Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa

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Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa was a Portuguese officer and colonial administrator. Sousa was the governor of the Portuguese Timor colony several times .

The first time Capitão Sousa took over the post of governor in 1883 when Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira resigned from office because his son and a stepchild had died of malaria. In the same year, however, Francisco de Paula Luz took over the leadership. In 1889, Sousa was again acting governor, succeeding Rafael Jácome de Andrade . In 1890, Cipriano Forjaz took over, also in charge . First as government secretary, from 1891 as governor.

In 1893 Major Sousa led the military expedition against the rebellious empire of Maubara . When Forjaz resigned in 1894, Sousa took over the post of governor for the third and last time until the new incumbent José Celestino da Silva arrived.

See also

literature

Manuel Teixeira: Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, [manuscrito], Manuel Teixeira ( port. )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical study of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912. Abera, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-931567-08-7 , (Abera Network Asia-Pacific 4), (also: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1994); Source: Gonçalo Pimenta de Castro: Timor, pp. 44–162 and Marques, AH de Oliveira: História de Portugal, Volume III, Lisbon, Palas Editores, 1984, pp. 627/628.
  2. ↑ Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau: Zeferino de Sousa, [manuscrito , Manuel Teixeira]
predecessor Office successor
Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira Governor of Portuguese Timor
1883 (executive) 		Francisco de Paula Luz
Rafael Jácome de Andrade Governor of Portuguese Timor
1889–1890 		Cipriano Forjaz
Cipriano Forjaz Governor of Portuguese Timor
1894 		José Celestino da Silva
personal data
SURNAME Sousa, Porfírio Zeferino de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese officer and colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 19th century or 20th century