| N
|
Portrait
|
Name
(Birth–Death)
|
Election
|
Term of office
|
Political party
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
| 1
|
|
Francisco Mendes
(1939–1978)[a]
|
1976–77
|
24 September 1973
|
7 July 1978
(died in office)
|
PAIGC
|
| 2
|
|
Umaru Djaló
(–)
|
|
7 July 1978
|
7 July 1978
|
PAIGC
|
| 3
|
|
Constantino Teixeira
(?–1988)
|
—
|
7 July 1978
|
28 September 1978
|
PAIGC
|
| 4
|
|
João Bernardo Vieira
(1939–2009)[b]
|
—
|
28 September 1978
|
14 November 1980
|
PAIGC
|
| 5
|
|
Victor Saúde Maria
(1939–1999)[c]
|
—
|
14 November 1980
|
10 March 1984
|
PAIGC
|
| 6
|
|
Paulo Correia
(1942–1986)
|
|
May 1984
|
7
November 1985
|
PAIGC
|
| 7
|
|
Iafai Camará
(–)
|
|
7 November 1985
|
April 1987
|
PAIGC
|
| 8
|
|
Manuel dos Santos 'Manecas'
(born 1942
|
|
April 1987
|
June 1989
|
PAIGC
|
| 9
|
|
Vasco Cabral
(1926–2005)
|
|
21 June 1989
|
27
December 1991
|
PAIGC
|
| 10
|
|
Carlos Correia
(1933–2021)
|
1994
|
27 December 1991
|
26 October 1994
|
PAIGC
|
| 11
|
|
Manuel Saturnino da Costa
(1942–2021)
|
—
|
26 October 1994
|
6 June 1997
|
PAIGC
|
| 10
|
|
Carlos Correia
(1933–2021)
|
—
|
6 June 1997
|
3 December 1998
|
PAIGC
|
| 11
|
|
Francisco Fadul
(born 1953)
|
1999
|
3 December 1998
|
19 February 2000
|
Independent
|
| 12
|
|
Caetano N'Tchama
(1955–2007)
|
—
|
19 February 2000
|
19 March 2001
|
PRS
|
| 13
|
|
Faustino Imbali
(born 1956)
|
—
|
21 March 2001
|
9 December 2001
|
Independent
|
| 14
|
|
Alamara Nhassé
(born 1957)
|
—
|
9 December 2001
|
17 November 2002
|
PRS
|
| 15
|
|
Mário Pires
(born 1949)
|
—
|
17 November 2002
|
14 September 2003
|
PRS
|
| 16
|
|
Kumba Ialá
(1953–2014)
|
1999–2000
|
13 September 2003
|
14 September 2003
(deposed)
|
PRS
|
| 17
|
|
General
Veríssimo Correia Seabra
(1947–2004)
Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order
|
—
|
14 September 2003
|
28 September 2003
|
Military
|
| 18
|
|
Henrique Rosa
(1946–2013)
Acting
|
—
|
28 September 2003
|
28 September 2003
|
Independent
|
| 19
|
|
Artur Sanhá
(born 1965)
|
—
|
28 September 2003
|
10 May 2004
|
PRS
|
| 20
|
|
Carlos Gomes Júnior
(born 1949)
|
2004
|
10 May 2004
|
2 November 2005
|
PAIGC
|
| 21
|
|
Aristides Gomes
(born 1954)
|
—
|
2 November 2005
|
13 April 2007
|
PAIGC
|
| 22
|
|
Martinho Ndafa Kabi
(born 1957)
|
—
|
13 April 2007
|
5 August 2008
|
PAIGC
|
| 10
|
|
Carlos Correia
(1933–2021)
|
—
|
5 August 2008
|
2 January 2009
|
PAIGC
|
| 20
|
|
Carlos Gomes Júnior
(born 1949)[d]
|
2008
|
2 January 2009
|
10 February 2012
|
PAIGC
|
| 23
|
|
Adiato Djaló Nandigna
(born 1958)
Acting
|
—
|
10 February 2012
|
12 April 2012
(deposed)
|
PAIGC
|
| 24
|
|
Raimundo Pereira
(born 1955)
Acting
|
—
|
12 April 2012
|
12 April 2012
(deposed)
|
PAIGC
|
| 25
|
|
Major general
Mamadu Ture Kuruma
(born 1947)
Chairman of the Military Command
|
—
|
12 April 2012
|
11 May 2012
|
Military
|
| 26
|
|
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
(1958–2020)
Acting
|
—
|
11 May 2012
|
16 May 2012
|
Independent
|
| 27
|
|
Rui Duarte de Barros
(born 1960)
Acting
|
—
|
16 May 2012
|
3 July 2014
|
Independent
|
| 28
|
|
Domingos Simões Pereira
(born 1964)
|
2014
|
3 July 2014
|
20 August 2015
|
PAIGC
|
| 29
|
|
Baciro Djá
(born 1973)
|
—
|
20 August 2015
|
17 September 2015
|
PAIGC
|
| 10
|
|
Carlos Correia
(1933–2021)
|
—
|
17 September 2015
|
27 May 2016
|
PAIGC
|
| 29
|
|
Baciro Djá
(born 1973)
|
—
|
27 May 2016
|
18 November 2016
|
PAIGC
|
| 30
|
|
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
(born 1972)
|
—
|
18 November 2016
|
30 January 2018
|
PAIGC
|
| 31
|
|
Artur Silva
(born 1956?)
|
—
|
30 January 2018
|
16 April 2018
|
PAIGC
|
| 21
|
|
Aristides Gomes
(born 1954)
|
2019
|
16 April 2018
|
29 October 2019
|
PAIGC
|
| 11
|
|
Faustino Imbali
(born 1956)
|
—
|
31 October 2019
|
8 November 2019
|
Independent
|
| 21
|
|
Aristides Gomes
(born 1954)
|
—
|
8 November 2019
|
28 February 2020
|
PAIGC
|
| 32
|
|
Nuno Gomes Nabiam
(born 1966)
|
—
|
28 February 2020
|
8 August 2023
|
APU
|
| 33
|
|
Geraldo Martins
(born 1967)
|
2023
|
8 August 2023
|
21 December 2023
|
PAIGC
|
| 27
|
|
Rui Duarte de Barros
(born 1960)
|
—
|
21 December 2023
|
Incumbent
|
Independent
|
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