João da Mata Chapuzet (1777 – 8 August 1842) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military architect. He was colonial governor of Cape Verde, succeeding António Pusich on 16 January 1823. He was succeeded as governor by Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos on 13 December 1826. Governor Chapuzet initiated the modernisation of the city of Praia.Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 315
See also List of colonial governors of Cape Verde History of Cape Verde
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