Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
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Vasco Rocha Vieira GCTE GCC GCIH ComA |
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| 138th Governor of Macau | |
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In office 23 April 1991 – 19 December 1999 |
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| President |
Mário Soares Jorge Sampaio |
| Preceded by | Francisco Murteira Nabo (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished Edmund Ho Hau Wah (as Chief Executive of Macau) |
| Minister for the Azores | |
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In office 10 July 1986 – 18 April 1991 |
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| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | Tomás George Conceição Silva |
| Succeeded by | Mário Pinto |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 August 1939 Lagoa, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Leonor Soares de Albergaria |
| Children | Pedro (b. 1977) João (b. 1978) Filipe (b. 1984) |
| Occupation | Army officer |
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, GCTE GCC GCIH ComA (b. Lagoa, Portugal, born on 16 August 1939), is a retired Portuguese Army officer who was the last Governor of Macau.
He is the son of João da Silva Vieira (b. Lagoa or Faro on 9 November 1913) and his wife, Maria Vieira Rocha and being the paternal grandson of André de Sousa Vieira and his wife, Teresa de Jesus da Silva.
He is a Portuguese Administrator and a General Officer of Military Engineering of the Portuguese Army with the Course of the Army School and Licentiate in Civil engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico (Superior Technical Institute) of the Technical University of Lisbon, and has the General and Complementary Course of the General Staff of the Army, the Superior Course of Command and Direction of the Portuguese Armed Forces and the Course of National Defense.
Among many other things Vieira was a civil servant in Macau prior to his governorship, being the Chief of General Staff of the Independent Territorial Command of Macau from 1973 to 1974 and Deputy Secretary for Public Works and Communications of the Government of Macau from 1974 to 1975. He then became Director of the Arm of Engineering of the Army from 1975 to 1976, Chief of General Staff of the Army and by inherency a Member of the Conselho da Revolução (Revolutionary Council) from 1976 to 1978 being the Captain of April who lasted more in Portuguese politics, with an extensive curriculum of public service. He was also made Honorary Director of the Arm of Engineering of the Portuguese Army.
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