Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta (21 September 1920 – 29 January 2012) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, and a vice-admiral of the Portuguese Navy.
[1] He entered the Naval School in 1940, and served as naval officer in the 1950s in Portuguese Guinea, where he was also president of Bissau's municipal council.
[1] After the Carnation Revolution of April 1974, which toppled the fascist regime of Estado Novo, he was Governor of Cape Verde from 6 August until 21 September 1974.
[2] He was Minister of the Republic for the Azores Autonomous Region from 11 September 1978 until 28 April 1981.
[3][1] He retired from service in 1990, and died on 29 January 2012.