This is a list of governors of Tangier during the period when it was under European control (1471–1684).

Portuguese Tangier (1471–1661)

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|28 August 1471 to 1484?||Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, 1st Count of Olivença, Governor

|Took possession following the Conquest of Asilah.

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|1484? to 1486||Manuel de Melo, Count of Olivença, Governor

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|1486 to 1489||João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca, Governor||1st Term.

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|1487 to 1489||Fernão Martins Mascarenhas, Interim Governor

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|1489 to 1490||Manuel Pessanha, Interim Governor

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|1490? to 1501||Lopo Vaz de Azevedo, Governor

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|1501 to 1508||João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca, Governor||2nd Term.

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|1508 to 1521||Duarte de Menezes, Governor||1st Term.

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|1521 to 1522||Henrique de Meneses, Governor

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|1522 to 1533||Duarte de Meneses, from Évora, Governor

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|1533 to 1536||Gonçalo Mendes Sacoto, Governor

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|1536 to 1539||Duarte de Menezes, Governor||2nd Term.

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|1539 to 1546||João de Meneses, Governor

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|1546 to 1548||Francisco Botelho, Governor

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|1548 to 1550||Pedro de Meneses, Governor

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|1550 to 1552||João Álvares de Azevedo, Governor

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|1552 to 1553||Luís de Loureiro, Governor

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|1553||Fernando de Menezes, Governor

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|1553 to 1554||Luís da Silva de Meneses, Governor

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|1554 to 1564||Bernardim de Carvalho, Governor

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|1564 to 1566||Lourenço de Távora, Governor

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|15 July 1566 to 1 August 1572||João de Meneses, Governor

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|1572 to 1573||Rui de Carvalho, Governor

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|1573 to 1574||Diogo Lopes da Franca, Governor

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|1574 to 15 August 1574||António of Portugal, Governor

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|1574 to 1578||Duarte de Meneses, Viceroy of Portuguese India, Governor

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|1578 to September 1578||Pedro da Silva, Governor

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|7 September 1578 to 25 July 1581||Jorge de Mendonça, Governor

|Last Governor nominated by the Portuguese Crown before the Iberian Union.

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|25 July 1581 to 1590||Francisco de Almeida, Governor

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|1590 to June 1591||Belchior da França and Simão Lopes de Mendonça, Governors

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|17 June 1591 to 24 August 1599||Aires de Saldanha, Governor

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|24 August 1599 to 22 September 1605||António Pereira Lopes de Berredo, Governor

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|22 September 1605 to March 1610||Nuno de Mendonça, Governor

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|March 1610 to June 1614||Afonso de Noronha, Governor

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|June 1614 to October 1614||Luís de Meneses, 2nd Count of Tarouca, Governor

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|October 1614 to August 1615||Luís de Noronha, Governor

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|August 1615 to 22 December 1616||João Coutinho, 5th Count of Redondo, Governor

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|22 December 1616 to 1 July 1617||André Dias da França, Governor

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|1 July 1617 to 1621||Pedro Manuel, Governor

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|1621 to 13 March 1622||André Dias da França, Governor

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|13 March 1622 to July 1624||Jorge de Mascarenhas, Marquis of Montalvão, Governor

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|July 1624 to 14 May 1628||Miguel de Noronha, 4th Count of Linhares, Governor

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|14 May 1628 to 18 June 1628||Galaaz Fernandes da Silveira, Governor

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|18 June 1628 to 1637||Fernando de Mascarenhas, Count of Torre, Governor

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|15 April 1637 to 24 August 1643||Rodrigo Lobo da Silveira, Governor

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|1643 to 16 April 1645||André Dias da França, Governor

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|16 April 1645 to 20 November 1649||Caetano Coutinho, Governor

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|20 November 1649 to January 1653||Luís Lobo, Baron of Alvito, Governor

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|January 1653 to 7 March 1656||Rodrigo de Lencastre, Governor

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|7 March 1656 to 1661||Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira, Governor

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|1661 to 29 January 1662||Luís de Almeida, 1st Count of Avintes Governor

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|23 June 1661

| colspan="2" |Awarded to Charles II by the Marriage Treaty

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English Tangier (1661–1684)

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|29 January 1662 to 9 May 1663||Henry Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, Governor

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|10 May 1663 1663 to 4 May 1664||Andrew Rutherford, Earl of Teviot, Governor

|Killed in action in the Battle of Tangier.

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|4 May 1664 to 1664||Sir Tobias Bridge, Acting Governor

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|1664 to April 1665||John Fitzgerald, Governor

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|April 1665 to 1666||John, Baron Belasyse, Governor

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|1666 to 1669||Sir Henry Norwood, Governor

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|1669 to 1670||John Middleton, Earl of Middleton, Governor

|1st Term.

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|1670 to 1672||Sir Hugh Chomondeley, Acting Governor

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|1672 to July 1674||John Middleton, Earl of Middleton, Governor

|2nd Term.

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|July 1674 to March 1675|| colspan="2" |Vacant

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|March 1675 to 1680||William O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Inchiquin, Governor

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|1680 to 1680||Palmes Fairborne, Governor

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|1680 to 1680||Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Appointed Governor

|Died after appointment but before taking up position.

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|1680 to October 1680||Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Governor

|Died soon after taking up position as Governor.

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|October 1680 to 28 December 1681||Edward Sackville, Acting Governor

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|28 December 1681 to 1683||Sir Percy Kirke, Governor

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|1683 to 6 February 1684||George Legge, Admiral Lord Dartmouth, Governor

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|6 February 1684|| colspan="2" |Re-incorporated into Morocco

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See also

  • Timeline of Tangier
  • Tangier Garrison
  • Tangier Regiment
  • 2nd Tangier Regiment
  • European enclaves in North Africa before 1830
  • List of rulers of the Tangier International Zone

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