Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa

Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa (1880 – 1940) was a colonial administrator who three times held the post of Governor of Macao. He married poet Maria Ana Acciaioli Tamagnini and died during his third term as governor of the former Portuguese colony of Macao. He began his first term in 1918.

Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
Governor of Macau
In office 12 October 1918 – 23 August 1919
Preceded by	Manuel Ferreira da Rocha & Agostinho Vieira de Matos
Succeeded by	Henrique Monteiro Correia da Silva
In office 8 December 1926 – 30 March 1931
Preceded by	Manuel Firmino de Almeida Maia Magalhães
Succeeded by	Joaquim Anselmo de Mata Oliveira
In office 11 April 1937 – 29 October 1940
Preceded by	António José Bernardes de Miranda
Succeeded by	Gabriel Maurício Teixeira
Personal details
Born	(1881-08-31)August 31, 1881 Lisbon, Portugal
Died	July 10, 1940(1940-07-10) (aged 58) Macau, Portugal
Chinese name
Chinese	巴波沙
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bā Bōshā Yue: Cantonese Jyutping baa1 bo1 saa1

His third term was much more difficult to perform than the other two because in the latter term he had to prepare Macau to face World War II and negotiate with the Japanese to respect the neutrality of this small Portuguese colony. This difficult work was later transferred to Gabriel Maurício Teixeira, Governor of Macao from 1940 to 1947. His collaboration is found in the Gazette of the Colonies (1924–1926).