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Map of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Coat of arms of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
The
islands of
São Tomé and Príncipe were discovered and claimed by
Portugal in the 1470s. A
Portuguese colony was established in 1485. Each island was governed as a separate entity until 1753, when they were united as a single
crown colony . In 1951, the islands became an
overseas province of Portugal. Autonomy was granted in 1974 and independence was granted on 12 July 1975.
São Tomé
Portuguese Colony (1485–1522)
Portuguese Crown Colony (1522–1641)
1522 – 15..
Vasco Estevens , Captain
15.. – 1531 ....
1531 – c.1535
Henrique Pereira , Captain
c.1535–1541
Gonçalo Álvares , Governor
[1]
1541–1545
Diogo Botelho Pereira , Captain
1546 – c.1554
Francisco de Barros de Paiva , Captain
c.1558 – 15..
Pedro Botelho , Captain
15.. – 1560
Ana Chaves , Administrator
[1]
1560–1564
Cristóvão Dória de Sousa , Captain
1564–1569
Francisco de Gouveia , Captain
1569–1571
Francisco de Pavia Teles , Captain
1571–1575
Diogo Salema , Captain
1575 – c.1582
António Monteiro Maciel , Captain
c.1582 – c.1584
Ana Chaves , Administrator
[1]
c.1584–1587
Francisco Fernandes de Figueiredo , Captain (from 1586, Governor)
1587–1591
Miguel Teles de Moura , Governor
1591–1592
Duarte Peixoto da Silva , Governor
1592–1593
Francisco de Vila Nova , Acting Governor
1593–1597
Fernandes de Meneses , Governor
1597 – c.1598
Vasco de Carvalho , Governor
c.1598–1601
João Barbosa da Cunha , Acting Governor
1601–1604
António Maciel Monteiro , Acting Governor
1604 – 160.
Pedro de Andrade , Governor
160. – 1609
João Barbosa da Cunha , Acting Governor
1609 Fernando de Noronha, Governor
1609–1611
Constantino Tavares , Governor
1611
João Barbosa da Cunha , Acting Governor
1611
Francisco Teles de Meneses , Governor
1611–1613
Luís Dias de Abreu , Governor
1613–1614
Feliciano Carvalho , Governor
1614–1616
Luís Dias de Abreu , Governor
1616–1620
Miguel Correia Baharem , Governor
1620–1621
Pedro da Cunha , Governor
1621–1623
Félix Pereira , Governor
1623–1627
Jerónimo de Melo Fernando , Governor
1627–1628
André Gonçalves Maracote , Governor
1628–1632
Lourenço Pires de Távora , Acting Governor
1632
Francisco Barreto de Meneses , Governor
1632–1636
Lourenço Pires de Távora , Acting Governor
1636
António de Carvalho , Governor
1636–1640
Lourenço Pires de Távora , Acting Governor
1640
Manuel Quaresma Carneiro , Governor
1640–1641
Miguel Pereira de Melo e Albuquerque , Acting Governor
Dutch Occupation
3 October 1641 – 1648 .... (Dutch commander)
Portuguese Crown Colony (1648–1709)
1641–1642
Paulo da Ponte , Acting Governor
1642 – c.1650
Lourenço Pires de Távora , Governor
c.1650–1656 ....
1656 – c.1657
Cristóvão de Barros do Rêgo , Governor
c.1657 – c.1661 ....
c.1661 – 166.
Pedro da Silva , Governor
166. – 1669 ....
1669–1671
Paulo Ferreira de Noronha , Governor
1671–1673 Chamber Senate
1673–1677
Julião de Campos Barreto , Governor
1677–1680 Bernardim Freire de Andrade, Governor
1680–1683
Jacinto de Figueiredo e Abreu , Governor
1683–1686
João Álvares da Cunha , Acting Governor
1686
António Pereira de Brito Lemos , Governor
1686–1689
Bento de Sousa Lima , Governor
1689–1693
António Pereira de Lacerda , Governor
1693–1694
António de Barredo , Governor
1695–1696
José Pereira Sodré , Governor
1696–1697
João da Costa Matos , Governor
1697–1702
Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara , Governor
1702–1709
José Correia de Castro , Governor
1709
Vicente Dinis Pinheiro , Governor
French Occupation (1709–1715)
Portuguese Crown Colony (1715–1753)
1715–1716
Bartolomeu da Costa Ponte , Governor
1716–1717 Chamber Senate
1717–1720
António Furtado Mendonça , Governor
1720–1722 Junta
1722–1727
José Pinheiro da Câmara , Governor
1727–1734
Serafim Teixeira Sarmento , Governor
1734–1736
Lopo de Sousa Coutinho , Governor
1736–1741
José Caetano Soto Maior , Governor
1741
António Ferrão de Castelo Branco , Governor
1741–1744 Chamber Senate
1744
Francisco Luís da Conceição , Governor
1744–1745
Francisco de Alva Brandão , Acting Governor
1747–1748
Francisco Luís das Chagas , Governor
1748–1751 Chamber Senate
1751
António Rodrigues Neves , Governor
1751–1753 Chamber Senate
Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
Portuguese Crown Colony (1753–1951)
1753–1755 Chamber Senate
1755
Lopo de Sousa Coutinho , Governor
1755–1758 Chamber Senate
1758–1761
Luís Henrique da Mota e Mele , Governor
1761–1767 Chamber Senate
1767–1768
Lourenço Lôbo de Almeida Palha , Governor
1768–1770 Chamber Senate
1770–1778
Vicente Gomes Ferreira , Governor
1778–1782
João Manuel de Azambuja , Governor
1782–1788
Cristóvão Xavier de Sá , Governor
1788–1797
João Resende Tavares Leote , Governor
1797
Inácio Francisco de Nóbrega Sousa Coutinho , Governor
1797
Manuel Monteiro de Carvalho , Acting Governor
1797–1798
Varela Borca , Governor
1798–1799
Manuel Francisco Joaquim da Mota , Governor
1799
Francisco Rafael de Castelo de Vide , Governor
1799–1802
João Baptista de Silva , Governor
1802–1805
Gabriel António Franco de Castro , Governor
1805–1817
Luís Joaquim Lisboa , Governor
1817–1824
Filipe de Freitas , Governor
1824–1830
João Maria Xavier de Brito , Governor
1830–1834
Joaquim Bento da Fonseca , Governor
1834–1836 Provisional government
1836–1837
Fernando Correia Henriques de Noronha , Acting Governor
1837–1838
Leandro José da Costa , Governor
1838–1839
José Joaquim de Urbanski , Governor
1839–1843
Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andréa , Governor
5 February 1843 – 2 March 1843
Leandro José da Costa , Governor
2 March 1843 – 1 May 1846
José Maria Marquês , Governor
1 May 1846 – 30 September 1847 Chamber Senate
30 September 1847 – 20 November 1847
Carlos Augusto de Morais e Almeida , Governor
20 November 1847 – 20 July 1848 Chamber Senate
20 July 1848 – 30 June 1849
José Caetano René Vimont Pessoa , Governor
12 December 1849 – 9 March 1851
Leandro José da Costa , Governor
9 March 1851 – 20 March 1853
José Maria Marquês , Governor
20 March 1853 – 28 July 1855
Francisco José da Pina Rolo , Governor
28 July 1855 – 21 March 1857
Adriano Maria Passaláqua , Governor
21 March 1857 – 15 January 1858 Chamber Senate
15 January 1858 – 29 May 1858
Francisco António Correia , Governor
29 May 1858 – 1859 Chamber Senate
1859 – 21 November 1860
Luís José Pereira e Horta , Governor
21 November 1860 – 8 July 1862
José Pedro de Melo , Governor
8 July 1862 – 17 November 1862 Chamber Senate
17 November 1862 – 30 March 1863
José Eduardo da Costa Moura , Governor
30 March 1863 – 8 January 1864
João Baptista Brunachy , Governor
8 January 1864 – 2 August 1865
Estanislau Xavier de Assunção e Almeida , Governor
2 August 1865 – 30 July 1867
João Baptista Brunachy , Governor
30 July 1867 – 30 September 1867
António Joaquim da Fonseca , Governor
30 September 1867 – 30 May 1869
Estanislau Xavier de Assunção e Almeida , Governor
30 May 1869 – 7 October 1872
Pedro Carlos de Aguiar Craveiro Lopes , Governor
7 October 1872 – July 1873
João Clímaco de Carvalho , Governor
28 October 1873 – 1 November 1876
Gregório José Ribeiro , Governor
1 November 1876 – 28 September 1879
Estanislau Xavier de Assunção e Almeida , Governor
28 September 1879 – 28 November 1879
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral , Governor
28 November 1879 – 3 January 1880
Custódio Miguel de Borja, Acting Governor , Governor
3 January 1880 – 30 December 1881
Vicente Pinheiro Lôbo Machado de Melo e Almada , Governor
30 December 1881 – 26 January 1882
Augusto Maria Leão , Acting Governor
26 January 1882 – 24 May 1884
Francisco Teixeira da Silva , Governor
24 May 1884 – 25 August 1886
Custódio Miguel de Borja , Governor
25 August 1886 – 9 March 1890
Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento , Governor
9 March 1890 – 26 June 1891
Firmino José da Costa , Governor
26 June 1891 – 8 December 1894
Francisco Eugénio Pereira de Miranda , Governor
8 December 1894 – 8 April 1895
Jaime Lobo Brito Godins , Acting Governor
8 April 1895 – 5 April 1897
Cipriano Leite Pereira Jardim , Governor
5 April 1897 – 5 April 1899
Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança , Governor
5 April 1899 – 3 January 1901
Amâncio de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral , Governor
3 January 1901 – 8 May 1901
Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira , Acting Governor
8 May 1901 – 8 October 1902
Joaquim Xavier de Brito , Governor
8 October 1902 – 7 June 1903
João Abel Antunes Mesquita Guimarães , Governor
7 June 1903 – 14 December 1903
João Gregório Duarte Ferreira , Acting Governor
14 December 1903 – 13 April 1907
Francisco de Paula Cid , Governor
13 April 1907 – 24 June 1907
Vitor Augusto Chaves Lemos e Melo , Acting Governor
24 June 1907 – 24 October 1908
Pedro Berquó , Governor
24 October 1908 – 13 March 1909
Vítor Augusto Chaves Lemos e Mel , Acting Governor
13 March 1909 – 13 June 1910
José Augusto Vieira da Fonseca , Governor
13 June 1910 – 7 August 1910
Jaime Daniel Leote do Rego , Governor
7 August 1910 – 11 November 1910
Fernando Augusto de Carvalho , Governor
12 November 1910 – 28 November 1910
Carlos de Mendonça Pimentel e Melo , Acting Governor
28 November 1910 – 14 June 1911
António Pinto Miranda Guedes , Governor
14 June 1911 – 24 December 1911
Jaime Daniel Leote do Rego , Governor
24 December 1911 – 13 May 1913
Mariano Martins , Governor
13 May 1913 – 31 May 1915
Pedro do Amaral Boto Machado , Governor
31 May 1915 – 6 June 1915
José Dionísio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro , Governor
6 June 1915 – 28 July 1918
Rafael dos Santos Oliveira , Acting Governor
28 July 1918 – 11 June 1919
João Gregório Duarte Ferreira , Governor
11 June 1919 – 25 September 1920
Avelino Augusto de Oliveira Leite , Governor
25 September 1920 – 22 October 1920
José Augusto de Conceição Alves Vélez , Acting Governor
22 October 1920 – 2 July 1921
Eduardo Nogueira de Lemos , Acting Governor
2 July 1921 – 23 January 1924
António José Pereira , Governor
23 January 1924 – 8 July 1926
Eugénio de Barros Soares Branco , Governor
8 July 1926 – 31 August 1928
José Duarte Junqueira Rato , Governor
31 August 1928 – 30 January 1929
Sebastião José Barbosa , Acting Governor
30 January 1929 – 31 August 1929
Francisco Penteado , Governor
31 August 1929 – 17 December 1933
Luís Augusto Vieira Fernandes , Governor
17 December 1933 – 8 May 1941
Ricardo Vaz Monteiro , Governor
8 May 1941 – 5 April 1945
Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo , Governor
5 April 1945 – July 1948
Carlos de Sousa Gorgulho , Governor
July 1948 – 8 October 1950
Afonso Manuel Machado de Sousa , Acting Governor
8 October 1950 – 11 June 1951
Mário José Cabral Oliveira Castro , Acting Governor
Overseas Province of Portugal (1951–1974)
11 June 1951 – 28 June 1952
Mário José Cabral Oliveira Castro , Acting Governor
28 June 1952 – 18 April 1953
Guilherme António Amaral Abranches Pinto , Acting Governor
18 April 1953 – 19 May 1953
Fernando Augusto Rodrigues , Acting Governor
19 May 1953 – July 1953
Afonso Manuel Machado de Sousa , Acting Governor
July 1953 – August 1954
Francisco António Pires Barata , Governor
August 1954 – 15 June 1955
Luís da Câmara Leme Faria , Acting Governor
15 June 1955 – 5 December 1956
José Machado , Acting Governor
5 December 1956 – 13 October 1957
Octávio Ferreira Gonçalves , Acting Governor
13 October 1957 – August 1963
Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral , Governor
August 1963 – 30 October 1963
Alberto Monteiro de Sousa Campos , Acting Governor
30 October 1963 – 1972
António Jorge da Silva Sebastião , Governor
1973–1974
João Cecilio Gonçalves , Governor
29 July 1974 – 18 December 1974
António Pires Veloso , Governor
Autonomous Province of Portugal (1974–1975)
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