The Governor of Macau was a Portuguese

Portugal

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 colonial official who headed the colony

Portuguese Empire

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 of Macau

Macau

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, before 1623 called Captain-major

Captain-major

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 . The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 by the office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Chief Executive of Macau

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Powers of the Governor of Macau

The Governor Macau was responsible for the internal and local control of the colony. External relations and military needs were dealt by the Portuguese

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 government in Lisbon

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List of Captains-Major and Governors of Macau (from 1557)

The date refer to the date of appointment.

16th Century

1. 1557 - Francisco Martins
2. 1558 - Leonel de Sousa
3. 1559 - Rui Barreto
4. 1560 - Manuel de Mendonça
5. 1561 - Fernão de Sousa
6. 1562 - Pero Barreto Rolim
7. 1563 - Diogo Pereira
8. 1565 - João Pedro Pereira
9. 1566 - Simão de Mendonça (1st time)
10. 1567 - Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time)
11. 1568 - António de Sousa
12. 1569 - Manuel Travassos
13. 1571 - Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time)
14. 1572 - João de Almeida (1st time)
15. 1573 - António de Vilhena
16. 1574 - Simão de Mendonça (2nd time)
17. 1575 - Vasco Pereira
18. 1576 - Domingos Monteiro (1st time)
19. 1579 - Leonel de Brito
20. 1580 - Miguel da Gama
21. 1581 - Inácio de Lima
22. 1582 - João de Almeida (2nd time)
23. 1583 - Aires Gonçalves de Miranda
24. 1585 - Francisco Pais
25. 1586 - Domingos Monteiro (2nd time)
26. 1587 - Jerónimo Pereira
27. 1589 - ....
28. 1590 - Henrique da Costa
29. 1591 - Roque de Melo Pereira
30. 1592 - Domingos Monteiro (3rd time)
31. 1593 - Gaspar Pinto da Rocha
32. 1594 - ....
33. 1595 - Manuel de Miranda
34. 1596 - Rui Mendes de Figuieredo
35. 1597 - ....
36. 1598 - Nuno de Mendonça
37. 1599 - Paulo de Portugal

17th Century

1. 1603 - Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa
2. 1604 - João Caiado de Gamboa
3. 1605 - Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses
4. 1607 - André Pessoa
5. 1609 - ....
6. 1611 - Pedro Martim Gaio
7. 1612 - Miguel de Sousa Pimentel
8. 1614 - João Serrão da Cunha
9. 1615 - Martim da Cunha
10. 1616 - Francisco Lopes Carrasco
11. 1617 - Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time)
12. 1618 - António de Oliveira de Morais
13. 1619 - Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho
14. 1621 - Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time)

17th Century

1. 7 July 1623 - D. Francisco Mascarenhas
2. 19 July 1626 - D. Filipe Lobo and D. Jerónimo da Silveira
3. 1 December 1631 - Manuel da Câmara da Noronha
4. August 1636 - Domingos da Câmara da Noronha
5. August 1638 - D. Sebastião Lobo da Silveira
6. August 1645 - Luís de Carvalho e Sousa
7. August 1647 - D. João Pereira
8. August 1650 - João de Sousa Pereira
9. August 1654 - Manuel Tavares Bocarro
10. 22 July 1664 - Manuel Borges da Silva
11. 31 August 1667 - D. Álvaro da Silva
12. 20 July 1670 - Manuel Borges da Silva
13. 20 July 1672 - António Barbosa Lobo
14. 10 December 1678 - António de Castro Sande
15. 10 December 1679 - Luís de Melo Sampaio
16. 10 December 1682 - Belchior do Amaral de Meneses
17. 5 July 1685 - António de Mesquita Pimentel
18. 31 July 1688 - André Coelho Vieira
19. 21 July 1691 - D. Francisco da Costa
20. 23 November 1693 - António da Silva e Mello
21. 21 July 1694 - Gil Vaz Lobo Freire
22. 17 August 1697 - Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa
23. 28 September 1697 - Leal Senado da Câmara (The Senate of the Settlement)
24. 9 August 1698 - Pedro Vaz de Sequeira

18th Century

1. 5 August 1700 - Diogo de Melo Sampaio
2. 22 July 1702 - Pedro Vaz de Sequeira, father of António de Sequeira de Noronha
3. 15 August 1703 - José da Gama Machado
4. 5 August 1706 - Diogo de Pinho Teixeira
5. 28 July 1710 - Francisco de Melo e Castro
6. 11 June 1711 - António de Sequeira de Noronha, son of Pedro Vaz de Sequeira
7. 18 July 1714 - D. Francisco de Alarcão de Sotomaior
8. 30 May 1718 - António de Albuquerque Coelho/de Carvalho, Lord do Couto de Outil
9. 9 September 1719 - António da Silva Telo de Meneses, bastard son of the 2nd Count of Aveiras
10. 19 August 1722 - D. Cristovão Severim Manoel de Vilhena of the Counts of Vila Flor by bastardy
11. 6 September 1724 - António Carneiro de Alcáçova of the Counts of Idanha
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12. 11 August 1727 - António Moniz Barreto
13. 18 August 1732 - António de Amaral e Meneses
14. 15 January 1735 - D. João do Casal
15. 4 August 1735 - Cosme Damião Pinto Pereira
16. 25 August 1738 - D. Diogo Pereira or Manuel Pereira Coutinho
17. 25 August 1743 - António de Mendonca Corte-Real
18. 30 August 1747 - José Plácido de Matos Saraiva or António José Teles de Meneses
19. 2 August 1749 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or João Manuel de Melo
20. 29 July 1752 - D. Rodrigo de Castro
21. 14 July 1755 - Francisco António Pereira Coutinho
22. 1 July 1758 - D. Diogo Pereira
23. 4 July 1761 - António de Mendonca Corte-Real of the Lords de Mendoza by bastardy, father of Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real
24. 14 July 1764 - José Plácido de Matos Saraiva
25. 19 August 1767 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or António Ricardo da Graça
26. 29 July 1770 - D. Rodrigo de Castro
27. 26 July 1771 - Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha or António Ricardo da Graça
28. 27 January 1777 - D. Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães
29. 1 August 1778 - José Vicente Ferreira da Silveira e Meneses
30. 5 January 1780 - António José da Costa
31. 28 August 1781 - D. Francisco de Castro
32. 18 August 1783 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
33. 21 July 1788 - Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Corte-Real of the Lords de Mendoza by bastardy, son of António de Mendonça Corte-Real
34. 18 July 1789 - Lázaro da Silva Ferreira and Manuel António da Costa Ferreira, military commander
35. 29 July 1790 - D. Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro of the Counts da Ilha do Príncipe
36. 27 July 1793 - José Manuel Pinto
37. 8 August 1797 - D. Cristovão Pereira de Castro of the Lords of Valhelhas
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     e Almendra and the Counts of Monsanto by bastardy

19th Century

1. 8 August 1800 - José Manuel Pinto
2. 8 August 1803 - Caetano de Sousa Pereira
3. 8 August 1806 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
4. 21 September 1808 - William O'Brien Drury
5. 26 December 1808 - Lucas José de Alvarenga
6. 19 July 1810 - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria
7. 19 July 1814 - Lucas José de Alvarenga
8. 19 July 1817 - José Osório de Castro Cabral de Albuquerque of the Lords of Esgueira and Vila Verde dos Francos
9. 19 August 1822 - Paulino da Silva Barbosa
10. 23 September 1823 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
11. 28 July 1825 - Joaquim Mourão Garcês Palha (father of the 1st Viscount of Bucelas and the 1st Baron of Combarjua)
12. 15 November 1827 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
13. 7 July 1830 - João Cabral de Estefique
14. 3 July 1833 - Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andrea of the Barons of Caçapava in Brazil
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15. 22 February 1837 - Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto
16. 3 October 1843 - José Gregório Pegado
17. 21 April 1846 - João Maria Ferreira do Amaral
18. 22 August 1849 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
19. 30 May 1850 - Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha
20. 7 July 1850 - Conselho de Governo (Government Council)
21. 3 February 1851 - Francisco António Gonçalves Cardoso
22. 19 November 1851 - Isidoro Francisco Guimarães, 1st Viscount of a Praia Grande de Macau
23. 22 June 1863 - José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral
24. 26 October 1866 - José Maria da Ponte e Horta
25. 3 August 1868 - António Sérgio de Sousa, 1st Viscount de Sérgio de Sousa
26. 23 March 1872 - Januário Correia de Almeida, 1st Baron, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of São Januário
27. 7 December 1874 - José Maria Lobo de Ávila, brother in law of Joaquim José da Graça
28. 31 December 1876 - Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Paço de Arcos, father of Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva
29. 28 November 1879 - Joaquim José da Graça, brother in law of José Maria Lobo de Ávila
30. 23 April 1883 - Tomás de Sousa Rosa, 1st Count of Sousa Rosa
31. 7 August 1886 - Firmino José da Costa
32. 5 February 1889 - Francisco Teixeira da Silva
33. 16 October 1890 - Custódio Miguel de Borja
34. 24 March 1894 - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa
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     of the Barons of Santa Comba Dão
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35. 12 May 1897 - Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo

20th century

1. 12 August 1900 - José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa
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    of the Barons of Santa Comba Dão
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2. 17 December 1902 - Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo
3. 5 April 1904 - Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro of the Marquesses (formerly Viscounts and Barons) of Vila Real da Praia Grande in Brazil
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4. 6 April 1907 - Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho
5. 18 August 1908 - José Augusto Alves Roçadas
6. 22 September 1909 - Eduardo Augusto Marques
7. 17 December 1910 - Álvaro de Melo Machado
8. 14 July 1912 - Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Miranda
9. 10 June 1914 - José Carlos da Maia
10. 5 September 1916 - Manuel Ferreira da Rocha and Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos
11. 12 October 1918 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
12. 23 August 1919 - Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva of the Counts (formerly Viscounts) of Paço de Arcos
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    , son of Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Paço de Arcos
13. 20 May 1922 - Luís António de Magalhães Correia (acting)
14. 5 January 1923 - Rodrigo José Rodrigues
15. 16 July - Joaquim Augusto Tomé dos Santos (acting)
16. 18 October 1925 - Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães
17. 1 August 1926 - Hugo de Carvalho de Lacerda Castelo-Branco of the Barons of Beduído (acting)
18. 8 December 1926 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
19. 1930 - João Pereira de Magalhães (1st time) (acting)
20. 30 March 1931 - Joaquim Anselmo da Mata e Oliveira
21. 1931 - João Pereira de Magalhães (2nd time) (acting)
22. 21 June 1932 - António José Bernardes de Miranda
23. 1935 - João Pereira Barbosa
24. 1936 - António Joaquim Godinho Ferreira da Silva, Jr.
25. 11 April 1937 - Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
26. 10 July 1940 - José Rodrigues Moutinho (acting)
27. 29 October 1940 - Gabriel Maurício Teixeira
28. 1 September 1947 - Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira
29. 23 November 1951 - Joaquim Marques Esparteiro
30. 8 March 1957 - Pedro Correia de Barros
31. 1958 - Manuel Peixoto Nunes
32. 18 September 1959 - Jaime Silvério Marques
33. 17 April 1962 - António Adriano de Faria Lopes dos Santos
34. 25 November 1966 - José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho
35. 19 November 1974 - José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro
36. 28 November 1979 - Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio
37. 26 February 1981 - José Carlos Moreira Campos (acting)
38. 16 June 1981 - Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa
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39. 15 May 1986 - Joaquim Pinto Machado
40. 9 July 1987 - Carlos Montez Melancia
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41. 28 September 1990 - Francisco Murteira Nabo (acting)
42. 23 April 1991 - Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
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Appointments of Governors

The Governor was appointed to the post by the former monarchs of Portugal

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, later by military rulers and then by civilian government after the Revolution. Many of Macau's Governors were military officers.

Executive Council

List of members:

• Secretary for Economic Coordination
  Secretary for Economic Coordination
  The Secretary for Economic Coordination a bureau secretary and finance minister in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Economic Coordination, which was responsible for financial affairs in the colony...
  
  
• Secretary for Transport and Public Works
  Secretary for Transport and Public Works
  Secretary for Transport and Public Works was a bureau secretary in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works...
  
  
• Secretary for Justice (Macau)
  Secretary for Justice (Macau)
  Secretary for Justice or Secretaria da Justiça was a bureau secretary and senior law officer in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Justice, which was responsible for legal affairs and public prosecution in the colony...
  
  
• Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget
  Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget
  Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget was a member of the Portguese Macau Government. The Secretary headed the Secretariat is responsible for the health and social affairs in the colony....
  
  
• Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  The Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth was a bureau secretary in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Public Administration, Education and Youth, which was responsible for the civil service, education and youth affairs in the colony...
  
  
• Secretary for Public Security
  Secretary for Public Security
  The Secretary for Public Security was the top law enforcement officer in Portuguese Macau.The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Public Security, which as responsible for the disciplinary services in Macau...
  
  
• Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture
  Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture
  The Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture was bureau secretary in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary was responsible for communications and promoting the colony of Macau...
  
  

Most members were Portuguese

Portuguese people

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and did not change until after the handover in 1999.

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