List of colonial heads of Bissau
The territory is located in Guinea-Bissau.
Early incumbents, all styled Captain-major:
- 15 March 1692 – 15 March 1694 José Pinheiro da Câmara
- 1694–1696 Santao Vidigal Castanho
- 1696–1699 José Pinheiro da Câmara
- 1699–1707 Rodrigo Oliveira da Fonseca
- 1707–1753 abandoned
- 1753–17.. Nicolau Pino de Araújo
- 17..–c.1757 ....
- c.1757–1759 Manuel Pires
- 1759–17.. Duarte José Róis
- 17..–c.1763 ....
- c.1763–17.. Filipe José de Souto-Maior
- c.1770–c.1775 Sebastião da Cunha Souto-Maior
- c.1775–c.1777 ....
- c.1777–17.. Ignácio Xavier Baião
- 1793–c.1796 José António Pinto
- c.1796–1799 ....
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|<small>1799–180?</small>||João das Neves Leão, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1803–180?</small>||António Cardoso Faria, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1805–1811</small>||Manuel Pinto de Gouveia, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1811–18??</small>||António Cardoso Figueiredo, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>c.1820–c.1821 </small>||João Higino Curvo Semedo, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1822–182?</small>||Joaquim António de Matos, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>182?–1825</small>||Domingos Alves de Abreu Picaluga, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1825–1827</small>||Joaquim António de Matos, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1827–18??</small>||Fancisco José Muacho, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>c.1829–1830 </small>||Caetano José Nozolini, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1830–183?</small>||Joaquim António de Matos, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>3rd Term</small>
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|<small>183?–1834</small>||Caetano José Nozolini, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1834–183?</small>||Joaquim António de Matos, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>4th Term</small>
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|<small>1836–1836</small>||José Eleutério Rocha Vieira, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1836–1839</small>||Honório Barreto, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1839–1840</small>||José Gonçalves Barbosa, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1840–1841</small>||Honório Barreto, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1841–1842</small>||José Paulo Machado, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1842–1843</small>||António Tavares da Veiga Santos, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1843–1844</small>||José Maria Coelho, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1844–1845</small>||Alois da Rôla Dziezaski, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1845–1847</small>||Joaquim de Azevedo Alpoim, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1847–1848</small>||Carlos Maximiliano de Sousa, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1848–1850</small>||Caetano José Nozolini, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>3rd Term</small>
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|<small>1851–185?</small>||Alois da Rôla Dziezaski, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>1852–1852</small>||Libánio Evangelista dos Santos, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1852–1853</small>||José Maria Lôbo de Ávila, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1853–1854</small>||José Maria Correia da Silva, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1854–1854</small>||Pedro Henriques Romão Ferreira, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1855–1858</small>||Honório Barreto, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>3rd Term</small>
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|<small>1858–1858</small>||António Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque Cota Falcão, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1858–1859</small>||Honório Barreto, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>4th Term</small>
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|<small>1860–1862</small>||António Cândido Zagalo, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1863–186?</small>||Joaquim Alberto Marquês, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>1st Term</small>
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|<small>1867–1868</small>||Bernardo José Moreira, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1868–1869</small>||Manuel Fortunato Meira, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1869–1871</small>||Álvaro Teles Caldeira, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1871–1871</small>||José Xavier do Crato, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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|<small>1871–187?</small>||Joaquim Alberto Marquês, <small>Captain-Major</small>||<small>2nd Term</small>
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|<small>c.1877–1879</small>||António José Cabral Vieira, <small>Captain-Major</small>||
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See also
- Guinea-Bissau
- Heads of State of Guinea-Bissau
- Heads of Government of Guinea-Bissau
- Colonial Heads of Portuguese Guinea
- Colonial Heads of Cacheu
- Lists of office-holders
- List of national leaders
Sources and references
- WorldStatesmen–Guinea-Bissau