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List of colonial governors of Cape Verde

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{{History of Cape Verde}}
[[File:Cape Verde-CIA WFB Map.png|thumb|Map of Cape Verde.]]
[[File:Lesser coat of arms of Portuguese Cape Verde.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of Portuguese Cape Verde]]

The [[List of islands of Cape Verde|islands]] of [[Cape Verde]] were [[Uninhabited island|uninhabited]] when discovered and claimed by [[Portugal]] in 1456. A [[Portuguese Cape Verde|Portuguese colony]] was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single [[crown colony]] in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an [[overseas province]] of Portugal. Autonomy was granted in 1974 and independence was granted on 5 July 1975.

==List==
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)

===[[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]]===
(''later'' northern Santiago)

{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|29 January 1462 to 1473||'''[[Diogo Afonso]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1473 to 1505||'''[[Rodrigo Afonso]]''', Captain||
|}

===[[Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde|Ribeira Grande]]===
(southern Santiago)

{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|19 September 1462 to 1496||'''[[António de Noli]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|8 April 1497 to ????||'''[[Branca de Aguiar]]''', Captain||♀
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1508 to 15??||'''[[Sebastião Álvares de Landim]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1515 to 151?||'''[[Fernão Mendes]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1517 to 15??||'''[[João Alemão]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|16 August 1536 to 15??||'''[[João Correia de Souza]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1544 to 15??||'''[[António Correia de Souza]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1555 (''or ?''1559) to 15??||'''[[Manuel de Andrade (captain)|Manuel de Andrade]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|22 December 1562 to ????||'''[[Constantino of Braganza|Constantino de Bragança]]''', Captain||
|}

===[[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Boa Vista]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|29 October 1497 to 3 January 1505||'''[[Rodrigo Afonso]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|3 January 1505 to 15??||'''[[Pêro Correia]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|15?? to 1542||'''[[António Correia (colonial governor of Cape Verde)|António Correia]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1542 to 15??||'''[[Maria Correia]]''', Captain||♀
|}

===Alcatrazes Islands===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1484 to ????||'''[[João de Santarém]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1504 to 150?||'''[[Afonso Ribeiro]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1508 to 15??||'''[[Rodrigi Varela]]''', Captain||
|}

===[[Praia]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1526 to 1527||'''[[André Rodrigues dos Mosquitos]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1527 to 15??||'''[[Gomes Balieiro]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|21 January 1570 to ????||'''[[Manuel Correia (captain)|Manuel Correia]]''', Captain||
|}

===[[Fogo, Cape Verde|Fogo]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1528 to 1529||'''[[João de Meneses Vasconcellos, conde de Penela]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|20 April 1528 to 15??||'''[[Afonso de Meneses, conde de Penela]]''', Captain||
|}

===[[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]], [[Santa Luzia, Cape Verde|Santa Luzia]] and [[Brava, Cape Verde|Brava]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|22 October 1542 to 15??||'''[[Luís Pereira (captain)|Luís Pereira]]''', Captain||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|12 January 1553 to 15??||'''[[Martinho Pereira]]''', Captain||
|}

===[[Santo Antão, Cape Verde|Santo Antão]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|13 January 1548 to 15??||'''[[Gonçalo de Sousa]]''', Captain||
|}

===The Islands of [[Portuguese Cape Verde|Cape Verde]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=left
! width="20%"|Tenure
! width="30%"|Incumbent
! width="20%"|Notes
|- valign=top
|colspan="3"|'''Portuguese suzerainty'''
|- valign=top
|1462||colspan="2"|''Portuguese settlement''
|- valign=top
|colspan="3"|'''[[Corregedor]] (Magistrates)'''
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1481 to ????||'''[[Pêro Lourenço]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|???? to 1517||'''[[Pêro de Guimarães]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1517 to 1521||'''[[João Alemão]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1521 to 1527||'''[[Leonis Correia]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|28 August 1527 to 1534||'''[[Gaspar Correia]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1534 to 1536||'''[[Estêvão de Lagos]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1536 to 1541||'''[[André Feio]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1539 to 1541||'''[[Simão Afonso]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1541 to 1544||'''[[Pêro Moniz]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1544 to 1547||'''[[António Ferreira (governor)|António Ferreira]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1547 to 1550||'''[[Pêro de Araujo]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1550 to 1556||'''[[Jorge Pimentel]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1556 to 1559||'''[[Manuel de Andrade (governor)|Manuel de Andrade]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1559 to 1560||'''[[Luís Martins de Evangelho]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1560 to 1562||'''[[Gregório Martins Caminha]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1562 to 1571||'''[[Bernardo de Alpoim]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1571 to 1577||'''[[António Velho Tinoco]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1577 to 1579||'''[[Cristóvão Soares de Mello]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1579 to 1584||'''[[Diogo Dias Magro]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1584 to 1588||'''[[Gaspar de Andrade]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1588 to 1588||'''[[Amador Gomes Raposo]]''', Corregedor||
|- valign=top
|colspan="3"|'''[[Governors]]'''
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1588 to 1591||'''[[Duarte Lobo da Gama]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1591 to 1595||'''[[Brás Soares de Melo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1597 to 1603||'''[[Fancisco Lobo da Gama]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1603 to 1606||'''[[Fernão de Mesquita de Brito]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1606 to 1611||'''[[Francisco Correia da Silva]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1611 to 1614||'''[[Francisco Martins de Sequeira]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1614 to 1618||'''[[Nicolau de Castilho]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1618 to 1622||'''[[Francisco de Moura]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1622 to 1622||'''[[Francisco de Moura Rolim]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1622 to 1624||'''[[Manuel Afonso de Guerra]]''', acting Governor ||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1624 to 1628||'''[[Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1628 to 1632||'''[[João Pereira Corte-Real]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1632 to 1636||'''[[Cristóvão de Cabral]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1636 to 1639||'''[[Jorge de Castilho]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1639 to 1640||'''[[Jerónimo de Cavalcanti e Albuquerque]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1640 to 1645||'''[[João Serrão da Cunha]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1645 to 1646||'''[[Lourenço Garro]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1646 to 1648||'''[[Jorge de Araújo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1648 to 1648||'''[[Roque de Barros do Rêgo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1648 to 1649||'''''Council of Government'''''||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|12 June 1649 to 9 October 1650||'''[[Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1650 to 1651||'''[[Pedro Semedo Cardoso]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1651 to 1653||'''[[Jorge de Mesquita Castelo Branco]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1563 to 1658||'''[[Pedro Ferreira Barreto]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1558 to 1663||'''[[Francisco de Figueroa (governor)|Francisco de Figueroa]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1663 to 1667||'''[[António Galvão (governor)|Antõnio Galvao]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1667 to 1671||'''[[Manuel da Costa Pessoa]]''', Governor||1st Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1671 to 1676||'''[[Manuel Pacheco de Melo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|30 April 1676 to 1676||'''[[João Cardoso Pássaro]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1676 to 1678||'''''Council of Government'''''||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|15 March 1678 to 1683||'''[[Manuel da Costa Pessoa]]''', Governor||2nd Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1681 to 1687||'''[[Inácio de Franca Barbosa]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1687 to 1688||'''[[Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1688 to 1690||'''[[Vitoriano da Costa]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1690 to 1691||'''[[Digo Ramires Esquível]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1691 to 1692||'''''Council of Government'''''||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1692 to 1696||'''[[Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1696 to 7 June 1696||'''[[António Gomes Mena]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1696 to 1698||'''''Council of Government'''''||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|4 November 1698 to 1702||'''[[António Salgado]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|10 February 1702 to 1702||'''[[Jorge Cotrim de Mello]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|12 April 1702 to 1707||'''[[Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|11 May 1707 to 1710||'''[[Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|12 February 1710 to 1715||'''[[José Pinheiro da Câmara]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|27 March 1715 to 20 June 1715||'''[[Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|16 December 1715 to 1719||'''[[Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|9 April 1719 to 1720||'''[[Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|11 March 1720 to 4 January 1725||'''[[António Vieira (governor)|António Vieira]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|24 January 1726 to 1728||'''[[Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|10 July 1728 to 1733||'''[[Francisco de Oliveira Grans]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1733 to 1737||'''[[Bento Gomes Coelho]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1 May 1736 to 7 August 1738||'''[[José da Fonseca Barbosa]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1738 to 1741||'''''Chamber Senate'''''||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|10 June 1741 to 1751||'''[[João Zuzarte de Santa Maria]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|6 March 1751 to 1751||'''[[António José d'Eça e Faria]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1752 to 1756||'''[[Luís António da Cunha d'Eça]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1756 to 1761||'''[[Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|5 March 1761 to 1761||'''[[Marcelino Pereira de Ávila]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1761 to 1764||'''[[António de Barros Bezerra]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1764 to 1766||'''[[Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1766 to 1767||'''[[João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|25 November 1768 to 1777||'''[[Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1777 to 1781||'''[[António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|19 February 1781 to 1782||'''[[Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1782 to 1783||'''[[Francisco de São Simão]]''', acting Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|23 August 1784 to 1789||'''[[António Machado de Faria e Maia]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|2 April 1789 to 1793||'''[[Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|27 September 1793 to 10 September 1795||'''[[José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|3 August 1796 to 29 November 1802||'''[[Marcelino António Bastos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|12 May 1803 to 1818||'''[[António Coutinho de Lencastre]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|6 February 1818 to 1822||'''[[António Pusich]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|9 May 1822 to 1826||'''[[João da Matta Chapuzet]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|7 September 1826 to 1830||'''[[Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1830 to 1831||'''[[Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1831 to 1834||'''[[José Coutinho de Lencastre]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1834 to 1835||'''[[Manuel António Martins]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1835 to 1836||'''[[Joaquim Pereira Marinho]]''', Governor||1st Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1836 to 1837||'''[[Domingos Correia Arouca]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1837 to 1839||'''[[Joaquim Pereira Marinho]]''', Governor||2nd Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1839 to 1842||'''[[João de Fontes Pereira de Melo]]''', Governor||1st Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|5 April 1842 to 1845||'''[[Francisco de Paula Bastos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|26 June 1845 to 1847||'''[[José Miguel de Noronha]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|28 July 1847 to 1851||'''[[João de Fontes Pereira de Melo]]''', Governor||2nd Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|25 June 1851 to 1854||'''[[Fortunato José Barreiros]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|6 April 1854 to 1857||'''[[António Maria Barreiros Arrobas]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|25 November 1857 to 1860||'''[[Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros Meneses]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1860 to 1860||'''[[Januário Correia de Almeida]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|6 September 1860 to 1863||'''[[Carlos Joaquim Franco]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1863 to 1869||'''[[José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|29 March 1869 to 26 February 1876||'''[[Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque]]''', Governor||Some sources stated that he began his term on 11 February 1869
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1877 to 1877||'''[[G.C. Lopes de Macedo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1878 to 1878 ||'''[[Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1879 to 1881||'''[[António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1882 to 1886||'''[[João Paes de Vasconcellos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1887 to 1889||'''[[João Cesário de Lacerda]]''', Governor||1st Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1890 to 1890||'''[[Augusto Cesário Carlos de Carvalho]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1891 to 1893||'''[[José Guedes Brandão de Melo]]''', Governor ||1st Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1893 to 1894||'''[[Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes]]''', Governor ||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1893 to 1896||'''[[José Guedes Brandão de Melo]]''', Governor ||2nd Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1897 to 1897||'''[[Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1898 to 1900||'''[[João Cesário de Lacerda]]''', Governor||2nd Term
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1901 to 1902||'''[[Arnaldo de Novalis Guedes de Rebelo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1902 to 1903||'''[[Francisco de Paula Cid]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1903 to 1904||'''[[António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1905 to 1907||'''[[Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1907 to 1909||'''[[Bernardo António da Costa de Macedo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1909 to 1910||'''[[Martinho Pinto de Queirós Montenegro]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1910 to 1911||'''[[António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1911 to 1911||'''[[Artur Marinha de Campos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1911 to 1915||'''[[Joaquím Pedro Vieira Índice Bicker]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1915 to 1918||'''[[Abel Fontoura da Costa]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1918 to 1919||'''[[Teófilo Duarte]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1919 to 1921||'''[[Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1921 to 1922||'''[[Filipe Carlos Dias de Carvalho]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1924 to 1926||'''[[Júlio Henriques d'Abreu]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1927 to 1927||'''[[João de Almeida]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1927 to 1931||'''[[António Álvares Guedes Vaz]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1931 to 1941||'''[[Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1941 to 1943||'''[[José Diogo Ferreira Martins]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1943 to 1949||'''[[João de Figueiredo]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1950 to 1953||'''[[Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1953 to 1957||'''[[Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1957 to 1958||'''[[António Augusto Peixoto Correia]]''', acting Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1958 to 1962||'''[[Silvino Silvério Marques]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|1963 to 1969||'''[[Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|13 March 1969 to 1974||'''[[António Lopes dos Santos]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|March 1974 to 25 April 1974||'''[[Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|May 1974 to July 1974||'''[[Sérgio Fonseca (governor)|Sérgio Fonseca]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|6 August 1974 to 21 September 1974||'''[[Henrique da Silva Horta]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|21 September 1974 to ''30 December 1974''||'''[[Vicente Almeida d'Eça]]''', Governor||
|- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec"
|''30 December 1974'' to 5 July 1975||'''[[Vicente Almeida d'Eça]]''', High Commissioner||
|- valign=top
|5 July 1975||colspan="2"|''Independence as '''[[Cape Verde|Republic of Cape Verde]]'''''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/06/archives/cape-verde-islands-gain-freedom-from-portugal.html |title=Cape Verde Islands Gain Freedom From Portugal |work=The New York Times |author=Thomas A. Johnson |date=6 July 1975 |access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref>
|}

For continuation after independence, ''see:'' [[List of presidents of Cape Verde]]

==See also==
* [[Politics of Cape Verde]]
* [[List of presidents of Cape Verde]]
* [[List of prime ministers of Cape Verde]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cape_Verde.html World Statesmen – Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)]

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[[File:Afrička kraljevska tkanina naroda Fon (Benin).jpg|thumb|300px|Tapestry depicting several kings of Dahomey and their regnal years.]]
The '''King of Dahomey''' (''Ahosu'' in the [[Fon language]]) was the ruler of [[Dahomey]], a [[West Africa]]n [[List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history|kingdom]] in the southern part of present-day [[Benin]], which lasted from 1600 until 1900 when the [[French Third Republic]] abolished the political authority of the Kingdom. The rulers served a prominent position in Fon ancestor worship leading the [[Annual Customs of Dahomey|Annual Customs]] and this important position caused the French to bring back the exiled king of Dahomey for ceremonial purposes in 1910. Since 2000, there have been rival claimants as king and there has so far been no political solution.<ref name=Araujo>{{cite book| last = Araujo| first = Ana Lucia| title = Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic| year = 2010| publisher = Cambria Press| location = Amherst, NY| isbn = 978-1-60497-714-1 }}</ref> The Palace and seat of government were in the town of [[Abomey]]. Early historiography of the King of Dahomey presented them as [[Absolute monarchy|absolute rulers]] who formally owned all property and people of the kingdom. However, recent histories have emphasized that there was significant political contestation limiting the power of the king<ref name=Yoder>{{cite journal|last=Yoder|first=John C.|title=Fly and Elephant Parties: Political Polarization in Dahomey, 1840-1870|journal=The Journal of African History|year=1974|volume=15|issue=3|pages=417–432|doi=10.1017/s0021853700013566}}</ref> and that there was a female ruler of Dahomey, [[Hangbe]], who was largely written out of early histories.<ref name=Alpern>{{cite journal|last=Alpern|first=Stanley B.|title=On the Origins of the Amazons of Dahomey|journal=History in Africa|year=1998|volume=25|pages=9–25|doi=10.2307/3172178}}</ref>

==The first king==
Multiple lists of the kings of Dahomey have been put together and many of them start at different points for the first King of Dahomey. In various sources, [[Do-Aklin]], [[Dakodonu]], or [[Houegbadja]] are all considered the first king of Dahomey. Oral tradition contends that Do-Aklin moved from [[Allada]] to the Abomey plateau, Dakodonu created the first settlement and founded the kingdom (but is often considered a "mere chief"), and Houegbadja who settled the kingdom, built the palace and created much of the structure is often considered the first king of Dahomey.<ref name=Bay-1998 /> Oral tradition contends that the kings were all of the ''Aladaxonou'' dynasty, a name claiming descent from the city of [[Allada]] which Dahomey conquered in the 1700s. Historians largely believe now that this connection was created to legitimate rule over the city of Allada and that connections to the royal family in Allada were likely of a limited nature.<ref name=Bay-1998 /> In oral tradition of most accounts, Houegbadja is considered the first king and recognition of him happened first in the [[Annual Customs of Dahomey]].<ref name=Bay-1998 />

==List of kings==

(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)

{| class="wikitable"
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! Reign
! width=70px|Portrait
! King
! Notes
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|colspan="4"|'''Kingdom of Abomey'''
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|{{circa}} 1600|| ||'''[[Do-Aklin]]''' or '''Gangnihessou'''||Leader of Fon settlement on Abomey Plateau.
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|{{circa}} 1625 to 1645|| ||'''[[Dakodonou]]''', Ahosu||Founder of the Kingdom of Abomey and builder of the palace.
|- valign=top
|colspan="4"|'''Kingdom of Dahomey'''
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|1645 to 1685||[[File:Houégbadja dessin de Cyr Raoul Sehou-houindo.jpg|70px]]||'''[[Houegbadja]]''', Ahosu||In most accounts the first King of Dahomey.
|- valign=top
|1685 to 1716|| ||'''[[Akaba of Dahomey|Akaba]]''', Ahosu||
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|1716 to 1718|| ||'''[[Hangbe]]''', Regent||Hangbe was ruler of Dahomey for a short period of time between the death of Akaba and the rule of Agaja. Bay argues that there is clear evidence that suggests Hangbe did rule for a period, but it is unclear whether it was for three months or three years. She is not included in any lists of Kings of Dahomey.
|- valign=top
|1718 to 1740|| ||'''[[Agaja]]''', Ahosu||
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|1740 to 1774|| ||'''[[Tegbesu]]''', Ahosu||
|- valign=top
|1774 to 1789|| ||'''[[Kpengla]]''', Ahosu||
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|1789 to 1797|| ||'''[[Agonglo]]''', Ahosu||
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|1797 to 1818|| ||'''[[Adandozan]]''', Regent||Excluded in some lists.
|- valign=top
|1818 to 1858||[[File:Ghezo King of Dahomey (cropped).jpg|70px]]||'''[[Ghezo]]''', Ahosu||
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|1858 to 1889||[[File:Glele-Badohou (cropped).jpg|70px]]||'''[[Glele]]''', Ahosu||
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|1889 to 1894||[[File:Behanzin-1895.jpg|70px]]||'''[[Béhanzin]]''', Ahosu||Final independent King of Dahomey, reigned during the [[First Franco-Dahomean War]] (1890) and the [[Second Franco-Dahomean War]] (1892 to 1894).
|- valign=top
|1894 to ''1900''||[[File:Agoli-Agbo (cropped).jpg|70px]]||'''[[Agoli-agbo]]''', Ahosu||Appointed to the position when the French conquered Abomey.
|- valign=top
|colspan="4"|'''Ceremonial rulers'''
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|''1900'' to 1940||[[File:Agoli-Agbo (cropped).jpg|70px]]||'''[[Agoli-agbo]]''', Ahosu||In exile and reigned with French restrictions.
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|1940 to 1948|| ||'''[[Aidododo]]''', Ahosu||
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|1948 to 1983|| ||'''[[Togni-Ahoussou]]''', Ahosu||
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|1986 to 1989|| ||'''[[Joseph Langanfin]]''', Ahosu||
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|30 September 1989 to July 2018|| ||'''[[Agoli Agbo Dedjalagni]]''', Ahosu||Since 2000, Houédogni Béhanzin had made a rival claim to the position of king. Following the death of Agoli Agbo Dedjalagni, there was no titular King of Dahomey for 8 months.
|- valign=top
|22 January 2000 to 30 December 2012|| ||'''[[Houédogni Béhanzin]]''', Ahosu||Rival to Agoli Agbo Dedjalagni for the position of king.
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|12 January 2019 to 17 December 2021||[[File:Dah Sagbadjou Glele.jpg|70px]]||'''[[Dah Sagbadjou Glele]]''', Ahosu||Elected by Dahomeyan nobles.
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|22 January 2022 to present|| ||'''[[Georges Collinet Béhanzin]]'''||
|}
Sources:<ref name=Bay-1998>{{cite book| last = Bay| first = Edna| title = Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey| year = 1998| publisher = University of Virginia Press| isbn = 978-0-8139-1792-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rulers of Benin|url=http://www.rulers.org/benitrad.html|publisher=Rulers.org|accessdate=2012-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New monarch appointed to ancestral kingdom of Dahomey|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/908952/new-monarch-appointed-to-ancestral-kingdom-of-dahomey.html|publisher=Modernghana.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[History of the Kingdom of Dahomey]]
* [[Royal Palaces of Abomey]]
* [[Benin]]
* [[Fon (people)|Fon]]
* [[Fon states]]
** [[Rulers of the Fon state of Alada|Rulers of the Fon state of Alada (Allada)]]
** [[Rulers of the Fon state of Savi Hweda]]
* [[Lists of office-holders]]

==References==
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{{Monarchs of Dahomey}}
{{Heads of state and government of Africa}}

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