| Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau | |
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| Primeiro-Ministro da Guiné-Bissau (Portuguese) | |
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Incumbent | |
| Appointer | Umaro Sissoco Embaló, asPresident of Guinea-Bissau |
| Inaugural holder | Francisco Mendes |
| Formation | 24 September 1973 |
This article lists the prime ministersofGuinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1973.
Since Guinea-Bissau's declaration of independence from Portugal on 24 September 1973, there have been twenty-two prime ministers and two acting prime ministers. The current holder of the office is Rui Duarte de Barros, who was appointed by a decree of president Umaro Sissoco Embaló on 21 December 2023.
† Died in office
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Tenure | |||||
| 1 | 
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Francisco Mendes (1939–1978)[a] |
1976–77 | 24 September 1973 | 7 July 1978[†] | 4 years, 286 days | PAIGC |
| 2 | 
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Constantino Teixeira (?–1988) |
— | 7 July 1978 | 28 September 1978 | 83 days | PAIGC |
| 3 | 
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João Bernardo Vieira (1939–2009)[b] |
— | 28 September 1978 | 14 November 1980 | 2 years, 47 days | PAIGC |
| Vacant (14 November 1980 – 14 May 1982) | |||||||
| 4 | 
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Victor Saúde Maria (1939–1999)[c] |
— | 14 May 1982 | 10 March 1984 | 83 days | PAIGC |
| Post abolished (10 March 1984 – 27 December 1991) | |||||||
| 5 |
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Carlos Correia (1933–2021) |
1994 | 27 December 1991 | 26 October 1994 | 2 years, 303 days | PAIGC |
| 6 |
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Manuel Saturnino da Costa (1942–2021) |
— | 26 October 1994 | 6 June 1997 | 2 years, 223 days | PAIGC |
| (5) |
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Carlos Correia (1933–2021) |
— | 6 June 1997 | 3 December 1998 | 1 year, 180 days | PAIGC |
| 7 |
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Francisco Fadul (born 1953) |
1999 | 3 December 1998 | 19 February 2000 | 1 year, 78 days | Independent |
| 8 |
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Caetano N'Tchama (1955–2007) |
— | 19 February 2000 | 19 March 2001 | 1 year, 28 days | PRS |
| 9 |
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Faustino Imbali (born 1956) |
— | 21 March 2001 | 9 December 2001 | 263 days | Independent |
| 10 |
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Alamara Nhassé (born 1957) |
— | 9 December 2001 | 17 November 2002 | 343 days | PRS |
| 11 |
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Mário Pires (born 1949) |
— | 17 November 2002 | 14 September 2003 (Deposed in a coup) |
301 days | PRS |
| Vacant (14 September 2003 – 28 September 2003) | |||||||
| 12 |
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Artur Sanhá (born 1965) |
— | 28 September 2003 | 10 May 2004 | 225 days | PRS |
| 13 | 
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Carlos Gomes Júnior (born 1949) |
2004 | 10 May 2004 | 2 November 2005 | 1 year, 176 days | PAIGC |
| 14 | 
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Aristides Gomes (born 1954) |
— | 2 November 2005 | 13 April 2007 | 1 year, 162 days | PAIGC |
| 15 |
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Martinho Ndafa Kabi (born 1957) |
— | 13 April 2007 | 5 August 2008 | 1 year, 114 days | PAIGC |
| (5) |
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Carlos Correia (1933–2021) |
— | 5 August 2008 | 2 January 2009 | 150 days | PAIGC |
| (13) |
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Carlos Gomes Júnior (born 1949)[d] |
2008 | 2 January 2009 | 10 February 2012 | 3 years, 39 days | PAIGC |
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Adiato Djaló Nandigna (born 1958) Acting prime minister |
— | 10 February 2012 | 12 April 2012 (Deposed in a coup) |
62 days | PAIGC |
| Vacant (12 April 2012 – 16 May 2012) | |||||||
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Rui Duarte de Barros (born 1960) Acting prime minister |
— | 16 May 2012 | 3 July 2014 | 2 years, 48 days | Independent |
| 16 | 
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Domingos Simões Pereira (born 1964) |
2014 | 3 July 2014 | 20 August 2015 | 1 year, 48 days | PAIGC |
| 17 | 
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Baciro Djá (born 1973) |
— | 20 August 2015 | 17 September 2015 | 28 days | PAIGC |
| (5) |
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Carlos Correia (1933–2021) |
— | 17 September 2015 | 27 May 2016 | 253 days | PAIGC |
| (17) |
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Baciro Djá (born 1973) |
— | 27 May 2016 | 18 November 2016 | 175 days | PAIGC |
| 18 | 
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Umaro Sissoco Embaló (born 1972) |
— | 18 November 2016 | 30 January 2018 | 1 year, 73 days | PAIGC |
| 19 |
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Artur Silva (born 1956?) |
— | 30 January 2018 | 16 April 2018 | 76 days | PAIGC |
| (14) |
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Aristides Gomes (born 1954) |
2019 | 16 April 2018 | 29 October 2019 | 1 year, 198 days | PAIGC |
| (9) |
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Faustino Imbali (born 1956) |
— | 31 October 2019 | 8 November 2019 | 10 days | Independent |
| (14) |
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Aristides Gomes (born 1954) |
— | 8 November 2019 | 28 February 2020 | 112 days | PAIGC |
| 20 | 
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Nuno Gomes Nabiam (born 1966) |
— | 28 February 2020 | 8 August 2023 | 3 years, 161 days | APU |
| 21 |
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Geraldo Martins (born 1967) |
2023 | 8 August 2023 | 21 December 2023 | 135 days | PAIGC |
| 22 |
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Rui Duarte de Barros (born 1960) |
— | 21 December 2023 | Incumbent | 212 days | Independent |
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