Abel Fontoura da Costa (9 December 1869 – 7 December 1940) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military officer, a politician and a scientist.
[Abel Fontoura da Costa]
Leonor Lopes, Arquivo Distrital de Santarém
He attended the
Royal Military College and enlisted into the Navy in 1887. His highest rank was
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
. In 1901, he took part in a commission that marked the boundary between
Portuguese Angola
Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a territory under Portuguese rule in southwestern Africa. In the same context, it was known until 1951 as Portuguese West Africa (officially the State of West Africa).
I ...
and
Congo Free State
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, national_anthem = Vers l'avenir
, capital = Vivi Boma
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, religion = Catholicism (''de facto'')
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.
[ He was ]governor of Cape Verde
The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas provi ...
from 11 September 1915 until 9 March 1918. He was Minister of Agriculture in 1923, in the government of António Maria da Silva
António Maria da Silva, GCTE (; 26 May 1872 in Lisbon – 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of M ...
.Governo de António Maria da Silva (1922-1923)
politipedia.pt He was the director of the
Escola Náutica from 1936 to 1939.
[
He received the following decorations:][, search result for "Abel Fontoura da Costa"]
* Commander of the Military Order of Avis of Portugal (11 March 1919)
* Grand Officer of the Military Order of Avis of Portugal (19 October 1920)
See also
*List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas provin ...
References
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1869 births
1940 deaths
Naval ministers of Portugal
People from Alpiarça
Colonial heads of Cape Verde
Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
Agriculture ministers of Portugal