List of governors of Portuguese Guinea
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Guinea-Bissau

List of governors of Portuguese Guinea

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Guinea-Bissau

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes

Portuguese suzerainty

20 April 1879 to 16 December 1881	Agostinho Coelho, Governor

16 December 1881 to 17 March 1885	Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, Governor	1st time

17 March 1885 to 24 September 1886	Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa, Governor

24 September 1886 to November 1886	José Eduardo de Brito, Governor

November 1886 to April 1887	Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, acting Governor	1st time

5 April 1887 to 30 May 1888	Eusébio Castela do Valle, Governor

30 May 1888 to 4 September 1888	Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor

4 September 1888 to 22 February 1890	Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, Governor

22 February 1890 to 26 June 1891	Augusto Rodrigues Gonçalves dos Santos, Governor

26 June 1891 to 1895	Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá, Governor

24 April 1893 to 23 October 1893	Cesar Gomes Barbosa, acting Governor	Acting for Sá

1895 to 4 April 1895	Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, acting Governor	2nd time

4 April 1895 to 24 January 1896	Eduardo João da Costa Oliveira, Governor

24 January 1896 to 25 August 1897	Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, Governor	2nd time

25 August 1897 to 22 December 1897	Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, acting Governor	3rd time

22 December 1897 to 14 March 1900	Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, acting Governor	1st time

1898 to 17 January 1899	Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho, acting Governor	Acting for Cunha

2 November 1899 to 7 February 1900	Fernando Augusto Liso de Santana, acting Governor	Acting for Cunha

14 March 1900 to 12 July 1900	Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães, acting Governor

12 July 1900 to 20 May 1903	Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, Governor

5 May 1901 to 1901	António Alves de Oliveira, acting Governor	Acting for Biker

1901	Joaquim Corte Real Pires, acting Governor	Acting for Biker

1901 to 6 December 1901	Amadeu Gonçalves Guimarães, acting Governor	Acting for Biker

20 May 1903 to 23 July 1903	José Mateus Lapa Valente, acting Governor	1st time

23 July 1903 to 9 August 1904	Alfredo Cardoso de Soveral Martins, Governor

23 April 1904 to 1904	Joaquim Corte Real Pires, acting Governor	Acting for Martins

1904	António Marques Perdigão, acting Governor	Acting for Martins

9 August 1904 to 2 February 1905	José Mateus Lapa Valente, acting Governor	2nd time

2 February 1905 to 13 August 1906	Carlos de Almeida Pessanha, Governor

June 1905 to 13 February 1906	José Mateus Lapa Valente, acting Governor	Acting for Pessanha

13 August 1906 to 29 June 1909	João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty, Governor

19 July 1907 to 18 November 1907	Joaquim Corte Real Pires, acting Governor	Acting for Muzanty

1908	Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães, acting Governor	Acting for Muzanty

29 June 1909 to 16 August 1910	Francelino Pimentel, Governor

12 October 1909 to 1910	António Marques Perdigão, acting Governor	Acting for Pimentel

23 October 1910 to 16 August 1913	Carlos de Almeida Pereira, Governor

17 March 1912 to 23 October 1912	Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor	Acting for Almeida Pereira

16 August 1913 to 22 November 1913	Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor	1st time

22 November 1913 to April 1914	José António de Andrade Sequeira, Governor	1st time

April 1914 to 7 May 1915	Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor	2nd time

7 May 1915 to 24 August 1915	Josué de Oliveira Duque, Governor	1st time

24 August 1915 to 25 August 1915	Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor	3rd time

25 August 1915 to June 1916	José António de Andrade Sequeira, Governor	2nd time

June 1916 to 10 January 1917	Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor	4th time

10 January 1917 to 13 July 1917	Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor

13 July 1917 to 9 August 1918	Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, Governor

9 August 1918 to 21 April 1919	Josué de Oliveira Duque, Governor	2nd time

21 April 1919 to 31 May 1919	José Luis Teixeira Marinho, Governor

31 May 1919 to 16 June 1920	Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, Governor

16 June 1920 to 21 June 1921	Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor	5th time

21 June 1921 to 20 December 1926	Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroço, Governor

1 June 1923 to 5 April 1924	Alfredo Vieira, acting Governor	Acting for Caroço

20 December 1926 to 10 April 1927	António José Pereira Saldanha, acting Governor

10 April 1927 to 17 April 1931	António Leite de Magalhães, Governor

1 September 1928 to December 1928	José Manuel de Oliveira de Castro, acting Governor	Acting for Magalhães

October 1929 to December 1929	José Alves Ferreira, acting Governor	Acting for Magalhães

17 April 1931 to 8 May 1931	José Alves Ferreira, acting Governor

8 May 1931 to 30 May 1932	João José Soares Zilhão, Governor

30 May 1932 to 10 March 1933	José de Ascenção Valdez, acting Governor

10 March 1933 to 1940	Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, Governor

10 May 1933 to September 1933	José Peixoto Ponces de Carvalho, acting Governor	Acting for Viegas

August 1936 to 1936	José Salvação Barreto, acting Governor	Acting for Viegas

1938	Augusto Pereira Brandão, acting Governor	Acting for Viegas

1940 to 1941	Armando Augusto Gonçalves de Morais e Castro, acting Governor

8 May 1941 to 1945	Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Governor

25 April 1945 to 20 January 1949	Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, Governor

1948	Mario Ribeiro da Costa Zanatti, acting Governor	Acting for Rodrigues

1948 to 1949	Pedro Joaquim da Cunha e Meneses Pinto Cardoso, acting Governor	Acting for Rodrigues

21 June 1949 to 1953	Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão, Governor

1953 to 1954	Fernando Pimentel, Governor

1954 to 1956	Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, Governor

1956 to 1957	Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, Governor

1957 to 1958	Abel de Castro Roque, acting Governor

1958 to 1962	António Augusto Peixoto Correia, Governor

1962 to 1964	Vasco António Martins Rodrigues, Governor

20 May 1964 to 1968	Arnaldo Schulz, Governor

20 May 1968 to 6 August 1973	António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola, Governor	Following the Carnation Revolution, served as President of the National Salvation Junta and President of the Republic (April–September 1974)

21 September 1973 to 24 September 1973	José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor

24 September 1973	Independence unilaterally declared (State of Guinea-Bissau)

24 September 1973 to 26 April 1974	José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor

27 April 1974 to 2 May 1974	António Eduardo Mateus da Silva, Governor

2 May 1974 to 7 May 1974	São Gouveia, Governor

7 May 1974 to 10 October 1974	Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião, Government Delegate of the National Salvation Junta

10 October 1974	Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau

Sentence(s)

Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim was a former Governor of Portuguese Guinea.

final_sentence: Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim was a former Governor of Portuguese Guinea.