Abel Fontoura da Costa

Abel Fontoura da Costa
Fontoura da Costa, c. 1923
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
11 September 1915 – 9 March 1918
Preceded byJoaquim Pedro Vieira Judice Bicker
Succeeded byTeófilo Duarte
Personal details
Born9 December 1869
Alpiarça
Died7 December 1940
São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais
NationalityPortuguese

Abel Fontoura da Costa (9 December 1869 – 7 December 1940) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military officer, a politician and a scientist.[1]

He attended the Royal Military College and enlisted into the Navy in 1887. His highest rank was Captain. In 1901, he took part in a commission that marked the boundary between Portuguese Angola and Congo Free State.[2][1] He was governor of Cape Verde from 11 September 1915 until 9 March 1918.[3] He was Minister of Agriculture in 1923, in the government of António Maria da Silva.[4] He was the director of the Escola Náutica from 1936 to 1939.[2]

He received the following decorations:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Abel Fontoura da Costa, Leonor Lopes, Arquivo Distrital de Santarém
  2. ^ a b "Fontoura da Costa - Hydrographic Institute". hidrografico.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  3. ^ "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. ^ Governo de António Maria da Silva (1922-1923), politipedia.pt
  5. ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 7 November 2018., search result for "Abel Fontoura da Costa"
Preceded by Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1915-1918 		Succeeded by

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