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Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque
Caetano
Alexandre
de
Almeida
e Albuquerque
was a Portuguese
colonial administrator
and a
military officer
. He was
governor general of Cape Verde
from
29 March
1869
until
26 February
1876
, succeeding
José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
. He was succeeded by
Guilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo
. In June 1876, he was
appointed
governor general of Angola
, succeeding
José Baptista de Andrade
. He was succeeded by
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
in
July
1878
. From
3 December
1878 until
10 April
1882 he was
governor-general of Portuguese India
.
The
main square
of
Praia
, the capital of
Cape Verde
, is named
Praça Alexandre Albuquerque
after him. There is a bronze bust of Albuquerque on the square.