# List of governors 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)
| Tenure | Portrait | 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 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 | Served at the time of the Pidjiguiti massacre |
| 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 in Madina do Boé (State of Guinea-Bissau) | Independence unilaterally declared in Madina do Boé (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 September 1974 | | Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião, Government Delegate of the National Salvation Junta | |
| 10 September 1974 | Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau | Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau | Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau |
For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau