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List of Colonial Heads of Bissau

The territory is located in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

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Early incumbents, all styled Captain-major

Captain-major

Captain-major is the English rendering of the Portuguese title Capitão-mor for colonial officers, put in charge of a capitania, Portuguese possession deemed not important enough to have its own colonial Governor.Due to the impossibility of exercising direct control and sovereignty over islands,...

1696 - 1699 José Pinheiro da Câmara
1699 - 1707 Rodrigo Oliveira da Fonseca
1707 - 1753 abandoned
1753 - 17.. Nicolau Pino de Araújo
17.. - c.1757 ....
c.1757 - 1759 Manuel Pires
1759 - 17.. Duarte José Róis
17.. - c.1763 ....
c.1763 - 17.. Filipe José de Souto-Maior
c.1770 - c.1775 Sebastião da Cunha Souto-Maior
c.1775 - c.1777 ....
c.1777 - 17.. Ignácio Xavier Baião
1793 - c.1796 José António Pinto
c.1796 - 1799 ....

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Portuguese Suzerainty
1799 to 180?	João das Noeves Leão, Captain-Major Captain-major Captain-major is the English rendering of the Portuguese title Capitão-mor for colonial officers, put in charge of a capitania, Portuguese possession deemed not important enough to have its own colonial Governor.Due to the impossibility of exercising direct control and sovereignty over islands,...
1803 to 180?	António Cardoso Faria, Captain-Major
1805 to 1811	Manuel Pinto de Gouveia, Captain-Major
1811 to 18??	António Cardoso Figueiredo, Captain-Major
c.1820 to c.1821	João Higino Curvo Semedo, Captain-Major
1822 to 182?	Joaquim António de Matos, Captain-Major	1st Term
182? to 1825	Domingos Alves de Abreu Picaluga, Captain-Major
1825 to 1827	Joaquim António de Matos, Captain-Major	2nd Term
1827 to 18??	Fancisco José Muacho, Captain-Major
c.1829 to 1830	Caetano José Nozolini, Captain-Major	1st Term
1830 to 183?	Joaquim António de Matos, Captain-Major	3rd Term
183? to 1834	Caetano José Nozolini, Captain-Major	2nd Term
1834 to 183?	Joaquim António de Matos, Captain-Major	4th Term
1836 to 1836	José Eleutério Rocha Vieira, Captain-Major
1836 to 1839	Honório Barreto Honório Barreto Honório Pereira Barreto was a governor of the Portuguese colony of Guinea . Born in Guinea of a Guinean mother and Cape Verdean father, he maintained Portuguese control of the area and even extended its influence... , Captain-Major	1st Term
1839 to 1840	José Gonçalves Barbosa, Captain-Major	1st Term
1840 to 1841	Honório Barreto Honório Barreto Honório Pereira Barreto was a governor of the Portuguese colony of Guinea . Born in Guinea of a Guinean mother and Cape Verdean father, he maintained Portuguese control of the area and even extended its influence... , Captain-Major	2nd Term
1841 to 1842	José Paulo Machado, Captain-Major
1842 to 1843	António Tavares da Veiga Santos, Captain-Major
1843 to 1844	José Maria Coelho, Captain-Major
1844 to 1845	Alois da Rôla Dziezaski, Captain-Major	1st Term
1845 to 1847	Joaquim de Azevedo Alpoim, Captain-Major
1847 to 1848	Carlos Maximiliano de Sousa, Captain-Major
1848 to 1850	Caetano José Nozolini, Captain-Major	3rd Term
1851 to 185?	Alois da Rôla Dziezaski, Captain-Major	2nd Term
1852 to 1852	Libánio Evangelista dos Santos, Captain-Major
1852 to 1853	José Maria Lôbo de Ávila, Captain-Major
1853 to 1854	José Maria Correia da Silva, Captain-Major
1854 to 1854	Pedro Henriques Romão Ferreira, Captain-Major
1855 to 1858	Honório Barreto Honório Barreto Honório Pereira Barreto was a governor of the Portuguese colony of Guinea . Born in Guinea of a Guinean mother and Cape Verdean father, he maintained Portuguese control of the area and even extended its influence... , Captain-Major	3rd Term
1858 to 1858	António Pereira Mousinho de Albuquerque Cota Falcão, Captain-Major
1858 to 1859	Honório Barreto Honório Barreto Honório Pereira Barreto was a governor of the Portuguese colony of Guinea . Born in Guinea of a Guinean mother and Cape Verdean father, he maintained Portuguese control of the area and even extended its influence... , Captain-Major	4th Term
1860 to 1862	António Cândido Zagalo, Captain-Major
1863 to 186?	Joaquim Alberto Marquês, Captain-Major	1st Term
1867 to 1868	Bernardo José Moreira, Captain-Major
1868 to 1869	Manuel Fortunato Meira, Captain-Major
1869 to 1871	Álvaro Teles Caldeira, Captain-Major
1871 to 1871	José Xavier do Crato, Captain-Major
1871 to 187?	Joaquim Alberto Marquês, Captain-Major	2nd Term
c.1877 to 1879	António José Cabral Vieira, Captain-Major

List of Colonial Heads of Bissau

See also