João da Mata Chapuzet

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João da Mata Chapuzet[1]
Colonial governor of Cape Verde
In office
16 January 1823 – 13 December 1826
Preceded byAntónio Pusich
Succeeded byCaetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos
Personal details
Born1777
Lisbon
Died8 August 1842 (age 65)
Lisbon
NationalityPortuguese

João da Mata Chapuzet (1777 – 8 August 1842) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect.[2] He was colonial governor of Cape Verde, succeeding António Pusich on 16 January 1823. He was succeeded as governor by Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos on 13 December 1826.[3] Governor Chapuzet initiated the modernisation of the city of Praia.[4]

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  1. ^ Diário do governo, Edições 1-153 (in Portuguese). 1821. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  2. ^ Diccionário bibliográphico portuguez: estudos. Imprensa Nacional. 1859. p. 416. Chapuzet, João da Mata.
  3. ^ "Cape Verde". worldstatesmen.org.
  4. ^ Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 315
Preceded by Colonial governor of Cape Verde
1823-1826
Succeeded by