Series
The Last Portuguese Governors
Before Macau's 1999 handover, the territory was governed by governors appointed from Lisbon. This series records, in a neutral historical register, several of the Portuguese-era governors around the transition — from Garcia Leandro, Melo Egídio and Almeida e Costa to Rocha Vieira, the last governor who oversaw the handover itself.
A Closed Chapter of Governance
Before the handover on 20 December 1999, Macau was long administered by governors appointed from Lisbon. This series presents several of these governors around the transition in a neutral historical register, recording their terms and offices without praise or blame.
Garcia Leandro李安道 · José Eduardo Martinho Garcia LeandroA Portuguese lieutenant-general who became Governor of Macau (1974–1979) after the 1974 Carnation Revolution. During his tenure he drew up the Organic Statute of Macau, approved by Portuguese legislation in 1976, which reclassified Macau as a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration".Read profile → became governor after Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution and oversaw work on the Organic Statute of Macau; , , and succeeded one another through the era of Sino-Portuguese negotiations over Macau's future; and , the last governor, served from 1991 to 1999 and oversaw the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China.
