Diogo de Melo de Castro | |
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11th & 13th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon | |
In office 1633–1635 | |
Monarch | Philip III of Portugal |
Preceded by | Jorge de Almeida |
Succeeded by | Jorge de Almeida |
In office 1636–1638 | |
Monarch | Philip III of Portugal |
Preceded by | Jorge de Almeida |
Succeeded by | António Mascarenhas |
Diogo de Melo de Castro was the 11th &13th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. De Melo was first appointed in 1633 under Philip III of Portugal,he was Governor until 1635 and then in 1636 until 1638. He died in the Battle of Gannoruwa. [1]
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de MeloGCTEKGF was a Portuguese statesman and engineer. He was a leading parliamentarian and political figure of his time. Among other posts held,he was six times minister of finance and minister of public works. From 1871 to 1886,he served three times as prime minister of Portugal,for a total of 11 years.
Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia,GCSE,better known as Augusto de Vasconcelos was a Portuguese surgeon,politician and diplomat,who served as Prime Minister of Portugal.
Miguel António de Melo,a nobleman,colonial administrator and the 1st Count of Murça. He was young nobleman who exercised a position in the Royal court of Portugal,14th Lord of Murça and Castro Daire,squire of Figueira,commander of Santa Maria de Freixas in the Order of Christ and honorary member of the Royal Academy of Sciences,in addition to holding several political offices,including that of governor and captain-general of Angola,minister and peer of the realm,appointed to a commission,by King John VI of Portugal,to draft a constitution for Portugal,minister and peer of the realm.
Felipe Melo de Carvalho,known as Felipe Melo,is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for and captains Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense.
D. Constantino of Braganza was a Portuguese nobleman,conquistador,and administrator of the Portuguese Empire. Born a member of the powerful House of Braganza,he is best known for having served as Viceroy of India and for initiating the Portuguese conquest of Sri Lanka.
Pedro de Melo de Portugal y Vilhena was a Spanish soldier and politician,who served as viceroy in the Rio de la Plata.
Omar JoséAbdel Aziz is a Brazilian politician. He served as the governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas from March 31,2010,to 2014,following the resignation of his predecessor,Eduardo Braga,to become a Senator. Member of a family of Arab and Italian descent,Omar has already held the post of Alderman in Manaus and Amazonas State Assemblyman in the 1990. In 1996,he was elected Deputy Mayor of Manaus with Alfredo Nascimento as holder in Office. In 2000,were re-elected,but in May 2002,Omar left the post to compete with Eduardo Braga plate to the State Government as deputy-governor,election in which they were elected. In 2006,he was reelected with Braga. In 2008 was apply for as mayor of Manaus by PMN,having won the third place. In 2010,with the resignation of Braga to the State Government to run for Senate,Aziz took over the Government. In the elections of that year,he was re-elected Governor in the first round with 64% of the vote. In 2011,was one of the co-founders of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Did the same as Braga in 2014 leaving the office of Governor and your vice-Governor,JoséMelo de Oliveira,took the office.
Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio was a Portuguese general.
Pedro Lopes de Sousa was the 1st Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. The office of Captain-major was abolished in 1594 and de Sousa was appointed in the same year under Philip I of Portugal. He died that year in the Campaign of Danture.
Jorge de Almeida was the 10th and 12th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. de Almeida was first appointed in 1631 under Philip III of Portugal,he was Governor until 1633 and then in 1635 until 1636. He was succeeded by Diogo de Melo de Castro both times.
Francisco de Melo e Castro was the 17th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. He was appointed in 1653 under Philip III of Portugal,and was Governor until 1655. He was succeeded by António de Sousa Coutinho.
João Nuno de Lacerda Teixeira de Melo is a Portuguese lawyer,conservative politician who is serving as Minister of National Defence,also being a member of the Assembly of the Republic,elected by Porto constituency. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the Democratic and Social Centre –People's Party (CDS-PP),of which he is president.
The Captaincy General of the Azores was a politico-administrative structure of governance imposed in the Azores on 2 August 1766,with its seat in Angra. It remained the de facto system of governance for 65 years,until it was abolished on 4 June 1832 by D. Peter IV,but by 1828 its de jure status had made it nonoperational,owing to the revolutionary movements that lead to the Liberal Wars. The creation of the Captaincy-General was part of the Pombaline reforms to the Portuguese administration,during the reign of Joseph I,under the initiatives of Sebastião Joséde Carvalho e Melo,1st Marquis of Pombal,then prime minister. A Captaincy-General operated from the Palace of the Captains-General,under the direction of the titular Captain-General,who operated as the Governor of the Azores,with additional jurisdiction on every island of the Azorean archipelago. The Captaincy-General was succeeded by the Province of the Azores,an ephemeral administrative structure that was collapse in the immediate years.
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João de Fontes Pereira de Melo was a Portuguese politician and a general in the 19th century. He was colonial governor of Cape Verde and Minister of the Maritime and Overseas.
JoséGuedes Brandão de Melo was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was a son of Francisco Brandão de Melo Cogominho and Maria da Natividade Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses,who was a sister of Joséand Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses. He was governor general of Cape Verde from 4 February 1890 until 5 September 1893.
Admiral Henrique Eduardo Passaláqua de Gouveia e Melo is a Portuguese Navy officer,currently serving as the Chief of the Naval Staff,since December 2021.