List of colonial governors of Portuguese Guinea
This list is a list of the Portuguese colonial governors (Governadores coloniais) of the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea , now the independent Guinea-Bissau . The year numbers refer to the terms of office of the governors, the year numbers in italics show the de facto or continuing executive term of office of the governors.
From 1614 the Cacheu region belonged to the administrative area of the also Portuguese island group Cape Verde , from 1692 Bissau was also part of it. From 1870 Bolama Portugal was awarded. From 1879 the Portuguese state merged the administration of the colonial areas of Bissau and Cacheu to form the Portuguese Guinea ( Guiné portuguesa ) and separated them from the administration of Cape Verde. From June 11, 1951, Portuguese Guinea became an "overseas province" ( Província Ultramarina) , from 1972 a "federal state". The PAIGC proclaimed unilateral independence from Portugal on September 24, 1973, which Portugal recognized on September 10, 1974 after the Carnation Revolution .
| Term of office | Surname | Remarks |
| April 20, 1879 to December 16, 1881 | Agostinho Coelho , governor | |
| December 16, 1881 to March 17, 1885 | Pedro Inácio de Gouveia , Governor | 1. Term of office |
| March 17, 1885 to September 24, 1886 | Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa , Governor | |
| September 24, 1886 – November 1886 | José Eduardo de Brito , Governor | |
| November 1886 – April 1887 | Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral , executive governor | 1. Term of office |
| April 5, 1887 to May 30, 1888 | Eusébio Castela do Valle , Governor | |
| May 30, 1888 to September 4, 1888 | Francisco Teixeira da Silva , Governor | |
| September 4, 1888 to February 22, 1890 | Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança , Governor | |
| February 22, 1890 to June 26, 1891 | Augusto Rodrigues Gonçalves dos Santos , Governor | |
| June 26, 1891–1895 | Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá , Governor | |
| April 24, 1893 to October 23, 1893 | Cesar Gomes Barbosa , Executive Governor | managing for Sá |
| 1895-4. April 1895 | Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral , executive governor | 2. Term of office |
| April 4, 1895 to January 24, 1896 | Eduardo João da Costa Oliveira , Governor | |
| January 24, 1896 to August 25, 1897 | Pedro Inácio de Gouveia , Governor | 2. Term of office |
| August 25, 1897 to December 22, 1897 | Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral , executive governor | 3. Term of office |
| December 22, 1897 to March 14, 1900 | Álvaro Herculano da Cunha , executive governor | 1. Term of office |
| 1898-17. January 1899 | Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho , Executive Governor | managing for Cunha |
| November 2, 1899 to February 7, 1900 | Fernando Augusto Liso de Santana , Executive Governor | managing for Cunha |
| March 14, 1900 to July 12, 1900 | Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães , Executive Governor | |
| July 12, 1900 to May 20, 1903 | Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker , Governor | |
| May 5, 1901-1901 | António Alves de Oliveira , executive governor | executive for bikers |
| 1901 | Joaquim Corte Real Pires , Executive Governor | executive for bikers |
| 1901-6. December 1901 | Amadeu Gonçalves Guimarães , Executive Governor | executive for bikers |
| May 20, 1903 to July 23, 1903 | José Mateus Lapa Valente , Executive Governor | 1. Term of office |
| July 23, 1903 to August 9, 1904 | Alfredo Cardoso de Soveral Martins , Governor | |
| April 23, 1904-1904 | Joaquim Corte Real Pires , Executive Governor | managing for Martins |
| 1904 | António Marques Perdigão , Executive Governor | managing for Martins |
| August 9, 1904 to February 2, 1905 | José Mateus Lapa Valente , Executive Governor | 2. Term of office |
| February 2, 1905 to August 13, 1906 | Carlos de Almeida Pessanha , governor | |
| June 1905 to February 13, 1906 | José Mateus Lapa Valente , Executive Governor | executive for Pessanha |
| August 13, 1906 to June 29, 1909 | João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty , Governor | |
| July 19, 1907 to November 18, 1907 | Joaquim Corte Real Pires , Executive Governor | managing director for Muzanty |
| 1908 | Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães , Executive Governor | managing director for Muzanty |
| June 29, 1909 to August 16, 1910 | Francelino Pimentel , governor | |
| October 12, 1909-1910 | António Marques Perdigão , Executive Governor | managing director for Pimentel |
| October 23, 1910 to August 16, 1913 | Carlos de Almeida Pereira , governor | |
| March 17, 1912 to October 23, 1912 | Sebastião José Pereira , Executive Governor | managing director for Almeida Pereira |
| August 16, 1913 to November 22, 1913 | Sebastião José Pereira , Executive Governor | 1. Term of office |
| November 22, 1913 – April 1914 | José António de Andrade Sequeira , Governor | 1. Term of office |
| April 1914 to May 7, 1915 | Sebastião José Pereira , Executive Governor | 2. Term of office |
| May 7, 1915 to August 24, 1915 | Josué de Oliveira Duque , Governor | 1. Term of office |
| August 24, 1915 to August 25, 1915 | Sebastião José Pereira , Executive Governor | 3. Term of office |
| August 25, 1915 - June 1916 | José António de Andrade Sequeira , Governor | 2. Term of office |
| June 1916 to January 10, 1917 | Sebastião José Pereira , Executive Governor | 4. Term of office |
| January 10, 1917 to July 13, 1917 | Manuel Maria Coelho , governor | |
| July 13, 1917 to August 9, 1918 | Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira , Governor | |
| August 9, 1918 to April 21, 1919 | Josué de Oliveira Duque , Governor | 2. Term of office |
| April 21, 1919 to May 31, 1919 | José Luis Teixeira Marinho , Governor | |
| May 31, 1919 to June 16, 1920 | Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra , Governor | |
| June 16, 1920 to June 21, 1921 | Sebastião José Pereira , Executive Governor | 5. Term of office |
| June 21, 1921 to December 20, 1926 | Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroço , Governor | |
| June 1, 1923 to April 5, 1924 | Alfredo Vieira , executive governor | managing for Caroço |
| December 20, 1926 to April 10, 1927 | António José Pereira Saldanha , Executive Governor | |
| April 10, 1927 to April 17, 1931 | António Leite de Magalhães , Governor | |
| September 1, 1928 – December 1928 | José Manuel de Oliveira de Castro , Executive Governor | managing director for Magalhães |
| October 1929 – December 1929 | José Alves Ferreira , Executive Governor | managing director for Magalhães |
| April 17, 1931 to May 8, 1931 | José Alves Ferreira , Executive Governor | |
| May 8, 1931 to May 30, 1932 | João José Soares Zilhão , Governor | |
| May 30, 1932 to March 10, 1933 | José de Ascenção Valdez , executive governor | |
| March 10, 1933-1940 | Luís António de Carvalho Viegas , Governor | |
| May 10, 1933 - September 1933 | José Peixoto Ponces de Carvalho , Executive Governor | managing director for Viegas |
| August 1936–1936 | José Salvação Barreto , Executive Governor | managing director for Viegas |
| 1938 | Augusto Pereira Brandão , Executive Governor | managing director for Viegas |
| 1940-1941 | Armando Augusto Gonçalves de Morais e Castro , Executive Governor | |
| May 8, 1941-1945 | Ricardo Vaz Monteiro , governor | |
| April 25, 1945 to January 20, 1949 | Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues , governor | |
| 1948 | Mario Ribeiro da Costa Zanatti , executive governor | managing for Rodrigues |
| 1948-1949 | Pedro Joaquim da Cunha e Meneses Pinto Cardoso , Executive Governor | managing for Rodrigues |
| June 21, 1949–1953 | Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão , Governor | |
| 1953-1954 | Fernando Pimentel , governor | |
| 1954-1956 | Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim , Governor | |
| 1956-1957 | Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares , Governor | |
| 1957-1958 | Abel de Castro Roque , executive governor | |
| 1958–1962 | António Augusto Peixoto Correia , Governor | |
| 1962-1964 | Vasco António Martins Rodrigues , Governor | |
| May 20, 1964–1968 | Arnaldo Schulz , governor | |
| May 20, 1968 to August 6, 1973 | António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola , Governor | |
| September 21, 1973 to September 24, 1973 | José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues , Governor | |
| September 24, 1973 | Unilateral declaration of independence as Guinea-Bissau | |
| September 24, 1973 to April 26, 1974 | José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues , Governor | |
| April 27, 1974 to May 2, 1974 | António Eduardo Mateus da Silva , governor | |
| May 2, 1974 to May 7, 1974 | São Gouveia , governor | |
| May 7, 1974 to September 10, 1974 | Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião , Plenipotentiary of the Junta de Salvação Nacional | |
| September 10, 1974 | Independence from Guinea-Bissau (recognition by Portugal) | |
For the period after the independence of Guinea-Bissau, see List of Heads of State of Guinea-Bissau .