Presidents of Guinea-Bissau (1973–Present)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
State of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....	Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
24 September 1973 to 10 September 1974		Luís Cabral Luís Cabral Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira deposed him... , Chairman of the Council of State	PAIGC
State of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....	Independence recognized by Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
10 September 1974 to 13 March 1977		Luís Cabral Luís Cabral Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira deposed him... , Chairman of the Council of State	PAIGC
Republic of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
(República da Guiné-Bissau Guinea-Bissau The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.... )
13 March 1977 to 14 November 1980		Luís Cabral Luís Cabral Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira deposed him... , Chairman of the Council of State	PAIGC	Deposed in the 1980 coup d'état
14 November 1980 to 14 May 1984		João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile... , Chairman of the Council of the Revolution	PAIGC/Mil	1st Term
14 May 1984 to 16 May 1984		Carmen Pereira Carmen Pereira Carmen Pereira is a politician in Guinea-Bissau. She served three days as Acting President in 1984, becoming the first woman in this role in Africa and the only one in Guinea-Bissau's history.-Early life:... , Acting President	PAIGC
16 May 1984 to 29 September 1994		João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile... , Chairman of the Council of State	PAIGC	2nd Term; Deposed in the Guinea-Bissau Civil War Guinea-Bissau Civil War The Guinea-Bissau Civil War was triggered by an attempted coup d'état against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané in June 1998...
29 September 1994 to 7 May 1999		João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile... , President
7 May 1999 to 14 May 1999		Ansumane Mané Ansumane Mané Ansumane Mané was a Guinea-Bissau soldier who led a 1998 uprising against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira, which caused a brief, but bloody Civil War.... , Chairman of the Supreme Command of the Military Junta	Mil
14 May 1999 to 17 February 2000		Malam Bacai Sanhá Malam Bacai Sanhá Malam Bacai Sanhá is a Guinea-Bissau politician who has been President of Guinea-Bissau since 8 September 2009. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , Sanhá was President of the National People's Assembly from 1994 to 1999 and then served as acting President... , Acting President	PAIGC	1st Term
17 February 2000 to 14 September 2003		Kumba Ialá Kumba Ialá Kumba Ialá, also spelled Yalá , is a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a military coup on 14 September 2003. He belongs to the Balanta ethnic group and is the President of the Social Renewal Party... , President	PRS	Deposed in the 2003 coup d'etat
14 September 2003 to 28 September 2003		Veríssimo Correia Seabra Veríssimo Correia Seabra Veríssimo Correia Seabra was a Guinea-Bissau general, known for leading a coup that deposed Kumba Ialá on September 14, 2003.-Biography:Correia Seabra was born in the capital city, Bissau, on February 16, 1947... , Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order	Mil
28 September 2003 to 1 October 2005		Henrique Rosa Henrique Rosa -Interim President of Guinea-Bissau:He was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 28 September 2003 to 1 October 2005. His appointment came following a 14 September military coup that deposed the elected government of President Kumba Ialá and subsequent talks between political officials, civil... , Acting President	n-p
1 October 2005 to 2 March 2009		João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile... , President	n-p	3rd Term; Assassinated
3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009		Raimundo Pereira Raimundo Pereira Raimundo Pereira is a Guinea-Bissauan politician and lawyer who has been the President of the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau since December 2008. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , he served as President of Guinea-Bissau in an interim capacity... , Acting President	PAIGC
8 September 2009 to Present		Malam Bacai Sanhá Malam Bacai Sanhá Malam Bacai Sanhá is a Guinea-Bissau politician who has been President of Guinea-Bissau since 8 September 2009. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , Sanhá was President of the National People's Assembly from 1994 to 1999 and then served as acting President... , President	PAIGC	2nd Term

Affiliations

Latest election

See also

• Guinea-Bissau
  Guinea-Bissau
  The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
  
  
  • List of heads of government of Guinea-Bissau
  • List of colonial heads of Portuguese Guinea
  • List of colonial heads of Bissau
  • List of colonial heads of Cacheu
• lists of incumbents
• List of national leaders

External links

• World Statesmen - Guinea-Bissau