Macao last governor dies at 85

Vasco Rocha Vieira, the last governor of Macao, died at age 85 last month after a prolonged hospital stay, according to an official statement on the President of Portugal’s website.

In the statement, the Portuguese government expressed its deepest condolence for Rocha Vieira’s death on January 22 in Portugal while describing him as “one of the most distinguished officers of the Portuguese Army.”

It also referenced Vieira’s time acting as Macau’s last governor, between April 1991 and December 1999, noting his involvement in the city’s transfer to China “will remain in the memory of many Portuguese people.”