Guinea-Bissau
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to 24 Sep 1973
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1967 (proposed colonial flag)
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Adopted 24 Feb 1973
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Map
of Guniea-Bissau
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Hear
National Anthem "Esta é a Nossa Pátrai Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country)
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Text
of National Anthem Adopted 1974
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Constitution (16 May 1984)
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Capital: Bissau (Boe 1973-1974; Bolama 1879-1942)
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Currency: Communauté
Financière Africaine
Franc (XOF); Guinea-Bissau
Peso (GWP) 1974-1997
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National Holiday: 24 Sep (1973)
Independence Day
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Population: 1,503,182 (2008)
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GDP: $857 million (2008)
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Exports: $133 million (2006) Imports: $200 million (2006)
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Ethnic groups: Balante 30%, Fulani 20%, Mandyako
14%,
Malinke 13%, Papel 7%, European and mulatto 2%,
other 14% (1995)
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Total Active Armed Forces: 9,250 (2005) Merchant marine: None (2008)
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Religions: Traditional beliefs 45.2%, Muslim
39.9%, Christian 13.2% (of which Roman Catholic 9.9%, other Christian 4.1%), other 1.7% (2000)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, APM, AU, BTWC, CEMAC, CEN-SAD, CPLP,
CTBT (signatory), CWC,
ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, ICSID (signatory), IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA (signatory), ISA, ISESCO, ITSO, ITU,
ITUC, KP, LU, MIGA, NAM, NPT, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNCLOS, UNESCO, UNFCC,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Guinea-Bissau
Index
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Chronology
1446
Discovered and claimed for Portugal by Nuno
Tristão.
1588
Cacheu settled from Cape Verde.
1614
Cacheu administration begun; subject
to Cape Verde to 1640.
1640
Captaincy of Cacheu
1624 - 1630
Dutch occupation of Cacheu.
1687
Bissau settlement founded by the Portuguese;
ruled by Cacheu to 1696.
1696
Portuguese Captaincy of Bissau.
1707 - 1753
Bissau abandoned.
1753
Bissau a separate Portuguese colony subject
to Cape Verde.
1792 - 1792
British settlement at Baloma.
1860 - 1870 Bolama declared annexed to Sierra Leone by Britain.
1879
Bissau and Cacheu united as Portuguese Guinea
and separated from Cape Verde.
Apr 1931 - 2 May 1931 Loyal to the military
junta in Madiera,
sometimes styled República da Atlântida
(see Madeira).
11 Jun 1951
Portuguese Guinea overseas province.
24 Sep 1973
Independence unilaterally declared
(State of Guinea-Bissau).
10 Sep 1974
Independence recognized by Portugal
13 Mar 1977 Republic of Guinea-Bissau. |
Guinea-Bissau
(from 1879)
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Cacheu
(1614-1879)
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Bissau
(1696-1879)
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Traditional State
N'Gabu
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Cacheu
Administrators
Jul 1615 – Apr 1619 Baltasar Pereira de Castelo Branco
Jul 1619 – Jul 1620 António Proença
Jul 1620 – 1620 Francisco de Moura
1620 – Sep 1623 Francisco de Távora
Sep 1623 – Nov 1626 ....
Nov 1626 – Apr 1627 Francisco Sodré Pereira
1627 - c.1633 ....
163. - 1634
Francisco Nunes de Andrade
1634
Domingos Lôbo Reimão
1634 - 16.. Paulo Barradas da Silva
16.. - c.1640 Manuel da Silva Botelho
Captains-major
c.1640 - 1641 Luis de Magalhães 1641 - 1645 ....
1645
Paulo Barradas da Silva
(d. 1647)
1645 - 1649
Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala (d. 1650)
1648 – 1649 Belchior Teixeira Cabral
(acting for Ayala)
1649 - 1650 Gaspar Vogado
1650 - 1654
João Correia Fidalgo
1655 - 165.
Francisco Pereira da Cunha
1658 - 1662 Manuel Dias Cotrim
1662 - 1664
António da Fonseca Ornelas
1664 - 16..
João Carvalho Moutinho
16.. - 16..
Manuel de Almeida
(d. 166.)
16.. - 16..
Ambrósio Gomes
(d. 1679) c.1671 - c.1673 Manuel Moniz de Mendonça
c.1674 - 16.. Sebastião Vidigal da Rosa
1676 - 1682
António de Barros Bezerra
(1st time)
1682 - 1685 Gaspar da Fonseca Pacheco
1685 - 1686
João Gonçalves de Oliveira
1687 - 1688
António de Barros Bezerra
(2nd time)
1688 - 1689
Rodrigo Oliveira da Fonseca
1689 - 1690
José Pinheiro da Câmara
1690 - 1691
Domingos Monteiro de Carvalho (d. 1691)
1691 – 7 Jan 1692 Santos
de Vidigal Castanho (d. 1707)
(1st time)
7 Jan 1692 - 15 Mar 1694 José Pinheiro da Câmara
1694 - 1706
Santos de Vidigal Castanho (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1706 - Jun 1708 Paulo
Gomes de Abreu e Lima (b. 1664 - d. 17..)
1708 - 1715 ....
1715 - 1719
Antonio de Barros Bezerra, Jr. (d. 1737)
(1st time)
1719 - 17..
Inácio Lopes Ferreira
17.. - c.1721
Manuel Lopes Lobo
c.1721 - 17..
Antonio de Barros Bezerra, Jr. (s.a.)
(2nd time)
17.. - c.1723 ....
c.1723 - 17.. Pedro de Barros
17.. - c.1726 ....
c.1726 - 17.. Manuel Lopes Lôbo
17.. – 1730 ....
1730 - 1731 João Perestrelo
1731 - 17..
Antonio de Barros Bezerra, Jr (s.a.)
(3rd time)
17.. - 1733 ....
1733 – c.1737 João Pereira de Carvalho
c.1737 - 17.. Damião de Bastos
17.. - c.1741 Manuel Pires
c.1741 - 17.. Nicolau de Pina Araújo
17.. - 1748 ....
1748 - 1751
João de Távora
(d. 1752)
1751 - c.1755 Francisco Roque Souto-Maior
c.1755 - c.1765 ....
c.1765 - 1766
Sebastião da Cunha Souto-Maior
1766 – 1769
Bernardo de Azevedo Coutinho
1769 - c.1774 ....
c.1774
José Vicente Pereira
1775 - 17..
António Vaz de Araújo
17.. - 1785
António Teles de Meneses
(d. 1785)
1785 - 1786
João Pereira Barreto (acting)
May 1786 - 17.. Luís de Araújo e Silva
May 1793 - 1798 Francisco Joaquim de Almeida
Henriques
1798 - 1800 Lopo de Almeida Henriques
1800 - 180. Manuel Pinto de Gouveia
c.1802 - 1803
José Joaquim de Sousa Torvão
Jun 1803 - 181. João António Pinto
1811 - 1814
Joaquim José Rebêlo de Figueiredo
e Góis
1815 - 181.
João Cabral da Cunha Goodolfim
(1st time)
181. - Jul 1819
João Teles de Meneses Drumont (d. 1819)
1820 - 1821
José Correia de Barros
Apr 1821 - 182. João de Araújo Gomes
1823 - c.1825
João Cabral da Cunha Goodolfim
(2nd time)
1826 - 18..
António Tavares da Veiga Santos
183. - 1835
Honório Pereira Barreto (1st time) (b. 1813 -
d. 1859)
c.1835 - 1837 José António Ferreira
1837 - 1838 ....
1838 - 18..
Delfim José dos Santos
18.. - 1842 ....
1842 - 1844
António dos Santos Chaves
1844 - 1846
José Xavier do Crato (1st time)
1846 - 1847
Honório Pereira Barreto (2nd time) (s.a.)
1847 - c.1849
José Xavier do Crato (2nd time)
c.1849 - 1854 ....
1854 - 18..
Honório Pereira Barreto (3rd time) (s.a.)
18.. - 1879 ....
Bissau
Captains-major
1692 - 1696 the captains-major of Cacheu
1696 - 1699
José Pinheiro da Câmara
1699 - 1707
Rodrigo Oliveira da Fonseca
Dec 1707 – Nov 1753 abandoned
Nov 1753 - 17.. Nicolau de Pina Araújo
17.. - c.1757 ....
c.1757 - 1759 Manuel Pires
1759 - 17..
Duarte José Róis
17.. - c.1763 ....
c.1763 - 17.. Filipe José de Souto-Maior
c.1770 - c.1775 Sebastião da Cunha Souto-Maior
c.1775 - c.1777 Pedro Jorge Correia
c.1777 - 17.. Ignácio Xavier Baião
4 May 1793 - 1799 José António Pinto
1799 - 180.
João das Neves Leão
1803 - 1804
António Candido de Faria (d. 1804)
Feb 1805 - 1811 Manuel Pinto de Gouveia
1811 - 18..
António Cardoso Figueiredo
c.1820 - 1823 João Higino Curvo Semedo
1823 - 182.
Joaquim António de Matos (1st time)
182. - 1825
Domingos Alves de Abreu Picaluga
1825 - 1827
Joaquim António de Matos (2nd time)
18 Jan 1827 - 182. Francisco José Muacho
c.1829 – Jul 1830 Caetano
José Nozolini (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1850)
Jul 1830 - 183. Joaquim António de Matos (3rd time)
183. – Mar 1834
Caetano José Nozolini (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
Mar 1834 - 183. Joaquim António de Matos (4th time)
1836
José Eleutério Rocha Vieira
1836 – Jul 1839
Honório Pereira Barreto (1st time) (b. 1813 - d. 1859)
Jul 1839 - 1840
José Gonçalves Barbosa (1st time)
1840 - 1841
Honório Pereira Barreto (2nd time) (s.a.)
1841 - 1842 José Paulo Machado
1842
Alois da Rola Dziezaski (1st time)
1842 - 1843
António Tavares da Veiga Santos
1843 –
Antonio José Torres
1843 - 1844 José Maria Coelho
1844 - 1845
Alois da Rôla Dziezaski (2nd time)
1845 - 1847 Joaquim de Azevedo Alpoim
1847 - 1848
Carlos Maximiliano de Sousa
1848 - 1850
Caetano José Nozolini (3rd time) (s.a.)
1851 - 185.
Alois da Rôla Dziezaski (2nd time)
1852
Libánio Evangelista dos Santos
1852 - 1853
José Maria Lôbo de Ávila
1853
Diogo Maria Morais
1853
José Maria Correia da Silva
1853 – 1854
Honório Pereira Barreto
1854
Pedro Henriques Romão Ferreira
1855 - 1858
Honório Pereira Barreto (3rd time) (s.a.)
1858
António Pereira Mousinho de
Albuquerque Cota Falcão
1858 - 1859
Honório Pereira Barreto (4th time) (s.a.)
1860 - 1862
António Cândido Zagalo
1863 - 186.
Joaquim Alberto Marques (1st time)
1867 - 1868
Bernardo José Moreira
1868 - 1869 Manuel Fortunato Meira
1869 – Jan 1871
Álvaro Teles Caldeira
(d. 187.)
Jan 1871
José Xavier do Crato
1871 - 187.
Joaquim Alberto Marquês (2nd time)
c.1877 - 1879
António José Cabral Vieira
Guinea-Bissau
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Secretaries-general of the African Independence Party
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of Guinea-Bissau [and to 1980 Cape Verde] (PAIGC)
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1963 - 20 Jan 1973
Amílcar Lopes Cabral
(b. 1924 - d. 1973)
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22 Jul 1973 - 20 Nov 1977 Aristides Maria Pereira
(b. 1923 - d. 2011)
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(arrived in Bissau 19 Oct 1974)
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20 Nov 1977 - 14 Nov 1980 Luís de Almeida Cabral
(b. 1931 - d. 2009)
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14 Nov 1980 - 7 May 1999 João Bernardo Vieira
(b. 1939 - d. 2009)
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(multi-party system introduced May 1991)
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Governors
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20 Apr 1879 – 16 Dec 1881 Agostinho Coelho
(b. 1828 - d. 1888)
16 Dec 1881 – 17 Mar 1885 Pedro Inácio de Gouveia (1st time) (b. 1840 - d. ....)
17 Mar 1885 – 24 Sep 1886 Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa (b. 1849 - d. 1902)
24 Sep 1886 – Nov 1886 José Eduardo de Brito
(b. 1839 - d. 1903)
Nov 1886 – Apr 1887 Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral (1st time) - (acting)
Apr 1887 – 30 May 1888 Eusébio Castelo do Valle
30 May 1888 - 4 Sep 1888 Francisco Teixeira da Silva
(b. 1826 - d. 1894)
4 Sep 1888 – 22 Feb 1890 Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança (b. 1856 - d. 1900)
22 Feb 1890 – 26 Jun 1891 Augusto Rogério Gonçalves dos Santos
26 Jun 1891 - 1895 Luís
Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá (b. 1842 - d.
1926)
24 Apr 1893 – 23 Oct 1893 Cesar Gomes Barbosa (acting for Sá)
1895 – 4 Apr 1895 Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral (2nd time) -
(acting)
4 Apr 1895 - 24 Jan 1896 Eduardo João da Costa Oliveira
24 Jan 1896 – 25 Aug 1897 Pedro Inácio de Gouveia (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Aug 1897 – 22 Dec 1897 Cesar Augusto Moura Cabral (3rd time) - (acting)
22 Dec 1897 – 14 Mar 1900 Álvaro Herculano da Cunha
(1st time) (acting)
1898 – 17 Jan 1899 Albano Mendes de Magalhães Ramalho - (acting for Cunha)
2 Nov 1899 – 7 Feb 1900 Fernando Augusto Liso Santana - (acting for Cunha)
14 Mar 1900 – 12 Jul 1900 Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães - (acting)
12 Jul 1900 – 20 May 1903 Joaquim Pedro Vieira Judice Biker (b. 1867 - d. 1926)
5 May 1901 – 1901 António Alves de Oliveira - (acting for Biker)
1901
Joaquim Corte Real Pires - (acting for Biker)
1901 - 6 Dec 1901 Amadeu Gonçalves Guimarães - (acting for Biker)
20 May 1903 – 23 Jul 1903 José Mateus Lapa Valente (acting)
23 Jul 1903 – 9 Aug 1904 Alfredo Cardoso Soveral Martins
23 Apr 1904 – 1904 Joaquim Corte Real Pires - (acting for Martins)
1904
António Marques Perdigão - (acting for Martins)
9 Aug 1904 – 2 Feb 1905 João Mateus Lapa Valente (2nd time) - (acting)
2 Feb 1905 – 13 Aug 1906 Carlos de Almeida Pessanha (b. 1862 - d. 1907)
Jun 1905 – 13 Feb 1906 Joaquim Mateus Lapa Valente - (acting for Pessanha)
13 Aug 1906 – 29 Jun 1909 João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty (b. 1872 - d. 1937)
19 Jul 1907 – 18 Nov 1907 Joaquim Corte Real Pires - (acting for Muzanty)
1908
Joaquim José Duarte Guimarães - (acting for Muzanty)
29 Jun 1909 – 16 Aug 1910 Francelino Pimentel
12 Oct 1909 – 1910 António Marques Perdigão -
(acting for Pimentel)
23 Oct 1910 – 16 Aug 1913 Carlos de Almeida Pereira (b. 1874 - d. 1948)
17 Mar 1912 – 23 Oct 1912 Sebastião José Pereira - (acting for Almeida Pereira)
16 Aug 1913 – 22 Nov 1913 Sebastião José Pereira (2nd time) - (acting)
22 Nov 1913 – Apr 1914 José António de Andrade Sequeira
(1st time)
Apr 1914 – 7 May 1915 Sebastião José Barbosa (3rd time) - (acting)
7 May 1915 – 24 Aug 1915 Josué de Oliveira Duque (1st time)
24 Aug 1915 – 25 Aug 1915 Sebastião José Pereira (4th time) - (acting)
25 Aug 1915 – Jun 1916 José António de Andrade Sequeira
(2nd time)
Jun 1916 – 10 Jan 1917 Sebastião José Pereira (5th time) - (acting)
10 Jan 1917 – 13 Jul 1917 Manuel Maria Coelho
(b. 1857 - d. 1943)
13 Jul 1917 – 9 Aug 1918 Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira
9 Aug 1918 – 21 Apr 1919 Josué de Oliveira Duque (2nd time)
21 Apr 1919 – 31 May 1919 José Luis Teixeira Marinho
31 May 1919 – 16 Jun 1920 Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra
16 Jun 1920 – 21 Jun 1921 Sebastião José Pereira (6th time) - (acting)
21 Jun 1921 – 20 Jun 1926 Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroço
1 Jun 1923 – 5 Apr 1924 Alfredo Vieira (acting for Caroço)
20 Jun 1926 – 10 Apr 1927 António José Pereira Saldanha -
(acting)
10 Apr 1927 - Apr 1931 António Leite de Magalhães -
1 Sep 1928 – Dec 1928 José Manuel de Oliveira de Castro
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(acting for Magalhães)
Oct 1929 – Dec 1929 José Alves Ferreira -
(acting for Magalhães)
Apr 1931 - 8 May 1931 José Alves Ferreira (acting)
8 May 1931 – 30 May 1932 João
José Soares Zilhão
(b. 1887 - d. 1979) -
30 May 1932 – 22 Mar 1933 José de Ascensão Valdez (acting) (b. 1883 - d. 1947)
- 22 Mar 1933 - 1940 Luís António de Carvalho Viegas
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10 May 1933 – Sep 1933 José Peixoto Ponces de Carvalho
- (acting for Viegas)
Aug 1936 – 1936
José Salvação Barreto - (acting for Viegas)
1938 – 1938
Augusto Pereira Brandão -
(acting for Viegas)
1940 - 1941 Armando Augusto Gonçalves de Morais (b. 1887 - d. 19..) -
e Castro (acting)
- 1941 - 1945
Ricardo Vaz Monteiro (b. 1891 - d. 19..)
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25 Apr 1945 - 1948 Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues
(b. 1899 - d. 1979)
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1948
Mario Ribeiro da Costa Zanatti (b. 1896 - d. 1969)
- (acting)
1948 – 1949
Pedro Joaquim da Cunha e Meneses -
Pinto Cardoso
1919 - 1953
Raimundo Antonio Rodrigues Serrão -
1953 – 1954 Fernando Pimentel
1954 - 1956
Diogo António José Leite Pereira de (b. 1904 - d. 1973) -
Mello e Alvim
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1956 - 1958
Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares (b. 1915)
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1958 – 1959 Abel de Castro Roque
- 1959 - 1962
António Augusto Peixoto Correia (b.
1913)
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1962 - 1965
Vasco António Martínez Rodrigues
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1965 - 1968
Arnaldo Schulz
(b. 1910 - d. 1993)
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20 May 1968 - 1 Sep 1973 António Sebastião
Ribeiro de Spínola (b. 1910 - d. 1996)
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30 Sep 1973 - 26 Apr 1974 José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues
(b. 1918 - d. 2011)
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27 Apr 1974 - 2 May 1974 Mateus da Silva
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2 May 1974 - 7 May 1974 San Gouveia
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7 May 1974 - 10 Sep 1974 Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião
(b. 1930 - d. 2006)
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Presidents
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24 Sep 1973 - 14 Nov 1980 Luís de Almeida Cabral
(s.a.)
PAIGC
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(chairman Council of State)
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(arrived in Bissau 19 Oct 1974)
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14 Nov 1980 - 14 May 1984 João Bernardo Vieira (1st time)
(s.a.)
PAIGC/Mil
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(chairman Council of the Revolution)
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14 May 1984 - 16 May 1984 Carmen Pereira (f) (acting)
(b. 1937)
PAIGC
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(president of the National People's Assembly)
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16 May 1984 - 7 May 1999 João Bernardo Vieira (2nd
time) (s.a.)
PAIGC
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(chairman Council of State to 29 Sep 1994)
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7 May 1999 - 14 May 1999 Ansumane Mané
(b. 1940? - d. 2000) Mil
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(commander of the Military Junta)
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14 May 1999 - 17 Feb 2000 Malam Bacai Sanhá (1st time)(acting)
(b. 1947 - d. 2012) PAIGC
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17 Feb 2000 - 14 Sep 2003 Kumba Ialá (Kumba Yallá)
(b. 1953)
PRS
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14 Sep 2003 - 28 Sep 2003 Veríssimo Correia Seabra (interim)
(b. 1947 - d. 2004) Mil
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(president of the Military Committee for the
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Restitution of Constitutional and Democratic
Order)
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28 Sep 2003 - 1 Oct 2005 Henrique Pereira Rosa (interim)
(b. 1946)
Non-party
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1 Oct 2005 - 2 Mar 2009
João Bernardo Vieira (3rd time)
(s.a.)
PAIGC
- 3 Mar 2009 - 8 Sep 2009 Raimundo Perreira (1st time)(interim)(b. 1956)
PAIGC
- 8 Sep 2009 -
9 Jan 2012 Malam Bacai Sanhá
(2nd time) (s.a.)
PAIGC
- 9 Jan 2012 - Raimundo Perreira (2nd time)(interim)(s.a.)
PAIGC
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Prime ministers
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24 Sep 1973 - 7 Jul 1978 Francisco Mendès
(b. 1939 - d. 1978) PAIGC
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7 Jul 1978 - 28 Sep 1978 Constantino Teixeira
PAIGC
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28 Sep 1978 - 14 Nov 1980 João Bernardo Vieira
(s.a.)
PAIGC
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14 May 1982 - 10 Mar 1984 Victor Saúde Maria
(b. 1939 - d. 1999) PAIGC
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10 Mar 1984 - 27 Dec 1991 Post abolished
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27 Dec 1991 - 26 Oct 1994 Carlos Correia (1st time)
(b. 1933)
PAIGC
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26 Oct 1994 - 6 Jun 1997 Manuel Saturnino da Costa
(b. 1942)
PAIGC
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6 Jun 1997 - 3 Dec 1998 Carlos Correia (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PAIGC
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3 Dec 1998 - 19 Feb 2000 Francisco José Fadul
(b. 1953)
Non-party
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19 Feb 2000 - 19 Mar 2001 Caetano N'Tchama
(b. 1955)
PRS
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21 Mar 2001 - 9 Dec 2001 Faustino Fudut Imbali
(b. 1956?)
Non-party
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9 Dec 2001 - 17 Nov 2002 Alamara Ntchina Nhassè
(b. 1957)
PRS
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17 Nov 2002 - 14 Sep 2003 Mário Pires
(b. 1949?)
PRS
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14 Sep 2003 - 28 Sep 2003 Vacant
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28 Sep 2003 - 10 May 2004 António Artur Sanhá
(b. 1965?)
PRS
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10 May 2004 - 2 Nov 2005 Carlos Gomes Júnior (1st time)
(b. 1949)
PAIGC
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2 Nov 2005 - 13 Apr 2007 Aristides Gomes
(b. 1954)
PAIGC
- 13 Apr 2007 - 6 Aug 2008 Martinho Ndafa Kabi
(b. 1957)
PAIGC
- 6
Aug 2008 - 2 Jan 2009 Carlos Correia
(3rd time) (s.a.)
PAIGC
- 2 Jan 2009 - 10 Feb 2012 Carlos Gomes Júnior (2nd time) (s.a.) PAIGC
- 10
Feb 2012 -
Adiato Djaló Nandigna (f) (acting) PAIGC
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Territorial Disputes: In 2006, political instability within Senegal's
Casamance region resulted in thousands of Senegalese refugees, cross-border
raids, and arms smuggling into Guinea-Bissau.
- Party abbreviations: PAIGC = Partido Africano da Independência
de Guiné e Cabo Verde (African
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Independence Party 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'Gabu (Kaabu, Quebu,
Nova Lamego)
c.1250 - 1546
Part of Mali.
13..
Mandingo begin to rule at N'Gabu (or Gabú).
1546
Autonomy from Mali.
1867
Fulani rulers replace the Mandingo.
1903?
Suppressed by Portugal.
Rulers
c.1850
Siibo
18.. - 1867
Mansa Janke Waali
1867 - 1881
Alfa Molo (Molo Egue)
1881 - 1883
Bakari Demba
1883 - 1903?
Alfa Musa Molo
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