Foreign Concessions and Colonies

Chinese Eastern Railway Zone  (CER)
 

16 Dec 1896 - 24 Sep 1924

24 Sep 1924 - 23 Mar 1935,                    20 Aug 1945 - 31 Dec 1952

Map of Chinese Eastern Railroad Zone

Headquarters: Harbin

Russian Population: 120,000 (1922)

 8 Sep 1896                Russia and China sign treaty for building Chinese Eastern
                             Railroad under the Chinese Eastern Railway Company to be funded
                             by the joint Russo-Chinese Bank. Treaty includes the right to
                             establish an administrative zone either side of the tracks and run
                             associated courts, police, customs and railway related industries.
16 Dec 1896                Chinese Eastern Railway Company (CER) (Russian: Kitaysko-
                             Vostochnaya zheleznaya doroga [KVZhD]) Statute approved by Russia
Jul 1897                   Construction begun on Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria
                             Manzhouli to Hilar to Harbin to Suifenhe. 
16 May 1898                Harbin headquarters established.
 6 Jul 1898                CER allowed to build a Southern Manchurian branch to Port Arthur-
                             Dalian and to maintain a CER flagged steamship service.
Jun 1900 - 21 Jul 1900     Boxer rebels lay siege to Harbin and occupy most of the CER.
 3 Nov 1901                Official traffic begins.
 1 Jul 1903                Chinese Eastern Railroad formally opened under Russian controlled
                             CER administration, regular passenger traffic begun from Saint
                             Petersburg to Vladivostok.
12 Aug 1903 -  1 Jul 1905  CER Zone subordinated to the Viceroy of Far East (see Port Arthur).
 5 Sep 1905                Southern branch (Changchun to Dalian) ceded to Japan by Russia as
                             the South Manchuria Railway.
 1 Aug 1906 -  1 Jul 1920  Ussurian branch line is granted on lease to the CER by Russia.
Nov 1917 -  6 Nov 1920     CER Zone administration under "White" Russian forces.
Nov 1917 - 1918            Russian Bolsheviks in Harbin attempt to take control of the CER.
10 Mar 1919 - 31 Oct 1922  CER administered by Inter-Allied Railway Technical Commission under
                             Britain, China, France, Italy, Japan, U.S. and "White" Russia.
31 Mar 1920                CER board ratifies reorganization that defines the railway as
                             strictly a commercial concern with no political authority. The
                             railway guards, local police and court system and are removed
                             from CER control and placed under Chinese administration.
25 Sep 1920                China revokes Russian extraterritorial rights and authority of
                             Russian consular officials in China; Harbin Russian consulate
                             general and Russian courts are closed.
 6 Nov 1920                China dismisses CER director Dmitry Horvath taking full control of
                             CER administration.
28 Dec 1920                Eastern Province Special District created by China to administer the
                             CER Zone (see under China provinces).
31 May 1924                Chinese-Soviet Peking treaty restores co-management and co-ownership
                             over the CER. China recognizes the Soviet Union, and Soviets
                             formally renounce all concessions and extraterritorial rights.
24 Sep 1924                Mukden Agreement Concerning Mutual Rights and Privileges, a
                             supplement to the agreement on general principles of 31 May 1924,
                             signed (ratified by the Peking government on 12 Mar 1925).  
10 Jul 1929 - 22 Dec 1929  Manchurian warlord Zhang Xueliang and Chinese Nationalist
                             authorities seize control of CER.
18 Jul 1929 - 22 Dec 1929  Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with China.
 3 Nov 1929 - 22 Dec 1929  Soviets occupy Manchurian border cities including Chalainor, Hailar,
                             Fukdin and Manzhouli in support of Soviet claims to the CER.
22 Dec 1929                Khabarovsk Protocol guarantees continued Soviet co-administration
                             and rights.   
18 Sep 1931                Japanese invasion and occupation begins (Harbin occupied 9 Feb 1932)
 3 Mar 1932                Manchukuo replaces China on CER board, action is only de facto
                             recognized by Soviet Union (not recognized by China).
23 Mar 1935                Soviet Union sells its CER rights to Japan for 140 million yen
                             (China refuses to recognize this unilateral action).
 1 Sep 1935                CER formally transferred to Manchukuo; renamed the North Manchuria
                             Railway (not recognized by China).
18 Aug 1945                Harbin is liberated by Soviet forces.
20 Aug 1945                Soviet Union takes control of the CER.
22 Sep 1945 - 31 Dec 1952  Joint Sino-Soviet administration of the CER and, which is merged
                             with the former South Manchuria Railway and renamed the
                             Chinese Changchun Railway Company.
 1 May 1950                Chinese Changchun Railway formally is re-established under joint
                             Soviet Union - People's Republic of China administration.
31 Dec 1952                Transfer formalized by protocol. Soviet Union transfers all rights
                             in the joint administration of the railway, with all properties
                             appertaining to it, to China.
 1 Jan 1953                Renamed Harbin Railway.

Presidents of the Board of the Chinese Eastern Railway
(and from 31 May 1924, Directors-general)
17 Dec 1896 - Jan 1897     Stanislav Ippolitovich Kerbedz        (b. 1844 - d. 1906)
                             (1st time)(acting)
1897 - 28 Jul 1900         Xu Jingcheng (Hsu Ching-ch'eng)       (b. 1845 - d. 1900)
28 Jul 1900 - 1903         Stanislav Ippolitovich Kerbedz        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)
1903 - 1919                A.N. Wentzel (acting)
1919 - 1920                Zhu Qinglan (Chu Ch'ing-lan)          (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
1920 - 1922                Song Xiaolian (Sung Hsiao-lien)       (b. 1860 - d. 1926)
1922 - Oct 1924            Wang Jingchun (Wang Ching-ch'un)      (b. 1882 - d. 1956)    
 3 Oct 1924 - May 1925?    Bao Guiqing (Pao Kuei-ching)          (b. 1865 - d. 1934)
1925? - 1926               Liu Shan-chin
1926 - 1928?               Yui Chien-han
1928 -  7 Dec 1929         Lu Jung-huan
Dec 1929                   Li Xiaogen (acting)                   (b. 1897 - d. 19..)
Dec 1929                   Guo Fu-mien (acting)                  (b. 1887 - d. 19..)
Dec 1929 -  3 Mar 1932     Mo Dehui (Mo Teh-hui)                 (b. 1883 - d. 1968) 
                             (absent from Dec 1930)
Dec 1930 - 1935            Li Shaogeng (Li Shao-keng)            (b. 1896 - d. 19..)
                             (acting [for Dehui] to 3 Mar 1932;
                             then not recognized by China)
Presidents of the Board of the Chinese Changchun Railway
22 Sep 1945 - Mar 1947     Zhang Jia'ao (Chang Kia-ngau)         (b. 1889 - d. 1979)
1947 - 1948                Yen-chun Chen                         (b. 1895 - d. 19..)
1948 - 1950                ....
25 Apr 1950 - 1952?        Yu Guangsheng (Yu Kuang-sheng)        (b. 1907? - d. 1978)

Directors of the Chinese Eastern Railway and Civil Governors of the
Chinese Eastern Railway Zone (in Harbin)
Nov 1902 -  6 Nov 1920     Dmitry Leonidovich Horvath (Khorvat)  (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
                             (from 27 Apr 1918, Director-Superintendent)
Nov 1917 - 26 Dec 1917     Martemyan Ryutin (in dissidence)      (b. 1890 - d. 1937)
                             (chairman of Harbin Workers' and Soldiers' Soviet)
31 Jan 1918 - 1918         Boris Slavin (in dissidence)
                             (chairman of Harbin Soviet of Workers' & Soldiers' Deputies)
28 Apr 1918 - Nov 1920     Vasily Dmitriyevich Lachinov          (b. 1872 - d. 1933)
                             (acting for Horvath)
President of the Inter-Allied Technical Board
Mar 1919 - 31 Oct 1922     John Frank Stevens (U.S.)             (b. 1853 - d. 1943)
Directors (from 31 May 1924 General-managers) of the Chinese Eastern Railway
1920 - 1921                Dmitry Kozakiewicz (acting)
 2 Feb 1921 -  3 Oct 1924  Boris Vasilyevich Ostroumov
                             (Ostroumoff)
 3 Oct 1924 - 14 Apr 1926  A.N. Ivanov
                             (arrested by Zhang Zuolin 21-24 Jan 1926)
1926 - 10 Jul 1929         Aleksandr Ivanovich Emshanov          (b. 1891 - d. 1941)
11 Jul 1929 - Dec 1929     Fan Qiguang (acting)
Dec 1929 - Mar 1935        Yuly Vikentyevich Rudy                (b. 1887 - d. 1938)
1935 -  1 Apr 1937         Lev Vladimirovich Lemberg             (d. 1937)
General-managers of Chinese Changchun Railway
20 Aug 1945 - af.1947      Aleksandr Fyodorovich Zhuravlev
19.. - 31 Dec 1952         ....

South Manchuria Railway Zone (SMR)

    Southern Manchuria Railway Co.

 5 Sep 1905                Southern spurs of Chinese Eastern Railway (Changchun to Dalian and
                             Shenyang to Andong) ceded to Japan by Russia along with a zone
                             62 meters wide on either side of tracks and facilities including
                             the Fushun coal mine.
 7 Jun 1906                South Manchuria Railway Company (SMR)(Minami Manshu Tetsudo
                             Kabushiki-gaisha, or 'Mantetsu') founded by Japan.
23 Mar 1935                SMR is transferred to Manchukuo by Japan.
 5 Nov 1937                South Manchurian Railway Zone abolished.
20 Aug 1945                Soviet forces take control of the railroad.
30 Sep 1945                Dissolved by Soviet Union, assets become part of the new
                             Chinese Changchun Railway.

Presidents of the South Manchurian Railway Company (all from Japan)
13 Nov 1906 - 14 Jul 1908  Count Shinpei Goto                    (b. 1857 - d. 1929)
19 Dec 1908 - 18 Dec 1913  Yoshikoto Nakamura (Korekimi Nakamura)(b. 1867 - d. 1927) 
19 Dec 1913 - 15 Jul 1914  Ryutaro Nomura (1st time)             (b. 1859 - d. 1943)
15 Jul 1914 - 31 Jul 1917  Yujiro Nakamura                       (b. 1852 - d. 1928) 
31 Jul 1917 - 12 Apr 1919  Shimbei Kunisawa                      (b. 1864 - d. 1953) 
12 Apr 1919 - 31 May 1921  Ryutaro Nomura (2nd time)             (s.a.)
31 May 1921 - 14 Oct 1922  Senkichiro Hayakawa                   (b. 1863 - d. 1922)
24 Oct 1922 - 22 Jun 1924  Kawamura Takeji                       (b. 1871 - d. 1955) 
22 Jun 1924 - 19 Jul 1927  Banichiro Yasuhiro                    (b. 1859 - d. 1951) 
19 Jul 1927 - 14 Aug 1929  Jotaro Yamamoto                       (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
14 Aug 1928 - 13 Jun 1931  Mitsugu Sengoku                       (b. 1857 - d. 1931) 
13 Jun 1931 -  6 Jul 1932  Count Kosai Uchida                    (b. 1865 - d. 1936)
26 Jul 1932 -  2 Aug 1935  Count Hakutaro Hayashi                (b. 1874 - d. 1968) 
 2 Aug 1935 - 24 Mar 1939  Yosuke Matsuoka                       (b. 1880 - d. 1946) 
34 Mar 1939 - 14 Jul 1943  Takuichi Ohmura                       (b. 1872 - d. 1946) 
14 Jul 1943 - 11 Apr 1945  Naoto Kohiyama                        (b. 1886 - d. 1949) 
 5 May 1945 - 30 Sep 1945  Yamazaki Motoki                       (b. 1889 - d. 1971) 

Civil Administrators of the SMR Zone
 7 Jun 1906 - Aug 1945     the commanders of Japanese Kwantung Army

Administrators (resident in Macau)
26 Jan 1841 - 12 Aug 1841  Charles Elliot                     (b. 1801 - d. 1875)
22 Jun 1841 - 26 Jun 1843  Alexander Robert Johnston          (b. 1812 - d. 1888)
                             (acting for Elliot and for Pottinger)
12 Aug 1841 - 26 Jan 1843  Sir Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger  (b. 1789 - d. 1856)
Commanders-in-chief (resident in Hong Kong)
26 Jan 1841 -  1 Mar 1841  Sir James John Gordon Bremer       (b. 1786 - d. 1850)
 2 Mar 1841 - 22 Jun 1841  Sir Hugh Gough                     (b. 1779 - d. 1869)
Governors
26 Jun 1843 -  8 May 1844  Sir Henry Eldred Curwen Pottinger  (s.a.)
 8 May 1844 - 18 Mar 1848  Sir John Francis Davis             (b. 1795 - d. 1890)
18 Mar 1848 - 21 Mar 1848  William Staveley (acting)          (b. 1784 - d. 1854)
21 Mar 1848 - 12 Apr 1854  Sir Samuel George Bonham           (b. 1803 - d. 1863)
Mar 1852 - Feb 1853        William Jervois (acting for Bonham)(b. 1784 - d. 1862)
13 Apr 1854 -  5 May 1859  Sir John Bowring                   (b. 1792 - d. 1972)
 5 May 1859 -  9 Sep 1859  William Caine (acting)             (b. 1800 - d. 1871)
 9 Sep 1859 - 15 Mar 1865  Sir Hercules George Robert         (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
                             Robinson
15 Mar 1865 - 11 Mar 1866  William T. Mercer (acting)         (b. 1821 - d. 1879)
11 Mar 1866 - 11 Apr 1872  Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell      (b. 1814 - d. 1881)
11 Apr 1877 - 16 Apr 1872  Henry Wase Whitflield (acting)     (b. 1809 - d. 1877) 
16 Apr 1872 -  1 Mar 1877  Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy          (b. 1810 - d. 1883)
15 Oct 1874 -  5 Nov 1874  John Gardiner Austin (1st time)    (b. 1811? - d. 1900)
                             (acting for Kennedy)
11 Mar 1875 -  2 Dec 1875  John Gardiner Austin (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting for Kennedy)
 1 Mar 1877 - 22 Apr 1877  John Gardiner Austin (3rd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
22 Apr 1877 -  7 Mar 1882  John Pope Hennessy                 (b. 1834 - d. 1891)
                             (from 21 Apr 1880, Sir John Pope Hennessy)
 7 Mar 1882 - 28 Mar 1882  Malcolm Struan Tonnochy (acting)
28 Mar 1882 - 30 Mar 1883  Sir William Henry Marsh (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1906)
                             (acting)
30 Mar 1883 - 21 Dec 1885  Sir George Ferguson Bowen          (b. 1821 - d. 1899)
21 Dec 1885 - 25 Apr 1887  Sir William Henry Marsh (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
25 Apr 1887 -  6 Oct 1887  William Gordon Cameron (acting)    (b. 1827 - d. 1913)
 6 Oct 1887 -  7 May 1891  Sir George William Des Voeux       (b. 1834 - d. 1909)
 7 May 1891 - 10 Dec 1891  George Digby Barker (acting)       (b. 1833 - d. 1914)
10 Dec 1891 -  1 Feb 1898  Sir William Robinson               (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
 1 Feb 1898 - 25 Nov 1898  Wilsone Black (acting)             (b. 1837 - d. 1909)
25 Nov 1898 - 21 Nov 1903  Sir Henry Arthur Blake             (b. 1840 - d. 1918)
21 Nov 1903 - 29 Jul 1904  Francis Henry May (1st time)       (b. 1860 - d. 1922)
                             (acting)
29 Jul 1904 - 20 Apr 1907  Sir Matthew Nathan                 (b. 1862 - d. 1939)
20 Apr 1907 - 29 Jul 1907  Sir Francis Henry May (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
29 Jul 1907 - 16 Mar 1912  Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard  (b. 1858 - d. 1945)
16 Mar 1912 - 24 Jul 1912  Claud Severn (1st time) (acting)   (b. 1869 - d. 1933)
24 Jul 1912 - 12 Sep 1918  Sir Francis Henry May (3rd time)   (s.a.)
12 Sep 1918 - 30 Sep 1919  Claud Severn (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
30 Sep 1919 - 19 Mar 1925  Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs         (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
19 Mar 1925 -  1 Nov 1925  Claud Severn (3rd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
 1 Nov 1925 -  1 Feb 1930  Sir Cecil Clementi                 (b. 1875 - d. 1947)
 1 Feb 1930 -  9 Mar 1930  Wilfrid Thomas Southorn (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1957) 
                             (acting)
 9 May 1930 - 17 May 1935  Sir William Peel                   (b. 1875 - d. 1945)
17 May 1935 - 13 Sep 1935  Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn        (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time) (acting)
13 Sep 1935 -  1 Nov 1935  Norman Lockhart Smith (1st time)   (b. 1887 - d. 1968)
                             (acting)
 1 Nov 1935 - 12 Dec 1935  Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn        (s.a.) 
                             (3rd time) (acting)
12 Dec 1935 - 16 Apr 1937  Sir Andrew Caldecott               (b. 1884 - d. 1951)
16 Apr 1937 - 28 Oct 1937  Norman Lockhart Smith (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
28 Oct 1937 -  6 Sep 1941  Sir Geoffrey Alexander Stafford    (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
                             Northcote
Apr 1940 -  6 Aug 1940     Norman Lockhart Smith (3rd time)   (s.a.)
                             (acting for Northcote)
 6 Aug 1940 - 13 Mar 1941  Edward Felix Norton                (b. 1884 - d. 1954)
                             (acting for Northcote) 
 6 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941  Norman Lockhart Smith (4th time)   (b. 1887 - d. 1968)
                             (acting)
10 Sep 1941 - May 1947     Sir Mark Aitchinson Young          (b. 1886 - d. 1974)
                             (Japanese prisoner 25 Dec 1941 - 16 Aug 1945) 
25 Dec 1941 - 20 Feb 1942  Takashi Sakai                      (b. 1887 - d. 1946) 
                           + Masaichi Niimi                   (b. 1887 - d. 1993)
                           (military chiefs)
20 Feb 1942 - 24 Dec 1944  Rensuke Isogai                     (b. 1886 - d. 1967)
 1 Feb 1945 - 16 Aug 1945  Hisaichi Tanaka                    (b. 1889 - d. 1947)
28 Aug 1945 - 30 Aug 1945  Franklin Charles Gimson            (b. 1890 - d. 1975)
                             (chief of provisional government)
 1 Sep 1945 -  1 May 1946  Sir Cecil Harcourt                 (b. 1892 - d. 1959)
                             (military governor)
May 1947 - 25 Jul 1947     David Mercer MacDougall (acting)   (b. 1904 - d. 1991)
25 Jul 1947 - Dec 1957     Sir Alexander William Grantham     (b. 1899 - d. 1978)
Dec 1957 - 23 Jan 1958     Edgeworth Beresford David (acting) (b. 1908 - d. 1965)
23 Jan 1958 - Mar 1964     Sir Robert Brown Black             (b. 1906 - d. 1999)
Mar 1964 - 14 Apr 1964     Edmund Brinsley Teesdale (acting)  (b. 1915 - d. 1997)
14 Apr 1964 - Oct 1971     Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench     (b. 1915 - d. 1988)
Oct 1971 - 19 Nov 1971     Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker       (b. 1916 - d. 1985)
                             (acting)
19 Nov 1971 - Apr 1982     Sir Murray MacLehose               (b. 1917 - d. 2000)
Apr 1982 - 20 May 1982     Sir Philip Haddon-Cave (acting)    (b. 1925 - d. 1999)
20 May 1982 -  4 Dec 1986  Sir Edward Youde                   (b. 1924 - d. 1986)
 4 Dec 1986 -  9 Apr 1987  Sir David Akers-Jones (acting)     (b. 1927)
 9 Apr 1987 -  9 Jul 1992  Sir David Wilson                   (b. 1935)
                             (from 14 Feb 1992, David Wilson,
                             Baron Wilson of Tillyorn) 
 9 Jul 1992 - 30 Jun 1997  Christopher "Chris" Patten         (b. 1944)

14 Nov 1897                Kiaochow (Kiautschou) Bay occupied by Germany.
 6 Mar 1898                Leased for 99 years to Germany (Deutsches Pachtgebiet Kiautschou).
23 Aug 1914                German lease canceled by China.
 7 Nov 1914                Occupied by Japan.
10 Dec 1922                Returned to China.
10 Jan 1938 - Sep 1945     Re-occupied by Japan.

Military Governor
14 Nov 1897 -  7 Mar 1898  Otto von Diederichs               (b. 1843 - d. 1918)
Governors
 7 Mar 1898 - 19 Feb 1899  Carl Rosendahl                    (b. 1852 - d. 1917)
19 Feb 1899 - 27 Jan 1901  Otto Ferdinand Paul Jäschke       (b. 1851 - d. 1901)
27 Jan 1901 -  8 Jun 1901  Max Rollmann (acting)             (b. 1857 - d. 1942)
 8 Jun 1901 - 19 Aug 1911  Oskar Truppel                     (b. 1854 - d. 1931)
19 Aug 1911 -  7 Nov 1914  Alfred Meyer-Waldeck              (b. 1864 - d. 1928)
Japanese Military Governors
 7 Nov 1914 - Jun 1915     Kamio Mitsuomi                    (b. 1856 - d. 1925)
Jun 1915 - Aug 1917        Otani Kikuzu                      (b. 1855 - d. 1923)
Aug 1917 - Oct 1918        Fusataro Hongo                    (b. 1860 - d. 1931)
Oct 1918 - Aug 1919        Oshima Kenichi                    (b. 1858 - d. 1947)
Aug 1919 - 10 Dec 1922     Yuhi Mitsue                       (b. 1860 - d. 1940)

           27 May 1898 - 28 Feb 1946

Map of Kwangchowan

Capital: Fort Bayard

Population: 250,000 (1935)

31 Mar 1898                Ceded to France by China.
22 Apr 1898                France takes possession.
27 May 1898                French leased territory (Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan).
 5 Jan 1900                Subordinated to French Indochina (see Vietnam).
Jun 1940 - 21 Feb 1943     Administration loyal to Free France.
21 Feb 1943 - 18 Aug 1945  Occupied by Japan.
30 Jul 1943                Retroceded to the Japanese sponsored Chinese National 
                             Government by Vichy France (not recognized by 
                             Free French or the Republic of China).
28 Feb 1946                Lease vacated by France, restored to China; Port-Bayard
                             is renamed Zhanjiang.

Commander of the Naval Division of the Far East
1898 - 1900                Charles Louis Théobald             (b. 1842 - d. 1902)                              Courrejolles
Commandants-superior
22 Apr 1898 - 1898         Jean Aimé Aristide Fort            (b. 1845 – d. 1913) 
1898 -  9 Nov 1899         Antoine Auguste Louis Bonifay      (b. 1854 - d. 1902)
 9 Nov 1899 - 17 Feb 1900  Maurice Pierre Charles Marot       (b. 1847 - d. 1928)
Administrators (subordinated to Governor-generals of French Indochina,
delegated to French Residents at Tonkin [see under Vietnam])
17 Feb 1900 - Mar 1902     Gustave Alby (1st time)            (b. 1855 - d. 1920)
Mar 1902 - 1903            Théophile Henri Bergès             (b. 1851? - d. 1906)
1903 - Jul 1905            Gustave Alby (2nd time)            (s.a.)
14 Jul 1905 - Sep 1908     Jean-Fernand Gautret               (b. 1862 - d. 1912)
Sep 1908 - Nov 1908        Henri Victor Sestier               (b. 1857 - d. 1918)
Dec 1908 - May 1910        Paul Edgar Dufrénil                (b. 1856 - d. 1935)
May 1910 - Jan 1912        Pierre Stéphane Salabelle          (b. 1857 - d. 19..)
Jan 1912 - May 1915        Henri Jean Auguste Caillard        (b. 1872 - d. 1926)
May 1915 - May 1917        Marius Albert Garnier              (b. 1870 - d. 1929)
May 1917 – Jan 1919        Frédéric Alexandre Vialla          (b. 1867 - d. 19..)
Jan 1919 - Mar 1922        Jean-Félix Krautheimer (1st time)  (b. 1874 - d. 1943)
Mar 1922 - Dec 1922        Paul Marie Alexis Joseph Blanchard (b. 1872 - d. 19..) 
                             de la Brosse (1st time)
Dec 1922 - Apr 1923        Jean-Félix Krautheimer (2nd time)  (s.a.)
Apr 1923 - Dec 1925        Paul Achille Michel Quesnel        (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
Dec 1925 - Dec 1926        Paul Marie Alexis Joseph Blanchard (s.a.) 
                             de la Brosse (2nd time)
Dec 1926 – May 1927        Moisy  
May 1927 – Jul 1927        René Simon Lacombe (acting)        (b. 1876 – d. 19..)
Jul 1927 - Apr 1929        Louis Félix Marie Édouard Rivet    (b. 1869 - d. 1933)
Apr 1929 - 1932            Achille Louis Auguste Sylvestre    (b. 1879 - d. 1937)
1932 - 1933                Pierre Charles Edmond Jabouille    (b. 1875 - d. 1947)
1933 - 1934                Paul Henri Desiré Delamarre        (b. 1878 - d. 1956)
                             (chef du territoire 1927-1933)
1934 - 1936                Henri Maurice Émile de Tastes      (b. 1883 - d. 1940)
1936 - 1937                Camille Fernand Chapoulart
1937 - Jun 1942            Jacques Henri Paul Le Prevôt
1942 - 1943                Pierre Marie Jean Domec            (b. 1891 - d. 1984)
1943                       Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques      (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
                             (1st time)
21 Feb 1943 - 18 Aug 1945  Yamada -Japanese commander
1945 - 11 Dec 1945         Adrien Anthony Maurice Roques      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Dec 1945 - Feb 1946        Raymond Marc Barthélemy (acting)   (b. 1911 - d. 1999)

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Kwantung
 

15 Dec 1897 - 2 Jan 1905

2 Jan 1905 - 22 Aug 1945

22 Aug 1945 - 11 Oct 1955

Map of Kwantung

Capital: Ryojun (Port Arthur 1898-1905)

Population: 1,656,726 (1935)

21 Nov 1894                Japanese occupy Lushun.
17 Apr 1895                Lushun ceded to Japan by China under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
 5 May 1895                Russia, France, and Germany force Japan to retrocede 
                             the territory to China.
27 Dec 1897                Occupied by Russia.
27 Mar 1898                Russian leased territory of Kwantung (Kvantunskaya oblast),
                             Lushun renamed Port Arthur.
 8 Nov 1899                Dalniy is founded.
12 Aug 1903 - 1905         Seat of Russian Viceroyalty of the Far East.
 2 Jan 1905                Japanese occupation.
 5 Sep 1905                Japanese Kwantung (Kanto) leased territory; Dalniy
                             renamed Dairen and Port Arthur renamed Ryojun.
25 May 1915                Japanese lease extended for 99 years.
12 Apr 1919                Civil administration begins.
23 Aug 1945                Occupied by Soviet Union.
Sep 1945 - 11 Oct 1955     Joint Sino-Soviet administration; Dairen renamed Dalian
                             and Ryojun renamed Luda.
11 Oct 1955                Fully re-incorporated into China.

Japanese Military Governor
21 Nov 1894 -  5 May 1895  Count Nogi Maresuke                (b. 1843 - d. 1912)
Russian Military Governors
27 Dec 1897 - 13 May 1898  Fyodor Vasilyevich Dubasov         (b. 1845 - d. 1912)
13 May 1898 - 1898         Oskar Viktorovich Stark            (b. 1846 - d. 1828)
Administrator
18 Sep 1898 - Jul 1899     Dean Ivanovich Subbotich           (b. 1852 - d. 1920)
Chief administrators (from 30 Jul 1903, also Governors of the Far East)
19 Aug 1899 - 25 Oct 1904  Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseyev        (b. 1843 - d. 1918)
                            (from 30 Jul 1903, Viceroy)
 5 May 1904 -  1 Jan 1905  Anatoly Mikhailovich Stessel       (b. 1848 - d. 1915)
                            (acting [for Aleksyev to 25 Oct 1904])
Japanese Military governor
 2 Jan 1905 - 18 Oct 1905  Baron Yasukata Oku                 (b. 1847 - d. 1939)
Governors-general
18 Oct 1905 - 26 Apr 1912  Baron Yoshimasa Oshima             (b. 1850 - d. 1926)
                            (from 21 Sep 1907, Viscount Yoshimasa Oshima)
26 Apr 1912 - 15 Sep 1914  Baron Yasumasa Fukushima           (b. 1852 - d. 1919)
15 Sep 1914 - 31 Jul 1917  Baron Satoru Nakamura              (b. 1854 - d. 1925)
31 Jul 1917 - 11 Apr 1919  Baron Yujiro Nakamura              (b. 1852 - d. 1928)
Governors
12 Apr 1919 - 24 May 1920  Baron Gonsuke Hayashi              (b. 1860 - d. 1939)
24 May 1920 -  8 Sep 1922  Isaburo Yamagata                   (b. 1857 - d. 1927)
 8 Sep 1922 - 19 Sep 1923  Baron Hikokichi Ijuin              (b. 1864 - d. 1924)
26 Sep 1923 - 17 Dec 1927  Hideo Kodama                       (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
17 Dec 1927 -  7 Aug 1929  Kenjiro Kinoshita                  (b. 1869 - d. 1947)
 7 Aug 1929 - 16 Jan 1931  Masahiro Ota                       (b. 1870 - d. 1951)
16 Jan 1931 - 11 Jan 1932  Seiji Tsukamoto                    (b. 1872 - d. 1945)
11 Jan 1932 -  8 Aug 1932  Mannosuke Yamaoka                  (b. 1876 - d. 1968)
 8 Aug 1932 - 27 Jul 1933  Baron Nobuyoshi Muto               (b. 1868 - d. 1933)
28 Jul 1933 - 10 Dec 1934  Takashi Hishikari                  (b. 1871 - d. 1952)
10 Dec 1934 -  6 Mar 1936  Jiro Minami                        (b. 1874 - d. 1955)
 6 Mar 1936 -  7 Sep 1939  Kenkichi Ueda                      (b. 1875 - d. 1962)
 7 Sep 1939 - 18 Jul 1944  Yoshijiro Umezu                    (b. 1882 - d. 1949)
18 Jul 1944 - 23 Aug 1945  Otozo Yamada                       (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
                             (Soviet prisoner to 26 Jun 1956)
Soviet Commandants
1945 - 1947                Vladimir Dmitriyevich Ivanov       (b. 1900 - d. 1968)
1947 - 1953                Afanasy Pavlantyevich Beloborodov  (b. 1903 - d. 1990)
May 1953 - 1955            Vasily Ivanovich Shvetsov          (b. 1898 - d. 1958)

Captains-major
1557                       Francisco Martins
1557 - 1558                Leonel de Sousa
1558 – 1559                Diogo Pereira
1559 - 1560                Rui Barreto
1560 - 1561                Manuel de Mendonça
1561 - 1562                Fernão de Sousa
1562 - 1563                Pero Barreto Rolim
1563 - 1565                Diogo Pereira
1565 - 1566                João Pedro Pereira
1566 - 1567                Simão de Mendonça (1st time)
1567 - 1568                Tristão Vaz da Veiga (1st time)
1568 - 1569                António de Sousa
1569 - 1571                Manuel Travassos
1571 - 1572                Tristão Vaz da Veiga (2nd time)
1572 - 1573                João de Almeida (1st time)
1573 - 1574                António de Vilhena Manuel
1574 - 1575                Simão de Mendonça (1st time)
1575 - 1576                Vasco Pereira
1576 - 1579                Domingos Monteiro (1st time)
1579 - 1570                Lionel Brito
1580 - 1581                Miguel da Gama
1581 - 1582                Inácio de Lima
1582 - 1583                João de Almeida (2nd time)
1583 - 1585                Aires Gonçalves de Miranda
1585 - 1586                Francisco Pais
1586 - 1587                Domingos Monteiro (2nd time)
1587 - 1589                Jerónimo Pereira
1590 - 1591                Anrique da Costa
1591 - 1592                Roque de Melo Pereira
1592 - 1593                Domingos Monteiro (3rd time)
1593 - 1594                Gaspar Pinto da Rocha
1594 - 1595                Francisco de Sa
                             (did not take office)
1595 - 1596                Manuel de Miranda
1596 - 1597                Rui Mendes de Figuieredo
1598 - 1599                Nunho de Mendonça                   (b. 1560 - d. 1632?)
1599 - 1603                Paulo de Portugal
1603 - 1604                Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa
1604 - 1605                João Caiado de Gambôa
1605 - 1607                Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses
                             (1st time)
1607 - 1610                André Pessôa
1610 - 1611                Diogo de Vasconcelos de Meneses
                             (2nd time)
1611 - 1612                Pedro Martins Gaio
1612 - 1614                Miguel de Sousa Pimentel
1614 - 1615                João Serrão da Cunha
1615 - 1616                Martim da Cunha
1616 - 1617                Francisco Lopes Carrasco
1617 - 1618                Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (1st time)(d. 1645)
1618 - 1619                António de Oliveira de Morais
1619 - 1620                Jerónimo de Macedo de Carvalho
1621 - 1622                Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho (2nd time)(s.a.)
1622 - 1623                Frei Antonio do Rosario
                             (president of governing Junta)
Governors
 7 Jul 1623 - 1626         Francisco Mascarenhas
19 Jul 1626 - 1629         Filipe Lôbo
1630 - 1631                Jerónimo da Silveira
 1 Dec 1631 - 1636         Manuel da Câmara de Noronha
Aug 1636 - 1638            Domingos da Câmara de Noronha
Aug 1638 - 1644            Sebastião Lôbo da Silveira
Aug 1645 - 1646            Luís de Carvalho de Sousa
1646                       Diogo Coutinho Doçem
Aug 1647 - 1650            João Pereira
Aug 1650 - 1654            João de Sousa Pereira
Aug 1654 - 1664            Manuel Tavares Bocarro
22 Jul 1664 - 1666         Manuel Coelho da Silva
31 Aug 1667 - 1670         Álvaro da Silva
20 Jul 1670 - 1672         Manuel Borges da Silva
20 Jul 1672 - 1677         António Barbosa Lôbo
10 Dec 1678 - 1679         António de Castro Sande
10 Dec 1679 - 1682         Luís de Melo Sampaio               (d. 1697)
10 Dec 1682 - 1685         Belchior do Amaral de Meneses
 5 Jul 1685 - 1688         António de Mesquita Pimentel
31 Jul 1688 - 1691         André Coelho Vieira
21 Jul 1691 - 1693         Francisco da Costa
23 Nov 1693 - 1694         António da Silva e Melo
21 Jul 1694 - 1697         Gil Vaz Lôbo Freire
17 Aug 1697 - 1697         Cosme Rodrigues de Carvalho e Sousa
28 Sep 1697 - 1698         Chamber Senate
 9 Aug 1698 - 1700         Pedro Vaz de Sequeira (1st time)   (b. 1623 - d. 1703)
 5 Aug 1700 - 1702         Diogo de Melo Sampaio
22 Jul 1702 - 1703         Pedro Vaz de Sequeira (2nd time)   (s.a.)
15 Aug 1703 - 1706         José da Gama Machado
 5 Aug 1706 - 1710         Diogo do Pinho Teixeira
28 Jul 1710 - 1711         Francisco de Melo e Castro
11 Jun 1711 - 1714         António de Noronha de Sequeira     (b. 1674 - d. 1720)
18 Jul 1714 - 1718         Francisco de Alarcão de Souto-Maior
30 May 1718 - 1719         António de Albuquerque Coelho      (b. 1682 - d. 1745)
 9 Sep 1719 - 1722         António da Silva Telo de Meneses   (b. c.1660 - d. 17..)
19 Aug 1722 - 1724         Cristóvão de Severim Manuel
 6 Sep 1724 - 1727         António Carneiro de Alcáçova
11 Aug 1727 - 1732         António Moniz Barreto
18 Aug 1732 - 1735         António do Amaral e Meneses
15 Jan 1735 - 1735         João do Casal
 4 Aug 1735 - 1738         Cosme Damião Pinto Pereira (1st time)
25 Aug 1738 - 1743         Manuel Pereira Coutinho
25 Aug 1743 - 1747         Cosme Damião Pinto Pereira (2nd time)
30 Aug 1747 - 1749         António José Teles de Meneses
 2 Aug 1749 - 1752         João Manuel de Melo
29 Jul 1752 - 1755         Rodrigo de Castro (1st time)       (b. 1713 - d. 1774)
14 Jul 1755 - 1758         Francisco António Pereira Coutinho
 1 Jul 1758 - 1761         Diogo Pereira de Castro            (b. 1717 - d. 1772)
 4 Jul 1761 - 1764         António de Mendonça Corte-Real     (b. 1717 - d. 1774)
14 Jul 1764 - 1767         José Plácido de Matos Saraiva
19 Aug 1767 - 1770         Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha
                             (1st time)
29 Jul 1770 - 1771         Rodrigo de Castro (2nd time)       (s.a.)
26 Jul 1771 - 1777         Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha
                             (2nd time)
27 Jan 1777 - 1778         Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa         (b. 1727 - d. 1799)
                             Guimarães, bispo de Macau
 1 Aug 1778 - 1780         João Vicente Ferreira da Silveira  (b. 1728 - d. ....)
                             e Meneses
 5 Jan 1780 - 1781         António José da Costa
28 Aug 1781 - 1783         Francisco de Castro
18 Aug 1783 - 1788         Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria   (b. 1754 - d. 1826)
                             (1st time)
21 Jul 1788 - 16 Jul 1789  Francisco Xavier de Mendonça       (b. c.1740 - d. 1789) 
                             Corte-Real
18 Jul 1789 - 1790         Lázaro da Silva Ferreira
29 Jul 1790 - 1793         Vasco Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro
27 Jul 1793 - 1797         José Manuel Pinto (1st time)
 8 Aug 1797 - 1800         Cristóvão Pereira de Castro        (b. 1733 - d. 1805)
 8 Aug 1800 - 1803         José Manuel Pinto (2nd time)
 8 Aug 1803 - 1806         Caetano de Sousa Pereira
 8 Aug 1806 - 1808         Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
11 Sep 1808 - 18 Dec 1808  William O'Brien Drury              (b. 1754 - d. 1811)
                             (British commander)
26 Dec 1808 - 1810         Lucas José de Alvarenga (1st time) (b. 1768 - d. 1831)
19 Jul 1810 - 1814         Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos Faria     (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
19 Jul 1814 - 1817         Lucas José de Alvarenga (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Jul 1817 –  9 Aug 1822  José Osório de Castro Cabral de    (b. 1779 - d. 1857)
                             Albuquerque
 9 Aug 1822 – 23 Sep 1822  Paulino da Silva Barbosa
23 Sep 1822 – 28 Jul 1825  Government Council
                           - Frei Francisco de Nossa Senhora
                             da Luz Chacim (1st time)         (b. 1767 - d. 1828)
                           - João Cabral de Estefique
                           - Joaquim Antonio da Silva                
28 Jul 1825 - 1827         Joaquim Mourão Garcês Palha        (b. 1775 - d. 1850)
15 Nov 1827 –  7 Jul 1830  Government Council
                           - Frei Francisco de Nossa Senhora
                             da Luz Chacim (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                              (to 18..)
                           - Ignacio da Silva (from 18..)
                           - José Filippe Pires da Costa
                           - Alexandre Joaquim Grand-Pré
                              (to 18..)
                           - Dyonisio de Mello Sampaio
                              (from 18..)           
 7 Jul 1830 - 1833         João Cabral de Estefique           (b. 1780 - d. 1854)
 3 Jul 1833 - 1837         Bernardo José de Sousa Soares      (b. 1795 - d. 1844)
                             de Andrea
23 Feb 1837 - 1843         Adrião Acácio da Silveira Pinto    (d. 1868)
 3 Oct 1843 - 1846         José Gregório Pegado
21 Apr 1846 - 22 Aug 1849  João Maria Ferreira do Amaral      (b. 1803 - d. 1849)
22 Aug 1849 - 1850         Government Council
                           - Jerônimo José da Mata (1st time) (b  1804 - d. 1865)
                           - Joaquim Antonio de Moraes
                             Carneiro (1st time)
                           - Ludgero Joaquim de Faria Neves
                             (1st time)
                           - Miguel Pereira Simões (1st time)
                           - José Bernardino Goularte
                             (1st time)
                           - Manuel Pereira (1st time)                           
30 May 1850 -  6 Jul 1850  Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha         (b. 1801 - d. 1850)
 7 Jul 1850 - 1851         Government Council
                           - Jerônimo José da Mata (2nd time) (s.a.)
                           - Joaquim Antonio de Moraes
                             Carneiro (2nd time)
                           - Ludgero Joaquim de Faria Neves
                             (2nd time)
                           - Miguel Pereira Simões (2nd time)
                           - José Bernardino Goularte
                             (2nd time)
                           - Manuel Pereira (2nd time)                           
 3 Feb 1851 - 1851         Francisco António Gonçalves        (b. 1800 - d. 1875)
                             Cardoso
19 Nov 1851 - 1863         Isidoro Francisco Guimarães,       (b. 1808 - d. 1883)
                            (from 1862) visconde da Praia
                             Grande de Macau
22 Jun 1863 - 1866         José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral    (b. 1808 - d. 1873)
26 Oct 1866 - 1868         José Maria da Ponte e Horta        (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
 3 Aug 1868 - 1872         António Sérgio de Sousa            (b. 1809 - d. 1878)
23 Mar 1872 - 1874         Januário Correia de Almeida,       (b. 1829 - d. 1901) 
                             visconde de São Januário 
 7 Dec 1874 - 1876         José Maria Lôbo de Ávila           (b. 1817 - d. 1889)
31 Dec 1876 - 17 Oct 1879  Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva,   (b. 1834 - d. 1905)
                             visconde de Paço de Arcos    
17 Oct 1879 – 28 Nov 1879  Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes      (b. 1814 - d. 1887)
                             (president of Government Council)
28 Nov 1879 – 24 Mar 1883  Joaquim José da Graça              (b. 1825 - d. 1889)
24 Mar 1883 – 23 Apr 1883  Government Council (incomplete)  
                           - Francisco Alves Morgado Jr.          
                           - João José da Silva               (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
23 Apr 1883 -  7 Aug 1886  Tomás de Sousa Rósa                (b. 1844 - d. 1918)
 7 Aug 1886 - 13 Oct 1888  Firmino José da Costa              (b. 1843 - d. 1893)
13 Oct 1888 –  5 Feb 1889  João José da Silva                 (s.a.)
                             (president of Government Council) 
 5 Feb 1889 - 1890         Francisco Teixeira da Silva        (b. 1826 - d. 1894)
16 Oct 1890 - 24 Mar 1894  Custódio Miguel de Borja           (b. 1849 - d. 1911)
24 Mar 1894 - 15 Feb 1897  José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa
                             (1st time)                       (b. 1858 - d. 1927)
15 Feb 1897 – 12 Mar 1897  Alvaro Maria Fornelos 
                             (president of Government Council) 
12 Mar 1897 - 21 Apr 1900  Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo (b. 1845 - d. 1908)
21 Apr 1900 – 12 Aug 1900  José Manuel de Carvalho            (b. 1844 - d. 1904)
                             (president of Government Council)             
12 Aug 1900 - 1902         José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa 
                             (2nd time)                       (s.a.)
17 Dec 1902 - 10 Dec 1903  Arnaldo Nogueira de Novaes Guedes
                             Rebelo                           (b. 1847 - d. 1917)
10 Dec 1903 -  5 Apr 1904  João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro   (b. 1852 - d. 1918)
                            (president of council of government) 
 5 Apr 1904 - 1907         Martinho Pinto de Queirós          (b. 1847 - d. 1919)
                             Montenegro
1907 –  6 Apr 1907         José Emilio de Santana da Cunha
                             Castel-Branco (acting)
 6 Apr 1907 – 14 May 1908  Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho          (b. 1865 - d. 1942)
14 May 1908 – 18 Aug 1908  Francisco Diogo de Sá (acting) 
18 Aug 1908 – 22 Sep 1909  José Augusto Alves Roçadas         (b. 1865 - d. 1926)
22 Sep 1909 - 1910         Eduardo Augusto Marquês            (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1910 – 17 Dec 1910         João Marques Vidal (acting)     
17 Dec 1910 – 14 Jul 1912  Álvaro Cardoso de Melo Machado     (b. 1883 - d. 1970)
14 Jul 1912 - 16 Jun 1914  Aníbal Augusto Sanches de Miranda  (b. 1865 - d. 1939)
16 Jun 1914 – 10 Jun 1914  José Maria Martins Pereira (acting) 
10 Jun 1914 –  5 Sep 1916  José Carlos da Maia                (b. 1878 - d. 1921)
 5 Sep 1916 – 22 Jun 1917  Manuel Ferreira da Rocha           (b. 1885 - d. 1951)
22 Jun 1917 - 21 Dec 1917  Fernando Augusto Vieira de Matos
21 Dec 1917 - 12 Oct 1918  Council of Government
                           - Américo Guilherme Botelho de     (b. 1877 - d. 19..)
                               Sousa
                           - José David Freire Garcia
                           - Manuel Ferreira da Rocha   
12 Oct 1918 – 17 Jul 1919  Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa   (b. 1880 - d. 1940)
                             (1st time)
17 Jul 1919 – 23 Aug 1919  Joaquim Augusto Tomé dos Santos
                             (acting)  
23 Aug 1919 - 20 May 1922  Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva (b. 1878 - d. 1935)
20 May 1922 -  5 Jan 1923  Luís António de Magalhães Correia  (b. 1873 - d. 1960)
                             (acting)
 5 Jan 1923 - 16 Jul 1924  Rodrigo José Rodrigues             (b. 1879 - d. 1963)
16 Jul 1924 - 18 Oct 1925  Joaquim Augusto Tomé dos Santos    (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
                             (acting)
18 Oct 1925 -  1 Aug 1926  Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia     (b. 1881 - d. 1932)
                             Magalhães
 1 Aug 1926 -  8 Dec 1926  Hugo Carvalho Lacerda Castelo      (b. 1860 - d. 1944)
                             Branco (acting)
 8 Dec 1926 –  5 Apr 1929  Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa   (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time) 
 5 Apr 1929 – 30 Mar 1931  João Pereira de Magalhães          (b. 1873 - d. 1933) 
                             (1st time) (acting)
30 Mar 1931 – 15 Oct 1931  Joaquim Anselmo da Mata e Oliveira (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (acting)
15 Oct 1931 – 21 Jun 1932   João Pereira de Magalhães         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (acting)
21 Jun 1932 - 19 Sep 1935  António José Bernardes de Miranda  (b. 1885 - d. 1957)
19 Sep 1935 - 24 Dec 1936  João Pereira Barbosa
24 Dec 1936 -  7 Feb 1937  António Joaquim Godinho Ferreira   (b. 1887 - d. 1947)
                             da Silva Júnior
 7 Feb 1937 – 11 Apr 1937  João Pinto Crisóstomo (acting)
11 Apr 1937 - 10 Jul 1940  Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa   (s.a.)
                             (3rd time) 
10 Jul 1940 - 29 Oct 1940  José Rodrigues Moutinho (acting)   (b. 1904 - d. 1984)
29 Oct 1940 - 1946         Gabriel Maurício Teixeira          (b. 1897 - d. 1973)
1946 –  1 Sep 1947         Samuel Conceição Vieira (acting)
 1 Sep 1947 - 19 Apr 1951  Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira       (b. 1904 - d. 1973)
19 Apr 1951 – 23 Nov 1951  Aires Pinto Ribeiro
                             (government Comissioner)
23 Nov 1951 – 22 Jun 1956  Joaquim Marquês Esparteiro         (b. 1895 - d. 1976)
22 Jun 1956 – 27 Nov 1956  João Carlos Guedes Quinhones de
                             Portugal da Silveira
                             (government commissioner)  
27 Nov 1956 - 1958         Pedro Correia de Barros            (b. 1911 - d. 1968)
1958 - 1959                Manuel Peixoto Nunes
18 Sep 1959 - 17 Apr 1962  Jaime Silvério Marques             (b. 1915 - d. 1986)
17 Apr 1962 – Jul 1966     António Adriano Faria Lopes dos    (b. 1919 - d. 2009)
                             Santos
Jul 1966 – 25 Nov 1966     Carlos Armando da Mota Cerveira    (b. 1920 - d. 1981)
                             (acting)
25 Nov 1966 – 29 Sep 1974  José Manuel Sousa Faro Nobre       (b. 1910 - d. 1988)
                             Carvalho
29 Sep 1974 – 19 Nov 1974  Government Commissioner
19 Nov 1974 -  1 Feb 1979  José Eduardo Martinho Garcia       (b. 1940?)
                             Leandro                   
 1 Feb 1979 – 28 Nov 1979  Victor Manuel de Oliveira Santos
                             (acting)  
28 Nov 1979 - 26 Feb 1981  Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo       (b. 1922 - d. 2011)
                             Egídio                    
26 Feb 1981 - 16 Jun 1981  José Carlos Moreira Campos
                             (acting)
16 Jun 1981 – Jan 1986     Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida   (b. 1932 - d. 2010)
                             e Costa                       
Jan 1986 – 28 May 1986     Manuel Maria Amaral de Freitas
                             (acting)   
28 May 1986 – Mar 1987     Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado      (b. 1930 - d. 2011)
                             Correia da Silva
Mar 1987 –  9 Aug 1987     Carlos Augusto Valente Pulido      (b. 1942)
                             Monjardino (acting)      
 9 Aug 1987 - 28 Sep 1990  Carlos Montez Melancia             (b. 1927)
28 Sep 1990 - 23 Apr 1991  Francisco Luis Murteira Nabo       (b. 1939)
                            (acting)                  
23 Apr 1991 - 19 Dec 1999  Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira         (b. 1939)

Japanese Advisors (the Japanese Consuls in Macau)
(formally in charge of contacts with Portuguese governor) 
Oct 1940 -  3 Feb 1945     Fukui Yasumitsu                    (d. 1945)
1945                       Mitsujiro Iwai