| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
| 21 December 1974 to 12 July 1975 |
Leonel Mário d'Alva, Prime Minister |
MLSTP |
Country became independent on 12 July 1975 |
| 12 July 1975 to March 1979 |
Miguel Trovoada, Prime Minister |
MLSTP |
|
| March 1979 to 8 January 1988 |
Post Abolished |
| 8 January 1988 to 7 February 1991 |
Celestino Rocha da Costa, Prime Minister |
MLSTP |
|
| 7 February 1991 to 16 May 1992 |
Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 16 May 1992 to 2 July 1994 |
Norberto d'Alva Costa Alegre, Prime Minister |
PCD-GR |
|
| 7 July 1994 to 25 October 1994 |
Evaristo Carvalho, Prime Minister |
ADI |
|
| 25 October 1994 to 31 December 1995 |
Carlos da Graça, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
Briefly interrupted during 15 August 1995-21 August 1995 military coup |
| 31 December 1995 to 19 November 1996 |
Armindo Vaz d'Almeida, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
|
| 19 November 1996 to 5 January 1999 |
Raul Bragança Neto, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
|
| 5 January 1999 to 26 September 2001 |
Guilherme Posser da Costa, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
|
| 26 September 2001 to 26 March 2002 |
Evaristo Carvalho, Prime Minister |
ADI |
|
| 26 March 2002 to 7 October 2002 |
Gabriel Arcanjo da Costa, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
|
| 7 October 2002 to 18 September 2004 |
Maria das Neves, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
Briefly interrupted during 16 July 2003-23 July 2003 military coup |
| 18 September 2004 to 8 June 2005 |
Damião Vaz d'Almeida, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
|
| 8 June 2005 to 21 April 2006 |
Maria do Carmo Silveira, Prime Minister |
MLSTP-PSD |
|
| 21 April 2006 to 14 February 2008 |
Tomé Vera Cruz, Prime Minister |
MDFM-PL |
|
| 14 February 2008 to present |
Patrice Trovoada, Prime Minister |
ADI |
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