thumb|Map of Guinea-Bissau.
thumb|Coat of arms of Portuguese Guinea
This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Guinea, an area equivalent to modern-day Guinea-Bissau. In 1941 the capital moved from Bolama to Bissau.
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
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|20 April 1879 to 16 December 1881|| ||Agostinho Coelho, <br>Governor||
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|16 December 1881 to 17 March 1885|| ||Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, <br>Governor||1st time
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|17 March 1885 to 24 September 1886|| ||Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa, <br>Governor||
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|24 September 1886 to November 1886|| ||José Eduardo de Brito, <br>Governor||
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|November 1886 to April 1887|| ||Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, <br>acting Governor||1st time
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|5 April 1887 to 30 May 1888|| ||Eusébio Castela do Valle, <br>Governor||
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|30 May 1888 to 4 September 1888||60px||Francisco Teixeira da Silva, <br>Governor||
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|4 September 1888 to 22 February 1890||60px||Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, <br>Governor||
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|22 February 1890 to 26 June 1891|| ||Augusto Rodrigues Gonçalves dos Santos, <br>Governor||
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|26 June 1891 to 1895|| ||Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá, <br>Governor||
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|24 April 1893 to 23 October 1893|| ||Cesar Gomes Barbosa, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Sá
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|1895 to 4 April 1895|| ||Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, <br>acting Governor||2nd time
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|4 April 1895 to 24 January 1896|| ||Eduardo João da Costa Oliveira, <br>Governor||
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|24 January 1896 to 25 August 1897|| ||Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, <br>Governor||2nd time
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|25 August 1897 to 22 December 1897|| ||Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, <br>acting Governor||3rd time
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|22 December 1897 to 14 March 1900|| ||Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, <br>acting Governor||1st time
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|1898 to 17 January 1899|| ||Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Cunha
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|2 November 1899 to 7 February 1900|| ||Fernando Augusto Liso de Santana, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Cunha
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|14 March 1900 to 12 July 1900|| ||Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães, <br>acting Governor||
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|12 July 1900 to 20 May 1903|| ||Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, <br>Governor||
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|5 May 1901 to 1901|| ||António Alves de Oliveira, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Biker
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|1901|| ||Joaquim Corte Real Pires, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Biker
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|1901 to 6 December 1901|| ||Amadeu Gonçalves Guimarães, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Biker
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|20 May 1903 to 23 July 1903|| ||José Mateus Lapa Valente, <br>acting Governor||1st time
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|23 July 1903 to 9 August 1904||60px||Alfredo Cardoso de Soveral Martins, <br>Governor||
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|23 April 1904 to 1904|| ||Joaquim Corte Real Pires, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Martins
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|1904|| ||António Marques Perdigão, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Martins
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|9 August 1904 to 2 February 1905|| ||José Mateus Lapa Valente, <br>acting Governor||2nd time
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|2 February 1905 to 13 August 1906|| ||Carlos de Almeida Pessanha, <br>Governor||
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|June 1905 to 13 February 1906|| ||José Mateus Lapa Valente, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Pessanha
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|13 August 1906 to 29 June 1909|| ||João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty, <br>Governor||
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|19 July 1907 to 18 November 1907|| ||Joaquim Corte Real Pires, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Muzanty
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|1908|| ||Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Muzanty
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|29 June 1909 to 16 August 1910|| ||Francelino Pimentel, <br>Governor||
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|12 October 1909 to 1910|| ||António Marques Perdigão, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Pimentel
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|23 October 1910 to 16 August 1913||60px||Carlos de Almeida Pereira, <br>Governor||
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|17 March 1912 to 23 October 1912|| ||Sebastião José Pereira, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Pereira
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|16 August 1913 to 22 November 1913|| ||Sebastião José Pereira, <br>acting Governor||1st time
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|22 November 1913 to April 1914|| ||José António de Andrade Sequeira, <br>Governor||1st time
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|April 1914 to 7 May 1915|| ||Sebastião José Pereira, <br>acting Governor||2nd time
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|7 May 1915 to 24 August 1915|| ||Josué de Oliveira Duque, <br>Governor||1st time
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|24 August 1915 to 25 August 1915|| ||Sebastião José Pereira, <br>acting Governor||3rd time
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|25 August 1915 to June 1916|| ||José António de Andrade Sequeira, <br>Governor||2nd time
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|June 1916 to 10 January 1917|| ||Sebastião José Pereira, <br>acting Governor||4th time
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|10 January 1917 to 13 July 1917||60px||Manuel Maria Coelho, <br>Governor||
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|13 July 1917 to 9 August 1918|| ||Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, <br>Governor||
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|9 August 1918 to 21 April 1919|| ||Josué de Oliveira Duque, <br>Governor||2nd time
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|21 April 1919 to 31 May 1919|| ||José Luis Teixeira Marinho, <br>Governor||
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|31 May 1919 to 16 June 1920|| ||Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, <br>Governor||
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|16 June 1920 to 21 June 1921|| ||Sebastião José Pereira, <br>acting Governor||5th time
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|21 June 1921 to 20 December 1926||60px||Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroço, <br>Governor||
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|1 June 1923 to 5 April 1924|| ||Alfredo Vieira, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Caroço
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|20 December 1926 to 10 April 1927|| ||António José Pereira Saldanha, <br>acting Governor||
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|10 April 1927 to 17 April 1931|| ||António Leite de Magalhães, <br>Governor||
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|1 September 1928 to December 1928|| ||José Manuel de Oliveira de Castro, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Magalhães
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|October 1929 to December 1929|| ||José Alves Ferreira, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Magalhães
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|17 April 1931 to 8 May 1931|| ||José Alves Ferreira, <br>acting Governor||
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|8 May 1931 to 30 May 1932|| ||João José Soares Zilhão, <br>Governor||
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|30 May 1932 to 10 March 1933|| ||José de Ascenção Valdez, <br>acting Governor||
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|10 March 1933 to 1940||60px||Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, <br>Governor||
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|10 May 1933 to September 1933|| ||José Peixoto Ponces de Carvalho, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Viegas
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|August 1936 to 1936|| ||José Salvação Barreto, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Viegas
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|1938|| ||Augusto Pereira Brandão, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Viegas
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|1940 to 1941|| ||Armando Augusto Gonçalves de Morais e Castro, <br>acting Governor||
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|8 May 1941 to 1945||60px||Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, <br>Governor||
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|25 April 1945 to 20 January 1949||60px||Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, <br>Governor||
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|1948|| ||Mario Ribeiro da Costa Zanatti, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Rodrigues
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|1948 to 1949|| ||Pedro Joaquim da Cunha e Meneses Pinto Cardoso, <br>acting Governor||Acting for Rodrigues
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|21 June 1949 to 1953|| ||Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão, <br>Governor||
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|1953 to 1954|| ||Fernando Pimentel, <br>Governor||
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|1954 to 1956|| ||Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, <br>Governor||
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|1956 to 1957|| ||Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, <br>Governor||
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|1957 to 1958|| ||Abel de Castro Roque, <br>acting Governor||
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|1958 to 1962||60px||António Augusto Peixoto Correia, <br>Governor||Served at the time of the Pidjiguiti massacre
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|1962 to 1964|| ||Vasco António Martins Rodrigues, <br>Governor||
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|20 May 1964 to 1968||60px||Arnaldo Schulz, <br>Governor||
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|20 May 1968 to 6 August 1973||60px||António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola, <br>Governor||Following the Carnation Revolution, served as President of the National Salvation Junta and President of the Republic (April–September 1974)
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|21 September 1973 to 24 September 1973|| ||José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, <br>Governor||
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|24 September 1973||60px||colspan="2"|Independence unilaterally declared in Madina do Boé (State of Guinea-Bissau)
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|24 September 1973 to 26 April 1974|| ||José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, <br>Governor||
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|27 April 1974 to 2 May 1974|| ||António Eduardo Mateus da Silva, <br>Governor||
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|2 May 1974 to 7 May 1974|| ||São Gouveia, <br>Governor||
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|7 May 1974 to 10 September 1974|| ||Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião, <br>Government Delegate of the National Salvation Junta||
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|10 September 1974||colspan="3"|Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau
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For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
See also
- Politics of Guinea-Bissau
- List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
- List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau
- List of captains-major of Bissau
- List of captains-major of Cacheu
References
External links
- World Statesmen – Guinea-Bissau