Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque

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Statue of Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque in Praia

Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque (born April 15, 1824 in Benfica , Lisbon , † September 8, 1916 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese colonial administrator .

Life

Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque was an officer and on February 11, 1869, succeeded José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses as governor of Cape Verde . He remained in this post until 1876 and was then replaced by GC Lopes de Macedo. He himself then took over the post of Governor General of Angola from José Baptista de Andrade in 1876 and remained in this position until his replacement by José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses in 1878.

Most recently, on December 3, 1878, Albuquerque replaced a councilor consisting of several people such as Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos and Francisco Xavier Soares da Veiga and became Governor General of Portuguese India . He held this position until April 10, 1882 and was then replaced by Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cape Verde: Governors (rulers.org)
  2. ↑ Angola: General-Governors (rulers.org)
  3. ↑ Portuguese India: General-Governors (rulers.org)
personal data
SURNAME Albuquerque, Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese officer and colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Benfica , Lisbon
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1916
Place of death Lisbon