Francisco de Moura Rolim, also Francisco Rolim or Francisco Roulim (1580 in
Olinda – 1657 in
Lisbon) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer in Brazil.
He was born in Olinda, Brazil, in 1580.
He was appointed as governor-general of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
in 1625 by
Matias de Albuquerque.
He was succeeded by
Diogo Luiz de Oliveira in 1626.
[ He died in Lisbon in 1657.]
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1580 births
1657 deaths
Governors-General of Brazil
Portuguese colonial governors and administrators