List of colonial governors of Portuguese Timor

Map of East Timor.
Coat of arms of Portuguese Timor

This is a list of European (as well as Australian and Japanese) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Timor, an area equivalent to modern-day East Timor.

List of Colonial Heads of Portuguese Timor

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Portuguese Timor
Subordinated to Portuguese India
1647 to 1649António de São Jacinto, CaptainIn Cupão
1649 to 1652Francisco Carneiro, CaptainIn Cupão
1652 to 1662..., Captain
1662 to 1664Simão Luís, Captain
1665 to 1666Simão Luís, Captain-Major
1666 to 1669António Hornay, acting Captain-Major1st time
1669 to 1670Fernão Martins da Ponte, acting Captain-Major
1671 to 1673Mateus da Costa, acting Captain-Major
1673 to 1693António Hornay, acting Captain-Major2nd time
1680João Antunes Portugal, Captain-MajorSent by Portugal but refused by settlers
1694 to 1696Francisco Hornay, acting Captain-Major
1696 to 1697António de Mesquita Pimentel, Captain-Major
1697André Coelho Vieira, Captain-Major
1697 to 1702Domingos da Costa, acting Captain-Major
20 February 1702 to 1705António Coelho Guerreiro, Governor
1705 to 1706Lourenço Lopes, Governor
1706 to 1708Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Governor1st time
1708 to 1709Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor
1709 to 1714Manuel de Souto-Maior, Governor
1714Manuel Ferreira de Almeida, Governor2nd time
1714 to 1718Domingos da Costa, Governor
1718 to 1719Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor
1719 to 1722Manuel de Santo António, Governor
1722 to 1725António de Albuquerque Coelho, Governor
1725 to 1729António Moniz de Macedo, Governor1st time
1729 to 1731Pedro de Melo, Governor
1731 to 1734Pedro do Rego Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor
1734 to 1739António Moniz de Macedo, Governor2nd time
1739 to 1741..., acting Governor
1741 to 1745Manuel Leonís de Castro, Governor
1745 to 1748Francisco Xavier Moraes Doutel, Governor
1748 to 1751Manuel Correia de Lacerda, Governor
1751 to 1759Manuel Doutel de Figueiredo Sarmento, Governor
1759 to 1760Sebastião de Azevedo e Brito, Governor
1760 to 1763..., acting Governor
1763 to 1765Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão, Governor
1765 to 1768..., acting Governor
1768 to 1776António José Teles de Meneses, Governor
1776 to 1779Caetano de Lemos Telo de Meneses, Governor
1779 to 1782Lourenço de Brito Correia, Governor
1782 to 1785João Anselmo de Almeida Soares, Governor
1785 to 1788João Baptista Vieira Godinho, Governor
1788 to 1790Feliciano António Nogueira Lisboa, Governor
1790 to 1794Joaquim Xavier de Morias Sarmento, Governor
1794 to 1800João Baptista Verquaim, Governor
1800 to 1804José Joaquim de Sousa, Governor
1804 to 1807João Vicente Soares da Veiga, Governor
1807 to 1810António de Mendonça Côrte-Real, Governor
1810António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessõa, Governor
1810 to 1812Joaquim António Duarte da Silva Veloso, Governor
1812 to 1815Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão, Governor
1815 to 1819José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa, Governor
1819 to 1821Gregório Rodrigues Pereira, Governor
1821 to 1832Manuel Joaquim de Matos e Góis, Governor
1832Miguel da Silveira Lorena, Governor
1832 to 1834Miguel Carlos da Cunha da Silveira e Lorena, Governor
1834 to 1839José Maria Marques, Governor
1839 to 1844Frederico Leão Cabreira de Brito Alvelos Drago Valente, Governor
Subordinated to Macau
1844 to 1848Julião José da Silva Vieiras, Governor
1848 to 30 October 1850António Olavo Monteiro Torres, Governor
Separate colony
30 October 1850 to 1851António Olavo Monteiro Torres, Governor
23 June 1851 to 15 September 1851José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Governor
Subordinated to Macau
15 September 1851 to 1852José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Governor
1852 to 1856Manuel de Saldanha da Gama, Governor
Subordinated to Portuguese India
1856 to 1859Manuel de Saldanha da Gama, Governor
1859 to 1863Afonso de Castro, Governor
Separate overseas province
1863 to 1864José Manuel Pereira de Almeida, Governor
1864 to 1866José Eduardo da Costa Meneses, Governor
Subordinated to Macau
1866 to 1869Francisco Teixeira da Silva + António Joaquim Garcia, Governors
1870 to 1871João Clímaco de Carvalho + Manuel de Castro Sampaio, Governors
1873 to 1876Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco, Governor1st time
1876 to 1878'Joaquim António da Silva Ferrão + José Alves da Costa, Governors
1878 to 1880Hugo Goodair de Lacerda Castelo Branco, Governor2nd time
1880 to 1881Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho + José dos Santos Vaquinhas, Governors
1882 to 1883Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira + Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa + Francisco de Paula da Lua, Governors1st time for Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa
1883 to 1885João Maria Pereira + Cipriano Forjaz, Governors1st time for Cipriano Forjaz
1885 to 3 March 1887Alfredo de Lacerda Maia
1887António Joaquim Garcia, Governors
1887 to 1888António Francisco da Costa, Governor
1888 to 1889Rafael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor
1889 to 1890Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, Governor2nd time
1890 to 1894Cipriano Forjaz, Governor2nd time
1894Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, Governor3rd time
1894 to 15 October 1896José Celestino da Silva, Governor
Separate colony
15 October 1896 to 1908José Celestino da Silva, Governor
1908Jaime Augusto Vieira da Rocha, acting Governor
1908 to 1909Eduardo Augusto Marquês, Governor
1909 to 1910Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro, Governor1st time
1910 to 30 October 1910Alfredo Augusto de Soveral Martins, Governor
1910Anselmo Augusto Coelho de Carvalho, acting Governor
1910José Carrazeda Caldas Viana e Andrade, acting Governor
1911 to 1913Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor1st time
1913 to 1914Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro, acting Governor2nd time
1914 to 1917Filomeno da Cámara Melo Cabral, Governor2nd time
1917César de Abreu + José Machado Duarte Júnior, acting Governors
1917 to 1919Luís Augusto de Oliveira Franco, acting Governor1st time
1919 to 1920Manuel Paulo de Sousa Gentil, Governor
1920 to 1921Luís Augusto de Oliveira Franco, acting Governor2nd time
1921José de Paiva Gomes, Governor1st time
1921Humberto dos Santos Leitão, acting Governor1st time
1921 to 1923José de Paiva Gomes, Governor2nd time
1923 to 1924Humberto dos Santos Leitão, acting Governor2nd time
1924 to 1926Raimundo Enes Meira, Governor
1926 to 1929Teófilo Duarte, Governor
1929 to 1930Cesário Augusto de Almeida Viana, Governor
1930Abel Teixeira da Costa Tavares, acting Governor
1930 to 1933Antonio Baptista Justo, Governor
1933José Luís Fontoura de Sequeira, acting Governor
1933 to 1936Raúl de Antas Manso Preto Mendes Cruz, Governor
1936Eduardo Bernardo Lápido Loureiro, acting Governor
1937 to 1940Álvaro Eugénio Neves da Fontoura, Governor
1940António Jacinto Magro, acting Governor
1940 to 8 December 1945Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho, GovernorConsidered himself a prisoner during allied rule from December 1941 until February 1942; confined by Japanese from February 1942 until August 1945
Occupation of Portuguese Timor by Australian and Dutch forces
17 December 1941 to 20 February 1942William Watt Leggatt, Commander of Australian forces
17 December 1941 to 20 February 1942Nico Leonard Willem van Straten, Commander of Dutch forces
Occupation of Portuguese Timor by Japanese forces
20 February 1942 to 1942Sadashichi Doi, Commander
August 1942 to November 1944Yuichi Tsuchihashi, Commander
November 1944 to August 1945Kunitaro Yamada, Commander
Portuguese Timor
1946 to 1950Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas, Governor
1950 to 11 June 1950César Maria de Serpa Rosa, Governor
Overseas province
11 June 1950 to 1958César Maria de Serpa Rosa, Governor
1959 to 1963Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata, Governor
1963 to 1968José Alberty Correia, Governor
1968 to 1972José Nogueira Valente Pires, Governor
1972 to 1974Fernando Alves Adeía, Governor
18 November 1974 to 27 November 1975Mário Lemos Pires, GovernorFrom 11 August 1975, on Atauro Island
28 November 1975Unilateral declaration of independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor
7 December 1975Invaded by Indonesia
17 July 1976 – 19 October 1999Annexed by Indonesia (Timor Timur province). Not recognised by Portugal; remained recognised by United Nations as Portuguese territory.
30 August 1999Referendum votes for independence 78%
20 September 1999 – 19 May 2002International administration (from 28 February 2000, under UN administration; United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor [UNTAET]).
20 May 2002Independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor

For continuation after independence, see: President of East Timor

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