Governor-General of Brazil

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colonial office political position

The Governor-General of Brazil was the highest-ranking colonial official in Portuguese America, responsible for administering and overseeing the Portuguese Crown’s interests in the territory that later became Brazil.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Governor-General of Brazil canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ political position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Brazil ⓘ Portuguese America ⓘ surface form: Colonial Brazil Portuguese America ⓘ
appointedBy	King of Portugal ⓘ Portuguese Crown ⓘ
associatedWith	Portuguese America ⓘ surface form: Portuguese colonization of Brazil captaincy system in Brazil ⓘ
capitalOfAdministration	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ surface form: Salvador, Bahia
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Portuguese Empire ⓘ
establishedFor	centralization of colonial administration in Brazil ⓘ coordination of economic activities ⓘ defense against foreign incursions ⓘ strengthening royal control over captaincies ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	captaincies of Brazil ⓘ colonial governors of captaincies ⓘ
hasDuty	administer Portuguese colonial territories in America ⓘ collect and safeguard royal revenues ⓘ coordinate defense of the colony ⓘ implement royal policies in the colony ⓘ maintain public order in the colony ⓘ oversee Portuguese Crown’s interests in Brazil ⓘ promote economic exploitation of colonial resources ⓘ supervise colonial officials ⓘ
historicalLocation	Portuguese America ⓘ South America ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Portuguese America ⓘ surface form: Portuguese colonial period in Brazil
officeHolderRole	highest-ranking colonial official in Portuguese America ⓘ
officeType	executive colonial office ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese colonial administration ⓘ surface form: Portuguese colonial government
positionHeldIn	Portuguese colonial administration ⓘ
replacedBy	Viceroy of Brazil ⓘ
roleIn	administrative unification of Brazilian territories ⓘ centralization of Portuguese rule in Brazil ⓘ defense against foreign powers in colonial Brazil ⓘ
seat	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ surface form: Salvador, Bahia
subordinateTo	King of Portugal ⓘ Portuguese Crown ⓘ
successorPosition	Viceroy of Brazil ⓘ
usedLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese America → governedBy → Governor-General of Brazil ⓘ

Tomé de Sousa → positionHeld → Governor-General of Brazil ⓘ