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)

TenureIncumbentNotesPortuguese suzerainty20 April 1879 to 16 December 1881Agostinho Coelho, Governor16 December 1881 to 17 March 1885Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, Governor1st time17 March 1885 to 24 September 1886Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa, Governor24 September 1886 to November 1886José Eduardo de Brito, GovernorNovember 1886 to April 1887Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, acting Governor1st time5 April 1887 to 30 May 1888Eusébio Castela do Valle, Governor30 May 1888 to 4 September 1888Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor4 September 1888 to 22 February 1890Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, Governor22 February 1890 to 26 June 1891Augusto Rodrigues Gonçalves dos Santos, Governor26 June 1891 to 1895Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá, Governor24 April 1893 to 23 October 1893Cesar Gomes Barbosa, acting GovernorActing for Sá1895 to 4 April 1895Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, acting Governor2nd time4 April 1895 to 24 January 1896Eduardo João da Costa Oliveira, Governor24 January 1896 to 25 August 1897Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, Governor2nd time25 August 1897 to 22 December 1897Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral, acting Governor3rd time22 December 1897 to 14 March 1900Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, acting Governor1st time1898 to 17 January 1899Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho, acting GovernorActing for Cunha2 November 1899 to 7 February 1900Fernando Augusto Liso de Santana, acting GovernorActing for Cunha14 March 1900 to 12 July 1900Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães, acting Governor12 July 1900 to 20 May 1903Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, Governor5 May 1901 to 1901António Alves de Oliveira, acting GovernorActing for Biker1901Joaquim Corte Real Pires, acting GovernorActing for Biker1901 to 6 December 1901Amadeu Gonçalves Guimarães, acting GovernorActing for Biker20 May 1903 to 23 July 1903José Mateus Lapa Valente, acting Governor1st time23 July 1903 to 9 August 1904Alfredo Cardoso de Soveral Martins, Governor23 April 1904 to 1904Joaquim Corte Real Pires, acting GovernorActing for Martins1904António Marques Perdigão, acting GovernorActing for Martins9 August 1904 to 2 February 1905José Mateus Lapa Valente, acting Governor2nd time2 February 1905 to 13 August 1906Carlos de Almeida Pessanha, GovernorJune 1905 to 13 February 1906José Mateus Lapa Valente, acting GovernorActing for Pessanha13 August 1906 to 29 June 1909João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty, Governor19 July 1907 to 18 November 1907Joaquim Corte Real Pires, acting GovernorActing for Muzanty1908Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães, acting GovernorActing for Muzanty29 June 1909 to 16 August 1910Francelino Pimentel, Governor12 October 1909 to 1910António Marques Perdigão, acting GovernorActing for Pimentel23 October 1910 to 16 August 1913Carlos de Almeida Pereira, Governor17 March 1912 to 23 October 1912Sebastião José Pereira, acting GovernorActing for Almeida Pereira16 August 1913 to 22 November 1913Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor1st time22 November 1913 to April 1914José António de Andrade Sequeira, Governor1st timeApril 1914 to 7 May 1915Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor2nd time7 May 1915 to 24 August 1915Josué de Oliveira Duque, Governor1st time24 August 1915 to 25 August 1915Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor3rd time25 August 1915 to June 1916José António de Andrade Sequeira, Governor2nd timeJune 1916 to 10 January 1917Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor4th time10 January 1917 to 13 July 1917Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor13 July 1917 to 9 August 1918Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, Governor9 August 1918 to 21 April 1919Josué de Oliveira Duque, Governor2nd time21 April 1919 to 31 May 1919José Luis Teixeira Marinho, Governor31 May 1919 to 16 June 1920Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, Governor16 June 1920 to 21 June 1921Sebastião José Pereira, acting Governor5th time21 June 1921 to 20 December 1926Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroço, Governor1 June 1923 to 5 April 1924Alfredo Vieira, acting GovernorActing for Caroço20 December 1926 to 10 April 1927António José Pereira Saldanha, acting Governor10 April 1927 to 17 April 1931António Leite de Magalhães, Governor1 September 1928 to December 1928José Manuel de Oliveira de Castro, acting GovernorActing for MagalhãesOctober 1929 to December 1929José Alves Ferreira, acting GovernorActing for Magalhães17 April 1931 to 8 May 1931José Alves Ferreira, acting Governor8 May 1931 to 30 May 1932João José Soares Zilhão, Governor30 May 1932 to 10 March 1933José de Ascenção Valdez, acting Governor10 March 1933 to 1940Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, Governor10 May 1933 to September 1933José Peixoto Ponces de Carvalho, acting GovernorActing for ViegasAugust 1936 to 1936José Salvação Barreto, acting GovernorActing for Viegas1938Augusto Pereira Brandão, acting GovernorActing for Viegas1940 to 1941Armando Augusto Gonçalves de Morais e Castro, acting Governor8 May 1941 to 1945Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Governor25 April 1945 to 20 January 1949Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, Governor1948Mario Ribeiro da Costa Zanatti, acting GovernorActing for Rodrigues1948 to 1949Pedro Joaquim da Cunha e Meneses Pinto Cardoso, acting GovernorActing for Rodrigues21 June 1949 to 1953Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão, Governor1953 to 1954Fernando Pimentel, Governor1954 to 1956Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, Governor1956 to 1957Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, Governor1957 to 1958Abel de Castro Roque, acting Governor1958 to 1962António Augusto Peixoto Correia, Governor1962 to 1964Vasco António Martins Rodrigues, Governor20 May 1964 to 1968Arnaldo Schulz, Governor20 May 1968 to 6 August 1973António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola, GovernorFollowing 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 1973José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor24 September 1973Independence unilaterally declared (State of Guinea-Bissau)24 September 1973 to 26 April 1974José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor27 April 1974 to 2 May 1974António Eduardo Mateus da Silva, Governor2 May 1974 to 7 May 1974São Gouveia, Governor7 May 1974 to 10 October 1974Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião, Government Delegate of the National Salvation Junta10 October 1974Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau

For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau

Other websites
 World Statesmen – Guinea-Bissau

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