José Augusto Alves Roçadas (6 April 1865 – 28 April 1926) was a career officer of the

Portuguese Army The Portuguese Army () is the land component of the Portuguese Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Portugal and is also its largest branch. It is charged with the defence of Portugal, in co-operation with other branches of the Armed Forces. With its ...

and a appointed as a colonial administrator in Portuguese Angola and Macau. In 1907 troops under his command in

Portuguese Angola In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical Evolution of the Portuguese Empire, colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa of Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo Portugal (1951–1 ...

put down a revolt by the Ovambo at the Battle of Mufilo. As a colonial administrator, Alves Roçadas served as Governor of the District of Huíla in Portuguese Angola (1905–1908),

Governor of Macau The governor of Macau (; ) was a Portugal, Portuguese colonial official who headed the Portuguese Empire, colony of Portuguese Macau, Macau, before 1623 called captain-major (). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the handover of M ...

(1908–1909), and Governor-General of Angola (1909–1910). During World War I, Alves Roçadas served as the commanding officer of Portuguese forces in southern Angola. He led them in combat against the German invasion of Portuguese Africa. Both sides used both regular military forces, such as the German forces, and regional auxiliaries or armed groups made up of indigenous and other peoples.Strachan, p.80 After the war, Roçadas participated in the preparation of the

28 May 1926 coup d'état The 28 May 1926 coup d'état, sometimes called 28 May Revolution or, during the period of the Corporatism, corporatist ''Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo'' (), the National Revolution (), was a military coup of a nationalist origin, that put a ...

, together with generals

Manuel Gomes da Costa Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa , commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa () or just Gomes da Costa (14 January 1863 – 17 December 1929), was a Portuguese army officer and politician, the tenth president of Portugal and the second of ...

, Sinel de Cordes and Óscar Carmona. They created the Ditadura Nacional. Although originally marked to take up a post in the new government, he fell ill and died a month before the coup took place.

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*Hew Strachan, ''The First World War in Africa'' (2004) Portuguese generals 1865 births 1926 deaths Governors of Macau 1900s in Macau Governors of Portuguese Angola 1900s in Angola 1910s in Angola People from Vila Real, Portugal Portuguese military personnel of World War I 20th-century Portuguese politicians Portuguese revolutionaries {{Macau-bio-stub