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History of Guinea-Bissau |
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Colonial history |
Independence struggle |
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.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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Portuguese suzerainty | |||
20 April 1879 to 16 December 1881 |
Agostinho Coelho, Governor |
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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 |
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24 September 1886 to November 1886 |
José Eduardo de Brito, Governor |
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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 |
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30 May 1888 to 4 September 1888 |
Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor |
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4 September 1888 to 22 February 1890 |
Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, Governor |
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22 February 1890 to 26 June 1891 |
Augusto Rodrigues Gonçalves dos Santos, Governor |
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26 June 1891 to 1895 |
Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá, Governor |
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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 |
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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 |
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12 July 1900 to 20 May 1903 |
Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, Governor |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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13 July 1917 to 9 August 1918 |
Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, Governor |
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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 |
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31 May 1919 to 16 June 1920 |
Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, Governor |
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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 |
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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 |
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10 April 1927 to 17 April 1931 |
António Leite de Magalhães, Governor |
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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 |
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8 May 1931 to 30 May 1932 |
João José Soares Zilhão, Governor |
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30 May 1932 to 10 March 1933 |
José de Ascenção Valdez, acting Governor |
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10 March 1933 to 1940 |
Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, Governor |
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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 |
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8 May 1941 to 1945 |
Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Governor |
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25 April 1945 to 20 January 1949 |
Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, Governor |
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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 |
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1953 to 1954 | Fernando Pimentel, Governor |
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1954 to 1956 |
Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, Governor |
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1956 to 1957 |
Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, Governor |
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1957 to 1958 |
Abel de Castro Roque, acting Governor |
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1958 to 1962 |
António Augusto Peixoto Correia, Governor |
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1962 to 1964 |
Vasco António Martins Rodrigues, Governor |
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20 May 1964 to 1968 |
Arnaldo Schulz, Governor |
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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 |
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24 September 1973 | Independence unilaterally declared (State of Guinea-Bissau) [1] | ||
24 September 1973 to 26 April 1974 |
José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor |
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27 April 1974 to 2 May 1974 |
António Eduardo Mateus da Silva, Governor |
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2 May 1974 to 7 May 1974 |
São Gouveia, Governor |
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7 May 1974 to 10 September 1974 |
Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião, Government Delegate of the National Salvation Junta |
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10 September 1974 | Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau [2] |
For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Portuguese. (December 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
History of Guinea-Bissau |
---|
Colonial history |
Independence struggle |
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.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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12 July 1900 to 20 May 1903 |
Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, Governor |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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13 July 1917 to 9 August 1918 |
Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, Governor |
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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 |
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31 May 1919 to 16 June 1920 |
Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, Governor |
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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 |
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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 |
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10 April 1927 to 17 April 1931 |
António Leite de Magalhães, Governor |
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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 |
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8 May 1931 to 30 May 1932 |
João José Soares Zilhão, Governor |
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30 May 1932 to 10 March 1933 |
José de Ascenção Valdez, acting Governor |
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10 March 1933 to 1940 |
Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, Governor |
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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 |
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8 May 1941 to 1945 |
Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Governor |
||
25 April 1945 to 20 January 1949 |
Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, Governor |
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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 |
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1953 to 1954 | Fernando Pimentel, Governor |
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1954 to 1956 |
Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, Governor |
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1956 to 1957 |
Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, Governor |
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1957 to 1958 |
Abel de Castro Roque, acting Governor |
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1958 to 1962 |
António Augusto Peixoto Correia, Governor |
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1962 to 1964 |
Vasco António Martins Rodrigues, Governor |
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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) [1] | ||
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 |
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10 September 1974 | Independence as State of Guinea-Bissau [2] |
For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau