governor-General||

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|January 1895 to December 1895||60px||António José Enes, Governor-General||

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|January 1896 to March 1896||60px||Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, acting Governor-General||2nd term

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|March 1896 to November 1897||60px ||Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Governor-General||

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|November 1897 to August 1898|| ||Baltasar Freire Cabral, acting Governor-General||

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|August 1898 to December 1898|| ||Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier, Governor-General||

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|December 1898 to March 1900|| ||Álvaro António Ferreira, Governor-General||

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|March 1900 to May 1900|| ||Júlio José, marqués da Costa, Governor-General||

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|May 1900 to October 1900||60px||Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General||2nd term

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|October 1900 to December 1902||60px||Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor-General||

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|December 1902 to February 1905||60px||Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor-General||

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|February 1905 to October 1906||60px||João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira, Governor-General||

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|October 1906 to November 1910||60px||Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Governor-General||

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|November 1910 to May 1911||60px||José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting Governor-General||

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|May 1911 to February 1912||60px||José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva, Governor-General||

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|February 1912 to March 1913||60px||José Alfredo Mendes de Magalhães, Governor-General||

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|March 1913 to April 1914|| ||Augusto Ferreira dos Santos, Governor-General||

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|April 1914 to May 1915||60px||Joaquim José Machado, Governor-General||3rd term

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|May 1915 to October 1915||60px||Alfredo Baptista Coelho, Governor-General||

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|October 1915 to April 1918||60px||Álvaro de Castro, Governor-General||

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|April 1918 to April 1919||60px||Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor-General||

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|April 1919 to March 1921|| ||Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting Governor-General||1st term

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|March 1921 to September 1923||60px||Manuel de Brito Camacho, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|September 1923 to November 1924|| ||Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||2nd term

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|November 1924 to May 1926||60px||Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|May 1926 to November 1926||60px||Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|November 1926 to April 1938|| ||José Ricardo Pereira Cabral, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|April 1938 to 1941||60px||José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1941 to 1946|| ||João Tristão de Bettencourt, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|May 1947 to December 1948|| ||Luís de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|December 1948 to 11 June 1951|| ||Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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

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|11 June 1951 to 1958|| ||Gabriel Maurício Teixeira, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1958 to 1961|| ||Pedro Correia de Barros, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1961 to 1964||60px||Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1964 to 1968|| ||José Augusto da Costa Almeida, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|12 July 1968 to 1970||60px||Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1970 to 1972|| ||Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|1972 to 27 April 1974|| ||Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|27 April 1974 to 11 June 1974|| ||David Teixeira Ferreira, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|11 June 1974 to 17 August 1974|| ||Henrique Soares de Melo, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|19 August 1974 to 12 September 1974|| ||Jorge Ferro Ribeiro, acting High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|12 September 1974 to 25 June 1975|| ||Vítor Crespo, High Commissioner and Governor-General||

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|25 June 1975||colspan="3"|Independence as People's Republic of Mozambique

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

References

Sources

http://rulers.org/rulm2.html#mozambique
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mozambique.htm
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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See also

References

Sources