Historical country records
Mozambique historical timeline
Mozambique
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1507 | Portuguese occupation of Mozambique Island | Leaders |
| 1531 | first Portuguese inland settlements | Leaders |
| 11 Jun 1951 | status changed from colony to overseas province | Leaders |
| 25 Jun 1975 | independence (People's Republic of Mozambique) | Leaders |
| 1 Dec 1990 | Republic of Mozambique | Leaders |
| 1699 - 1703 | Jácome de Morais Sarmento | Captains-general |
| 1703 - 1706 | João Fernandes de Almeida | Captains-general |
| 1706 - 1708 | Luís de Brito Freire | Captains-general |
| 1708 - 1712 | Luís Gonçalves da Câmara | Captains-general |
| 1712 - 1714 | João Fernandes de Almeida | Captains-general |
| 1714 - 1716 | Francisco de Mascarenhas | Captains-general |
| 1716 - 1719 | Francisco de Souto-Maior | Captains-general |
| 1719 - 1722 | Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior | Captains-general |
| 1722 - 1723 | Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro | Captains-general |
| 1723 - 1726 | António João Sequeira e Faria | Captains-general |
| 1726 - 1730 | António Cardim Fróis | Captains-general |
| 1730 - 1733 | António Casco de Melo | Captains-general |
| 1733 - 1736 | José Barbosa Leal | Captains-general |
| 1736 - 1740 | Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida | Captains-general |
| 1740 - 1743 | Lourenço de Noronha | Captains-general |
| 1743 - 1746 | Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro | Captains-general |
| 1746 - 1750 | Caetano Correia de Sá | Captains-general |
| 1750 - Mar 1758 | Francisco de Melo e Castro | Captains-general |
| Mar 1758 - Apr 1758 | João Manuel de Melo | Captains-general |
| Apr 1758 - 28 May 1759 | David Marques Pereira | Captains-general |
| 28 May 1759 - Jan 1763 | Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque | Captains-general |
| 6 Jan 1763 - 1765 | João Pereira da Silva Barba | Captains-general |
| 1765 - Jun 1779 | Baltazar Pereira do Lago | Captains-general |
| Jun 1779 - 1780 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| 1780 - 1781 | José de Vasconcelos e Almeida | Captains-general |
| 1781 - 4 Jan 1782 | Vicente da Maia e Vasconcelos | Captains-general |
| 4 Jan 1782 - 21 Aug 1782 | Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque | Captains-general |
| 1782 - 1786 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| 1786 - 1793 | António de Melo e Castro | Captains-general |
| 1793 - 1797 | Diogo de Sousa Coutinho | Captains-general |
| 1797 - Sep 1801 | Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa | Captains-general |
| Sep 1801 - Aug 1805 | Isidro de Sousa e Sá | Captains-general |
| Aug 1805 - Dec 1807 | Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso | Captains-general |
| Dec 1807 - 14 Aug 1809 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| 14 Aug 1809 - Aug 1812 | António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça (b. 17... - d. 1812) | Captains-general |
| Aug 1812 - Feb 1817 | Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses | Captains-general |
| Feb 1817 - Sep 1818 | José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | Captains-general |
| Sep 1818 - Nov 1819 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| Nov 1819 - Jun 1821 | João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches | Captains-general |
| Jun 1821 - Jun 1824 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| Jun 1824 - Jan 1825 | João Manuel da Silva | Captains-general |
| 20 Jan 1825 - Aug 1829 | Sebastião Xavier Botelho | Captains-general |
| Aug 1829 - Jan 1832 | Paulo José Miguel de Brito | Captains-general |
| Jan 1832 - Mar 1834 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| Mar 1834 - Mar 1836 | José Gregório Pagado | Captains-general |
| Mar 1836 - Mar 1837 | Provisional Administration | Captains-general |
| Mar 1837 - Oct 1837 | António José de Melo | Governors-general |
| Oct 1837 - Mar 1838 | João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen, marquês de Aracaty (b. 1776 - d. 1838) | Governors-general |
| Mar 1838 - 25 Mar 1840 | Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá | Governors-general |
| 25 Mar 1840 - May 1841 | Joaquim Pereira Marinho | Governors-general |
| May 1841 - 15 Feb 1843 | João da Costa Xavier | Governors-general |
| 15 Feb 1843 - May 1847 | Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima | Governors-general |
| May 1847 - Oct 1851 | Domingos Fortunato de Vale | Governors-general |
| Oct 1851 - Apr 1854 | Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães | Governors-general |
| Apr 1854 - Sep 1857 | Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | Governors-general |
| Sep 1857 - Feb 1864 | João Tavares d'Almeida | Governors-general |
| Feb 1864 - Apr 1864 | Candido M. Montes | Governors-general |
| Apr 1864 - Oct 1867 | M. António do Canto e Castro | Governors-general |
| Oct 1867 - Sep 1868 | António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda (b. 1804 - d. ...) | Governors-general |
| Sep 1868 - Feb 1869 | M.N.P. de Ataíde e Azevedo | Governors-general |
| Feb 1869 - Apr 1869 | António Tavares de Almeida | Governors-general |
| Apr 1869 - Dec 1869 | Fernão da Costa Leal | Governors-general |
| Dec 1869 - Jun 1870 | Juiz E.K. da Fonseca e Gouveia | Governors-general |
| Jun 1870 - Aug 1870 | Inácio A. Alves (acting) | Governors-general |
| Aug 1870 - Dec 1873 | José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral | Governors-general |
| Dec 1873 - Aug 1874 | Juiz J.M. Crispiniano da Fonseca | Governors-general |
| Aug 1874 - Dec 1877 | José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | Governors-general |
| Dec 1877 - Jan 1880 | Francisco Maria da Cunha | Governors-general |
| Jan 1880 - Aug 1881 | Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento | Governors-general |
| Aug 1881 - Feb 1882 | Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, visconde de Paço de Arcos (b. 1834 - d. 1905) | Governors-general |
| Feb 1882 - Apr 1882 | J. d'Almeida d'Avila (acting) | Governors-general |
| Apr 1882 - Apr 1885 | Agostinho Coelho | Governors-general |
| Apr 1885 - Jul 1885 | D. Henrique Real da Silva | Governors-general |
| Jul 1885 - Mar 1889 | Augusto de Castilho | Governors-general |
| Mar 1889 - Jul 1889 | José Joaquim d'Almeida (acting) | Governors-general |
| Jul 1889 - Jul 1890 | João António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira (b. 1846 - d. 1902) | Governors-general |
| Jul 1890 - 2 Jul 1891 | Joaquim José Machado (1st time) | Governors-general |
| 2 Jul 1891 - May 1893 | Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade | Governors-general |
| May 1893 - 13 Jan 1894 | Francisco Teixeira da Silva | Governors-general |
| Jan 1894 - Jul 1894 | Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança | Governors-general |
| Jul 1894 - Jan 1895 | Fernão de Magalhães e Meneses | Governors-general |
| Jan 1895 - Dec 1895 | António José Enes (commissioner) | Governors-general |
| Jan 1896 - Mar 1896 | Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança | Governors-general |
| Mar 1896 - Nov 1897 | Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque | Governors-general |
| Nov 1897 - Aug 1898 | Baltasar Freire Cabral (acting) | Governors-general |
| Aug 1898 - Dec 1898 | Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier | Governors-general |
| Dec 1898 - Mar 1900 | Álvaro António Ferreira | Governors-general |
| Mar 1900 - May 1900 | Júlio José, marquês da Costa | Governors-general |
| May 1900 - Oct 1900 | Joaquim José Machado (2nd time) | Governors-general |
| Oct 1900 - Dec 1902 | Manuel Rafael Gorjão | Governors-general |
| Dec 1902 - Feb 1905 | Thomás António García Rosado | Governors-general |
| Feb 1905 - Oct 1906 | João de Azevedo Coutinho | Governors-general |
| Oct 1906 - Nov 1910 | Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade | Governors-general |
| Nov 1910 - May 1911 | José de Freitas Ribeiro (acting) | Governors-general |
| May 1911 - Feb 1912 | José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva | Governors-general |
| Feb 1912 - Mar 1913 | Alfredo Afonso Mendeses de Magalhães | Governors-general |
| Mar 1913 - Apr 1914 | Augusto Ferreira dos Santos | Governors-general |
| Apr 1914 - May 1915 | Joaquim José Machado (3rd time) | Governors-general |
| May 1915 - Oct 1915 | Alfredo Baptista Coelho | Governors-general |
| Oct 1915 - Apr 1918 | Álvaro de Castro | Governors-general |
| Apr 1918 - Apr 1919 | Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim | Governors-general |
| Apr 1919 - Mar 1921 | Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca | Governors-general |
| Mar 1921 - Sep 1923 | Manuel de Brito Camacho | High commissioners and governors-general |
| Sep 1923 - Nov 1924 | Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca | High commissioners and governors-general |
| Nov 1924 - May 1926 | Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho | High commissioners and governors-general |
| May 1926 - Nov 1926 | Artur Ivens Ferraz (acting) | High commissioners and governors-general |
| Nov 1926 - Apr 1938 | José Ricardo Pereira Cabral | High commissioners and governors-general |
| Apr 1938 - 1941 | José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 1941 - 1946 | João Tristão de Bettencourt | High commissioners and governors-general |
| May 1947 - Dec 1948 | Luis de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal (b. 1897 - d. 19...) | High commissioners and governors-general |
| Dec 1948 - 1958 | Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 1958 - 1961 | Pedro Correia de Barros | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 1961 - 1964 | Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 1964 - 1968 | José Augusto da Costa Almeida | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 12 Jul 1968 - 1970 | Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 1970 - 1972 | Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 1972 - 27 Apr 1974 | Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 27 Apr 1974 - 11 Jun 1974 | David Teixeira Ferreira (acting) | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 11 Jun 1974 - 17 Aug 1974 | Henrique Soares de Melo | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 19 Aug 1974 - 12 Sep 1974 | Jorge Ferro Ribeiro (acting) | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 12 Sep 1974 - 25 Jun 1975 | Vítor Crespo | High commissioners and governors-general |
| 25 Jun 1975 - 19 Oct 1986 | Samora Machel | Presidents |
| 19 Oct 1986 - 6 Nov 1986 | Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO (acting) - Marcelino dos Santos (b. 1929) - Joaquim Chissano (b. 1939) - Alberto Joaquim Chipande - Armando Guebuza (b. 1943) - Jorge Rebelo (b. 1940) - Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe (b. 1953) - Sebastião Marcos Mabote (b. 1941 - d. 2001) - Jacinto Soares Veloso (b. 1937) - Mário da Graça Machungo (b. 1940) - José Óscar Monteiro | Presidents |
| 6 Nov 1986 - 2 Feb 2005 | Joaquim Chissano | Presidents |
| 2 Feb 2005 - | Armando Guebuza | Presidents |
| 20 Sep 1974 - 25 Jun 1975 | Joaquim Chissano | Prime ministers |
| 17 Jul 1986 - 16 Dec 1994 | Mário da Graça Machungo | Prime ministers |
| 16 Dec 1994 - 17 Feb 2004 | Pascoal Mocumbi | Prime ministers |
| 17 Feb 2004 - | Luisa Diogo (f) | Prime ministers |