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 | ||
| Agostinho Coelho, | ||
| Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, | ||
| Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa, | ||
| José Eduardo de Brito, | ||
| Eusebio Castelo do Valle, | ||
| Francisco Teixeira da Silva, | ||
| Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, | ||
| Augusto Rogério Gonçalves dos Santos, | ||
| Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá, | ||
| Eduardo Oliveira, | ||
| Pedro Inácio de Gouveia, | ||
| Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, | ||
| Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho, | ||
| Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, | ||
| Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, | ||
| Alfredo Cardoso de Soveral Martins, | ||
| João Mateus Lapa Valente, | ||
| Carlos de Almeida Pessanha, | ||
| João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty, | ||
| Francelino Pimentel, | ||
| Carlos de Almeida Pereira, | ||
| José António de Andrade Sequeira, | ||
| José de Oliveira Duque, | ||
| José António de Andrade Sequeira, | ||
| Manuel Maria Coelho, | ||
| Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira, | ||
| José de Oliveira Duque, | ||
| José Luis Teixeira Marinho, | ||
| Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra, | ||
| Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroco, | ||
| António Leite de Magalhães, | ||
| João José Soares Zilhão, | ||
| Luís António de Carvalho Viegas, | ||
| Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, | ||
| Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, | ||
| Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão, | ||
| Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim, | ||
| Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, | ||
| António Augusto Peixoto Correia, | ||
| Vasco António Martínez Rodrigues, | ||
| Arnaldo Schulz, | ||
| António de Spínola, | ||
| José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, | ||
| Republic of Guinea-Bissau | Declaration of Independence | |
| José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues, | ||
| Mateus da Silva, | ||
| San Gouveia, | ||
| Carlos Fabião, | ||
| 10 September 1974 | Independence recognised as Republic of Guinea-Bissau | |
For continuation after independence see: Heads of State of Guinea-Bissau
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