Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau

[Portugal]
                 to 24 Sep 1973

[Portuguese
Guinea 1967 colonial flag proposal]
          1967 (proposed colonial flag)

[Guinea Bissau
flag]
                 Adopted 24 Feb 1973

Map of Guniea-Bissau Hear National Anthem
"Esta é a Nossa Pátrai
Bem Amada"
(This Is Our Beloved Country) Text of National Anthem
Adopted 1974 Constitution
(16 May 1984)

Capital: Bissau
(Boe 1973-1974;
Bolama 1879-1942) Currency: Communauté
Financière Africaine
Franc (XOF); Guinea-Bissau
Peso (GWP) 1974-1997 National Holiday: 24 Sep (1973)
Independence Day Population: 1,503,182 (2008)

GDP: $857 million (2008) Exports: $133 million (2006)
Imports: $200 million (2006) Ethnic groups: Balante 30%, Fulani 20%, Mandyako 14%,
Malinke 13%, Papel 7%, European and mulatto 2%,
other 14% (1995)

Total Active Armed Forces: 9,250 (2005)
Merchant marine: None (2008) 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)

International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, APM, AU (suspended), BTWC, CCM, CEMAC, CEN-SAD, CPLP, CTBT (signatory), CWC, ECOWAS (suspended), ESCR, 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 (suspended), OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNCLOS, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Guinea-Bissau
Index 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)

Cacheu
(1614-1879)

Bissau
(1696-1879)

Traditional State
N'Gabu

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 Pereira1627 - c.1633 .... 163. - 1634 Francisco Nunes de Andrade 1634 Domingos Lôbo Reimão 1634 - 16.. Paulo Barradas da Silva 16.. - c.1640 Manuel da Silva BotelhoCaptains-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 Mendonçac.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 Câmara1694 - 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 Câmara1699 - 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

Secretaries-general of the African Independence Party
of Guinea-Bissau [and to 1980 Cape Verde] (PAIGC)
1963 - 20 Jan 1973 Amílcar Lopes Cabral (b. 1924 - d. 1973)
22 Jul 1973 - 20 Nov 1977 Aristides Maria Pereira (b. 1923 - d. 2011)
(arrived in Bissau 19 Oct 1974)
20 Nov 1977 - 14 Nov 1980 Luís de Almeida Cabral (b. 1931 - d. 2009)
14 Nov 1980 - 7 May 1999 João Bernardo Vieira (b. 1939 - d. 2009)
(multi-party system introduced May 1991)

Governors
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 forAlmeidaPereira) 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
(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
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..)
25 Apr 1945 - 1948 Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues (b. 1899 - d. 1979)
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 (b. 1897 - d. 19..)
1953 – 1954 Fernando Pimentel 1954 - 1956 Diogo António José Leite Pereira (b. 1904 - d. 1973)
de Mello e Alvim
1956 - 1958 Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares (b. 1915)
1958 – 1959 Abel de Castro Roque
1959 - 1962 António Augusto Peixoto Correia (b. 1913)
1962 - 1965 Vasco António Martínez Rodrigues
1965 - 1968 Arnaldo Schulz (b. 1910 - d. 1993)
20 May 1968 - 1 Sep 1973 António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola (b. 1910 - d. 1996)
30 Sep 1973 - 26 Apr 1974 José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues (b. 1918 - d. 2011)
27 Apr 1974 - 2 May 1974 Mateus da Silva
2 May 1974 - 7 May 1974 San Gouveia
7 May 1974 - 10 Sep 1974 Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião (b. 1930 - d. 2006)
Presidents
24 Sep 1973 - 14 Nov 1980 Luís de Almeida Cabral (s.a.) PAIGC
(chairman of Council of State)
(arrived in Bissau 19 Oct 1974)
14 Nov 1980 - 14 May 1984 João Bernardo Vieira (1st time) (s.a.) PAIGC/Mil
(chairman of Council of the Revolution)
14 May 1984 - 16 May 1984 Carmen Pereira (f) (acting) (b. 1937) PAIGC
(president of the National People's Assembly)
16 May 1984 - 7 May 1999 João Bernardo Vieira (2nd time) (s.a.) PAIGC
(chairman Council of State to 29 Sep 1994)
7 May 1999 - 14 May 1999 Ansumane Mané (b. 1940? - d. 2000) Mil
(Supreme Commander of Military Junta)
14 May 1999 - 17 Feb 2000 Malam Bacai Sanhá (1st time)(interim)(b. 1947 - d. 2012) PAIGC
17 Feb 2000 - 14 Sep 2003 Kumba Ialá (Kumba Yallá) (b. 1953) PRS
14 Sep 2003 - 28 Sep 2003 Veríssimo Correia Seabra (interim) (b. 1947 - d. 2004) Mil
(president of the Military Committee for the
Restitution of Constitutional and Democratic Order)
28 Sep 2003 - 1 Oct 2005 Henrique Pereira Rosa (interim) (b. 1946 - d. 2013) Non-party
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 - 12 Apr 2012 Raimundo Perreira (2nd time)(interim)(s.a.) PAIGC
12 Apr 2012 - 10 May 2012 Mamadu Ture Kuruma (b. 1947) Mil (chairman of the Military Command)
10 May 2012 Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (b. 1958) PAIGC (transitional)
Prime ministers
24 Sep 1973 - 7 Jul 1978 Francisco Mendès (b. 1939 - d. 1978) PAIGC
7 Jul 1978 - 28 Sep 1978 Constantino Teixeira PAIGC
28 Sep 1978 - 14 Nov 1980 João Bernardo Vieira (s.a.) PAIGC
14 May 1982 - 10 Mar 1984 Victor Saúde Maria (b. 1939 - d. 1999) PAIGC
10 Mar 1984 - 27 Dec 1991 Post abolished
27 Dec 1991 - 26 Oct 1994 Carlos Correia (1st time) (b. 1933) PAIGC
26 Oct 1994 - 6 Jun 1997 Manuel Saturnino da Costa (b. 1942) PAIGC
6 Jun 1997 - 3 Dec 1998 Carlos Correia (2nd time) (s.a.) PAIGC
3 Dec 1998 - 19 Feb 2000 Francisco José Fadul (b. 1953) Non-party
19 Feb 2000 - 19 Mar 2001 Caetano N'Tchama (b. 1955) PRS
21 Mar 2001 - 9 Dec 2001 Faustino Fudut Imbali (b. 1956?) Non-party
9 Dec 2001 - 17 Nov 2002 Alamara Ntchina Nhassè (b. 1957) PRS
17 Nov 2002 - 14 Sep 2003 Mário Pires (b. 1949?) PRS
14 Sep 2003 - 28 Sep 2003 Vacant
28 Sep 2003 - 10 May 2004 António Artur Sanhá (b. 1965?) PRS
10 May 2004 - 2 Nov 2005 Carlos Gomes Júnior (1st time) (b. 1949) PAIGC
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 - 12 Apr 2012 Adiato Djaló Nandigna (f) (acting) PAIGC
12 Apr 2012 - 16 May 2012 Vacant
16 May 2012 - Rui Duarte de Barros Non-party (transitional)


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
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