List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau

This article lists the presidents of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of president in 1973.

Since Guinea-Bissau's unilateral declaration of independence from Portugal on 24 September 1973, there have been six presidents, five acting presidents and three interim military leaders. The current holder of the office is Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who took office on 27 February 2020 after being elected in the 2019 presidential election.

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Guinea-Bissau. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.<ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite web</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other affiliations

Symbols

Symbols

Template:Note label Died in office

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Tenure
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1		Luís Cabral Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1976–77	24 September 1973	14 November 1980 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2		João Bernardo Vieira Template:Small	—	14 November 1980	14 May 1984	Template:Ayd	Military / PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | —		Carmen Pereira Template:Small	—	14 May 1984	16 May 1984	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (2)		João Bernardo Vieira Template:Small	1984 1989 1994	16 May 1984	7 May 1999 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —		Brigadier general Ansumane Mané Template:Small	—	7 May 1999	14 May 1999	Template:Ayd	Military
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | —		Malam Bacai Sanhá Template:Small	—	14 May 1999	17 February 2000	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3		Kumba Ialá Template:Small	1999–2000	17 February 2000	14 September 2003 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PRS
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —		General Veríssimo Correia Seabra Template:Small	—	14 September 2003	28 September 2003	Template:Ayd	Military
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —		Henrique Rosa Template:Small	—	28 September 2003	1 October 2005	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | (2)		João Bernardo Vieira Template:Small	2005	1 October 2005	2 March 2009 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | —		Raimundo Pereira Template:Small	—	3 March 2009	8 September 2009	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4		Malam Bacai Sanhá Template:Small	2009	8 September 2009	9 January 2012Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | —		Raimundo Pereira Template:Small	—	9 January 2012	12 April 2012 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —		Major general Mamadu Ture Kuruma Template:Small	—	12 April 2012	11 May 2012	Template:Ayd	Military
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" | —		Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo Template:Small	—	11 May 2012	23 June 2014	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5		José Mário Vaz Template:Small	2014	23 June 2014	27 February 2020	Template:Ayd	PAIGC
style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6		Umaro Sissoco Embaló Template:Small	2019	27 February 2020	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	Madem G15

Timeline

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 from: 24/09/1973 till: 14/11/1980 color:paigc    text:"Luís Cabral"
bar:Vieira
 from: 14/11/1980 till: 14/05/1984 color:paigc
 from: 16/05/1984 till: 07/05/1999 color:paigc
 from: 01/10/2005 till: 02/03/2009 color:ind      text:"João Bernardo Vieira"
bar:Pereira
 from: 14/05/1984 till: 16/05/1984 color:paigc    text:"Carmen Pereira (acting)"
bar:Mane
 from: 07/05/1999 till: 14/05/1999 color:mil      text:"Ansumane Mané"
bar:Sanha
 from: 14/05/1999 till: 17/02/2000 color:paigc
 from: 08/09/2009 till: 09/01/2012 color:paigc    text:"Malam Bacai Sanhá"
bar:Iala
 from: 17/02/2000 till: 14/09/2003 color:prs      text:"Kumba Ialá"
bar:Seabra
 from: 14/09/2003 till: 28/09/2003 color:mil      text:"Veríssimo Correia Seabra"
bar:Rosa
 from: 28/09/2003 till: 01/10/2005 color:ind      text:"Henrique Rosa (acting)"
bar:RPereira
 from: 03/03/2009 till: 08/09/2009 color:paigc
 from: 09/01/2012 till: 12/04/2012 color:paigc    text:"Raimundo Pereira (acting)"
bar:Kuruma
 from: 12/04/2012 till: 11/05/2012 color:mil      text:"Mamadu Ture Kuruma"
bar:Nhamadjo
 from: 11/05/2012 till: 23/06/2014 color:ind      text:"Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (acting)"
bar:Vaz
 from: 23/06/2014 till: 20/08/2015 color:paigc
 from: 20/08/2015 till: 27/02/2020 color:ind      text:"José Mário Vaz"
bar:Embalo
 from: 27/02/2020 till: $today     color:mademg15 text:"Umaro Sissoco Embaló"

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Latest election

Template:Main {{#section-h:2019 Guinea-Bissau presidential election|Results}}

See also

• Politics of Guinea-Bissau
• List of captains-major of Bissau
• List of captains-major of Cacheu
• List of governors of Portuguese Guinea
• List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau
• Vice President of Guinea-Bissau

External links

• Official Website Template:In lang
• World Statesmen – Guinea-Bissau