Azores
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- Adopted 12 Apr 1979 Local
Flag
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Map
of the Azores
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Hear National Anthem
"A Portugesa"
(The Portuguese)
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Hear
Local Anthem
"Hino dos A�ores"
(Hymn of the Azores)
Adopted 12 Apr 1979
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Constitution
(25 Apr 1976)
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Administrative
Statute
(5 Aug 1980)
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Capital:
Ponta Delgada
(from 1975)
(Angra do Hero�smo 1766-1836)
Legislative
Capital: Horta
(from 1976)
Judicial Capital:
Angra do Hero�smo (from 1976)
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Currency:
Euro (EUR);
to 1 Jan 2002
Portuguese
Escudo (PTE)
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National
Holiday: 10 Jun (1580)
Dia de Portugal
(Portugal Day)
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Local Holiday: on
Pentecost Monday (1976)
Dia dos A�ores (Azores Day)
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Population:
241,718 (2025)
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GDP: $6.23
billion (2024)
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Exports:
$190 million (2025)
Imports: $221
million (2025)
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Ethnic groups:
mainland Portugal (60% paternal, 90%
maternal), mixed with smaller
contributions from Flemish, French,
Spanish, Moorish, and African settlers
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Total
Active Military Forces: 14,000
(2025)
Police Force: 700 (2023)
U.S. Forces: 244 (2023)
Defense is the
Responsibility of Portugal
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Religions:
Roman Catholic 91.6%,
other Christian 1.9%, non-Christian
0.3%, no religion 6.2% (2021)
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International
Organizations/Treaties:
WMO
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Azores
Index
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Chronology
1427
Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Diogo
de Silves
(or Sevilha), (Isla del Brasil
[Terceira], Isla
Colunbaria [Pico], Isla de la Ventura
[Faial], Isla
de
las Cabras [S�o Miguel], Isla
de los Conejos
[Flores], Isla de los Cuervos Marines
[Corvo],
Isla
del Lobo [Santa Maria], Isla
de Sant Jorge
[S�o
Jorge]); later granted as separate donatarias.
15 Aug
1432
Santa Maria re-discovered
by Portuguese Capt. Gon�alo
Velho Cabral (b. c.1400 � d.
c.1460); and later
S�o Miguel in 1444, and Flores and
Corvo in 1452.
4 Jul
1439
King Afonso V grants permission to
settle seven
islands (S�o Miguel, Santa Maria,
Terceira, Pico,
Faial, S�o Jorge, and Graciosa).
1466
Portuguese allow Flemish settlers on
the islands,
which become known as the "Fleming
Isles"
(Ilhas Flamenga [Insulae
Flandricae (Flemengorum)).
15 Jul 1580 -
1 Dec 1640 Islands along
with Portugal a Spanish possession,
(but the islands resist
Spanish rule until 11 Aug
1583 and remain under Spanish rule to
4 Mar 1642).
2 Aug
1766
Captaincy-general of the Azores (Capitania
Geral dos
A�ores),
islands united.
26 Jan
1771
Unification of the islands formalized.
3 Mar 1830 -
26 May 1834 Queen Maria II da
Gl�ria rules from the Azores in
opposition to King Miguel in Lisbon.
4 Jun
1832
Overseas province of Portugal
(Prov�ncia dos A�ores).
28 Jul
1833
Divided into two overseas provinces
(Oriental dos
A�ores [S�o Miguel, Santa Maria &
Ponta Delgada]
and Ocidental dos A�ores [the
remaining islands
and Angra [from 1837, Angra do
Hero�smo]).
18 Jul
1835
Status of provinces changed to
districts (distrito).
28 Mar
1836
Divided into three districts (Angra do
Hero�smo
[islands of Graciosa, S�o Jorge and
Terceira],
Horta [Corvo, Faial, Flores and Pico]
and
Ponta Delgada [Santa Maria and S�o
Miguel]).
18 Nov
1895
Autonomous District of Ponta Delgada (Distrito
Aut�nomo de
Ponta Delgada)(S�o
Miguel, and Santa
Maria islands)
established.
6 Oct 1898
Autonomous District of Angra do
Hero�smo (Distrito
Aut�nomo de
Angra do Hero�smo)
Terceira,
S�o Jorge, Graciosa
islands [and until 1940 Faial,
Pico, Flores, Corvo
islands) established.
18 Jan 1918 -
1 Sep 1919 U.S. naval base at
Ponta Delgada on S�o Miguel.
4 Apr
1931-17/20 Apr 1931 Partly (S�o
Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, S�o Jorge)
under control of military
junta in Madeira,
(see under Madeira).
31 Dec
1940
Autonomous District of Horta (Distrito
Aut�nomo da
Horta)(Faial,
Pico, Flores, and Corvo islands),
split from Angra do Hero�smo
district.
1943 -
1945
Allied military air bases established
(British
base and U.S. base, both at Lajes on
Terceira).
27 Aug
1975
Regional Junta governs all the
islands.
27 Aug
1976
Autonomous Region of the Azores (Regi�o
Aut�noma dos
A�ores)
within Portugal.
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Santa Maria
(1461-1832)
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S�o Miguel
(1474-1820)
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Praia (Terceira)
and Angra
(1450-1749)
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Graciosa
(1474-1737)
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Faial
e Pico
(1468-1737)
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Flores e
Corvo
(1475-1832)
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Commandants of the Angra Prison
(with superintendence over the entire archipelago)
11 Aug 1583 -
1591
Juan de Horbina (= Juan de Urbina)
1591 -
1592
Diego Suarez de Salazar (interim)
1592 -
1595
Antonio de la Puebla
1595 -
1596
Juan de Amilibia (interim)
1596 -
1600
Antonio Centeno
Governors of the Castelo de S�o Filipe (in Angra
do Hero�smo)
(with superintendence over the entire
archipelago)
1600 -
1601
Diego de Miranda Quir�s (1st time)
1601 - 1602
Pedro de Heredia (interim)
1602 - 1607
Diego de Miranda Quir�s (2nd time)
1607 - 1609
Francisco de la Rua (interim)
1609 -
1613
Pedro Sarmiento
1613 -
1615
Juan de Pastrana (interim)
1614 -
1614
Luis de Avila Monroy
(did not take office)
1615 -
1618
Gonzalo de Mejia
1618 - 1618
Alonso Verdejo (interim)
1618 - 1621
Juan Ponce de Le�n
1621 -
1621
Alonso Cimbron (interim)
1621 - 1625
Pedro Esteban de Avila
1625 -
1627
I�igo Hurtado de Corcuera y Mendoza (b.
c.1577 - d. 16..)
1627 - 1639
Diego Fajardo Chac�n
1639 - 4 Mar 1642
�lvaro de Vivero y Menchaca
(b. 1606 - d. 16..)
Captains-general of
the Azores
7 Oct 1766 -
1776
Ant�o de Alamda, conde de Avranches (b. 1718
- d. 1797)
21 Apr 1776 - 3 Dec 1793 Dinis
Greg�rio de Melo Castro
e (b. 1735 - d.
1793)
Mendon�a
3 Dec 1793 - 30 Oct 1799
Jos� da Av�-Maria Leite da Costa
(b. 1727 - d. 1799)
e Silva, bispo de Angra
(president of interim government)
1796 - 30 Oct 1799
de�o Mateus Homem Borges da Costa
Noronha
(acting for the bishop of Angra)
30 Oct 1799 - 17 Oct 1804 Louren�o Jos�
Boaventura
de
(b. 1757 - d. 1815)
Almada, conde de Almada
17 Oct 1804 - 4 May 1806 Jos�
Ant�nio de Melo da
Silva
(b. 1763 - d. 1839)
C�sar de Meneses, marqu�s de
Sabugosa
10 May 1806 - 9 Sep 1810 Miguel
Ant�nio de
Melo,
(b. 1766 - d. 1836)
conde de Mur�a
9 Sep 1810 - 14 May 1817
Aires Pinto de Sousa Coutinho
(b.
1778 - d. 1836)
14 May 1817 - 18 Oct 1820 Francisco
Ant�nio de Ara�jo e Azevedo (b. 1772 - d. 1821)
(1st time)
18 Oct 1820 - 21 May 1821 Francisco de Borja
Gar��o Stockler, (b. 1759 - d. 1829)
bar�o da Vila da Praia (1st time)
(in Vila da Praia exile 2-4 Apr 1821)
2 Apr 1821 - 4 Apr 1821
Francisco Ant�nio de Ara�jo e Azevedo (s.a.)
(2nd time) (in dissidence)
21 May 1821 - Aug 1823 Provisional
Supreme Government Junta
- Jos� Leite Botelho de Teive
(b. 1755 - d. 1836)
- Jos� Francisco do Canto e Castro
- Alexandre de Gamboa Loureiro
(b. 1770 - d. 1839?)
- Ant�nio Maria Os�rio Cabral
(b. 1785 - d. 1858)
Aug 1823 - 17 Nov 1823 Interim
Government Junta
- Jo�o Pereira Forjaz de
Lacerda (b. 1771 - d.
1841)
- Roberto Lu�s de Mesquita Pimentel (b. 1785
- d. 1870)
- Lu�s de Meireles do Canto e Castro (b. 1785 - d.
1854)
17 Nov 1823 - 24 Jul 1824 Francisco de Borja
Gar��o Stockler, (s.a.)
bar�o da Vila da Praia (2nd time)
24 Jul 1824 - 22 Jun 1828 Manuel
Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque (b. 1776 - d.
1833)
22 Jun 1828 - Oct 1828
Interim Government
- Jo�o Jos� da Cunha
Ferraz
(b. 1761 - d. 1844) Lib
(president)
- Jos� Jacinto
Valente Faria
- Jos� Rodrigues de Almeida
- Manuel Joaquim Nogueira
(b. 1783 - d. 1858)
1828 -
1831
Henrique da Fonseca de Sousa Prego (b. 1768
- d. 1847)
(for the Miguelist party, in Ponta Delgada)
4 Oct 1828 - 22 Jun 1829 Provisional
Junta
- Diocleciano
Le�o de Brito Cabreira (b. 1772 - d. 1839)
Lib
(president)
- Sebasti�o Drago Valente de Brito (b.
1763 - d. 1833)
Cabreira (from 182.)
- Jos� Ant�nio da Silva Torres
- Jo�o Jos� da Cunha Ferraz
(s.a.)
Lib
23 Jun 1829 - 4 Jun 1832 Ant�nio Jos�
de Sousa Manuel de
(b. 1792 - d. 1860) Lib
Menezes Severim de Noronha,
conde de Vila Flor
(for the Liberal party, in Angra do Hero�smo)
Prefect of the Provinces of
the Azores
4 Jun 1832 - 4 Jul 1833
Francisco Saraiva da Costa Ref�ios, (b. 1779
- d. 1842) Mil
bar�o de Ruiv�s
Prefect of Eastern Azores
1 Jul 1833 - 1 Dec 1835
Jo�o Ant�nio
Ferreira de
Moura (b.
1779 - d. 1840)
Prefects of Western Azores
1833 - 4 Jul 1833
Francisco Saraiva da Costa
Ref�ios, (s.a.)
Mil
bar�o de Ruiv�s
15 Jul 1833 - 15 Sep 1835 Lu�s Pinto de
Mendon�a
Arrais, (b.
1787 - d. 1859) Mil
bar�o de Valongo e visconde de
Valongo (civil governor Angra 15 Sep 1835 - 3
Mar 1836)
Administrators general of Angra do
Hero�smo
1836 - 3 Mar 1836
Lu�s Pinto de
Mendon�a
Arrais, (s.a.)
Mil
bar�o de Valongo e visconde de
Valongo
23 Mar 1836 - 4 May 1836
Teot�nio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da
(b. 1807 - d. 1870)
C�mara, visconde Bruges
(1st time)
4 May 1836 - 14 Sep
1836 Ant�nio Pedro de Brito Vila Lobos,
(b. 1782 - d. 1841) Mil
bar�o de Cacella
18 Nov 1836 - 27 Sep 1839 Teot�nio de
Ornelas Bruges Paim da (s.a.)
C�mara, visconde Bruges
(2nd time)
28 Sep 1839 - 13 Nov 1844 Jos� Silvestre
Ribeiro
(b. 1807 - d. 1891)
Civil governors of Angra do Hero�smo
(from 6 Oct 1898, Autonomous District of Angra do
Hero�smo)
30 Dec 1844 - 1 Jun 1846 Nicolau
Anast�cio de Bettencourt
(b. 1810 - d. 1874)
(1st time)
1 Jun 1846 - 1846
Francisco de Menezes Lemos e
Carvalho (b. 1786 - d. 1862)
10 Oct 1846 - 6 Jun 1848 Nicolau
Anast�cio de Bettencourt
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
6 Jun 1848 - 8
Sep 1849 Ant�nio Jos� Vieira Santa
Rita (b. 1802
- d. 1877)
8 Sep 1849 - 3
Jun 1851 Nicolau Anast�cio de
Bettencourt (s.a.)
PR
(3rd time)
3 Jun 1851 - 18 Sep 1851
Ant�nio de Oliveira
Marreca
(b. 1805 - d. 1889)
19 Sep 1851 - 24 Apr 1852 Ant�nio
Marcelino da Vict�ria
24 Apr 1852 - 19 Aug 1857 Nicolau
Anast�cio de Bettencourt
(s.a.)
PR
(4th time)
19 Aug 1857 - 31 May 1858 Ant�nio Maria
Cordeiro
31 May 1858 - 6 Apr 1859 Cassiano
Sep�lveda Teixeira
(b. 1823 - d. 1901)
6 Apr 1859 - 15 Feb 1861
Jos� Maria da Silva Leal
(b. 1812 - d. 1883)
PR
1861
Jos� In�cio de
Almeida Monjardino
(s.a.)
PH
(3rd time) (acting)
17 Dec 1861 - 29 Sep 1865 J�come de
Ornelas Bruges de �vila (b. 1833
- d. 1889) PH
Paim da C�mara (1st time)
30 Sep 1865 - 22 Nov 1865 Albino de
Abranches Freire
de (b.
1804 - d. 1876)
Figueiredo
29 Nov 1865 - 26 Dec 1866 Jos� Guillerme
Pacheco
(b. 1823 - d. 1889)
13 Feb 1867 - 14 Jan 1868 Ant�nio de
Gouveia Os�rio
(b. 1825 - d. 1891)
14 Jan 1868 - 25 Feb 1869 Teot�nio de
Ornelas Bruges Paim da (b. 1807 - d.
1870)
Camara, conde da Praia da Vit�ria,
visconde de de Bruges
25 Feb 1869 - 13 Sep 1869 Miguel Vaz
Guedes de
Ata�de
(b. 1794 - d. 1898)
13 Sep 1869 - 1872
F�lix Borges
de Medeiros
(b. 1819 - d. 1872)
7 Jan 1873 - 12 Apr 1876
Francisco de Albuquerque Pinto
(b. 1841 - d. 1928)
Mesquita e Castro
12 Apr 1876 - 11 Oct 1877 Ant�nio da
Fonseca Carv�o Paim da (b. 1836
- d. 1907) PR
C�mara, bar�o do Ramalho (1st time)
11 Oct 1877 - 31 Jan 1878 J�come de
Ornelas Bruges de �vila
(s.a.)
PP
Paim da C�mara, conde da Vila da
Praia da Vit�ria, visconde de
Bruges (2nd time)
31 Jan 1878 - 3 Jun 1879 Ant�nio da
Fonseca Carv�o Paim da
(s.a.)
PR
C�mara, Bar�o do Ramalho (2nd time)
3 Jun 1879 - 26 Mar 1881
J�come de Ornelas Bruges de
�vila (s.a.)
PP
Paim da C�mara, conde da Vila da
Praia da Vit�ria, visconde de
Bruges (3rd time)
24 Apr 1881 - 11 Oct 1883 Afonso de
Castro
(b. 1824 - d. 1885)
Mil
13 Dec 1883 - 20 Nov 1884 Jo�o Ant�nio
Pereira Neves
20 Nov 1884 - 5 Nov 1885 Augusto
Maria da Fonseca Coutinho (b. 1857 -
d. 1887) PR
1885 - 1886
Jacinto C�ndido da Silva (interim)
(b. 1857 - d. 1926) PP
13 Aug 1886 -
1889 J�come
de Ornelas Bruges de �vila
(s.a.)
PP
Paim da C�mara, conde da Vila da
Praia da Vit�ria, visconde de
Bruges (4th time)
31 Jan 1889 - 17 Jan 1890 C�ndido Pacheco
de Melo Menezes (b.
1837 - d. 1900) PP
Forjaz de Lacerda, visconde de
Nossa Senhora das Merc�s (1st time)
17 Jan 1890 - 8 Jan 1891 Ant�nio da
Fonseca Carv�o Paim da (s.a.)
PR
C�mara, bar�o do Ramalho (3rd time)
8 Jan 1891 - 9 Mar
1893 Henrique de S� Nogeira de Vasconcelos (b.
1843 - d. 1923)
18 May 1893 - 31 May 1893 Henrique de
Castro (acting) (b.
1851 - d. 1923) PP
14 Sep 1893 - 27 Feb 1895 Jos� Pimentel
Homem de Noronha (b. 1846 -
d. 1933) PR
27 Feb 1895 - 5 Nov 1896 Manuel
Homem da Costa Noronha (b.
1828 - d. 1897) PR
24 Dec 1896 - 4 Feb 1897 Em�dio
Lino da Silva J�nior (1st time)(b. 1860 - d. 1936)
PR
11 Feb 1897 - 29 Jun 1900 C�ndido Pacheco
de Melo Menezes (s.a.)
PP
Forjaz de Lacerda, visconde de
Nossa Senhora das Merc�s (2nd time)
27 Jul 1900 - 13 Feb 1902 Em�dio
Lino da Silva J�nior (2nd time)(s.a.)
PR
13 Feb 1902 - 18 Oct 1904 Raimundo Sieuve
de
Menezes,
(b. 1854 - d. 1937)
conde de Sieuve de Menezes
22 Oct 1904 - 22 Mar 1906 Teot�nio Sim�o
Paim de Ornelas (b. 1841 - d.
1929) PP
Bruges (1st time)
22 Mar 1906 - 17 May 1906 Ant�nio da
Fonseca Carv�o Paim da (b. 1864
- d. 1931) PR
C�mara
29 May 1906 - 4 Nov 1907 Jos�
Pereira da Cunha da Silveira e (b. 1864 - d.
1927) PP
Sousa J�nior
4 Nov 1907 - 15 Feb 1908
Aristides Moreira da
Mota
(b. 1855 - d. 1942) PR
14 Mar 1908 - 20 Jan 1910 Jo�o Carlos da
Silva Nogueira (b. 1872 - d.
1954) Mil
20 Jan 1910 - 26 Jun 1910 Teot�nio Sim�o
Paim de Ornelas (s.a.)
PP
Bruges (2nd time)
29 Jun 1910 - 5 Oct 1910 Jacinto
Carlos da Silva, visconde de (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
Agualva
5 Oct 1910 - 17 Feb 1912
Henrique Ferreira de Oliveira Br�s
(b. 1884 - d. 1947) PU
17 Feb 1912 - 18 Jan 1913 Ant�nio Afonso
de Carvalho (b.
1880 - d. 1949) Mil
18 Jan 1913 - 30 Aug 1913 Francisco de
Mendon�a Pacheco de Melo (b. 1857 - d. 1931)
(1st time)
30 Aug 1913 - 11 Nov 1913 Jo�o de Mendon�a
Pacheco de Melo (b. 1857 -
d. 1931)
1 Nov 1913 - 11 Apr 1914
Jo�o Baptista da Silva
11 Apr 1914 - 16 Jan 1915 Adolfo da
Trindade
17 Feb 1915 - 24 May 1915 Ant�nio
Silveira Lopes
(b. 1875 - d. 1963) Mil
24 May 1915 - 13 Dec 1917 Joaquim
Teixeira da Silva (1st time) (b. 1870 - d.
1963) PRP
13 Dec 1917 - 18 Feb 1919 Francisco
Vicente Ramos
(b. 1860 - d. 1930)
18 Feb 1919 - 4 Jun 1919
Constantino Jos� Cardoso (1st time) (b. 1864 - d.
1938)
4 Jul 1919 - 27 Mar 1920
Joaquim Teixeira da Silva (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PRP
27 Mar 1920 - 6 Aug 1920 �lvaro de
Castro Meneses (1st time) (b. 1876
- d. 1967)
6 Aug 1920 - 6 Jun
1921 Constantino Jos� Cardoso (2nd time)
(s.a.)
6 Jun 1921 - 1 Nov
1921 Ant�nio Ver�ssimo de Sousa
(b. 1860 - d.
1934) Mil
1 Nov 1921 - 21 Dec 1921
Virg�lio da Rocha Dinis
13 Jan 1922 - 18 Feb 1922 Francisco de
Paula Homem da Costa (b. 1867 - d.
1953)
Noronha
24 Mar 1922 - 28 Sep 1923 Ant�nio de
Amorim Pires Toste (b. 1866
- d. 1932)
28 Sep 1923 - 16 Nov 1923 Antonio Jos�
Teixeira (1st time)
20 Nov 1923 - 26 Dec 1923 Sebasti�o �vila
de Vasconcelos (b.
1850 - d. 1928)
26 Dec 1923 - 29 Jun 1924 Manuel de
Mesquita (1st time) (b. 1879
- d. 1944) Mil
29 Jun 1924 - 9 Aug 1924 Ant�nio
Jos� Teixeira (2nd time)
9 Aug 1924 - 28 Feb 1925
�lvaro de Castro Meneses (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Mar 1925 - 19 Sep 1925 Alexandre
Martins Pamplona Ramos (b.
1865 - d. 1933)
19 Sep 1925 - 11 Jun 1926 Francisco de
Mendon�a Pacheco de Melo (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Jul 1926 - 31 Oct 1927
Jaime Pereira da Silva
(b. 1879 -
d. 19..) Mil
31 Oct 1927 - 19 Feb 1928 Gon�alo Lobo
Pereira Caldas de Barros (b. 1850 - d. 1950) Mil
19 Feb 1928 - 9 Jun 1931 Manuel de
Mesquita (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mil
13 Jul 1931 - 15 Jul 1932 Lu�s Augusto de
Sousa Rodrigues (b.
1883 - d. 1972) Mil
15 Jul 1932 - 2 Apr 1933 Domingos
Augusto Borges
(b. 1892 - d. 1933) Mil
20 Apr 1933 - 3 Apr 1936 Joaquim
Moniz de S� Corte-Real do (b. 1899 - d.
1987) UN
Amaral
3 Apr 1936 - 15 Jan 1940
Carlos Alberto de Oliveira
(b. 1898 - d. 1980)
15 Jan 1940 - 31 Jan 1941 Ab�lio Garcia
de
Carvalho
(b. 1891 - d. 1941)
24 Apr 1941 - 17 Oct 1944 Ant�nio
Francisco de Sales de (b.
1904 - d. 1950)
Guimar�es Pestana da Silva
17 Oct 1944 - 29 Dec 1952 C�ndido de
Menezes Pamplona Forjaz de (b. 1901 - d. 1987) UN
Lacerda
29 Dec 1952 - 27 Dec 1956 Manuel de Sousa
Meneses
(b. 1890 - d. 1958)
27 Dec 1956 - 4 Aug 1958 Jos�
Lu�s Abecassis
(b. 1920 - d.
1996)
28 Mar 1959 - 14 Apr 1973 Teot�nio Machado
Pires
(b. 1902 - d. 1993) UN
14 Apr 1973 - 14 Apr 1974 Francisco
Cabrita Matias
(b. 1928 - d. 2003)
16 Aug 1974 - 6 Jun 1975 Oldemiro
Cardoso de Figueiredo (b.
1916 - d. 1995) MDP
Sub-Prefects of Horta (within the
Western Azores)
1832 - 1833
Ant�nio Mariano de Lacerda
(1st time) (b. 1807 - d. 1881)
Mil
1833 - 1833
Ant�nio Jos� de �vila (1st time)
(b. 1807 - d. 1881)
1833 - 1833
Ant�nio Garcia da Rosa
(b. 1790 - d.
1876)
1833 - 1834
Ant�nio Jos� de �vila (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1834 - 1836
Ant�nio Mariano de Lacerda (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Mil
Administrators general of
Horta
8 Aug 1836 - 13 Sep 1836 Ant�nio
Jos� Joaquim de Miranda
13 Sep 1836 - 15 Jul 1837 Ant�nio Mariano
de Lacerda
(s.a.)
Mil
18 Jul 1837 - 6 Dec 1839 Ant�nio
Joaquim Nunes de Vasconcelos
6 Dec 1839 - 3 Feb 1840
Francisco Garcia do Ros�rio (acting) (b.
1793 - d. 1866)
3 Feb 1840 - 4 Mar
1842 Francisco de Paula de Sousa Vilas
(b. 1798 - d. 1868)
Boas
Civil governors of
Horta (from 31 Dec 1940, Autonomous District of
Horta)
4 Mar 1842 - 22 Aug 1846 Ant�nio Jos�
Vieira Santa
Rita (b. 1802
- d. 1877)
(1st time)
22 Aug 1846 - 10 Oct 1846 Rodrigo de
Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de (b. 1823 - d. 1894)
Andrada Barbosa, conde de Linhares
10 Oct 1846 - 8 Sep 1847 Ant�nio
Jos� Vieira Santa
Rita (s.a.)
(2nd time)
8 Sep 1847 - 20 Dec 1847
Jos� Cupertino da Fonseca e
Brito
(acting)
20 Dec 1847 - 6 Jun 1848 Ant�nio
Jos� Vieira Santa
Rita (s.a.)
(3rd time)
6 Jun 1848 - 8 Sep
1849 Nicolau Anast�cio de
Bettencourt (b. 1810 - d.
1874)
(1st time)
8 Sep 1849 - 26 Dec 1849
Francisco Maria de Freitas J�come (b.
1800 - d. 18..)
29 Dec 1849 - 3 Jun 1851 Joaquim
Jos� Pereira da Silveira (b. 1796 -
d. 1870) PR
e Sousa
6 Jun 1851 - 24 Apr 1852 Nicolau
Anast�cio de Bettencourt
(s.a.)
PR
(2nd time)
24 Apr 1852 - 14 Aug 1857 Lu�s Teixeira
de
Sampaio
(b. 1788 - d. 1865)
14 Aug 1857 - 11 Oct 1877 Ant�nio Jos�
Vieira Santa
Rita (s.a.)
(4th time)
11 Ocy 1877 - 31 Jan 1878 J�lio de
Castilho, visconde
de (b. 1840 -
d. 1919)
Castilho
31 Jan 1878 - 2 Jun 1879 Ant�nio
Maria de Oliveira
(b. 1818 - d. 1886) PR
4 May 1879 - 28 May 1881
Manuel Francisco de Medeiros
(b. 1832 - d. 1895) PP
(1st time)
1881
Manuel Maria de Melo e Simas
(b. 1835 - d. 1901)
18 Jul 1881 - 25 Feb 1886 Ant�nio
Patricio da Terra Pinheiro (b. 1837 - d.
1912)
25 Feb 1886 - 1890
Manuel Francisco de Medeiros
(s.a.)
PP
(2nd time)
29 Jan 1890 - 20 Feb 1893 Manuel de
Arriaga
Nunes
(b. 1840 - d. 1917) PR
14 Sep 1893 - 4 Jan 1894 Guilherme
Read Cabral
(b. 1821 - d. 1897)
(=
William Harding Read Junior)
4 Jan 1894 - 13 Jul 1895 Jos� de Almeida de
�vila
(b. 1844 - d. 1902) Mil
13 Jul 1895 - 30 Jan 1896 Am�ncio Rodolfo
Pinheiro da Costa (b.
1840 - d. 1907)
Riberio
30 Jan 1896 - 4 Feb 1897 Ant�nio
Em�lio Severino de Avelar (b. 1843 -
d. 1915) PR
(1st time)
11 Feb 1897 - 20 Jul 1899 Miguel Ant�nio
da
Silveira
(b. 1852 - d. 1906) PP
20 Jul 1899 - 29 Jun 1900 Diogo de
Barcelos Machado Bettencourt (b. 1847 - d. 1922)
4 Jul 1900 - 18 Oct 1904
Jos� Bressane Leite Perry, visconde
de Leite Perry (1st
time)
(b. 1862 - d. 1930) PR
24 Nov 1904 - 4 Jul 1905 Ant�nio
Joaquim Dur�es
(b. 1857 - d. 1907) PR
4 Jul 1905 - 22 Mar 1906 Francisco
de Andrade Albuquerque de (b. 1856 - d.
1933) PP
Bettencourt
24 Mar 1906 - 17 May 1906 Jos� Bressane
Leite Perry, visconde
(s.a.)
PR
de Leite Perry (2nd time)
6 Jun 1906 - 13 Sep 1906
Manuel Ant�nio Lino
(b. 1865 - d. 1927)
13 Sep 1906 - 15 Feb 1908 Augusto da
Silva Carvalho Os�rio (b.
1878 - d. 1940)
14 Mar 1908 - 14 Jan 1909 Jo�o Joaquim
Andr� de Freitas (b. 1860 -
d. 1929) PR
14 Jan 1909 - 11 Jan 1910 Jos� Bressane
Leite Perry, visconde
(s.a.)
PR
de Leite Perry (3rd time)
11 Jan 1910 - 25 Jun 1910 Jo�o Ant�nio
Cochado e Martins (b. 1862 -
d. 1936) Mil
26 Jun 1910 - 5 Oct 1910 Ant�nio
Em�lio Severino de Avelar
(s.a.)
PR
(2nd time)
5 Oct 1910 - 1 Apr 1911
Jos� Machado de Serpa
(b. 1864 - d. 1945)
29 Apr 1911 - 18 Jan 1913 Augusto Goulart
de Medeiros (b. 1878
- d. 1953)
18 Jan 1913 - 4 Apr 1914 Edwiges
Goulart Prieto
(b. 1870 - d. 1916)
4 Apr 1914 - 6 Jan 1915
Jos� Charters d'Azevedo Lopes Vieira (b.
1880 - d. 1943)
6 Jan 1915 - 30 Jan 1915
Ant�nio Em�lio Severino de Avelar
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
8 Feb 1915 - 1 Mar
1915 Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos
1 Mar 1915 - 2 May
1915 Ant�nio Birne Pereira
(b. 1872 - d.
1945)
24 May 1915 - 4 Mar 1916 Ant�nio
Lu�s Serr�o de Carvalho (b.
1864 - d. 1946)
4 Mar 1916 - 12 Jul 1917
Fernando Joaquim Armas
(b. 1865 - d. 1931)
12 Dec 1917 - 27 May 1918 Manuel
Francisco Neves J�nior (b.
1870 - d. 1952) PU
(1st time)
27 May 1918 - 18 Feb 1919 Manuel C�mara
Velho Melo Cabral (b. 1869 - d.
1939)
18 Feb 1919 - 7 Jun 1919 Manuel
Francisco Neves J�nior
(s.a.)
PU
(2nd time)
7 Jun 1919 - 27 Mar 1920 Ant�nio
Xavier de Mesquita
27 Mar 1920 - 16 Oct 1920 Lu�s Caldeira
Mendes de Saraiva (b. 1890 -
d. 1976)
16 Oct 1920 - 2 Feb 1921 Manuel
Francisco Neves J�nior
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
2 Feb 1921 - 30 May 1921
Gabriel Baptista de Simas (1st time) (b. 1890 - d.
1966)
30 May 1921 - 25 Oct 1921 Manuel
Francisco Neves J�nior
(s.a.)
(4th time)
25 Oct 1921 - 3 Mar 1922 Gabriel
Baptista de Simas (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Mar 1922 - 16 Nov 1923
Carlos Alberto da Silva Pinheiro
20 Nov 1923 - 17 Dec 1923 Manuel
Francisco Neves J�nior
(s.a.)
(5th time)
5 Jan 1924 - 22 Aug 1924
�lvaro Soares de Melo
(b. 1879 - d. 1933) Mil
22 Aug 1924 - 11 Jun 1926 Joaquim
Gualberto da Cunha
Melo (b. 1892 - d.
19..)
1 Jul 1926 - 22 Jul 1926
Ant�nio de Mendon�a
Monteiro
22 Jul 1926 - 13 Nov 1926 Alberto Goulart
de Medeiros (b. 1863
- d. 1945) Mil
22 Sep 1926 - 7 Jan 1927 Fernando
Mouzinho de Albuquerque (b. 1874 -
d. 1942) Mil
(high commissioner)
17 Jan 1927 - 15 Aug 1927 Jos� Gomes
Soares de Mesquita (b. 1888
- d. 1960)
(also high commissioner)
15 Aug 1927 - 8 Jul 1931 Fernando da
Costa
8 Jul 1931 - Jan 1933
Augusto Pais da Gra�a de Almeida
(b. 1902 - d. 1976)
e
Silva
2 Jan 1933 - 2 Feb 1933
Alfredo Sampaio (interim)
(b. 1889 - d. 1966)
Mil
6 Feb 1933 - 15 Mar 1935
Jos� Malheiro Cardoso da Silva
22 May 1935 - 1 Jul 1936 Luciano
Machado Soares
(b. 1902 - d. 1977) UN
25 Aug 1936 - 3 Mar 1937 Jos�
Rodrigues de
Matos
(b. 1893 - d. 1988)
3 Mar 1937 - 17 Mar 1939
Jos� Rodrigues da Silva
Mendes (b.
1893 - d. 1988)
17 Mar 1939 - 12 Sep 1944 Ant�nio
Inoc�ncio Moreira de Carvalho (b. 1894 - d. 1944)
Mil
24 Nov 1944 - 16 May 1946 Pedro de Melo
Gon�alves Guimar�es (b. 1913 - d. 1969)
18 Sep 1946 - 18 May 1953 Manuel de Gusm�o
de Mascarenhas (b. 1901 - d. 1971)
Gaiv�o
12 Jun 1953 - 21 May 1973 Ant�nio de
Freitas
Pimentel
(b. 1901 - d. 1981) UN;1970 ANP
12 Jun 1973 - 25 Apr 1974 Ant�nio Sanches
Branco
(b. 1918 - d. 2006)
16 Aug 1974 - 14 Jan 1976 Rui Vasco de
Vasconcelos e S� Vaz (b. 1936 - d.
2023) Mil
Sub-Prefect of Ponta Delgada
Jun 1832 - 25 Jul 1833 Lu�s
Ribeiro de Sousa Saraiva
(b. 1788 - d. 1854)
1833
Ant�nio
Jos� de �vila
(b. 1807 - d. 1881)
(prevented from landing in Ponta Delgada)
1833
Jos� Caetano Dias do
Canto e Medeiros (b. 1786 - d. 1858)
(declined office)
1833
Felix Pereira de
Magalh�es
(b. 1794 - d. 1878)
(declined office)
Jul 1833 - 1 Dec 1835
part of Eastern Azores
Administrators general of Ponta Delgada
1 Dec 1835 - 8 Jun 1836
Jo�o
Ant�nio Ferreira de
Moura (s.a.)
(interim)
8 Jun 1836 - 13 Sep 1836
Jos� Joaquim Lopes de Lima
(b. 1797 - d.
1852)
13 Sep 1836 - 15 Jul 1837 Jacinto In�cio
Rodrigues da Silveira, (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
bar�o da Fonte Bela (interim)
15 Jul 1837 - 27 Aug 1838 Jo�o
Roiz de Pavia
27 Aug 1838 - 24 Dec 1839 Manuel de
Medeiros da Costa Canto e (b. 1816 - d. 1887)
Albuquerque, bar�o das Laranjeiras
30 Jun 1840 - 9 Sep 1841 Joaquim
Jos� de Azevedo
22 Oct 1841 - 26 Oct 1842 Ant�nio
Augusto de Melo e Castro
Civil governors of Ponta Delgada
(from 18 Nov 1895, Autonomous District of Ponta
Delgada)
26 Oct 1842 - 17 Apr 1844 Francisco Afonso da
Costa Chaves e (b. 1797 - d. 1863)
Melo
17 Apr 1844 - 30 May 1846 Ant�nio
Vicente Peixoto
(b. 1808 - d. 1866)
16 Jun 1846 - 10 Oct 1846 Andr�
Dias do Canto e Medeiros (b.
1814 - d. 1848)
10 Oct 1846 - 27 Jul 1847 Duarte Borges da
C�mara e Medeiros, (b. 1799 - d. 1872)
visconde
da Praia
8 Sep 1847 - 25 Jan 1849 Ant�nio
Borges da C�mara Medeiros (b.
1812 - d. 1879)
25 Jan 1849 - 4 Jul 1849 Pedro da
Costa de Sousa de Macedo
4 Jul 1849 - 3 May
1851 Eus�bio Dias Po�as Falc�o (1st time)
(b. 1814 - d. 1870) PH
(acting)
3 May 1851 - 11 Jan 1868
F�lix Borges de Medeiros
(b. 1819 - d. 1872)
11 Jan 1868 - 13 Sep 1869 Eus�bio Dias
Po�as Falc�o (2nd time) (s.a.)
PH
13 Sep 1869 - 11 Oct 1877 J�come de
Ornelas Bruges de �vila
Paim da C�mara, (from 1870) conde (b. 1833 - d.
1889) PH;1876 PP
da Vila da Praia da Vit�ria
11 Oct 1877 - 31 Jan 1878 Ant�nio da
Fonseca Carv�o Paim da (b. 1836 - d.
1907) PR
C�mara, bar�o do Ramalho
7 Feb 1878 - 30 Sep 1878
J�lio de Castilho, visconde
de (b. 1840 -
d. 1897)
Castilho
30 Sep 1878 - 19 Jun 1879 Gualdino
Alfredo Lobo de Gouveia (b.
c.1850 - d. ....)
Valadares (1st time)
19 Jun 1879 - 30 Mar 1881 Ver�ssimo de
Aguiar
Cabral
(b. 1825 - d. 1891)
30 Mar 1881 - 1 Jul 1886 Gualdino
Alfredo Lobo de Gouveia (s.a.)
Valadares (2nd time)
1 Jul 1886 - 13 Jan 1890
Narciso Maximiliano �lvares de
(b. 1846 - d. ....)
Carvalho
16 Jan 1890 - 2 Jun 1892 Carlos
Maria Gomes
Machado
(b. 1828 - d. 1901) PR
2 Jun 1892 - 16 Mar 1893
Bento Jos� Pinto da Mota
30 Nov 1893 - 15 Oct 1896 Ant�nio Moreira
da C�mara Coutinho (b. 1849 - d.
....)
Gusm�o
24 Dec 1896 - 4 Feb 1897 Alfredo
Vieira Coelho Peixoto Pinto de
Vilas Boas, conde de Pa�o Vieira (b.
1860 - d. 1926)
31 May 1897 - 23 Jun 1900 Francisco de
Andrade Albuquerque de (b. 1856 - d. 1933)
PP
Bettencourt
4 Jul 1900 - 31 Jan 1901
Jos� Coelho da Mota Prego (1st time) (b. 1857 - d.
1943)
31 Jan 1901 -
1903
Amadeu Augusto Pinto da Silva
(b. 18.. - d. 1903)
2 May 1904 - 24 Apr 1905
Jos� Coelho da Mota Prego (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1905 - 23 Mar 1906 Lu�s de
Bettencourt de Medeiros e (b.
1873 - d. 1939)
C�mara (1st time)
23 Mar 1906 - 17 May 1906 Francisco de
Melo Manuel Leite de (b. 1868 - d.
1924) PR
Arruda (1st time)
5 Jun 1906 - 29 Jun 1910
Lu�s de Bettencourt de Medeiros
e (s.a.)
C�mara (2nd time)
29 Jun 1910 - 5 Oct 1910 Francisco
de Melo Manuel Leite de (s.a.)
PR
Arruda (2nd time)
5 Oct 1910 - 29 Apr 1911
Francisco Lu�s Tavares (1st time) (b. 1886
- d. 1968)
4 May 1911 - 18 Jan 1913
Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos
23 Jan 1913 - 8 Mar 1913 Francisco
de Melo Manuel Leite de (s.a.)
Arruda (3rd time)
8 Mar 1913 - 4 Apr 1914
Jo�o Francisco de Sousa
4 Apr 1914 - 9 Jan
1915 Jacinto Gago Machado de Faria e Maia
(b. 1874 - d. 1925)
9 Jan 1915 - 5 Feb
1915 Adelino de Oliveira Pinto Furtado
9 Feb 1915 - 24 May 1915
Virg�lio Soares de
Albergaria
(b. 1858 - d. 1927)
(1st time)
24 May 1915 - 24 Jul 1915 Ant�nio Martins
Ferreira J�nior
24 Jul 1915 - 14 Oct 1915 Ant�nio Cabral
de Melo
14 Oct 1915 - 18 Dec 1915 Francisco
Manuel de Medeiros Correia
18 Dec 1915 - 21 Sep 1917 Ant�nio
Rodrigues
Salgado
(b. 1883 - d. 1933)
21 Sep 1917 - 13 Dec 1917 Ant�nio de
Medeiros Franco
(b. 1882 - d. 1959) PRP
13 Dec 1917 - 2 Feb 1918 Virg�lio
Soares de
Albergaria
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
2 Feb 1918 - 26 Nov 1918
M�rio Augusto Teixeira
26 Nov 1918 - 18 Feb 1919 Jo�o Correia da
Silva J�nior (b.
1878 - d. 1948)
Apr 1918 - Mar 1919
Jos� Augusto de Simas
Machado
(b. 1859 � d. 1927)
(High Commissioner of the Republic
for Azores and Madeira)
18 Feb 1919 - 11 Jul 1919 Francisco Lu�s
Tavares (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Jul 1919 - 11 Sep 1920 Virg�lio Saque
(b. 1884 - d. 1972) PRP
11 Sep 1920 - 16 Oct 1920 Jos� Borges
Medeiros da Horta
16 Oct 1920 - 2 Feb 1921 Francisco
Lu�s Tavares (3rd time)
(s.a.)
PLR
2 Feb 1921 - 30 May
1921 Duarte Amigo de Azevedo Feio
(b. 1867 - d. 1950)
30 May 1921 - 14 Nov 1921 Francisco Lu�s
Tavares (4th time)
(s.a.)
PLR
14 Nov 1921 - 16 Nov 1923 Hor�cio de
Medeiros Franco
(b. 1888 - d. 1952)
20 Nov 1923 - 5 Jan 1924 Francisco
Luis Tavares (5th time)
(s.a.)
5 Jan 1924 - 1
Nov 1924 Alfredo Adelino de S�
1 Nov 1924 - 28 Sep 1925
Jeremias da Costa
(b. 1880 - d.
1970) PRP
28 Sep 1925 - 28 Dec 1925 �lvaro Pais de
Ata�de
28 Dec 1925 - 11 Jun 1926 Jaime
Hintze
(b. 1879 - d. 1945)
1 Jul 1926 - 2 Jun
1928 Abel de Abreu Sotto-Mayor
(b. 1882 - d. 1967)
2 Jul 1928 - 17 Jun 1931
Gon�alo Lobo Pereira Caldas de Barros (b. 1887 - d.
1968) Mil
17 Jun 1931 - 15 Jul 1932 Ant�nio J�lio
Belo de Almeida (b. 1870 -
d. 1940)
15 Jul 1932 - 30 Oct 1933 Jaime Resende
do Couto
(b. 1900 - d. 1956)
30 Oct 1933 - 21 Dec 1934 Ant�nio Augusto
de Sousa
(b. 1883 - d. 19..)
2 Feb 1935 - 7
Aug 1935 Agostinho de Mesquita
8 Jul 1936 - 22 Nov
1937 Augusto Leite Mendes Moreira
(b. 1902 - d. 1982)
UN
(1st time)
22 Nov 1937 - 11 Jun 1940 Alberto de
Campos Vieira Neves
11 Jun 1940 - 9 Oct 1944 Rafael
S�rgio Vieira
(b. 1895 - d. 1946)
9 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1946
Augusto Leite Mendes Moreira
(s.a.)
UN
(2nd time)
2 Oct 1946 - 6 Nov 1954
Aniceto Ant�nio dos Santos
(b. 1895 - d. 1965) Mil
6 Nov 1954 - 26 Jan 1959 Carlos Jos�
Botelho de Paiva
21 May 1959 - 5 Apr 1968 Jos�
Jacinto de Vasconcelos Raposo (b.
1909 - d. 19..)
20 May 1968 - 21 Jul 1970 Luciano
Machado Soares
(b. 1902 - d. 1977) UN
21 Jul 1970 - 18 Feb
1974 Bas�lio Pina de Oliveira Seguro
(b. 19.. - d. 2008) Mil
1 Mar 1974 - 25 Apr
1974 Ant�nio Joaquim da Fonseca
21 Aug 1974 - 6 Jun 1975
Ant�nio Eduardo Borges Coutinho de
(b. 1923 - d. 2011) MDP
Medeiros
Special Delegates of the
Government of the Republic in the districts of
Funchal
(Madeira), Ponta Delgada and Angra do Hero�smo (Islas
Adjacentes from Feb 1931)
7 Oct 1927
- 8 Feb 1930 Feliciano
Ant�nio da Silva
Leal (b. 1876 - d.
1961) Mil
(1st time)
8 Feb 1930 - 2 May 1930 Fernando
Augusto Borges (1st time) (b. 1880 - d.
1949) Mil
(acting)
2 May 1930 - Apr 1931 Feliciano
Ant�nio da Silva
Leal (s.a.)
Mil
(2nd time)
Military Governors of the Azores (Governador
Militar dos A�ores)
Apr 1931 - 1938
Feliciano Ant�nio da Silva
Leal (s.a.)
Mil
1939 -
1942
Ernesto de Fran�a M. Machado
1942 -
1944
An�bal C�sar V. de Passos e Sousa
1944
Joaquim Maria Neto
1945 -
1946
�lvaro Teles Ferreira de Passos
1946 -
1947
�lvaro de P. Monteiro Ferreira
1948 -
1951
Ant�nio Germano S. dos Reis Jr.
1952 -
1954
An�bal Faro Viana
1955
Lu�s
G. da Silva Domingues
1956 - 1957
Joviano Lopes
1957 -
1959
D�rio Augusto Melo de Oliveira
1959 -
1960
Francisco Ant�nio das Chagas
1960 -
1963
Paulo L. Teixeira Viana
1963 - 1965
Ant�nio Maria Meira e Cruz
1965 -
1967
J.M. Ponte Rodrigos
1968 -
1969
Joaquim Jos� Teixeira
1969 -
1971
Manuel F. Peixoto da
Silva
1972 -
1974
Guilherme Teixeira Dias Costa
1974 -
1975
D�cio Braga Silva
1975 -
1976
Altino A. Pinto de Magalh�es
1976
Jos� Manuel F. Lemos
1976
Manuel Amorim de Sousa Menezes
Ministers of the Republic
27 Aug 1976 - 11 Sep
1978 Oct�vio de Carvalho Galv�o
de (b.
1919 - d. 1996)
Figueiredo
11 Sep 1978 - 28 Apr
1981 Henrique Afonso da Silva
Horta (b. 1920
- d. 2012)
28 Apr 1981 - 12 Jul
1986 Tom�s George Concei��o e
Silva (b. 1933 - d.
2021)
12 Jul 1986 - 20 Apr
1991 Vasco Joaquim Rocha
Vieira
(b. 1939 - d. 2025)
20 Apr 1991 - 7 Oct
1997 M�rio Fernando de Campos Pinto
(b. 1931)
7 Oct 1997 - 27 Mar
2003 Alberto Manuel de Sequeira Leal
(b. 1927 - d. 2022)
Sampaio da N�voa
27 Mar 2003 - 30 Mar
2006 �lvaro Jos� Brilhante
Laborinho (b. 1941 -
d. 2025)
L�cio
Representatives of the
Republic
30 Mar 2006 - 11 Apr 2011
Jos� Ant�nio
Mesquita
(b. 1936)
11 Apr 2011 -
Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves
Catarino (b. 1941)
President of the Regional Governing Junta
26 Aug 1975 - 8 Sep
1976 Altino Amadeu Pinto de
Magalh�es (b. 1922 - d.
2019) Mil
Presidents of the Regional Government
8 Sep 1976 - 20 Oct 1995
Jo�o Bosco Soares Mota
Amaral
(b.
1943)
PSD
20 Oct 1995 - 9 Nov 1996 Alberto
Rom�o Madruga da
Costa (b. 1940
- d. 2014) PSD
9 Nov 1996 - 6 Nov 2012
Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale C�sar
(b.
1956)
PS
6 Nov 2012 - 24 Nov 2020 Vasco
Il�dio Alves Cordeiro
(b. 1973)
PS
24 Nov 2020 -
Jos� Manuel Cabral Dias
Bolieiro (b.
1965)
PSD
Commander of the U.S. Naval Base Ponta Delgada
18 Jan 1918 - 1 Sep 1919 Herbert
Owar
Dunn
(b. 1857 - d. 1939)
Commanders of the Azores Expeditionary Force
(also in charge of the relations with the Allies)
1941 - 1942
Jos� Garcia Marques
Godinho
(b. 1881 - d. 1947)
194. -
1944
Jo�o Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa (b.
1883 - d. 1948)
1944 - 1945
�lvaro Teles Ferreira de Passos
(b. 1888 - d. 1967)
British Air Officer Commanding in the Azores
1943 -
1945
Sir Geoffrey Rhodes
Bromet
(b. 1891 - d. 1983)
Commanders of the U.S. Azores Reconnaissance
Party at Lajes Field
(subordinated to the British Commander to 1944)
11 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943 Arthur
F. Callahan (acting)
28 Dec 1943 - 24 Jan 1944 David A. Morris
(acting)
(b. 1895 - d. 1980)
24 Jan 1944 - 13 Oct 1944 Albert D. Smith
(b. 1887 - d. 1970)
13 Oct 1944 - 17 Dec 1944 Harry
L. Putnam (acting)
17 Dec 1944 - 19 Jun 1945 Sigmund
F. Landers
(b. 1891 - d.
1980)
19 Jun 1945 - 16 Dec 1945 George
O. Bond
(b. 1904 - d.
1970)
Territorial Disputes:
None.
Party abbreviations:
PS = Partido Socialista
(Socialist Party, social-democratic, est.1973); PSD
= Partido Social Democrata (Social Democrat Party,
center-right, est.1974); Mil =
Military;
- Former parties: ANP
= Ac��o Nacional Popular (National
People's Action, authoritarian, nationalist, former
UN, government party, Feb 1970-25 Apr 1974);
MDP = Movimento Democr�tico Portugu�s (Portuguese
Democratic Movement, socialist, named Comiss�o
Democr�tica Eleitoral [Democratic Electoral
Commission] 1969-Apr 1974, Sep 1969-28 Mar 1998,
merged into Bloco de Esquerda); PH
= Partido Hist�rico (Historical Party, liberal
progressive grouping, opposed PR, 1854-1876, then
PP); PLR = Partido
Liberal Republicano (Liberal Republican Party,
conservative, merger of PRE and Partio Unionista,
1919-1923, then PRN); PP =
Partido Progressista (Progressive Party, liberal,
merger of Hist and Ref, opposed PR, 1876-1910); PR
= Partido Regenerador (Regenerator Party,
constitutional monarchist, conservative, opposed by PH
& PP, 1851-1910); PRP
= Partido Rep�blicano Portugu�s (Portuguese Republican
Party, republican, anti-monarchist, after 1910
unofficially called Partido Democr�tico [Democratic
Party], 1870-1929); PU =
Partido da Uni�o Republicana (Party of the Republican
Union, center-right, 1912-1919); UN =
Uni�o Nacional (National Union, authoritarian,
nationalist, corporatist, integralist, political
organization of the Estado Novo, est.1930,
government party 11 Apr 1933-Feb 1970, renamed ANP)
Island Donatarias
Santa Maria
c.1461
Santa Maria e S�o Miguel a donataria.
10 Mar
1474
Santa Maria a donataria.
2 Aug
1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
4 Jun
1832 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
Commander and captain
1439 - c.1461
Gon�alo Velho Cabral
(b. c.1400 - d. c.1461)
Captains-donatary (capit�o
do donat�rio da ilha de Santa Maria)
c.1461 - 1499
Jo�o Soares de Albergaria
(b. c.1415 - d. 1499)
(confirmed and S�o Miguel separated
10 Mar 1474)
1499 - 2 Jan
1571
Jo�o Soares de Sousa
(b. 14.. - d. 1571)
1500? - 1522
Jo�o de Marv�o -Regent
2 Jan 1571 - 1580
Pedro Soares de
Sousa
1580 -
1594
Jer�nimo Coutinho
(b. c.1545
- d. ....)
1594 - 1626
Br�s Soares de Sousa
(b. c.1570 - d. 1634)
26 Jun 1626 - 1634
Pedro Soares
de Sousa
1634 - 1649
Br�s Soares
de Sousa II
1649 - 1654?
Branca de Gama
1654 - 12 Dec
1657
Jo�o Falc�o de Sousa
(d. 1657)
1657 - 1667
Joana de Meneses (f)
23 May 1667 - 15 Aug 1720 Lu�s
de Vasconcelos e
Sousa,
(b. 1636 - d. 1720)
conde de Castelho Melhor
15 Aug 1720 - 2 Feb 1734 Afonso
Caminha de Vasconcelos e (b. 1664 -
d. 1734)
Sousa Cunha Camara Faro e Veiga,
conde de Castelho Melhor
2 Feb 1734 - 20 Apr 1769
Jos� de Vasconcelos e Sousa
(b. 1706 - d. 1769)
Caminha C�mara Faro e Veiga,
conde de Castelho Melhor
20 Apr 1769 - 6 Jun 1801 Ant�nio Jos�
de Vasconcelos e Sousa (b. 1738 - d. 1801)
C�mara Caminha Faro e Veiga,
conde de Calheta e marqu�s de
Castelho Melhor
6 Jun 1801 - 27 Aug 1827
Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa da
(b. 1783 - d. 1827)
C�mara Caminha Faro e
Veiga,
conde de Calheta e marqu�s
de
Castelho Melhor
27 Aug 1827 - 4 Jun 1832
Ant�nio de Vasconcelos e Sousa da
(b. 1816 - d. 1858)
C�mara Caminha Faro e
Veiga,
conde de Calheta e marqu�s de
Castelho Melhor
S�o Miguel
10 Mar
1474
S�o Miguel a donataria.
2 Aug
1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
13 Feb
1820
Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
2 Mar 1821 - Feb/Jul 1822 Liberal revolt on Sao
Miguel takes power and proclaims its
separation from the Captaincy-general of the Azores (but
not
from
Portugal).
Captains-donatary (capit�o
donat�rio da Ilha de S�o Miguel)
10 Mar 1474 - 27 Nov 1497 Rui
Gon�alves da C�mara
I
(b. c.1430 - d. 1497)
27 Nov 1497 -
1502
Jo�o Rodrigues da
C�mara
(b. c.1460 - d. 1502)
1502 - 20 Oct
1535 Rui
Gon�alves da C�mara
II
(b. c.1490 - d. 1535)
1502 -
1504
Pedro Rodrigues da C�mara -Regent
20 Oct 1535 - 13 Mar 1578 Manuel da
C�mara
(b. 1504 - d. 1578)
13 Mar 1578 - 1601
Rui Gon�alves
da C�mara
III,
(b. c.1550 - d. c.1601)
(from
23 Jun 1583) conde da Vila
Franca
25 Oct 1601 -
1619
Manuel Lu�s Baltasar da
C�mara, (b. c.1570 -
d. 1619)
conde da Vila Franca
1619 - 30 Apr
1662
Rodrigo da
C�mara,
(b. 1594 - d. 1662)
conde de Vila Franca
15 Sep 1662 - 29 Dec 1673 Manuel
Lu�s Baltasar da
C�mara, (b. 1630 -
d. 1673)
conde de Vila Franca e
conde da Ribeira Grande
29 Dec 1673 - 7 Mar 1724
Jos� Rodrigo da
C�mara,
(b. 1665 - d. 1724)
conde de Ribeira Grande
7 Mar 1724 - 24 Jun 1757
Jos� da C�mara
Teles,
(b. 1712 - d. 1757)
conde de Ribeira Grande
24 Jun 1757 - 2 Aug 1766
Joana Tom�sia da C�mara,
(b. 1730 - d. 1782)
condessa da Ribeira Grande
2 Aug 1766 - 26 Mar 1802
Lu�s Ant�nio Jos� Maria da C�mara, (b. 1754
- d. 1802)
conde da Ribeira Grande
26 Mar 1802 - 13 Feb 1820 Jos�
Maria Gon�alves Zarco da C�mara, (b. 1784 - d. 1820)
conde da Ribeira Grande
2 Mar 1821 - Feb/Jul 1822 Ant�nio
Francisco de Chaves e Melo (b. 1797 -
d. 1863)
(chairman of General Interim Government
of the
Island of S�o Miguel, in rebellion)
Praia (Terceira) and Angra
1450
Ilha de Jesus Cristo donataria.
1456
First settlers came to Terceira.
17 Feb
1474
Divided into Praia and Angra (S�o Jorge) donatarias.
1641 - 1642
Angra and Angra confiscated
by the crown.
1655 - 1663
Angra confiscated by the
crown.
1712 - 1715
Angra confiscated by the crown.
1749
Praia incorporated into the Crown possessions.
2 Aug
1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
12 Jan
1837
Angra renamed Angra do Hero�smo by Queen Maria II da
Gl�ria.
Captains-donatary of Ilha de Jesus Cristo
(Terceira)
1450 -
1466
J�como de Bruges (= Jacob van Brugge)
1466 -
1474
�lvaro Martins Homem I
(d. c.1483)
Captains-donatary of Praia
(capit�o donat�rio da Praia)
17 Feb 1474 -
1483
�lvaro Martins Homem I
(s.a.)
1483 -
1520
Ant�o Martins Homem
(d. 1531)
1520 - 1535
�lvaro Martins Homem II
(d. 1535)
1535 - 9 Jun
1577
Ant�o Martins da C�mara
(b. 1533 - d. 1577)
1577 - 1655
the
Captains-donatary of Angra
16 Jul 1663 - 28 Apr 1664
Francisco de Ornelas da C�mara
(b. 1606 - d. 1664)
1665 -
1712
Br�s de Ornelas
(b. 16.. - d.
1712)
1712 -
1715
Vacant
1715 -
1749
Lu�s Ant�nio de Basto Baharem
Captains-donatary of Angra (capit�o
donat�rio
de Angra)
2 Apr 1474 - 2 Jul
1496 Jo�o Vaz Corte Real
(b. c.1420 -
d. 1496)
2 Jul 1496 - 3 Aug
1538 Vasco Annes Corte Real I
(b. c.1445 - d. 1538)
3 Aug 1538 - 21 Mar 1577
Manuel Corte Real
(b. 1510 - d. 1577)
21 Mar 1577 - Nov
1581 Vasco Annes Corte Real II
(b. 1530 - d.
1581?)
Nov 1581 - 26 Jun
1610 Margarida Corte Real (f)
(b. 1570
- d. 1610)
- jointly with -
Nov 1581 - 26 Dec
1613 Crist�v�o de Moura y
Tavara (b.
1538 - d. 1613)
conde (from 29 Jan 1600, marqu�s)
de Castelo Rodrigo
26 Dec 1613 - 1641
Manuel de
Moura Corte Real, (b.
1590 - d. 1651)
marqu�s de Castelo Rodrigo
1641 - 1642
Vacant
1642 - 4 Aug 1649
Afonso de Portugal, conde de
(b. 1591 - d. 1649)
Vimioso (from 1643) e marqu�s de
Aguiar
4 Aug 1649 - Apr
1655 Lu�s de Portugal, conde de
Vimioso (b. 1620 - d. 1655)
e marqu�s de Aguiar
Graciosa
1470
Praia da Graciosa a donataria.
1475 -
1485
Santa Cruz da Graciosa a
donataria in northern part of island.
1485
Graciosa a donataria.
18 Feb
1737
Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
2 Aug
1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
Captains-donatary (capit�o donat�rio da
ilha Graciosa)
1470 -
c.1475
Duarte Barreto do Couto
(d. c.1475)
c.1475 -
1485
Vasco Gil Sodr�
(b. c.1450 -
d. c.1500)
1475 - 1497
Pedro Correia da Cunha
(b. 1440 - d. 1497)
(of Santa Cruz da Graciosa to 1485)
1499 - 1507
Duarte Correia da Cunha
(d. 1507)
28 Sep 1507 - 1510
Fern�o Coutinho I
(d.
1510)
3 Aug 1510 - 1524
�lvaro Coutinho I
26 Feb 1524 - 1552
�lvaro Coutinho II
6 Apr 1552 - 1573
Fernando Coutinho II
20 Apr 1573 - 1593 Fernando
Coutinho III
(d. 1593)
4 Sep 1593 - 1626
Fernando Coutinho IV
(d.
1626)
7 Jul 1626 - 1666
Fernando Coutinho
V
(d. 1666)
7 Apr 1666 - 1674
Lu�s Mendes de Elvas
8 May 1674 - 1703 Pedro
Sanches Farinha e Baena
(b. 16.. - d. 1703)
4 Aug 1703 - 1708
Manuel Jos� Sanches Baena
Farinha
6 Dec 1708 - 19 Sep 1730 Rodrigo
Sanches Farinha e Baena
(b. 1653 - d. 1730)
19 Sep 1730 - 18 Feb 1737 Pedro Sanches
Farinha de Baena (b.
1712 - d. 1737)
Faial e Pico
1460
Pico a donataria.
21 Feb
1468
Faial a donataria.
29 Dec
1482
Faial and Pico a donataria.
1642 -
1680
Confiscated by the crown.
18 Feb
1737
Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
2 Aug
1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
Captains-donatary (from 29 Dec 1482, capit�o
donat�rio
da ilha do Faial e da ilha do Pico)
1460 - 29 Dec
1482
�lvaro de Ornelas (in Pico)
21 Feb 1468 -
1495
Joss de Utra (= Jobst van H�rter)
(b. 1430? - d. 1500?)
(Faial only to 29 Dec 1482)
1495 -
1549
Jo�o Dutra
1549 -
1553
Manuel de Utra Corte
Real
(d. 1553)
1553 -
1573
�lvaro de Castro
1573 -
1582
Francisco de Mascarenhas
1582 -
1614
Jer�nimo de Utra Corte
Real
(d. 1614)
1614 -
1642
Manuel de Moura Corte Real,
(b. 1590 - d. 1651)
marqu�s de Castelo Rodrigo
1642 -
1680
Vacant
1680 -
1730
Rodrigo Sanches Farinha e
Baena (b. 1653 - d.
1730)
1730 - 1737
Pedro Sanches Farinha de
Baena (b. 1712
- d. 1737)
1825 � 1832
Manuel de Arriaga Pereira
(honrary captain-donatary)
Flores e Corvo
8 Jan
1453
Corvo (still unsettled) is donated to Afonso de
Bragan�a, his
uncle,
by the king (Corvo donataria).
28 Jan
1475
Flores e Corvo donataria is established, but
the
islands remain settled.
1 Mar
1504
Flores e Corvo donataria re-established.
1570 - 1593
Administered by the Ordem de Cristo
(Order of Christ).
1759 -
1814
Confiscated by the crown.
2 Aug
1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
1832 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
Captains
1452 - 1472?
Diogo
de Teive
1472? -
1475
Jo�o de Teive
Captains-donatary (capit�o
donat�rio da ilha do
Flores e da ilha do
Corvo)
28 Jan 1475 - 1 Apr 1477 Fern�o Teles de
Meneses
(b. 1431 - d. 1477)
1 Apr 1477 - 1504
Maria de
Vilhena
(f)
(b. c.1430 - d ....)
+ Rui
Teles
1 Mar 1504 - 1526
Jo�o da
Fonseca
6 Aug 1526 - 1548
P�ro
da Fonseca
12 Jan 1548 - 1593
Gon�alo de Sousa da Fonseca
17 Sep 1593 - 1608
Francisco de Mascarenhas,
(b. c.1530 - d. 1608)
conde de Vila da Horta e
conde de Santa Cruz
3 Jan 1608 -
1650 Martinho
de Mascarenhas,
(b. 1570 - d. 16..)
conde de Santa Cruz
15 Jun 1650 - 1657
Brites de Mascarenhas (f)
(b. c.1610 -
d. 1657)
+ Jo�o de
Mascarenhas,
(b. c.1600 - d. 1668)
conde de Santa Cruz
30 Jun 1657 - 1676
Martinho de Mascarenhas,
(b. c.1630 - d. 1676)
conde de Santa Cruz
1676 - 1692
Jo�o de
Mascarenhas,
(b. 1650 - d. 1691)
conde de Santa Cruz e
marqu�s de Gouveia
(confirmed
4 Apr 1682)
2 Jul 1692 - 1723
Martinho de
Mascarenhas,
(b. 1681 - d. 1723)
conde de Santa Cruz e
marqu�s de Gouveia
1723 - 13 Jan
1759
Jos� de Mascarenhas da Silva
e (b. 1708 - d.
1759)
Lencastre, marqu�s de Gouveia,
conde de Santa Cruz e duque
de Aveiro
1759 - 1815
Vacant
1815 -
1832
Pedro Jos�
Caupers
(b. 1761 - d. 1834)
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