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Gabriel Teixeira: the governor who steered neutral Macau through the Second World War
Gabriel Maurício Teixeira
A Portuguese soldier and colonial administrator, the 115th Governor of Macau (1940–1947). He governed neutral Macau through the Second World War, taking in vast numbers of refugees fleeing the fighting, managing famine, and negotiating with the Japanese to keep the small city stable; during his term he also abolished the opium monopoly. He later served as Governor-General of Portuguese Mozambique.
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