List of governors of Portuguese Guinea
What follows is a list of colonial heads of Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau).
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese Suzerainty | ||
| 1879 to 1881 | Agostinho Coelho, Governor | |
| 1881 to 1884 | Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1885 to 1886 | Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa, Governor | |
| 1886 to 1887 | José Eduardo de Brito, Governor | |
| 1887 to 1887 | Eusebio Castelo do Valle, Governor | |
| 30 May 1887 to 4 September 1888 | Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor | |
| 1888 to 1890 | Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, Governor | |
| 1890 to 1891 | Augusto Rogério Gonçalves dos Santos, Governor | |
| 30 April 1891 to 1895 | Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá, Governor | |
| 1895 to 1895 | Eduardo Oliveira, Governor | |
| 1895 to 1897 | Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1897 to 1898 | Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 1898 to 1899 | Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho, Governor | |
| 1899 to 1900 | Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1901 to 1903 | Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, acting Governor | |
| 1903 to 1904 | Alfredo Cardoso de Soveral Martins, acting Governor | |
| 1904 to 1904 | João Mateus Lapa Valente, acting Governor | |
| 1904 to 1906 | Carlos de Almeida Pessanha, Governor | |
| 1906 to 1909 | João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty, Governor | |
| 1909 to 1910 | Francelino Pimentel, Governor | |
| 23 October 1910 to August 1913 | Carlos de Almeida Pereira, Governor | |
| 1913 to 1914 | José António de Andrade Sequeira, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1914 to 1915 | José de Oliveira Duque, Governor | 1st Term |
| 1915 to 1917 | José António de Andrade Sequeira, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1917 to 1917 | Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor | |
| 1917 to 1919 | Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, Governor | |
| 1919 to 1919 | José de Oliveira Duque, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1919 to 1919 | José Luis Teixeira Marinho, Governor | |
| 1919 to 1920 | Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, Governor | |
| 1921 to 1926 | Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroco, Governor | |
| 1927 to 1931 | António Leite de Magalhães, Governor | |
| 1931 to 1932 | João José Soares Zilhão, Governor | |
| 1932 to 1940 | Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, Governor | |
| 1941 to 1945 | Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Governor | |
| 25 April 1945 to 1950 | Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, Governor | |
| 1951 to 1953 | Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão, Governor | |
| 1954 to 1956 | Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, Governor | |
| 1957 to 1958 | Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, Governor | |
| 1959 to 1962 | António Augusto Peixoto Correia, Governor | |
| 1962 to 1965 | Vasco António Martínez Rodrigues, Governor | |
| 1965 to 1968 | Arnaldo Schulz, Governor | |
| 20 May 1968 to 1973 | António de Spínola, Governor | |
| 30 August 1973 to 24 September 1973 | José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor | |
| Republic of Guinea-Bissau | Declaration of Independence | |
| 24 September 1973 to 27 April 1974 | José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, Governor | |
| 27 April 1974 to 2 May 1974 | Mateus da Silva, Governor | |
| 2 May 1974 to May 1974 | San Gouveia, Governor | |
| May 1974 to 10 September 1974 | Carlos Fabião, Governor | |
| 10 September 1974 | Independence recognised as Republic of Guinea-Bissau | |
For continuation after independence see: Heads of State of Guinea-Bissau
See also
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