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Political governance in the Azores has developed since the archipelago was discovered and settled by Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th century. Many administrative systems were imposed or applied to the territory, resulting in the establishment or re-configuration of the political and administrative dynamics that governed the islands. Some of these were ephemeral, such as the provincial prefectures and governmental delegates, while other others consisted of hundreds of title-holders, who lasted for long periods, such as the Donatory-captains or Civil Governors.

The unique exception to these trends was the foundation of political autonomy, where the concept of ultimate authority was replaced by constitutional imperatives, exemplified by the three branches: Portuguese sovereignty (in the case of the extinct role of Minister of the Republic and the Representative of the Republic); the legislature (represented by the President of the Legislative Assembly); and the executive (in the figure of the President of the Government).

In order to understand these periods of governance, the following chronogram identifies the approximate periods in which the territory in the Azores was governed:

Donatary

After their discovery, the islands of the Azores were bestowed by the Crown of Portugal to Prince Henry, the Navigator (son of King John I of Portugal), who in turn donated the islands to the Order of Christ, of which he was master. The order of succession remained in the hands of the Dukes of Viseu, an progressed as follows:

• Infante Henry, 1st Duke of Viseu, (1432-1460)
• Infante Ferdinand, 2nd Duke of Viseu (1460-1470)
• Infante John, 3rd Duke of Viseu (1470-1472)
• Infante Diogo, 4th Duke of Viseu (1472-1484)
• Infante Manuel, 5th Duke of Viseu (1484-1495)

When Manuel, 5th Duke of Viseu, ascended the throne as King Manuel I of Portugal (1495), he incorporated the donatary privileges of the seven islands of the Azores (Corvo and Flores were not included) into the properties and possessions of the Crown.

During the donatary period, in order to govern the islands locally, the donataries nominated men of confidence or capitães do donatário (Captains of the Donatary) to administer their territories.

After the 16th century the figure of the donatary captain lost its effective governorship of the islands, with the exception of São Miguel, which was transformed into an honorific post, conferred by the King to people and noble families who he wished to honour. It was through this system that the majority of donatary captaincies fell into the hands of the high nobility of Portugal, who never lived on the islands. Many of these donatary captains were, therefore, represented by proxies, known as ouvidores do capitão (ombudspersons) whose responsibility was to locally manage their affairs, administer rental lands and "listen" to the local community.

Commander of Santa Maria and Captain of the Azores

1. 1439-1461 — Gonçalo Velho Cabral. The title bestowed on Gonçalo Velho Cabral is not too clear, as it has been both referred to as the comendador da ilha de Santa Maria e nosso capitão nos Açores (Commander of the island of Santa Maria and Our captain of the Azores), while alternately as the comendador das ilhas dos Açores (Commander of the Azores). The more probable interpretation of this role, being from the Order of Christ responsible for the administration of the islands, came from the comenda regime, referring to a knighthood or commandery, normally associated with the Order in Portugal, but applied to the, then, populous island of Santa Maria in the archipelago. Still, in 1460, in a letter from Henry the Navigator, the prince described Cabral as Capitão por mim em minhas ilhas de Santa Maria e São Miguel dos Açores (Captain for Me in My Islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores). It is still unclear at what time Gonaçalo Velho Cabral abrogated and vacated the captaincy of the two islands to his nephew, João Soares de Albergaria.

Donatary Captain of Santa Maria

After the sale of the captaincy of São Miguel to Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, the Captaincy of Santa Maria and São Miguel was divided into two seperate administrations, with Santa Maria remaining in the hands of Gonçalo Velho Cabrals successor, João Soares de Albergaria.

1. 1474-1499 — João Soares de Albergaria;
2. 1499-1571 — João Soares de Sousa; until 1509 it was Lieutenant João de Marvão who administered this territory, since at the time of João Soares de Albergaria death (1499), his son was only six years old at the time);
3. 1571-1576? — Pedro Soares de Sousa;
4. 1580-?? — Jerónimo Coutinho;
5. 1594-?? — Brás Soares de Sousa;
6. 1626-?? — Pedro Soares de Sousa, grandson of the previous;
7. 1639-?? — Brás Soares de Sousa, grandson of the previous;
8. 1649-?? — Branca de Gama;
9. 1654-?? — João Falcão de Sousa;
10. 1665-?? — Joana de Meneses;
11. 1667-1720 — Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor;
12. 1720-1734 — Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa Cunha Câmara Faro e Veiga, 5th Count of Calheta;
13. 1734-1801 — José de Vasconcelos e Sousa Caminha da Câmara Faro e Veiga, 1st Marquess of Castelo Melhor; the last donatary captain, before the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores, in 1766. After this date, the rest of the captains became honorary, while maintaining the corresponding incomes;
14. 1801-1806 — António José de Vasconcelos e Sousa da Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, 6th Count of Calheta and 2nd Marquess of Castelo Melhor;
15. 1806-1827 — Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa da Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, 7th Count of Calheta and 3rd Marquess of Castelo Melhor;
16. 1827-1832 — António de Vasconcelos e Sousa da Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, 8th Count of Calheta and 4th Marquess of Castelo Melhor.

Donatary Captain of São Miguel

The sale by João Soares de Albergaria of the donatary captaincy of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel, lead to the separation of the administration of São Miguel from Santa Maria, after 1474. Subsequently, all the donatary captains of São Miguel became members of the family of Rui Gonçalves da Câmara:

1. 1474-1497 — Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, 3rd Captain donatary;
2. 1497-1502 — João Rodrigues da Câmara, 4th Captain donatary;
3. 1502-1535 — Rui Gonçalves da Câmara II, 5th Captain donatary;
4. 1535-1578 — Manuel da Câmara, 6th Captain donatary;
5. 1578-1601 — Rui Gonçalves da Câmara III, 7th Captaian donatary and 1st Count of Vila Franca;
6. 1601-1619 — Manuel da Câmara II, 8th Captain donatary and 2nd Count of Vila Franca;
7. 1619-1662 — Rodrigo da Câmara, 9th Captain donatary and 3rd Count of Vila Franca;
8. 1662-1673 — Manuel da Câmara III, 10th Captain donatary, 4th Count of Vila Franca and 1st Count of Ribeira Grande;
9. 1673-1724 — José Rodrigo da Câmara, 11th Captain donatary and 2nd Count of Ribeira Grande;
10. 1724-1724 — Luís Manuel da Câmara, 12th Captain donatary and 3rd Count of Ribeira Grande;
11. 1724-1757 — José da Câmara Teles, 13th Captain donatary and 4th Count of Ribeira Grande;
12. 1757-1766 — Joana Tomásia da Câmara, descendent titleholder of captaincy, married to Guido Augusto da Câmara, her uncle, to whom fell the titles of 14th (and last) Captain donatary and 5th Count of Ribeira Grande, owing to the death of the elder son José da Câmara Teles.

Donatary Captain of Terceira

The island of Terceira was established as a single captaincy, and later divided into two captaincies: that of Angra and Praia. It was the only island where the territory was divided into seperate captaincies:

1. 1450-1466 — Jácome de Bruges. This captain disappeared mysteriously, with the suggestion that he was murdered, thrown overboard while at sea, during a voyage. What followed was a long process, in which his son-in-law, Duarte Paim, claimed the captaincy, over the claims of Álvaro Martins Homem and João Vaz Corte-Real. This process was decided in favor of the latter, but after some pleading on the part of both men, the island was divided into two captaincies.
2. 1466-1474 — Álvaro Martins Homem. Due to constant quarrelling between Homem and Corte Real, the island was divided into two captaincies by charter of Infanta D. Brites, tutor and curator of the donatary, from 17 February 1474. The island was rougly divided diagonally, and following long disputres, it was fixed in 1568, parting from the southern coast at the mouth of the Ribeira Seca, São Sebastião, crossed the island until the Cerro da Ribeira dos Gatos, near the northern coast (along the Canada da Almas, near Cruz do Marco, in Altares). In this area, a commission of "good men" of navigation, established a mark to distinguish the division, giving rise the locality. The post survived until 1997-1998, when alterations to the regional roadway resulted in its destruction. Having selected the territory of Angra, João Vaz Corte Real compensated Álvaro Martins Homem for the public works completed by the latter.

Captaincy of Angra

The captaincy of Angra was created on 2 April 1474, under the stewardship of João Vaz Corte-Real, who promoted the settlement of many nobles from the Kingdom, many in company of their servants and entourage. In the process he opened new roads and established settlements in different points of the western part of the island, until by 1478, most of Angra was built, meriting its elevation to the category of vila (town).

For the island's defense, Corte-Real erected the Castle of São Luís (also known as the Castelo dos Moinhos), which became the first presidium, concluded in 1493, at the same concluding the Church of São Salvador. In order to attend the poor and sick of the captaincy, as well as those who docked in Angra, he built the first hospital on the island, to the invocation of Santo Espírito. The building was attended by the Franciscans and approved in the regal charter on 15 May 1492. Corte-Real also supported the construction of the Convent of São Francisco, and permitted the Franciscans to begin teaching on its grounds.

1. 1474-1496 — João Vaz Corte-Real;
2. 1496-1538 — Vasco Anes Corte-Real;
3. 1538-1577 — Manuel Corte-Real;
4. 1577-1581 — Vasco Annes Corte-Real, with same name as his grandfather;
5. 1581-1613 — Margarida Corte-Real, who married Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Count of Castelo Rodrigo, then 1st Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo, assuming the captaincy;
6. 1613-1642 — Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo and 1st Count of Lumiares. The captaincy reverted to the crown in 1641, when Manuel de Moura Corte Real opted to remain in the Kingdom of Castille after the Restoration of Independence from Spain;
7. 1641-1642 — the title was incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown;
8. 1642-1649 — Afonso de Portugal, 5th Count of Vimioso and 1st Marquess of Aguiar;
9. 1649-1655 — Luís de Portugal, 6th Count of Vimioso; with his death, the title reverted, once again, to the Crown;
10. 1655-1766 — the title was re-incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown; the captaincy was extinguished with the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores.

Captaincy of Praia

The captaincy was received by Álvaro Martins Homem on 17 February 1474, receiving compensation from Corte Real for his works, which he then used to erect eight mills in Agualva and three in Quatro Ribeiras, and construction of churches within this captaincy. The vigorous impulse resulted in the quick elevation of Praia to the status of town between 1478 and 1480, at about the same time as Angra.

To compliment the islands defenses Homem determined the need to construct a wall, and later, encircled the Bay of Praia with a series of redoubts, visioning a defense of the island from the sea.

Meanwhile within Praia, Afonso Gonçalves de Antona Baldaya provided incentives for the construction of the Convent of São Francisco, including the donation of parcels from his own property, similar to what occurred in Angra. Influenced by inciative of Catarina de Ornelas, the Monastery of Luz was founded in this territory.

1. 1474-1483 — Álvaro Martins Homem;
2. 1483-1520 — Antão Martins Homem;
3. 1520-1540 — Álvaro Martins Homem, with same name as his grandfather;
4. 1540-1577 — Antão Martins da Câmara, with same name as his grandfather;
5. 1577-1582 — unknown
6. 1582-1613 — Margarida Corte-Real, who married Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Count of Castelo Rodrigo, later 1st Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo, who assumed the captaincy;
7. 1613-1642 — Manuel de Moura Corte-Real, 2nd Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo and 1st Count of Lumiares; The captaincy reverted to the crown in 1641, when Manuel de Moura Corte Real opted to remain in the Kingdom of Castille after the Restoration of Independence from Spain;
8. 1641-1642 — the title was incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown;
9. 1642-1649 — Afonso de Portugal, 5th Count of Vimioso and 1st Marquess of Aguiar;
10. 1649-1655 — Luís de Portugal, 6th Count of Vimioso; with his death, the title reverted, once again, to the Crown;
11. 1655-1663 — the title was re-incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown;
12. 1663-1665 — Francisco Ornelas da Câmara, who acquired the captaincy for 20,000 cruzados, during the Restoration Wars;
13. 1665-1712 — Brás de Ornelas, with the death of this title-holder, the captaincy reverted to the Crown, where it remained until 1715;
14. 1712-1715 — the title was re-incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown;
15. 1715-1749 — Luís António de Basto Baharem, the last private title-holder of the captaincy;
16. 1749-1766 — the title was re-incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown; the captaincy was extinguished with the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores.

Donatary Captain of Graciosa

The captaincy of Graciosa was created in 1470, the year that official settlement was initiated, although it is unclear who were the first donatary captains:

Captaincy of Praia da Graciosa

1. 1470-1475 — (unclear date) Duarte Barreto do Couto, just the southern part of the island;
2. 1475-1485 — Vasco Gil Sodré (unclear dates; included the southern portions of the island and group of territories administered by his sister Antónia Sodré, widow of captain Duarte Barreto do Couto.

Captaincy of Santa Cruz

1. 1475-1485 — (unclear date) Pedro Correia da Cunha.

Captaincy of Graciosa

1. 1485-1497 — Pedro Correia da Cunha;
2. 1499-1507 — Duarte Correia da Cunha, son of the preceeding captain;
3. 1507-1510 — Fernando Coutinho (owing to no descendents of the Cunha family, the captaincy was passed to another branch of the family tree);
4. 1510-1524 — Álvaro Coutinho;
5. 1524-1552 — Álvaro Coutinho, son of the preceding;
6. 1552-1573 — Fernando Coutinho, son of the preceding;
7. 1573-1593 — Fernando Coutinho, son of the preceding;
8. 1593-1626 — Fernando Coutinho, son of the preceding;
9. 1626-1666 — Fernando Coutinho, son of the preceding, died without any descendents;
10. 1666-1674 — Luís Mendes de Elvas (died without descendents);
11. 1674-1708 — Pedro Sanches de Farinha;
12. 1708-1730 — Rodrigo Sanches Farinha de Baena;
13. 1730-1737 — Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena;
14. 1737-1766 — the title was re-incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown; the captaincy was extinguished with the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores.

Donatary Captain of São Jorge

The captaincy of São Jorge was annexed to that of Angra, and maintained in that form until it was incorporated by the Crown, after Manuel de Moura Corte-Real, donatary captain of Angra, decided to maintain his allegiance to Spain, following the Restoration Wars.

1. 1474-1496 — João Vaz Corte-Real;
2. 1496-1538 — Vasco Anes Corte-Real;
3. 1538-1577 — Manuel Corte-Real;
4. 1577-1581 — Vasco Annes Corte-Real, with same name as his grandfather;
5. 1581-1613 — Margarida Corte-Real, who married Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Count of Castelo Rodrigo, then 1st Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo, assuming the captaincy;
6. 1613-1642 — Manuel de Moura Corte-Real, 2nd Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo and 1st Count of Lumiares. The captaincy reverted to the crown in 1641, when Manuel de Moura Corte Real opted to remain in the Kingdom of Castille after the Restoration of Independence from Spain;
7. 1641-1642 — the title was incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown;
8. 1642-1649 — Afonso de Portugal, 5th Count of Vimioso and 1st Marquess of Aguiar;
9. 1649-1655 — Luís de Portugal, 6th Count of Vimioso; with his death, the title reverted, once again, to the Crown;
10. 1655-1766 — the title was re-incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown; the captaincy was extinguished with the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores.

Donatary Captain of Faial and Pico

Captaincy of Faial

1. 1468 – 1482 — Josse van Huerter. The Donatary captaincy of Faial was given to Josse van Huerter by charter date 21 February 1468, which was then expanded on 29 December 1482, with the incorporation of the island of Pico

Captaincy of Pico

1. 1460-1482 — Álvaro de Ornelas. Around 1460, Álvaro de Ornelas attempted to settle the island, with colonists from northern Portugal, who arrived by way of Terceira and Graciosa. He never really took effective control of donatary, since Josse van Huerter was placed in the administration of the united Donatary Captaincy of Faial and Pico.

Captaincy of Faial and Pico

By charter, on 29 December 1482, the Captaincy of Pico was annexed to the Captaincy of Faial, created the dual jurisdiction, under the single regency of van Huerter.

1. 1482–1495 — Josse van Huerter;
2. 1495–1549 — Joss de Utra, son of the preceding (transliterated name);
3. 1549–1553 — Manuel de Utra Corte Real;
4. 1553–1573 — Álvaro de Castro.
5. 1573–1582 — Francisco de Mascarenhas;
6. 1582–1614 — Jerónimo de Utra Corte Real;
7. 1614–1642 — Manuel de Moura Corte Real, 1st Marquess of Lumiares and 2nd Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo. After being confiscated, the captaincy was incorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown, between 1642 and 1680, since Manuel opted to live in the Kingdom of Castille, following the Restoration Wars;
8. 1680–1730 — Rodrigo Sanches Farinha de Baena;
9. 1730–1737 — Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena, following his death, the captaincy was reincorporated into the possessions and properties of the Crown, by Rodrigo Sanches Farinha de Baena;
10. 1825–1832 — Manuel de Arriaga Pereira, the title remained an honorific, until the captaincy was permanently extinguished with the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores.

Donatary Captain of of Flores and Corvo

The islands of Flores and Corvo, were since their discovery, administered as a singular captaincy, without any clear statute defining the governance on the islands. What developed was a structure that was not as equal as the other islands, and flowed from a feudal hierarchy, that only improved after the reforms of Mouzinho da Silveira and the extinction of the constitutional monarchy. The following were the doantary captains of the islands:

1. Diogo de Teive, was the Donatary, and not the Donatary Captain of the islands, responsible for their discovery;
2. ?? - 1475 — João de Teive], son of the preceding, who sold his rights to the group (with the permission of the Crown) to Fernão Teles de Meneses;
3. 1475-1477 — Fernão Teles de Meneses, 4th Master of Unhão;
4. 1477-1500 — Maria de Vilhena, who, in the name of her minor son (Rui Teles), administered the islands; she invited, or permitted, the settlement of Willem van der Hagen, also known locally as Guilherme da Silveira, who for many years lived on the island, near Ribeira da Cruz. Ultimately, with the approval of her son, Maria de Vilhena sold the islands in 1500 to João da Fonseca, of Évora;
5. 1500-1528 — João da Fonseca, sent to the islands some of the earliest settlers that remained on the islands, including Lopo Vaz and Antão Vaz;
6. 1528-1570 — Pero da Fonseca, sometimes referred to as Pedro da Fonseca, son of the preceding;
7. 1570-1593 — friar Gonçalo de Sousa da Fonseca, son of the preceding; professed knight in the Order of Christ. During this period the Commandery of the Order of Christ was founded, to administer through the Donatary Captain, what consisted of "[the] dominion of all the lands of the named islands not already occupied, with the obligation of paying annually a physical quantity of 20$00 réis, to care for the provision and payment of ecclesiastical ministers, to promote and support the construction and conservancy of the parochial churches and all in respect of the religious cult" and "...with the island of Corvo least occupied, took to the Commandery almost all, and on the island of Flores, took the extensive unincorporated lands in the municipality of Santa Cruz and three in Lajes". It was this Commandery that resulted in the oppression of the peoples of both islands, resulting in an oppressive signeurial tribute, that was only resolved in the 19th century. Through the death of friar Gonçalo da Fonseca the captaincy reverted to the Crown, and later attributed to Francisco de Mascarenhas, for his services in India and awarded for his support of the Iberian Union;
8. 1593-1607 — Francisco de Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Vila da Horta, later changed to 1st Count of Santa Cruz, by letter of thanks from Filipe I, on 17 September 1523. All the remaining captains, except the last, were members of the Mascarenhas family, Counts of Santa Cruz, accumulating other titles along the way.
9. 1608-1650 — Martinho de Mascarenhas, 2nd Count of Santa Cruz;
10. 1650-1657 — João de Mascarenhas, married to his cousin, Brites de Mascarenhas, only daughter of the 2nd Count of Santa Cruz. João de Mascarenhas lost his title and captaincy to his son, Martinho de Mascarenhas, declared 4th Count of Santa Cruz, after being removed by King Afonso VI on 30 June 1657;
11. 1657-1682 — Martinho de Mascarenhas, married Juliana de Lencastre, daughter and successor of the 2nd Marquess of Gouveia, accumulating the title of Count of Santa Cruz and Marquess of Gouveia within his household;
12. 1682-1692 — João de Mascarenhas, 5th Count of Santa Cruz and 4th Marquess of Gouveia, died without any descendents;
13. 1692-1714 — Martinho Mascarenhas, second oldest son of the 4th Count of Santa Cruz, and wife Juliana de Lencastre, he used the title of 6th Count of Santa Cruz, later confirmed by regal charter on 2 July 1692, and 3rd Marquess of Gouveia;
14. 1714-1723 — João de Mascarenhas, 7th Count of Santa Cruz, by regal letter of John V (dated 20 January 1714), confirmed in 1723, and 4th Marquess of Gouveia. He was the eldest son of the 6th Count of Santa Cruz, but renounced the title, and escaped to England, for romantic reasons;
15. 1723-1759 — D. José de Mascarenhas da Silva e Lencastre, 5th Marquess of Gouveia, 8th Count of Santa Cruz, and 8th Duke of Aveiro, obtained his title, owing to João de Mascarenhas had renounced his role. José was the last titleholder of the capataincy from the Mascarenhas family, since the title and his possessions/properties were confiscated by the Crown, during the sequence of events surrounding the Távora affair. The last Count of Santa Cruz was condemned and executed on 13 January 1759, and the politico-administrative responsibilities of Donatary Captain ceased on the islands;
16. 1815-1832 — Pedro José Caupers, following the death of José de Mascarenhas, the incomes and possessions were administered by Pedro José Caupers, until the captaincy was ultimately extinguished with the creation of the Captaincy General of the Azores.

Captaincy General

The Captaincy-General of the Azores was created by decree on 2 August 1766, by King Joseph, and abolished by Decree 28, on 4 June 1832, signed in Ponta Delgada by Peter IV in the name of his daughter, Queen Maria II, with Secretary of State of the Affairs of the Kingdom , the Marquess of Palmela. The following were the captains-general installed in following years:

1. 1766-1774 — Antão de Almada, 12th Count of Avranches;
2. 1774-1793 — Dinis Gregório de Melo Castro e Mendonça;
3. 1793-1799 — Interim government, presided by Bishop José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva and the Corregedor of Angra, Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira (who was substituted on 23 May 1795 by Luís de Moura Furtado and on 9 July 1795 by José Acúrsio das Neves). For his part the Bishop, citing age and ill health, solicitied insistently his substitution, which was never accepted. He was finally substituted in 1796, owing to illness, by deacon Mateus Homem Borges da Costa;
4. 1799-1804 — Lourenço José Boaventura de Almada, Count of Almada;
5. 1804-1806 — José António de Melo da Silva César e Meneses, Count of São Lourenço;
6. 1806-1810 — Miguel António de Melo, Count of Murça;
7. 1810-1816 — Aires Pinto de Sousa Coutinho;
8. 1816-1820 — Francisco António de Araújo e Azevedo;
9. 1820-1821 — Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler;
10. 1821-1822 — (Liberal) Provisional Junta of the Supreme Governemt of the islands of the Azores (Portuguese: Junta Provisória do Supremo Governo das Ilhas dos Açores);
11. 1823-1823 — (Absolutist) Interim Junta Government of Angra (Portuguese: Junta de Governo Interino de Angra), composed of João Pereira Forjaz de Lacerda, Roberto Luís de Mesquita Pimentel and Luís de Meireles do Canto e Castro.
12. 1823-1824 — Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler;
13. 1824-1828 — Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Touvar;
14. 1828-1828 — Interim government;
15. 1828-1829 — Provisional Junta;
    1. 1828-1831 — Henrique da Fonseca de Sousa Prego, by the Miguelist party, governing in Ponta Delgada;
    2. 1829-1832 — António José Severim de Noronha, Count of Vila Flor and future Duke of Terceira, by the Liberal party, in the seat of the captaincy, in Angra. Menezes Severim de Noronha was the last Captain-General, governing until the extinction of the Captaincy-General of the Azores.

Regency of Angra

1. 1830 - 1831 — Regency of Angra, established in the name of Maria II of Portugal, Queen of Portugal, who was usurped by her uncle Miguel I of Portugal (igniting the Liberal Wars.

Province of the Azores

By Decree 28, dated 4 June 1832, and signed in Ponta Delgada by Peter IV, in the name of his daughter, Queen Maria II, the Captaincy general was extinguished and substituted for the Province of the Azores, with its seat in Angra, on the island of Terceira. The Province was divided into three administrative zones: Angra, the provincial captital, with its prefect; Ponta Delgada, with a sub-prefect; and Horta, with its own sub-prefect. This division was later changed in Decree 64, signed on 28 June 1833, that lead to the creation of the districts of the Ilhas Adjacentes.

Prefect:

1. 1832-1833 — Francisco Saraiva da Costa Refóios, 1st Baron of Ruivós

Sub-Prefect of Ponta Delgada:

1. 1832-1833 — Luís Ribeiro de Sousa Saraiva;
2. 1833-1833 — António José de Ávila (did not take office, since he was never permitted to disembark in Ponta Delgada);
3. 1833-1833 — José Caetano Dias do Canto e Medeiros (refused to take office);
4. 1833-1833 — Felix Pereira de Magalhães (refused the nomination).

Sub-Prefect of Horta:

1. 1832-1833 — António Mariano de Lacerda;
2. 1833-1833 — António José de Ávila.

Provinces of the Azores

Owing to the conflict that existed between the authorities of São Miguel and Terceira, where the islanders of São Miguel insisted on their "independence" from Terceira, and did not allow sub-prefect to be replaced. Under Decree 64, 28 June 1833, the Province of the Azores was divided, and two separate administrative divisions were created: the Eastern Province of the Azores (Portuguese: Província Oriental dos Açores) (that included São Miguel and Santa Maria), with its seat in Ponta Delgada; and the Western Province of the Azores (Portuguese: Província Ocidental dos Açores) (that included the rest of the islands), which maintained their capital in Angra do Heroísmo.

Eastern Province of the Azores

Prefect:

1. 1833-1836 — José António Ferreira de Moura

Western Province of the Azores

Prefect:

1. 1833-1833 — Francisco Saraiva da Costa Refóios, 1st Baron of Ruivós;
2. 1833-1836 — Luís Pinto de Mendonça Arrais, 1st Baron of Valongo and, later, 1st Viscount of Valongo.

Sub-Prefect of Horta:

1. 1833-1833 — António Garcia da Rosa, 1st Baron of Areia Larga;
2. 1833-1834 — António José de Ávila;
3. 1834-1836 — António Mariano de Lacerda;

District of the Adjacent Islands

By Decree, on 18 July 1835, owing to the administrative reforms of Mouzinho da Silveira, the Provinces were extinguished, replaced by administrative and fiscal districts. In the Azores, two districts were created, corresponding to the extinguished Provinces, with seats in Ponta Delgada and Angra do Heroísmo. However, Horta was elevated to the status of city, by the Duke of Bragança, in the name of Queen Maria II (on 4 July 1833), and a movement quickly emerged for administrative independence from Angra do Heroísmo.

Upholding these sentiments, on 28 March 1836, three administrative zones were re-created, the districts of Ponta Delgada, Angra do Heroísmo and Horta, which survived until 1975.

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  Chamorro

  Septemberist

  Regenerator

  Historic

  Reformist

  Regenerator/Historic

  Progressist

  Liberal Regenerator

  Republican

  Democratic

  National Republican/Sidonist

  Liberal Republican

  National Reconstitution Republican

  Nationalist Republican

  Democratic Leftwing Republican

  National Union/People's National Action

  Socialist

  Social Democratic/Democratic Alliance

  Democratic and Social Centre/Democratic Alliance

Ponta Delgada

With the establishment of district borders, the District of Ponta Delgada, and after 1895, the Autonomous District of Ponta Delgada, included the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel. The district administration was concentrated in Ponta Delgada, where the Palace of Conceição (the old Convent of Conceição) was adapted as the seat of the district and official residence of the Civil Governor (with the, later, General Junta in the same building).

The colors indicate the political affiliations:

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  Social Democratic

Term	#	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Party
District of Ponta Delgada (1836-1846)
-	-	José António Ferreira de Moura unknown	-	1836	1836	interim administrator general
-	-	José Joaquim Lopes de Lima unknown		1836	1836	administrator general
-	-	Jacinto Inácio Rodrigues da Silveira 1st Baron of Fonte Bela unknown	-	1836	1837	interim administrator general
-	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		1837	1838	interim administrator general
-	-	Manuel de Medeiros da Costa Canto e Albuquerque 1st Baron of Laranjeiras 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874	-	1838	1840	administrator general
-	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		1840	1842	interim administrator general
-	-	Francisco Afonso da Costa Chaves e Melo 24 August 1797 — 14 January 1863	-	1842	1844	interim administrator general
-	-	José Caetano Dias do Canto Medeiros 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874	-	1844	1846
Governing Junta of the District of Ponta Delgada (1846-1847)
-	-	Manuel de Medeiros da Costa Canto e Albuquerques 1st Baron of Laranjeiras unknown	-	1846	27 April 1847
-	-	João Bernardo de Medeiros unknown	-	1847	24 June 1847
District of Ponta Delgada (1847-1895)
-	-	Duarte Borges da Câmara e Medeiros 1st Viscount of Praia 7 September 1799 — 19 March 1872	-	1847	1849
-	-	Pedro da Costa de Sousa de Macedo 1st Count of Vila Franca do Campo 14 May 1821 — 7 December 1901	-	1849	1849
-	-	Eusébio Dias Poças Falcão 24 July 1814 — 1 February 1870	-	1849	1851
-	-	Félix Borges de Medeiros 21 June 1819 — 14 June 1872	-	1851	1868
-	-	Eusébio Dias Poças Falcão 24 July 1814 — 1 February 1870	-	1868	1869
-	-	Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila Paim da Câmara 2nd Count of Vila da Praia da Vitória 14 December 1833 — 20 January 1889	-	1869	1877
-	-	António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da Câmara 2nd Baron of Ramalho 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1877	1878
-	-	Júlio de Castilho 2nd Viscount of Castilho 30 April 1840 — 8 February 1919)		1878	1878
-	-	Gualdino Alfredo Lobo de Gouveia Valadares unknown	-	1878	1879
-	-	Veríssimo Aguiar Cabral 25 May 1825 — 28 October 1891	-	1879	1881
-	-	Gualdino Alfredo Lobo de Gouveia Valadares unknown	-	1881	1886
-	-	Narciso Maximiliano Alvares de Carvalho unknown	-	1886	1890
-	-	Carlos Maria Gomes Machado 4 November 1828 — 22 April 1901		1890	1892
-	-	Bento José Pinto da Mota unknown	-	1892	1893
-	-	Francisco Pereira Lopes de Bettencourt Ataíde 7 September 1836 — 18 January 1917	-	1893	1893	interim
-	-	António Moreira da Câmara Coutinho Gusmão 7 September 1836 — 18 January 1917	-	1893	1895
Autonomous District of Ponta Delgada (1896-1975)
-	-	Alfredo Vieira Coelho Peixoto Pinto de Vilas-Boas Count of Paçô Vieira 6 September 1860 – 26 February 1926		1896	1897
-	-	Francisco de Andrade Albuquerque de Bettencourt 16 December 1856 — 23 February 1933	-	1897	1900
-	-	José Coelho da Mota Prego unknown	-	1900	1901
-	-	Amadeu Augusto Pinto da Silva unknown	-	1901	1903
-	-	José Coelho da Mota Prego unknown	-	1904	1905
-	-	Luís Bettencourt de Medeiros e Câmara 21 February 1873 — 1939	-	1905	1906
-	-	Francisco de Melo Manuel Leite de Arruda unknown	-	1906	1906
-	-	Luís Bettencourt de Medeiros e Câmara 21 February 1873 — 1939	-	1906	1910
-	-	Francisco de Melo Manuel Leite de Arruda unknown	-	1910	1910
-	-	Francisco Luís Tavares 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968		1910	1911
-	-	Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos unknown	-	1911	1913
-	-	Francisco de Melo Manuel Leite de Arruda unknown	-	1913	1913
-	-	João Francisco de Sousa unknown	-	1913	1914
-	-	Jacinto Gago Machado de Faria e Maia 7 October 1874 — 25 October 1925	-	1914	1915
-	-	Adelino de Oliveira Pinto Furtado unknown	-	1915	1915
-	-	Virgílio Soares de Albergaria 9 February 1856 — 21 January 1927	-	1915	1915
-	-	António Martins Ferreira Júnior unknown	-	1915	1915
-	-	António Cabral de Melo unknown	-	1915	1915
-	-	Francisco Manuel de Medeiros Correia unknown	-	1915	1915
-	-	António Rodrigues Salgado unknown	-	1915	1917
-	-	António de Medeiros Franco unknown	-	1917	1917
-	-	Virgílio Soares de Albergaria 9 February 1856 — 21 January 1927	-	1917	1918
-	-	Mário Augusto Teixeira unknown	-	1918	1918
-	-	João Correia da Silva Júnior 9 February 1856 — 21 January 1927	-	1918	1919
-	-	Francisco Luís Tavares 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968		1919	1919
-	-	Virgílio Saque 8 February 1884 —	-	1919	1920
-	-	José Borges Medeiros da Horta unknown	-	1920	1920
-	-	Francisco Luís Tavares 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968		1920	1921
-	-	Duarte Amigo de Azevedo Feio unknown	-	1921	1921
-	-	Francisco Luís Tavares 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968		1921	1921
-	-	Horácio de Medeiros Franco unknown	-	1921	1923	Democratic
-	-	Francisco Luís Tavares 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968		1923	1924
-	-	Alfredo Adelino de Sá unknown	-	1924	1924
-	-	Jeremias da Costa 16 January 1880 — 7 May 1970	-	1924	1925
-	-	Álvaro Pais de Ataíde unknown	-	1925	1925
-	-	Jaime Hintze 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968	-	1925	1926
-	-	Abel de Abreu Souto Maior unknown	-	1926	1928
-	-	Gonçalo Lobo Pereira Caldas de Barros 26 March 1887 — 13 January 1968	-	1928	1931
-	-	António Júlio Belo de Almeida unknown	-	1931	1932
-	-	Jaime Resendes do Coutoa 16 January 1880 — 7 May 1970	-	1932	1933
-	-	António Augusto de Sousa unknown	-	1933	1934
-	-	Agostinho de Mesquita 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968	-	1935	1936
-	-	Augusto Leite Mendes Moreira unknown	-	1936	1937
-	-	Alberto de Campos Vieira Neves unknown	-	1937	1940
-	-	Rafael Sérgio Vieira 17 September 1895 — 21 August 1946)	-	1940	1944
-	-	Augusto Leite Mendes Moreira unknown	-	1944	1946
-	-	Aniceto dos Santos 1895 — 8 March 1965	-	1946	1954
-	-	Carlos José Botelho de Paiva 17 June 1886 — 31 July 1968	-	1955	1959
-	-	José Jacinto Vasconcelos Raposo unknown	-	1959	1967
-	-	Luciano Machado Soares 25 June 1902 — 15 December 1977	-	1967	1970
-	-	Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro b. ??? — d. 18 November 2008	-	1970	1974
-	-	António Joaquim da Fonseca unknown	-	1974	1974
-	-	António Borges Coutinho 3 May 1923 — 3 February 2011	-	1974	1975

Angra do Heroísmo

The Angra do Heroísmo consisted of the islands of Terceira, Graciosa and São Jorge, with its seat in the old capital of the Captaincy General of the Azores in Angra do Heroísmo. In order to constitute the district administration, the old Palace of the Captains-General, the historic College of the Society of Jesus was used. It housed the official residence of the Civil Governor, the police, the military command for the Azores, and for a while the General Junta. The General Junta later moved to Carreira dos Cavalos, to the old Episcopal palace, which was reconstructed and remodelled as the Palace of the General Junta, later becoming int the Regional Secretariat for Education building.

Term	#	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Party
District of Angra do Heroísmo (1836-1846)
-	-	Luís Pinto de Mendonça Arrais 9 July 1787 — 30 June 1859 1st Baron of Valongo, 1st Viscount of Valongo	-	1836	1836
-	-	Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da Câmara 1st Viscount of Bruges 25 April 1807 – 25 October 1870		1836	1836
-	-	António Pedro de Brito Vila Lobos Baron of Cacela unknown	-	1836	1836
-	-	Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da Câmara 1st Viscount of Bruges 25 April 1807 – 25 October 1870		1836	1839
-	-	José Silvestre Ribeiro 1st Baron of Laranjeiras 3 December 1807 — 9 March 1891		1839	1844
-	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		1844	1848
-	-	José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino 11 November 1819 — 30 September 1904	-	1848	1848	interim
-	-	António José Vieira Santa Rita b.??? — 22 December 1877		1848	1849
-	-	José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino 11 November 1819 — 30 September 1904	-	1849	1849	interim
-	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		1849	1851
-	-	António de Oliveira Marreca 26 March 1805 — 9 March 1889		1851	1851
-	-	António Marcelino da Victória unknown	-	1851	1852
-	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		1852	1857
-	-	Florentino José da Silva Júnior unknown	-	1857	1857	interim
-	-	António Maria Cordeiro unknown	-	1857	1858
-	-	Cassiano Sepúlveda Teixeira b. 1823 — January 1901	-	1858	1859
-	-	José Maria da Silva Leal 8 October 1812 — 20 March 1883	-	1859	1861
-	-	José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino 11 November 1819 — 30 September 1904	-	1861	1861	interim
-	-	Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila Paim da Câmara 14 December 1833 — 20 January 1889	-	1861	1865
-	-	Albino de Abranches Freire de Figueiredo 10 December 1804 — 17 August 1876	-	1865	1865
-	-	José Guilherme Pacheco 10 February 1823 — 1889	-	1865	1866
-	-	António de Gouveia Osório b. 25 July 1825	-	1867	1868
-	-	Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila Paim da Câmara 14 December 1833 — 20 January 1889	-	1868	1869
-	-	Miguel Vaz Guedes de Ataíde unknown	-	1869	1869
-	-	Félix Borges de Medeiros 21 June 1819 — 14 June 1872	-	1869	1873
-	-	Francisco de Albuquerque Mesquita e Castro b. 8 April 1841 —	-	1873	1876
-	-	António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da Câmara 2nd Baron of Ramalho 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1876	1877
-	-	Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila Paim da Câmara 2nd Viscount of Bruges and 2nd Count of Vila da Praia da Vitória 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1877	1878
-	-	António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da Câmara 2nd Baron of Ramalho 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1878	1879
-	-	Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila Paim da Câmara 2nd Viscount of Bruges and 2nd Count of Vila da Praia da Vitória 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1879	1881
-	-	Afonso de Castro 11 January 1824 — 3 May 1885	-	1881	1883
-	-	João António Pereira Neves unknown	-	1883	1884
-	-	Augusto Maria da Fonseca Coutinho 17 November 1857 — 1 November 1887	-	1884	1885
-	-	Jacinto Cândido da Silva 30 November 1857 — 26 February 1926	-	1885	1886	interim
-	-	Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila Paim da Câmara 2nd Viscount of Bruges and 2nd Count of Vila da Praia da Vitória 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1886	1889
-	-	Cândido Pacheco de Melo Menezes Forjaz de Lacerda 1st Viscount of Nossa Senhora das Mercês 22 June 1837 — 4 September 1900	-	1889	1890
-	-	António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da Câmara 2nd Baron of Ramalho 18 September 1836 — April 1907	-	1890	1891
-	-	Frederico Ferreira Campos 2nd Baron of Ramalho 21 January 1809 — 9 December 1892	-	1891	1891
-	-	Henrique de Sá Nogueira de Vasconcelos 12 October 1843 — 18 April 1923	-	1891	1893
-	-	Henrique de Castro 18 January 1851 — 28 May 1923	-	1893	1893
-	-	José Pimentel Homem de Noronha 12 April 1846 — 28 August 1933		1893	1895
-	-	Manuel Homem da Costa Noronha 13 January 1828 — 5 November 1897	-	1895	1896
-	-	Emídio Lino da Silva Júnior 10 August 1860 — 31 March 1936	-	1896	1897
Autonomous District of Angra do Heroísmo (1846-1875)
-	-	Cândido Pacheco de Melo Menezes Forjaz de Lacerda 22 June 1837 — 4 September 1900 1st Viscount of Nossa Senhora das Mercês	-	1898	1900
-	-	Emídio Lino da Silva Júnior 10 August 1860 — 31 March 1936	-	1900	1902
-	-	Raimundo Sieuve de Menezes 2nd Count of Sieuve de Menezes 13 June 1854 — 17 November 1937	-	1902	1904
-	-	Teotónio Simão Paim de Ornelas Bruges 22 September 1841 — 1929	-	1904	1906
-	-	António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da Câmara 21 February 1864 — 4 June 1931	-	1906	1906
-	-	José Pereira da Cunha da Silveira e Sousa Júnior 7 August 1864 — 14 March 1927	-	1906	1907
-	-	Aristides Moreira da Mota 12 July 1855 — 1 May 1942	-	1907	1908
-	-	João Carlos da Silva Nogueira 26 March 1872 — 20 May 1954	-	1908	1910
-	-	Teotónio Simão Paim de Ornelas Bruges 22 September 1841 — 1929	-	1910	1910
-	-	Jacinto Carlos da Silva Viscount of Agualva 16 September 1872 — 28 January 1938	-	1904	1906
-	-	Henrique Ferreira de Oliveira Brás 9 February 1884 — 11 August 1947	-	1910	1912
-	-	António Afonso de Carvalho 9 September 1880 — 30 November 1949	-	1912	1913
-	-	Luís da Silva Ribeiro 4 December 1882 — 24 February 1955	-	1913	1913
-	-	Francisco de Mendonça Pacheco de Melo b. 17 April 1865	-	1913	1913
-	-	João de Mendonça Pacheco unknown	-	1913	1913
-	-	João Baptista da Silva unknown	-	1913	1914
-	-	Adolfo da Trindade unknown	-	1914	1915
-	-	António Silveira Lopes 15 December 1875 — 28 December 1963	-	1915	1915
-	-	Joaquim Teixeira da Silva 1870 — 10 November 1942	-	1915	1917
-	-	Francisco Vicente Ramos 18 November 1860 — 11 May 1930	-	1917	1919
-	-	Constantino José Cardoso 23 August 1864 — 5 March 1938	-	1919	1919
-	-	Joaquim Teixeira da Silva 1870 — 10 November 1942	-	1919	1920
-	-	Álvaro de Castro Meneres unknown	-	1920	1920
-	-	Constantino José Cardoso 23 August 1864 — 5 March 1938	-	1920	1921
-	-	António Veríssimo de Sousa 1860 — 1934	-	1921	1921
-	-	Virgílio da Rocha Dinis unknown	-	1921	1922
-	-	Francisco de Paula Homem da Costa Noronha unknown	-	1922	1922
-	-	António Amorim Pires Forte 1860 — 1934	-	1922	1923
-	-	António José Teixeira unknown	-	1923	1923
-	-	Sebastião Ávila de Vasconcelos unknown	-	1923	1923
-	-	Manuel de Mesquita 17 January 1879 — 22 March 1944	-	1923	1924
-	-	António José Teixeira unknown	-	1923	1923
-	-	Álvaro de Castro Meneres unknown	-	1924	1925
-	-	Alexandre Martins Pamplona Ramos 6 June 1865 — 4 February 1933		1925	1925
-	-	Francisco de Mendonça Pacheco de Melo b. 17 April 1865	-	1925	1926
-	-	Jaime Pereira da Silva unknown	-	1926	1927
-	-	Gonçalo Lobo Pereira Caldas de Barros 6 June 1865 — 4 February 1933	-	1927	1928
-	-	Manuel de Mesquita 17 January 1879 — 22 March 1944	-	1928	1931
-	-	Luís Augusto de Sousa Rodrigues unknown	-	1931	1932
-	-	Domingos Augusto Borges 4 August 1892 — 2 April 1933	-	1932	1933
-	-	Joaquim Moniz de Sá Corte Real e Amaral 28 August 1889 — 15 August 1987	-	1933	1936
-	-	Carlos Alberto de Oliveira 24 July 1898 — 11 March 1980	-	1936	1940
-	-	Abílio Garcia de Carvalho 18 de July 1890 — 31 January 1941		1940	1941
-	-	António Francisco de Sales de Guimarães Pestana da Silva unknown	-	1941	1944
-	-	Cândido Pamplona Forjaz 13 August 1901 — 14 November 1987	-	1944	1952
-	-	Manuel de Sousa Meneses 3 April 1890 — 30 March 1958	-	1952	1956
-	-	José Luís Abecassis b. 28 October 1920	-	1956	1959
-	-	Teotónio Machado Pires 7 November 1902 — 2 April 1993	-	1959	1973
-	-	Francisco Cabrita Matias unknown	-	1973	1974
-	-	Oldemiro Cardoso de Figueiredo 5 August 1916 — 7 May 1995	-	1974	1975

Horta

The district of Horta was formed by the islands of Faial, Pico, Flores and Corvo, with its seat in the city of Horta. Its services and administration were installed in the extinct College of the Society of Jesus, with the General Junta later occupying the same spaces, before moving to buildings left abandoned by the submarine cable companies.

Term	#	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Party
District of Horta (1836-1846)
1	-	António José Joaquim de Miranda unknown	-	8 June 1836	13 September 1836	administrator general
2	-	António Mariano de Lacerda unknown	-	13 September 1836	15 July 1837	administrator general
3	-	António Joaquim Nunes de Vasconcelos 1st Baron of Fonte Bela unknown	-	15 July 1837	6 December 1839	administrator general
-	-	Francisco Garcia do Rosário unknown	-	6 December 1839	3 February 1840	interim administrator general
4	-	Francisco de Paula de Sousa Vilas Boas unknown	-	3 February 1840	4 March 1842	administrator general
5	-	António José Vieira Santa Rita b. 1810 - 22 December 1877		4 March 1842	22 August 1846	1st civil governor
-	-	Francisco Inácio de Sousa 1st Baron of Fonte Bela unknown	-	22 August 1846	22 August 1846	secretary general and interim civil governor
6	-	Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrada Barbosa 3rd Count of Linhares 2 May 1823 — 2 September 1894	-	22 August 1846	10 October 1846	interim civil governor
7	-	António José Vieira Santa Rita b. 1810 - 22 December 1877		10 October 1846	8 September 1847
8	-	José Cupertino da Fonseca e Brito unknown	-	8 September 1847	20 December 1847
9	-	António José Vieira Santa Rita b. 1810 - 22 December 1877		20 December 1847	6 June 1848
10	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		6 June 1848	8 September 1848
11	-	Francisco Maria de Freitas Jácome b. 2 March 1800	-	8 September 1848	26 December 1849
12	-	Joaquim José Pereira da Silveira e Sousa 17 February 1796 — 1 May 1870	-	29 December 1849	3 June 1851
13	-	Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt 7 February 1810 — 7 March 1874		3 June 1851	24 April 1852
14	-	Luís Teixeira de Sampaio 2.º visconde do Cartaxo 10 January 1789 — 8 April 1865	-	24 April 1852	14 August 1857
15	-	António José Vieira Santa Rita b. 1810 - 22 December 1877		14 August 1857	11 October 1877
16	-	Júlio de Castilho 30 April 1840 — 8 February 1919		11 October 1877	31 January 1878
17	-	António Maria de Oliveira 1818 — 25 Novmeber 1886	-	31 January 1878	2 June 1879
18	-	Manuel Francisco de Medeiros 1 April 1832 — 3 June 1895	-	3 June 1879	31 March 1881
19	-	Manuel Maria de Melo e Simas 22 July 1835 — 25 January 1901	-	4 May 1881	28 May 1881
20	-	António Patrício da Terra Pinheiro 1837 — 3 June 1912	-	18 July 1881	25 February 1886
21	-	Manuel Francisco de Medeiros 1 April 1832 — 3 June 1895	-	25 February 1886	16 February 1890
22	-	Manuel de Arriaga Nunes 26 June 1843 — 9 March 1894	-	16 January 1890	20 February 1893
23	-	Guilherme Read Cabral 1821 — 18 June 1897	-	14 September 1893	4 January 1894
24	-	José de Almeida de Ávila 28 October 1844 — 30 October 1902		4 January 1894	13 July 1895	Regenerator
25	-	Amâncio Rodolfo Pinheiro da Costa Ribeiro 8 April 1840 — 20 June 1907	-	13 July 1895	30 January 1896
26	-	António Emílio Severino de Avelar 29 January 1843 — 30 January 1915		30 January 1896	4 February 1897
27	-	José de Almeida de Ávila 12 May 1852 — 2 May 1906	-	11 February 1897	20 July 1899
28	-	Diogo de Barcelos Machado Bettencourt 8 August 1847 — 16 October 1922		20 July 1899	29 June 1900	Progressive
29	-	José Bressane de Leite Perry Viscount Leite Perry 9 March 1862 — 23 November 1929		4 July 1900	18 October 1904	Regenerator
30	-	António Joaquim Durães b. 4 October 1857	-	24 November 1904	4 July 1905
31	-	Francisco de Andrade Albuquerque 16 December 1856 — 23 February 1933	-	4 July 1905	22 March 1906
32	-	José Bressane de Leite Perry Viscount Leite Perry 9 March 1862 — 23 November 1929		24 March 1906	17 May 1906	Regenerator
33	-	Manuel António Lino 4 January 1865 - 15 June 1927	-	6 June 1906	13 September 1906
34	-	Augusto da Silva Carvalho Osório 1 December 1878 — 28 December 1940	-	13 September 1906	15 February 1908
35	-	João Joaquim André de Freitas 1860 — 22 June 1929		14 March 1908	14 February 1909	Regenerator
36	-	José Bressane de Leite Perry Viscount Leite Perry 9 March 1862 — 23 November 1929		14 February 1909	11 January 1910	Regenerator
37	-	João António Cochado Martins 12 December 1862 — 14 August 1936	-	11 January 1910	25 June 1910
38	-	António Emílio Severino de Avelar 29 January 1843 — 30 January 1915	-	29 June 1910	5 October 1897
39	-	José Machado Serpa 9 March 1864 — 17 December 1945	-	5 October 1897	1 April 1911
40	-	Augusto Goulart de Medeiros 1 February 1878 — 10 September 1953	-	29 April 1911	18 January 1913
41	-	Edwiges Goulart Prieto 27 July 1870 — 21 August 1916	-	18 January 1913	4 April 1914
42	-	José Charters de Azevedo Lopes Vieira 10 October 1880 — 28 July 1943	-	4 April 1914	6 January 1915
43	-	António Emílio Severino de Avelar 29 January 1843 — 30 January 1915	-	6 January 1915	30 January 1915
44	-	Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos unknown	-	9 February 1915	1 March 1915
45	-	António Birne Pereira b. 1872	-	1 March 1915	2 May 1915
46	-	António Luís Serrão de Carvalho 12 April 1864 — 10 November 1946	-	24 May 1915	4 March 1916
47	-	Fernando Joaquim Armas 10 October 1865 — 22 Januayr 1931	-	4 March 1916	12 July 1917
48	-	Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior 22 February 1870 — 4 June 1952	-	13 December 1917	27 May 1918
49	-	Manuel da Câmara Velho Melo Cabral 4 September 1869 — 4 September 1939	-	27 May 1918	18 February 1919
50	-	Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior 22 February 1870 — 4 June 1952	-	18 February 1919	7 June 1919
51	-	António Xavier de Mesquita unknown	-	07 June 1919	27 March 1920
52	-	Luís Caldeira Mendes Saraiva unknown	-	27 March 1920	16 October 1920
53	-	Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior 22 February 1870 — 4 June 1952	-	16 October 1919	2 February 1920
54	-	Gabriel Baptista de Simas unknown	-	2 February 1920	30 May 1920
55	-	Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior 22 February 1870 — 4 June 1952	-	30 May 1920	25 October 1921
56	-	Gabriel Baptista de Simas unknown	-	25 October 1921	3 March 1922
57	-	Carlos Alberto da Silva Pinheiro 22 February 1870 — 4 June 1952	-	3 March 1922	16 November 1923
58	-	Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior 22 February 1870 — 4 June 1952	-	20 November 1923	17 December 1923
59	-	Álvaro Soares de Melo 31 January 1879 — 12 July 1963	-	5 January 1924	22 August 1924
60	-	Joaquim Gualberto da Cunha Melo unknown	-	22 August 1924	11 June 1926
61	-	António de Mendonça Monteiro unknown	-	01 July 1926	22 July 1926
62	-	Alberto Goulart de Medeiros 10 November 1863 — 11 May 1945	-	22 July 1926	13 November 1926
-	-	Fernando Mouzinho de Albuquerque 23 March 1874 — 25 January 1942	-	22 September 1926	07 January 1927	After the 31 August 1926 earthquake he became the High-Commissioner for Reconstruction
63	-	José Gomes Soares Mesquita unknown	-	17 January 1927	15 August 1927	Civil Governor and High-Commissioner for Reconstruction
64	-	Fernando da Costa unknown	-	15 August 1927	8 July 1931
65	-	Augusto Paes da Graça de Almeida e Silva b. 31 January 1902	-	8 July 1931	20 January 1933
66	-	Alfredo Sampaio unknown	-	20 January 1933	2 Febrauary 1933
67	-	José Malheiro Cardoso da Silva unknown	-	6 February 1933	15 March 1935
68	-	Luciano Machado Soares unknown	-	22 May 1935	1 July 1936
69	-	José Rodrigues de Matos b. 31 January 1902	-	25 August 1936	3 March 1937
70	-	José Rodrigues da Silva Mendes unknown	-	3 March 1937	17 March 1939
71	-	António Inocêncio Moreira de Carvalho unknown	-	17 March 1939	31 December 1940
Autonomous District of Horta (1940-1975)
71	-	António Inocêncio Moreira de Carvalho unknown	-	01 January 1940	12 September 1944
72	-	Pedro Gonçalves Guimarães unknown	-	24 November 1944	16 May 1946
73	-	Manuel de Sárrea Tavares de Mascarenhas Gaivão 10 November 1905 — 1957	-	18 September 1946	18 May 1953
74	-	António de Freitas Pimentel 15 May 1901 — 14 April 1981	-	12 June 1953	21 May 1973
75	-	António Sanches Branco 10 August 1918 — 12 July 2006	-	21 May 1973	25 April 1974
76	-	Rui Vasco de Vasconcelos e Sá Vaz unknown	-	16 August 1974	14 January 1976

Junta Regional

During the Verão Quente of 1975, after the resignation of the Civil Governor of the Autonomous District of Ponta Delgada, following the mass demonstration of 6 June 1975, a Decree was promulgated to create the Regional Administrative and Development Junta to substitute the autonomous districts, ushering in the new Political status of the Azores. These funcitons would be revised on 3 February 1976.. The Regional Junta governed the Azores between 22 August 1975 and 8 September 1976.

• 1975-1976 — General Altino Pinto de Magalhães, who became the President of Regional Junta on 26 August 1975, and execerised this post until 8 September 1976, when this body became extinct (and Magalhães became the Military Governor of the Azores. The Regional Junta of the Açores, presided by Altino Pinto de Magalhães, included the following representatives:
  • Assuntos Sociais, Trabalho e Emigração (Social Issues, Work and Immigration), Henrique Aguiar Rodrigues (People's Popular Party);
  • Coordenação Económica e Finanças (Economic Coordination and Finances), José Adriano Borges de Carvalho, later substituted by Álvaro Pereira da Silva Leal Monjardino (Popular Democratic Party);
  • Transportes, Comércio, Comunicações e Turismo (Transport, Commerce, Communication and Tourism), José Pacheco de Almeida (Popular Democratic Party);
  • Educação, Investigação Científica, Comunicação Social e Cultura (Education, Scientific Investigation, Social Communication and Culture), José António Martins Goulart (Socialist Party);
  • Administração Local, Equipamento Social e Ambiente (Local Administration, Social Equipment and Environment), Leonildo Garcia Vargas (Socialist Party);
  • Agricultura, Pescas e Indústria (Agriculture, Fishing and Industry), António de Albuquerque Jácome Corrêa (Independent).

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Nos termos do Estatuto Político-Administrativo da Região Autónoma dos Açores os órgãos de governo próprio são a Assembleia Legislativa, um parlamento unicameral eleito por sufrágio universal cada 4 anos, e o Governo Regional, um executivo de legitimidade parlamentar composto por um presidente e por secretários regionais, cujo mandato é também de 4 anos. Para além dos órgãos de governo próprio, a República Portuguesa é representada nos Açores por um Representante da República, nomeado pelo Presidente da República, cuja missão principal é promulgar as leis regionais (até à revisão constitucional de Julho de 2004, que criou este cargo, existiu um Ministro da República, com ligação preponderante ao Governo português; o primeiro Representante da República tomou posse em 2006, na sequência da tomada de posse de Aníbal Cavaco Silva como Presidente de República).

Ministros da República

1. 1976 - 1978 — General Octávio de Carvalho Galvão de Figueiredo, nomeado pelo Decreto n.º 674/76, de 24 de Agosto, tomou posse a 27 de Agosto de 1976, permanecendo no cargo até 11 de Setembro de 1978, tendo sido exonerado pelo Decreto n.º 93-A/78, de 11 de Setembro.
2. 1978 - 1981 — Almirante Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta, nomeado pelo Decreto n.º 93-B/78, de 11 de Setembro, exerceu o cargo de 11 de Setembro de 1978 a 28 de Abril de 1981, tendo sido exonerado pelo Decreto n.º 50/81, de 28 de Abril.
3. 1981 - 1986 — General Tomás George Conceição Silva, nomeado pelo Decreto n.º 51/81, de 28 de Abril, exerceu o cargo de 28 de Abril de 1981 a 12 de Julho de 1986, tendo sido exonerado pelo Decreto n.º 19/86, de 11 de Julho.
4. 1986 - 1991 — General Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, nomeado pelo Decreto n.º 20/86, de 11 de Julho, exerceu o cargo de 12 de Julho de 1986 a 20 de Abril de 1991, sendo exonerado pelo Decreto n.º 20/91, de 19 de Abril.
5. 1991 - 1997 — Prof. Doutor Mário Fernando de Campos Pinto, nomeado pelo Decreto n.º 21/91, de 19 de Abril, exerceu o cargo de 20 de Abril de 1991 a 7 de Outubro de 1997, tendo sido exonerado pelo Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 64-D/97, de 7 de Outubro.
6. 1997 - 2003 — Juiz Conselheiro Alberto Manuel de Sequeira Leal Sampaio da Nóvoa, foi nomeado pelo Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 64-F/97, de 7 de Outubro. Na sequência das eleições presidenciais de 2001, foi renomeado pelo Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 30-A/2001, de 14 de Maio. Exerceu o cargo de 7 de Outubro de 1997 a 27 de Março de 2003, tendo sido exonerado pelo Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 21-A/2003, de 26 de Março.
7. 2003 - 2006 — Juiz Conselheiro Álvaro José Brilhante Laborinho Lúcio, nomeado por Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 21-B/2003, de 26 de Março, exercendo as funções desde 27 de Março de 2003 a 30 de Março de 2006. Devido à extinção do cargo pela revisão constitucional de 2004 (Lei Constitucional n.º 1/2004, de 24 de Julho), este foi o último Ministro da República para a Região Autónoma dos Açores.

Representantes da República

Criado pela Lei Constitucional n.º 1/2004, de 24 de Julho, o cargo de Representante da República, agora inserido na esfera política e institucional do Presidente da República, veio substituir o Ministro da República. As funções de natureza executiva e de coordenação foram cometidas ao Governo Regional e ao Governo da República, ficando como função principal a representação da soberania do Estado português e a assinatura das leis emanadas da Assembleia Legislativa e do Governo Regional.

1. 2006 - 2011 — Juiz Conselheiro José António Mesquita, nomeado pelo Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 33/2006, de 30 de Março;
2. 2011 - ------- — Embaixador Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino, nomeado pelo Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 46/2011, de 11 de Abril.

Presidentes da Assembleia Legislativa

1. 1976 - 1978 — Álvaro Pereira da Silva Leal Monjardino (1.ª vez).
2. 1978 - 1979 — Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa (1.ª vez).
3. 1979 - 1984 — Álvaro Pereira da Silva Leal Monjardino (2.ª vez).
4. 1984 - 1991 — José Guilherme Reis Leite.
5. 1991 - 1995 — Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa (2.ª vez).
6. 1995 - 1996 — Humberto Trindade de Melo (1.ª vez).
7. 1996 - 1998 — Dionísio Mendes de Sousa.
8. 1998 - 2000 — Humberto Trindade de Melo (2.ª vez).
9. 2000 - 2008 — Fernando Manuel Machado Menezes.
10. 2008 - 2012 — Francisco Manuel Coelho Lopes Cabral.
11. 2012 - ------ — Ana Luísa Pereira Luís.

Presidentes do Governo Regional

1. 1976 - 1995 — João Bosco Soares da Mota Amaral (8 de Setembro de 1976 - 20 de Outubro de 1995)
   1. I Governo Regional dos Açores
   2. II Governo Regional dos Açores
   3. III Governo Regional dos Açores
   4. IV Governo Regional dos Açores
   5. V Governo Regional dos Açores
2. 1995 - 1996 — Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa (20 de Outubro de 1995 − 8 de Novembro de 1996)
   1. VI Governo Regional dos Açores
3. 1996 - 2012 — Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César (9 de Novembro de 1996 − 6 de Novembro de 2012)
   1. VII Governo Regional dos Açores
   2. VIII Governo Regional dos Açores
   3. IX Governo Regional dos Açores
   4. X Governo Regional dos Açores
4. 2012 - ------ — Vasco Ilídio Alves Cordeiro (6 de Novembro de 2012 - presente)
   1. XI Governo Regional dos Açores

Timeline

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Faria e Maia, Francisco de Ataíde Machado de (1988), Capitães-Generais (1766-1831) (in Portuguese) (2 ed.), Ponta Delgada: Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada
• Faria e Maia, Francisco de Ataíde Machado de (1988), Capitães dos Donatários (1439-1766) (in Portuguese) (4 ed.), Ponta Delgada: Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada
• Silveira Macedo, António Lourenço da (1871), História das Quatro Ilhas que Formam o Distrito da Horta (in Portuguese), vol. III, Horta, pp. 236–237{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Bento, Carlos Melo (2008), História dos Açores: Da descoberta a 1934 (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada

Ver também

• Comissão Consultiva para os Assuntos das Regiões Autónomas
• História dos Açores

Ligações externas

• Listagem de governantes dos Açores no WorldStatesmen;
• Listagem no WorldRulers.

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