| Tenure
|
Incumbent
|
Notes
|
| 1680 to ???? |
Jacinto de Figueiredo e Abreu, Governor |
Portuguese governor of São Tomé and Príncipe authorized to erect a fort in the city of Hweda
|
| 17?? to ???? |
Abandoned
|
| 1721 to 1730 |
Re-foundation of the fort as São João Baptista de Ajudá, under the Portuguese colony of Brazil
|
| 1721 to 1730 |
Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor |
|
| 1730 |
Under Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde |
|
| 1730 to 1732 |
Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor |
|
| 17?? to 1736 |
Manuel Correia da Cunha, Governor |
|
| 17?? to 1743 |
João Basílio, Governor |
|
| 17?? to 1746 |
Martinho de Cunha Barbosa, interim Governor |
|
| 1746 to 1746 |
Francisco Nunes Pereira, Governor |
Usurper
|
| 1746 to 1746 |
Francisco do Espírito Santo, interim Governor |
|
| 1746 to 17?? |
Filipe José de Gouveia, Governor |
|
| 17?? to 1752 |
…, Governor |
|
| 1752 to 1759 |
Teodósio Rodrigues da Costa, Governor |
|
| 1759 to 1760 |
António Nunes de Gouveia, interim Governor |
|
| 1760 to 17?? |
Félix José de Gouveia, Governor |
|
| 17?? to 1790 |
…, Governor |
|
| 1790 to 1797 |
Francisco António da Fonseca e Aragão |
|
| April 1797 to ???? |
Manuel Bastos Varela Pinto Pacheco |
|
| ???? to 1817 |
…, Governor |
|
| 1817 to 18?? |
Francisco Félix de Sousa, Governor |
1st Term
|
| 1844 to 1845 |
Joaquim José Libânio, Governor |
|
| 1839 to 1845 |
…, Governor |
|
| 1845 to 1847/1848 |
Francisco Félix de Sousa, Governor |
2nd Term
|
| 1849 to 18?? |
Quaresma, Governor |
|
| 1851 to 1851 |
Alferes Elerpech, Governor |
|
| 1851 to 8 May 1858 |
Isidoro Félix de Sousa, subordinate Governor |
|
| 1852 to 1853 |
João Justino da Costa, Governor |
|
| 1853 to 1858 |
José Pinheiro de Sousa, Governor |
|
| 1858 to 1858 |
Francisco Félix de Sousa, Governor |
3rd Term
|
| 1858 to 1861 |
Abandoned
|
| 1861 to 1865 |
Ceded to French missionaries by the rulers of Dahomey
|
| 23 February 1865 |
Reclaimed by Portugal, under the governors of São Tomé and Príncipe
|
| 1865 to 1868 |
José Maria Borges de Sequeira, Governor |
|
| 1868 to 1869 |
Vital de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos Côrte-Real do Canto, Governor |
|
| 1869 to ?1872 |
Abandoned
|
| ?1872 to 187? |
António Joaquim, Governor |
|
| 187? to 1878 |
Augusto Frutuoso de Figueiredo de Barros, Governor |
|
| 1878 to 1879 |
Lourenço da Rocha, Governor |
|
| 1879 to 1881 |
Lieutenant António José Machado, Governor |
|
| 1881 to 1883 |
…, Governor |
|
| 1883 to 1885 |
Lieutenant Fernando Gonçalves, Governor |
|
| 1885 to 1885 |
Bernardo Francisco Luís da Cruz, Governor |
|
| 1885 to 1885 |
Lieutenant José Gomes de Sousa, Governor |
|
| 1885 to 1886 |
Lieutenant Francisco Rego, Governor |
|
| 1886 to 1887 |
Major António Domingues Cortez da Silva Curado, Governor |
|
| 1887 to 1888 |
Manuel Francisco Rodrigues Guimarães, Governor |
|
| 1888 to 1888 |
Captain Vicente da Rosa Rolim, Governor |
1st Term
|
| 1888 to 1890 |
Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos, Governor |
1st Term
|
| 1890 to 1890 |
Carolino Acácio Cordeiro, Governor |
|
| 1890 to 1893 |
Captain Vicente da Rosa Rolim |
2nd Term
|
| 1893 to 189? |
Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos, Governor |
2nd Term
|
| 1897 to 1898 |
Lieutenant …Campos, Governor |
|
| 1898 to ???? |
Lieutenant … Nunes de Aguiar, Governor |
|
| 1900 to 19?? |
Lieutenant António Mendes da Costa, Governor |
|
| 19?? to 1905 |
Lieutenant João de Deus Pires, Governor |
|
| 1905 to 1906 |
Joaquim Luís de Carvalho, Governor |
|
| 1906 to 1909 |
…, Governor |
|
| 1909 to 1911 |
Sebastião Lousada, Governor |
|
| 1911 to 1911 |
Cândido João de Barros, Governor |
|
| 1911 to 1912 |
Guilherme Spínola de Melo, Governor |
|
| 1912 to 19?? |
…, Governor |
|
| 19?? to 1928 |
Lieutenant Viriato Henrique dos Anjos Garcez, Governor |
|
| 1928 to 1931 |
Captain Joaquim Sinel de Cordes, Governor |
|
| 1932 to 1938 |
Captain Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor |
1st Term
|
| 1938 to 1941 |
Captain José Pimenta Segurado de Avelar Machado, Governor |
|
| 1941 to 1942 |
Jean-Louis Bourjac, Governor |
Self-proclaimed; not recognized by Portugal
|
| 1942 to 1944 |
José de Vasconcelos e Sá Guerreiro Nuno, interim Governor |
1st Term
|
| 1944 to 1946 |
Captain Carlos Alberto de Serpa Soares, Governor |
|
| 1946 to 1946 |
José de Vasconcelos e Sá Guerreiro Nuno, Governor |
2nd Term
|
| 1946 to 1951 |
Captain Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor |
2nd Term
|
| 1951 to 1954 |
António João Teles Pereira de Vasconcelos, Administrator |
|
| 1954 to 1956 |
Ernesto António Pereira Enes, Administrator |
|
| 1956 to 1 August 1961 |
António Agostinho Saraiva Borges, Intendant |
|
| 1 August 1961 |
Annexed by Dahomey
|
| 1975 |
Annexation gains Portuguese recognition
|
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