# Álvaro de Castro - Governor-General of Mozambique

URL: https://allhistories.com/mozambique/rulers/alvaro-de-castro
Term: 1915–1918
Number in the list: 263
Born-Died: 1878 - 1928
Dynasty: Colonial rule and metropolitan authorities
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Castro

Álvaro de Castro was Governor-General of Mozambique in 1915-1918 during the First World War, when Portuguese forces fought German troops along the Rovuma. He later served as Prime Minister of Portugal in 1920 and 1923-1924.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Alfredo Baptista Coelho](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/rulers/alfredo-baptista-coelho)
- Next in list: [Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/rulers/pedro-francisco-massano-de-amorim)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1916 - [Portuguese occupation of the Kionga Triangle](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1916-portuguese-occupation-of-the-kionga-triangle)
- 1917 - [Barue uprising of 1917](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1917-barue-uprising-of-1917)
- 1917 - [Battle of Ngomano](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1917-battle-of-ngomano)
- 1918 - [Influenza pandemic reaches Mozambique](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1918-influenza-pandemic-reaches-mozambique)
- 1918 - [Battle of Namacurra](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1918-battle-of-namacurra)
- 1918 - [O Brado Africano founded in Lourenço Marques](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1918-o-brado-africano-founded-in-lourenco-marques)
- 1918 - [Lettow-Vorbeck's army surrenders at Abercorn](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1918-lettow-vorbeck-s-army-surrenders-at-abercorn)