Joaquim Pinto Correia | |
Office: | Governor of Macau |
Term Start: | 15 May 1986 |
Term End: | 8 July 1987 |
President: | Mário Soares |
Primeminister: | Aníbal António Cavaco Silva |
Predecessor: | Vasco de Almeida e Costa |
Birth Date: | 1929 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Porto, Portugal |
Death Place: | Porto, Portugal |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado Correia da Silva (16 June 1929 – 14 March 2011) was the 124th Governor of Macau from 15 May 1986 to 8 July 1987.[1] [2]
As a physician, he was the first Governor of Macau who was not a military general.[3] [4] He advocated humanism and social welfare during his term of office and visited Guangzhou as well as the entire Guangdong province from 22–24 February 1987.[5] [6] He resigned from office in May 1987, giving rise to the rumour that his resignation was related to corruption.[7]