| Tenure |
Portrait |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
| State of Guinea-Bissau |
Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Portugal |
| 24 September 1973 to 10 September 1974 |
|
Luís Cabral, Chairman of the Council of State |
PAIGC |
|
| State of Guinea-Bissau |
Independence recognized by Portugal |
| 10 September 1974 to 13 March 1977 |
|
Luís Cabral, Chairman of the Council of State |
PAIGC |
|
| Republic of Guinea-Bissau |
| (República da Guiné-Bissau) |
| 13 March 1977 to 14 November 1980 |
|
Luís Cabral, Chairman of the Council of State |
PAIGC |
Deposed in the 1980 coup d'état |
| 14 November 1980 to 14 May 1984 |
|
João Bernardo Vieira, Chairman of the Council of the Revolution |
PAIGC/Mil |
1st Term |
| 14 May 1984 to 16 May 1984 |
|
Carmen Pereira, Acting President |
PAIGC |
|
| 16 May 1984 to 29 September 1994 |
|
João Bernardo Vieira, Chairman of the Council of State |
PAIGC |
2nd Term; Deposed in the Guinea-Bissau Civil War |
| 29 September 1994 to 7 May 1999 |
João Bernardo Vieira, President |
| 7 May 1999 to 14 May 1999 |
|
Ansumane Mané, Chairman of the Supreme Command of the Military Junta |
Mil |
|
| 14 May 1999 to 17 February 2000 |
|
Malam Bacai Sanhá, Acting President |
PAIGC |
1st Term |
| 17 February 2000 to 14 September 2003 |
|
Kumba Ialá, President |
PRS |
Deposed in the 2003 coup d'etat |
| 14 September 2003 to 28 September 2003 |
|
Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order |
Mil |
|
| 28 September 2003 to 1 October 2005 |
|
Henrique Rosa, Acting President |
n-p |
|
| 1 October 2005 to 2 March 2009 |
|
João Bernardo Vieira, President |
n-p |
3rd Term; Assassinated |
| 3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009 |
|
Raimundo Pereira, Acting President |
PAIGC |
|
| 8 September 2009 to Present |
|
Malam Bacai Sanhá, President |
PAIGC |
2nd Term |