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Azores

[Portugal]

[Açores]
   Adopted 10 Apr 1979 Azores Local Flag

Map of the Azores Hear National Anthem
"A Portugesa"
(The Portuguese) Hear Local Anthem
"Hino dos Açores"
(Hymn of the Azores)
Adopted 12 Apr 1979
Constitution
(25 Apr 1976)

Capital: Ponta Delgada
Legislative Capital: Horta
Judicial Capital: Angra do Heroísmo Currency: Euro (EUR);
to 1 Jan 2002 Portuguese
Escudo (PTE) National Holiday: 10 Jun (1580)
Portugal Day
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Local Holiday: on
Pentecost Monday (1976)
Azores Day (Autonomy Day) Population: 244,868 (2008)

GDP: $ N/A
(included in Portugal figures) Exports: $N/A
Imports: $N/A
(included in Portugal figures) Ethnic groups: Portuguese

Total Police Forces: N/A
U.S. Troops: 940 (2006)
Defense is the Responsibility of Portugal Religion: Roman Catholic

International Organizations/Treaties: None

Azores Index Chronology
1427                       Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Diogo de Senill
                             (or Sevilha),(Praia [Terceira], Pico e Faial, São
                             Miguel, Flores e Corvo, Graciosa, Santa Maria, &
                             Angra São Jorge), granted as separate donatarias.
1432                       Rediscovered by Portuguese Capt. Gonçalo Velhol
                             Cabral.
1466                       Portuguese allow Flemish settlers on the islands
                             which become known as the "Fleming Isles"
                             (Ilhas Flamengas).
15 Jul 1580 - 1 Dec 1640 Islands along with Portugal a Spanish possession. 2 Aug 1766                Islands united (Captaincy-general of the Azores).
26 Jan 1771                Unification of the islands formalized.
3 Mar 1830 - Mar 1834     Queen Maria II (s.a.) rules from the Azores in
                             opposition to King Miguel (s.a.) in Lisbon.
4 Jun 1832                Overseas province of Portugal (Azores Province).
28 Jul 1833                Divided into two overseas provinces (Oriental dos
                             Açores [São Miguel, Santa Maria & Ponta Delgada]
                             and Ocidental dos Açores [the remaining islands
                             and Angra do Heroísmo]).
18 Jul 1835                Status changed to districts.
28 Mar 1836                Divided into three districts (Angra do Heroísmo
                             [islands of Graciosa, São Jorge and Terceira],
                             Horta [Corvo, Faial, Flores and Pico] and
                             Ponta Delgada [Santa Maria and São Miguel]).
18 Jan 1918 - 1 Sep 1919 U.S. naval base established at Ponta Delgada
                             on São Miguel.
4 Apr 1931 - 2 May 1931 Under control of military junta in Madeira,
                             sometimes styled República da Atlântida
                             (Atlantic Republic)(see under Madeira).
1943 - 1945                Allied military air bases established: British
                             base and U.S. base, both at Lajes on Terceira.
27 Aug 1975                Regional Junta governs all islands.
27 Aug 1976                Azores Autonomous Region within Portugal.

Santa Maria
(1461-1832)

São Miguel
(1474-1820)

Praia (Terceira)
and Angra
(1450-1749)

Graciosa
(1474-1737)

Faial e Pico
(1468-1737)

Flores e Corvo
(1475-1832)

Captains-general
7 Oct 1766 - 1776         Antão de Alamda                       (b. 1718 - d. 1797)
21 Apr 1776 - 3 Dec 1793 Dinis Gregório de Melo Castro e       (d. 1793)
                             Mendonça
3 Dec 1793 - 30 Oct 1799 José d'Ave Maria Leite da Costa       (b. 1727 - d. 1799)                             e Silva, bispo de Angra                              (president of interim government)1796 - 30 Oct 1799 Mateus Homem Borges da Costa                              (acting for da Costa e Silva)30 Oct 1799 - 17 Oct 1804 Lourenço José Boaventura de           (b. 1757 - d. 1815)                             Almada, conde de Almada 17 Oct 1804 - 4 May 1806 José António de Melo da Silva         (b. 1763 - d. 1839)
                             César de Meneses, marquês de
                             Sabugosa
10 May 1806 - 9 Sep 1810 Miguel António de Melo,               (b. 1766 - d. 1836)
                             conde de Murça
9 Sep 1810 - 14 May 1817 Aires Pinto de Sousa Coutinho
14 May 1817 - 18 Oct 1820 Francisco António de Araújo e Azevedo (b. 1772 - d. 1822)
18 Oct 1820 - 15 May 1821 Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler,   (b. 1759 - d. 1829)
                             barão da Vila da Praia (1st time)
15 May 1821 - 19 Nov 1822 Government Junta
19 Nov 1823 - 24 Jul 1824 Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler,   (s.a.)
                             barão da Vila da Praia (2nd time)
24 Jul 1824 - 22 Jun 1828 Manuel Vieira Tovar de Albuquerque (b. 1776 - d. 1833)
22 Jun 1828 - 1828         Interim Government
1828 - 1831                Henrique da Fonseca de Sousa Prego
                             (for the Miguelist party, in Ponta Delgada)
1828 - 5 Apr 1829         Provisional Junta
23 Jun 1829 - 4 Jun 1832 António José de Sousa Manuel de       (b. 1792 - d. 1860)
                             Menezes Severim de Noronha,
                             conde de Vila Flor
                             (for the Liberal party, in Angra do Heroísmo)
Prefect
1832 - 1833                Francisco Saraiva da Costa Refóios,   (b. 1779 - d. 1842)
                             barão de Ruivós
Prefect of Eastern Azores
1 Jul 1833 - 1 Dec 1835 José António Ferreira de Moura
Prefects of Western Azores
1833 - 1833                Francisco Saraiva da Costa Refóios,   (s.a.)
                             barão de Ruivós
1833 - 1836                Luís Pinto de Mendonça Arrais,        (b. 1787 - d. 1859)
                             barão de Valongo e visconde de
                             Valongo
Civil governors of Angra do Heroísmo
1836                       Luís Pinto de Mendonça Arrais,        (s.a.)
                             barão de Valongo e visconde de
                             Valongo
1836 - 1839                Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da (b. 1807 - d. 1870) Câmara
1839 - 1844                José Silvestre Ribeiro (b. 1807 - d. 1891)
1844 - 1848                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
                             (1st time)
1848 José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino (b. 1819 - d. 1904) (1st time) (acting)
1848 - 1849                António José Vieira Santa Rita        (d. 1877)
1849 José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino (s.a.) (2nd time) (acting)
1849 - 1851                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1851                       António de Oliveira Marreca           (b. 1805 - d. 1889)
Oct 1851 - 25 Aug 1852    António Marcelino da Victória
1852 - 1857                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1857 - 1858                António Maria Cordeiro
Jul 1858 - 21 May 1859     Cassiano Sepúlveda Teixeira
22 May 1859 - 20 Jan 1861 José Maria da Silva Leal1861 José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino (s.a.) (3rd time) (acting)1861 - 1865                Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila     (b. 1833 - d. 1889)                             Paim da Câmara (1st time) 1865                       Albino de Abranches Freire de         (b. 1804 - d. 1876)
                             Figueiredo
1865 - 1866                José Guillerme Pacheco
1867 - 1868                António de Gouveia Osório
1868 - 1869                Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim da    (b. 1807 - d. 1870)
                             Camara, conde da Praia da Vitória,
                             visconde de de Bruges
1869                       Miguel Vaz Guedes de Ataíde
1869 - 1873                Félix Borges de Medeiros
22 Mar 1873 - 27 Nov 1876 Francisco de Albuquerque Mesquita
                             e Castro
1876 - 1877                António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da     (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
                             Câmara, barão do Ramalho (1st time)
1877 - 1878                Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila     (s.a.)
                             Paim da Câmara, conde da Vila da
                             Praia da Vitória, visconde de
                             Bruges (2nd time)
1878 - 1879                António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da (s.a.)
                             Câmara, Barão do Ramalho (2nd time)
1879 - 1881                Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila     (s.a.)
                             Paim da Câmara, conde da Vila da
                             Praia da Vitória, visconde de
                             Bruges (3rd time)
10 May 1881 - 23 May 1883 Afonso de Castro
1883 - 1884                João António Pereira Neves
10 Dec 1884 - 28 May 1885 Augusto Maria da Fonseca Coutinho1885 - 1886 Jacinto Cândido da Silva (interim)    (b. 1857 - d. 1926)1886 - 1889                Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila     (s.a.)
                             Paim da Câmara, conde da Vila da
                             Praia da Vitória, visconde de
                             Bruges (4th time)
1889 - 1890                Cândido Pacheco de Melo Menezes       (b. 1837 - d. 1900)
                             Forjaz de Lacerda, visconde de
                             Nossa Senhora das Mercês (1st time)
1890 - 1891                António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da    (s.a.)                             Câmara, barão do Ramalho (3rd time) 1 Jun 1892 - 26 Jun 1891 Frederico Ferreira Campos (acting) (b. 1809 - d. 1892)1891 - 1893                Henrique de Sá Nogeira de Vasconcelos (b. 1843 - d. 1923)
18 May 1893 - 31 May 1893 Henrique de Castro (acting)
1893 - 1895                José Pimentel Homem de Noronha    (b. 1846 - d. 1933)
1895 - 1896                Manuel Homem da Costa Noronha (b. 1828 - d. 1897)
1896 - 1897                Emidio Lono da Silva Júnior (1st time)(b. 1860 - d. 1936)
1897 - 1900                Cândido Pacheco de Melo Menezes (s.a.)
                             Forjaz de Lacerda, visconde de
                             Nossa Senhora das Mercês (2nd time)
1900 - 1902                Emidio Lono da Silva Júnior (2nd time)(s.a.)
1902 - 1904                Raimundo Sieuve de Menezes,           (b. 1854 - d. 1937)
                             conde de Sieuve de Menezes
1904 - 1906                Teotónio Simão Paim de Ornelas Bruges (b. 1841 - d. 1929)
                             (1st time)
1906                       António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da     (b. 1864 - d. 1934)
                             Câmara
1906 - 1907                José Pereira da Cunha da Silveira e (b. 1864 - d. 1927)
                             Sousa Júnior
1907 - 1908                Aristides Moreira da Mota             (b. 1855 - d. 1942)
1908 - 1910                João Carlos da Silva Nogueira
1910                       Teotónio Simão Paim de Ornelas Bruges (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1910                       Jacinto Carlos da Silva, visconde de (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
                             Agualva
1910 - 1912                Henrique Ferreira de Oliveira Braz1912 - 1913                António Afonso de Carvalho 1913 Luís da Silva Ribeiro (b. 1882 - d. 1955)1913                       Francisco de Mendonça Pacheco e Melo 1913                       João de Mendonça Pacheco1913 - 1914                João Baptista da Silva1914 - 1915                Adolfo da Trinidade1915                       António Silveira Lopes1915 - 1917                Joaquim Teixeira da Silva (1st time)1917 - 1919                Francisco Vicente Ramos1919                       Constantino José Cardoso (1st time)1919 - 1920                Joaquim Teixeira da Silva (2nd time)
1920                       Álvaro de Castro Meneres (1st time)
1920 - 1921                Constantino José Cardoso (2nd time)
1921                       António Veríssimo de Sousa
1921                       Virgílio da Rocha Dinis
1922                       Francisco de Paula Homem da Costa
                             Noronha
1922 - 1923                António Amorim Pires Forte
1923                       Antonio José Teixeira (1st time)
1923                       Sebastião Ávila de Vasconcelos
1923 - 1924                Manuel Mesquita (1st time)
1924                       António José Teixeira (2nd time)
1924 - 1925                Álvaro de Castro Meneres (2nd time)
1925                       Alexandre Martins Pamplona Ramos      (b. 1865 - d. 1933)
1925 - 1926                Francisco de Mendonça Pacheco e Melo
1926 - 1927                Jaime Pereira da Silva
1927 - 1928                Gonçalo Lobo Pereira Caldas de Barros (b. 1850 - d. 1950)
1928 - 1931                Manuel Mesquita (2nd time)
1931 - 1932                Luís Augusto de Sousa Rodrigues
1932 - 1933                Domingos Augusto Borges
1933 - 1936                Joaquim Moniz de Sá Corte-Real e    (b. 1899 - d. 1987)
                             Amaral
1936 - 1940                Carlos Alberto de Oliveira (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
1940 - 31 Jan 1941         Abílio Garcia de Carvalho             (b. 1891 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1944                António Francisco de Sales de
                             Guimarães Pestana da Silva
                           Pestana da Silva
1944 - 1952                Cândido Pamplona Forjaz
1952 - 1973                Teotónio Machado Pires    (b. 1903 - d. 1993)
1973 - 1974                Francisco Cabrita Matias
1974 - 1975                Oldemiro Cardoso de Figueiredo
Sub-Prefects of Hora 1832 - 1833    António Mariano de Lacerda (1st time)(b. 1807 - d. 1881)
1833 - 1833    António José de Ávila (1st time)1833 - 1833    António Garcia da Rosa 1833 - 1834 António José de Ávila (2nd time) 1834 - 1836    António Mariano de Lacerda (2nd time) (s.a.) Administrators-general of Horta1836 - 1837                António Mariano de Lacerda 1836 - 1838                António José Joaquim de Miranda 1838 - 1840                António Joaquim Nunes de Vasconcelos 1840 - 1842                Francisco de Paula da Silva Vilas-Boas
Civil governors of Horta
1842 - 1845                António José Vieira Santa Rita        (d. 1877)
                             (1st time)
1845                       Francisco Inácio de Sousa (interim)
1845 - 1846                António Garcia da Rosa,
                             barão da Areia Larga
1846 - 1847                António José Vieira Santa Rita        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1847                       .... (acting)
1847 - 1848                António José Vieira Santa Rita        (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1848 - 1849                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
                             (1st time)
1849                       Francisco Maria de Freitas Jácome
1849 - 1851                Joaquim José Pereira da Silveira (b. 1796 - d. 1870)
   e Sousa 1851 - 1852                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1852 - 1857                Luís Teixeira de Sampaio              (b. 1788 - d. 1865)
1857 - 1877                António José Vieira Santa Rita        (s.a.)
                             (4th time)
1877 - 1878                Júlio de Castilho, visconde de        (b. 1840 - d. 1919)
                             Castilho
1878 - 1879                António Maria de Oliveira
1879 - 1881                Manuel Francisco de Medeiros
                             (1st time)
1881                       Manuel Maria de Melo e Simas
1881 - 1886                António Patricio da Terra Pinheiro
1886 - 1890                Manuel Francisco de Medeiros
                             (2nd time)
1890 - 1893                Manuel de Arriaga Nunes               (b. 1840 - d. 1917)
1893 - 1894                Guilherme Read Cabral
1894 - 1895                José de Almeida de Ávila              (b. 1843 - d. 1901)
1895 - 1896                Amâncio Rodolfo da Costa Pinheiro
1896 - 1897                António Emílio Severino de Avelar    (b. 1843 - d. 1915)
                             (1st time)
1897 - 1899                Miguel António da Silveira            (b. 1866 - d. ....)
1899 - 1900                Diogo de Barcelos Machado Bettencourt (b. 1847 - d. 19..)
1900 - 1904                José Bressane Leite Perry, visconde
                             de Leite Perry (1st time)           (b. 1862 - d. 1930)
1904 - 1905                António Joaquim Durães
1905 - 1906                Francisco de Andrade Albuquerque de
                             Bettencourt
1906                       José Bressane Leite Perry, visconde   (s.a.)
                             de Leite Perry (2nd time)
1906                       Manuel António Lino
1906 - 1908                Augusto da Silva Carvalho Osório      (b. 1878 - d. 1940)
1908 - 1909                João Joaquim André de Freitas (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
1909 - 1910                José Bressane Leite Perry, visconde   (s.a.)
                             de Leite Perry (3rd time)
1910                       João António Cochado Martins
1910                       António Emílio Severino de Avelar (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1910 - 1911                José Machado de Serpa
1911 - 1914                Eduíno Goulart Prieto
1914 - 1915                José Charters Azevedo Lopez Vieira
1915                       António Emílio Severino de Avelar (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1915                       Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos
1915                       António Birne Pereira
1915 - 1916                António Luís Serrão de Carvalho1916 - 1917                Fernando Joaquim Armas1917 - 1918                Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior (b. 1870 - d. 1952)                             (1st time)1918 - 1919                Manuel Câmara Velho Melo Cabral 1919                       Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior (s.a.)       (2nd time) 1919 - 1920                António Mesquita 1920                       Luís Caldeira Mendes Saraiva1920 - 1921                Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior (s.a.)                             (3rd time)1921                       Gabriel Baptista de Sines (1st time)1921                       Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior (4th time)1921 - 1922                Gabriel Baptista de Sines (2nd time)1922 - 1923                Carlos Alberto da Silva Pinheiro1923                       Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior (s.a.)                              (5th time)1924                       Álvaro Soares de Melo1924 - 1926                Joaquim Guilhermo da Cunha Melo1926                       António de Mendonça Monteiro
1926 - 1927               Alberto Goulart de Medeiros1926 - 1927    Fernando Mouzinho de Albuquerque (high commissioner)1927                 José Soares de Mesquita1927 - 1931                Fernando da Costa1931 - 1933                Augusto Pais da Graça de Almeida (b. 1902 - d. ....) e Silva1933                       Alfredo Sampaio (interim)
1933 - 1935                José Malheiro Cardoso da Silva
1935 - 1936                Luciano Machado Soares
1936 - 1937                José Rodrigues de Matos
1937 - 1939                José Rodrigues de Silva Mendes        (b. 1893 - d. 1988)
1939 - 1944                António Inocêncio Moreira de Carvalho
1944 - 1946                Pedro Gonçalves Guimarães 1946 - 1950    Manuel de Gusmão de Mascarenhas Gaivão1950 - 1953 .... 1953 - 1973                António de Freitas Pimentel           (b. 1901 - d. 1981)1973 - 1974                António Sanches Branco                (b. 1918 - d. 2006)
1974 - 1975                Rui Vasco de Vasconcelos e Sá Vaz
Sub-Prefect of Ponta Delgada1832 - 1833    Luís Ribeiro de Sousa SaraivaAdministrators-general of Ponta Delgada
1 Dec 1835 - Jun 1836 José António Ferreira de Moura
                             (interim)
1836 - 1837                Jacinto Inácio Rodrigues da Silveira, (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
                             barão da Fonte Bela (interim)
1837 - 1838                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
                             (1st time) (interim)
1838 - 1840                Manuel de Medeiros da Costa Canto e
                             Albuquerque, barão das Laranjeiras
1840 - 1842                Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (interim)
Civil governors of Ponta Delgada
1842 - 1844 Francisco Afonso da Costa Chaves e    (b. 1797 - d. 1863) Melo1844 - 1846                José Caetano Dias do Canto Medeiros1846 - 27 Apr 1847         Manuel de Medeiros da Costa Canto e                              Albuquerque, barão das Laranjeiras
                             (president of the Governing Junta)
27 Apr 1847 - 24 Jun 1847 João Bernardo de Medeiros
                             (president of the Governing Junta)
1847 - 1849                Duarte Borges da Câmara e Medeiros   (b. 1799 - d. 1872)
1849                       Pedro da Costa de Sousa de Macedo
1849 - 1851                Eusébio Dias Poças Falcão (1st time)
                             (acting)
1851 - 1868                Félix Borges de Medeiros
1868 - 1869                Eusébio Dias Poças Falcão (2nd time)
1869 - 1877                Jácome de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila
                             Paim da Câmara, (from 1870) conde (b. 1833 - d. 1889)
                             da Vila da Praia da Vitória
1877 - 1878                António da Fonseca Carvão Paim da
                             Câmara, barão do Ramalho
1878                       Júlio de Castilho, visconde de        (b. 1840 - d. 1897)
                             Castilho
1878 - 1879                Gualdino Alfredo Lobo de Gouveia
                             Valadares (1st time)
1879 - 1881                Verissimo Aguiar Cabral               (b. 1825 - d. 1891)
1881 - 1886                Gualdino Alfredo Lobo de Gouveia
                             Valadares (2nd time)
1886 - 1890                Narciso Maximiliano Alvares de
                             Carvalho
1890 - 1892                Carlos Maria Gomes Machado            (b. 1828 - d. 1901)
1892 - 1893                Bento José Pinto da Mota
1893 - 1895                António Moreira da Câmara Coutinho
                             Gusmão
1896 - 1897                Alfredo Vieira Coelho Peixoto Pinto de
                             Vilas-Boas, conde de Paçô Vieira    (b. 1860 - d. 1926)
1897 - 1900                Francisco de Andrade Albuquerque de
                             Bettencourt
1900 - 1901                José Coelho da Mota Prego (1st time)
1901 - 1903                Amadeu Augusto Pinto da Silva
1904 - 1905                José Coelho da Mota Prego (2nd time)
1905 - 1906                Luís de Bettencourt de Medeiros e     (b. 1873 - d. 1939)
                             Câmara (1st time)
1906                       Francisco de Melo Manuel Leite de
                             Arruda (1st time)
1906 - 1910                Luís de Bettencourt de Medeiros e     (s.a.)
                             Câmara (2nd time)
1910                       Francisco de Melo Manuel Leite de
                             Arruda (2nd time)
1910 - 1911                Francisco Luís Tavares (1st time)
1911 - 1913                Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos
1913                       Francisco de Melo Manuel Leite de
                             Arruda (3rd time)
1913 - 1914                João Francisco de Sousa
1914 - 1915                Jacinto Gago Machado de Faria e Maia (b. 1874 - d. 1925)
1915                       Adelino de Oliveira Pinto Furtado
1915                       Virgílio Soares de Albergaria         (b. 1858 - d. 1927)
                             (1st time)
1915                       António Martins Ferreira Júnior
1915                       António Cabral de Melo
1915                       Francisco Manuel de Medeiros Correia
1915 - 1917                António Rodrigues Salgado             (b. 1883 - d. 1933)
1917                       António de Medeiros Franco
1917 - 1918                Virgílio Soares de Albergaria         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1918                       Mário Augusto Teixeira
1918 - 1919                João Correia da Silva Júnior
1918 - 1919 José Augusto de Simas Machado         (b. 1859 – d. 1927)
(High Commissioner of the Republic for Azores and Madeira)
1919                       Francisco Luís Tavares (2nd time)
1919 - 1920                Virgílio Saque (b. 1884 - d. 19..)
1920                       José Borges Medeiros da Horta
1920 - 1921                Francisco Luís Tavares (3rd time)
1921                       Duarte Amigo de Azevedo Feio
1921                       Francisco Luís Tavares (4th time)
1921 - 1923                Horácio de Medeiros Franco
1923 - 1924                Francisco Luis Tavares (5th time)
1924                       Alfredo Adelino de Sá
1924 - 1925                Jeremias da Costa
1925                       Álvaro Pais de Ataíde
1925 - 1926                Jaime Hintze                          (b. 1879 - d. 1945)
1926 - 1928                Abel de Abreu Sorro Maior
1928 - 1931                Gonçalo Lobo Pereira Caldas de Barros (s.a.)
1931 - 1932                António Júlio Belo de Almeida
1932 - 1933                Jaime Resende do Couto
1933 - 1934                António Augusto de Sousa
1935                       Agosthino de Mesquita
1936 - 1937                Augusto Leite Mendes Moreira (1st time)
1937 - 1940                Alberto de Campos Vieira Neves
1940 - 1944                Rafael Sérgio Vieira
1944 - 1946                Augusto Leite Mendes Moreira (2nd time)
1946 - Jul 1954            Aniceto António dos Santos    (b. 1895 - d. 1965)
1955 - 1957                Carlos José Botelho de Paiva
1957 - 1967                José Jacinto Vasconcelos Raposo
1967 - 1974                Basílio Seguro
21 Aug 1974 - 6 Jun 1975 António Borges Coutinho               (b. 1923)
6 Jun 1975 - 27 Aug 1975 Altino Amadeu Pinto de Magalhães      (b. 1922)
President of the Governing Junta
27 Aug 1975 - 27 Aug 1976 Altino Amadeu Pinto de Magalhães      (s.a.)
Ministers of the Republic
27 Aug 1976 - 11 Sep 1978 Octavio de Carvalho Galvão de
                             Figueiredo
11 Sep 1978 - 28 Apr 1981 Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta        (b. 1920)
28 Apr 1981 - 12 Jul 1986 Tomas George Conceição e Silva    (b. 1933)
12 Jul 1986 - 20 Apr 1991 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira            (b. 1939)
20 Apr 1991 - 7 Oct 1997 Mário Fernando de Campos Pinto
7 Oct 1997 - 27 Mar 2003 Alberto Manuel de Sequeira Leal
                             Sampaio da Nóvoa
27 Mar 2003 - 30 Mar 2006 Álvaro José Brilhante Laborinho       (b. 1941)
                             Lúcio
Representative of the Republic
30 Mar 2006 -              José António Mesquita                 (b. 1935?)

President of the Regional Governing Junta
27 Aug 1975 - 8 Sep 1976 Altino Amadeu Pinto de Magalhães      (s.a.)              Mil
Presidents of the Regional Government
8 Sep 1976 - 20 Oct 1995 João Bosco Soares Mota Amaral         (b. 1943)           PSD
20 Oct 1995 - 9 Nov 1996 Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa        (b. 1940)           PSD
9 Nov 1996 -              Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César   (b. 1956)           PS

Commander of the U.S. Naval Base Ponta Delgada
18 Jan 1918 - 1 Sep 1919 Herbert Owar Dunn                     (b. 1857 - d. 1939)
British Air Officer commanding in the Azores
1943 - 1945                Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet            (b. 1891 - d. 1983)
Commanders of the U.S. Azores Reconnaissance Party
(subordinated to the British Commander)
1943 - 1944                David A. Morris (acting)
24 Jan 1944 - 1946         Albert D. Smith

Party Abbreviation: PS = Partido Socialista (Socialist Party, social-democratic); PSD = Partido Social Democrata (Social Democrat Party, moderate conservative); Mil = Military

Island Donatarias

Santa Maria

1461                       Santa Maria e São Miguel a donataria.
10 Mar 1474                Santa Maria a donataria.
2 Aug 1766                Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores. 4 Jun 1832                Incorporated into the Crown possessions.

Captains-donatary
1439 - 1461?               Gonçalo Velho Cabral -Commander
1461? - 1499               João Soares de Albergaria (b. c.1415 - d. 1499)
1499 - 2 Jan 1571         João Soares de Sousa    (b. c.1493 - d. 1571)
1499 - c.1509              João de Marvão -Regent
1571 - 1576?               Pedro Soares de Sousa
1580 - 15..                Jerónimo Coutinho
16 Jul 1594 - ....         Brás Soares de Sousa
26 Jun 1626 - 16..         Pedro Soares de Sousa
11 Oct 1639 - 16..         Brás Soares de Sousa
Jan 1649 - 16..            Branca de Gama (f)
5 Sep 1654 - 16..         João Falcão de Sousa
1665 - 166.                Joana de Meneses (f)
23 May 1667 - 1720         Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa,          (b. 1636 - d. 1720)
                             conde de Castelho Melhor
1720 - 1734                Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa Cunha
                             Câmara Faro e Veiga, conde de Calheta
1734 - 1801                José de Vasconcelos e Sousa Caminha da
                             Câmara Faro e Veiga, marquês de Castelho
                             Melhor
1801 - 1806                António José de Vasconcelos e Sousa da
                             Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, conde de
                             Calheta e marquês de Castelho Melhor
1806 - 1827                Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa da Câmara
                             Caminha Faro e Veiga, conde de Calheta e
                             marquês de Castelho Melhor
1827 - 1832                António de Vasconcelos e Sousa da Câmara
                             Caminha Faro e Veiga, conde de Calheta e
                             marquês de Castelho Melhor

São Miguel

10 Mar 1474 São Miguel a donataria.
2 Aug 1766 Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.1820 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.

Captains-donatary
10 Mar 1474 - 27 Nov 1497 Rui Gonçalves da Câmara I             (b. c. 1430 - d. 1497)
1497 - 1502                João Rodrigues da Câmara              (b. c. 1460 - d. 1502)
1502 - 1504                Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara -Regent1504 - 20 Oct 1535         Rui Gonçalves da Câmara II            (b. c. 1490 - d. 1535)
1535 - 13 Mar 1578         Manuel da Câmara                      (d. 1578)
1578 - 1601                Rui Gonçalves da Câmara III,          (b. c.1550 - d. c.1601)
                             conde de Vila Franca
25 Oct 1601 - 1619         Manuel Luís Baltazar da Câmara,       (b. c.1570 - d. 1619)
                             conde de Vila Franca
1619 - 30 Apr 1662         Rodrigo da Câmara,                    (b. 1594 - d. 1662)
                             conde de Vila Franca
15 Sep 1662 - 29 Dec 1673 Manuel Baltazar Luís da Câmara,       (b. 1630 - d. 1673)
                             conde de Vila Franca e
                             conde da Ribeira Grande
1673 - 1722                José Rodrigo da Câmara,               (b. 1665 - d. 1724)
                             conde de Ribeira Grande
1722 - 3 Oct 1723         Luís Manuel da Câmara,                (b. 1685 - d. 1723)
                             conde de Ribeira Grande
1724 - 1757                José da Câmara Teles,                 (b. 1712 - d. 1757)
                             conde de Ribeira Grande
1757 - 1766                Joana Tomásia da Câmara (f)           (b. 1730 - d. ....)
1766 - 1770                Guido Augusto da Câmara e Ataíde,
                             conde de Ribeira Grande
1770 - 1802                Luís António José Maria da Câmara,
                             conde de Ribeira Grande
1802 - 1820                José Maria Gonçalves Zarco da Câmara,
                             conde de Ribeira Grande

Praia (Terceira) and Angra

1450 Terceira donataria.
17 Feb 1474 Divided into Praia and Angra (São Jorge)donatarias.1641 - 1642 Confiscated by the crown.1655 - 1663 Confiscated by the crown.1712 - 1715 Confiscated by the crown.1749 Incorporated into the Crown possessions. 2 Aug 1766 Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.

Captains-donatary of Terceira
1450 - 1466                Jácomo de Bruges
1466 - 1474                Álvaro Martins Homem I
Captains-donatary of Praia
1474 - 1483                Álvaro Martins Homem I
1483 - 1520                Antão Martins Homem
1520 - 1540                Álvaro Martins Homem II
1540 - 9 Jun 1577         Antão Martins da Câmara
1577 - 1655 the Captains-donatary of AngraCaptains-donatary of Angra (São Jorge)1474 - 2 Jul 1496         João Vaz Corte Real1496 - 1538                Vasco Annes Corte Real I
1538 - 21 Mar 1577         Manuel Corte Real
1577 - Nov 1581            Vasco Annes Corte Real II
1581 - 26 Jun 1610         Margarida Corte Real (f)
                           - jointly with -
1581 - 26 Dec 1613         Cristóvão de Moura y Tavara    (b. 1538 - d. 1613)
                             conde de Castelho Rodrigo
1613 - 1641                Manuel de Moura Corte Real,
                             conde de Lumiares
1641 - 1642 Vacant 1642 - 1649                Afonso de Portugal, conde de
                             Vimioso e marquês de Aguiar
1649 - 1655                Luís de Portugal, conde de Vimioso.
1655 - 1663 Vacant 16 Jul 1663 - 1665         Francisco de Ornelas da Câmara
1665 - 1712                Brás de Ornelas
1712 - 1715                Vacant
1715 - 1749                Luís António de Basto Baharem

Graciosa

1470 Graciosa a donataria.
1737 Incorporated into the Crown possessions. 2 Aug 1766 Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.

Captains-donatary
1485 - 1499 Pêro Correia da Cunha 1499 - 1507    Duarte Correia da Cunha 1507 - 1510    Fernando Coutinho I1510 - 1524    Álvaro Coutinho I 1524 - 1552    Álvaro Coutinho II 1552 - 1573    Fernando Coutinho II 1573 - 1593    Fernando Coutinho III 1593 - 1626    Fernando Coutinho IV 1626 - 1666    Fernando Coutinho V 1666 - 1674    Luís Mendes de Elvas 1674 - 1705                Pedro Sanches Farinha
1705 - 1707    Manuel José Sanches Baena Farinha
1707 - 1733                Rodrigo Sanches Baena Farinha        (b. 16.. - d. 1730)1733 - 1737                Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena    (b. 1712 - d. 1737)

Faial e Pico

21 Feb 1468                Faial a donataria.
29 Dec 1482                Island of Pico becomes part of the donataria (Faial e Pico).
1642 - 1680                Confiscated by the crown.
1737                       Incorporated into the Crown possessions. 2 Aug 1766                Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.

Captains-donatary
21 Feb 1468 - 1495         Jobst van Hürter (Joss de Utra)
1460 - 29 Dec 1482         Álvaro de Ornelas (in Pico)
1495 - 1549                João Dutra
1549 - 1553                Manuel de Utra Corte Real
1553 - 1573                Álvaro de Castro
1573 - 1582                Francisco de Mascarenhas
1582 - 1614                Jerónimo de Utra Corte Real
1614 - 1642                Manuel de Moura Corte Real,
                             marquês de Lumiares e marquês
                             de Castelo Rodrigo
1642 - 1680                Vacant
1680 - 1730                Rodrigo Sanches Farinha de Baena (b. 1653 - d. 1730)
1730 - 1737                Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena    (b. 1712 - d. 1727)

Flores e Corvo

28 Feb 1475                Flores e Corvo donataria is established, but the
                             islands remain settled.
1 Mar 1504                Flores e Corvo donataria re-established.
1570 - 1593 Administered by the Ordem de Cristo (Order of Christ).1759 - 1814                Confiscated by the crown. 2 Aug 1766                Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.1832                       Incorporated into the Crown possessions.

Captains-donatary 1459? - 14..               Diogo de Teive 14.. - 1475                João de Teive28 Feb 1475 - 1477         Fernão Teles1477 - 1504                Maria de Vilhena (f) + Rui Teles 1504 - 1526                João da Fonseca 1526 - 1548                Pêro da Fonseca 1548 - 1593                Gonçalo de Sousa da Fonseca17 Sep 1593 - 1607         Francisco de Mascarenhas,                              conde de Vila da Horta e
                             conde de Santa Cruz
1607 - 1650                Martinho de Mascarenhas,
                             conde de Santa Cruz
1650 - 1668        Brites de Mascarenhas + João de Mascarenhas,
                             conde de Santa Cruz
1668 - 1676                Martinho de Mascarenhas
1676 - 1691                João de Mascarenhas,
                             conde de Santa Cruz e
                             marquês de Gouveia
1692 - 1714                Martinho de Mascarenhas,
                             conde de Santa Cruz e
                             marquês de Gouveia
20 Jan 1714 - 1723         João de Mascarenhas,
                             conde de Santa Cruz
1723 - 13 Jan 1759         José de Mascarenhas da Silva e      (b. 1708 - d. 1759)
                             Lencastre, marquês de Gouveia,
                             conde de Santa Cruz e duque
                             de Aveiro
1759 - 1815    Vacant 1815 - 1832                Pedro José Caupers                  (b. 1761 - d. 1834)