List of heads of government of Guinea-Bissau

Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Emblem of Guinea-Bissau
Incumbent Carlos Gomes Júnior since 2 January 2009
Appointer	Malam Bacai Sanhá, as President of Guinea-Bissau
Inaugural holder	Francisco Mendes
Formation	24 September 1973

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Prime Ministers of Guinea-Bissau (1973–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
State of Guinea-Bissau	Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Portugal
24 September 1973 to 10 September 1974		Francisco Mendes, Prime Minister	PAIGC
State of Guinea-Bissau	Independence recognized by Portugal
10 September 1974 to 13 March 1977		Francisco Mendes, Prime Minister	PAIGC
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
(República da Guiné-Bissau)
13 March 1977 to 7 July 1978		Francisco Mendes, Prime Minister	PAIGC	Assassinated
7 July 1978 to 28 September 1978		Constantino Teixeira, Prime Minister	PAIGC
28 September 1978 to 14 November 1980		João Bernardo Vieira, Prime Minister	PAIGC	Becoming President after the 1980 coup d'etat
14 November 1980 to 14 May 1982	Vacant
14 May 1982 to 10 March 1984		Victor Saúde Maria, Prime Minister	PAIGC	Fled to Portugal after a power struggle with President Vieira
10 March 1984 to 27 December 1991	Post abolished
27 December 1991 to 26 October 1994		Carlos Correia, Prime Minister	PAIGC	1st Term
26 October 1994 to 6 June 1997		Manuel Saturnino da Costa, Prime Minister	PAIGC
6 June 1997 to 3 December 1998		Carlos Correia, Prime Minister	PAIGC	2nd Term
3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000		Francisco Fadul, Prime Minister	n-p
19 February 2000 to 19 March 2001		Caetano N'Tchama, Prime Minister	PRS
21 March 2001 to 9 December 2001		Faustino Imbali, Prime Minister	n-p
9 December 2001 to 17 November 2002		Alamara Nhassé, Prime Minister	PRS
17 November 2002 to 14 September 2003		Mário Pires, Prime Minister	PRS
28 September 2003 to 10 May 2004		Artur Sanhá, Prime Minister	PRS
10 May 2004 to 2 November 2005		Carlos Gomes Júnior, Prime Minister	PAIGC	1st Term
2 November 2005 to 13 April 2007		Aristides Gomes, Prime Minister	PAIGC
13 April 2007 to 5 August 2008		Martinho Ndafa Kabi, Prime Minister	PAIGC
5 August 2008 to 2 January 2009		Carlos Correia, Prime Minister	PAIGC	3rd Term
2 January 2009 to Present		Carlos Gomes Júnior, Prime Minister	PAIGC	2nd Term; Briefly placed under house arrest by soldiers during the 2010 military unrest

Affiliations

PAIGC	Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde
	(African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde)    marxist, only legal party 1974-1991, to 1980 pro-union with Cape Verde
PRS	Partido para a Renovaçao Social
	(Party for Social Renewal)    progressive
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

See also

• Guinea-Bissau
  • List of heads of state 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