Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira

Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira GCTE GCC GCIH ComA
138th Governor of Macau
In office 24 April 1992[1] – 19 December 1999
President	Mário Soares Jorge Sampaio
Prime Minister	Aníbal António Cavaco Silva António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres
Preceded by	Carlos Melancia
Succeeded by	Edmund Ho Hau Wah (Chief Executive of Macau)
Chancellor of the Ancient Military Orders
In office 24 April 2006 – 14 March 2016
President	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	Rui de Alarcão
Succeeded by	Jaime Gama
Minister for the Azores
In office 12 July 1986[2] – 19 April 1992[3]
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	Tomás George da Conceição Silva
Succeeded by	Mário Fernando de Campos Pinto
Chief of the Army General Staff
In office 14 July 1976 – 3 April 1978
Preceded by	António Ramalho Eanes
Succeeded by	Pedro Gomes Cardoso
Personal details
Born	(1939-08-16)16 August 1939 Lagoa, Portugal
Died	22 January 2025(2025-01-22) (aged 85)
Nationality	Portuguese
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Maria Leonor de Andrada Soares de Albergaria
Children	3[1]
Occupation	Army officer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	韋奇立
Simplified Chinese	韦奇立
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wéi Qílì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wai4 kei4 laap6

Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, GCTE GCC GCIH ComA (16 August 1939 – 22 January 2025) was a Portuguese Army officer and politician. He was the 138th and last Governor of Macau from 1992 until 1999.

Vieira died on 22 January 2025, at the age of 85.^[4][5]

References

1. Santos Alves, Jorge (2013). Governadores de Macau. Livros do Oriente. ISBN 9789993786634.
2. Decreto n.º 20/86, de 11 de Julho
3. Decreto n.º 20/91, de 19 de Abril
4. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2025-01-22). "Morreu Rocha Vieira. Último governador de Macau tinha 85 anos". Morreu Rocha Vieira. Último governador de Macau tinha 85 anos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
5. Morreu Vasco Rocha Vieira, último governador de Macau (in Portuguese)