| Tenure | Incumbent | Portrait | Notes |
|---|
| 24 September 1973 to 7 July 1978 | Francisco Mendès, Prime Minister | | |
| 7 July 1978 to 28 September 1978 | Constantino Teixeira, Prime Minister | | |
| 28 September 1978 to 14 November 1980 | João Bernardo Vieira, Prime Minister |  | |
| 14 May 1982 to 10 March 1984 | Victor Saúde Maria, Prime Minister | | |
| 27 December 1991 to 26 October 1994 | Carlos Correia, Prime Minister | | 1st term |
| 26 October 1994 to 6 June 1997 | Manuel Saturnino da Costa, Prime Minister | | |
| 6 June 1997 to 3 December 1998 | Carlos Correia, Prime Minister | | 2nd term |
| 3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000 | Francisco Fadul, Prime Minister | |
| 19 February 2000 to 19 March 2001 | Caetano N'Tchama, Prime Minister | | |
| 21 March 2001 to 9 December 2001 | Faustino Imbali, Prime Minister | | |
| 9 December 2001 to 17 November 2002 | Alamara Nhassé, Prime Minister | | |
| 17 November 2002 to 14 September 2003 | Mário Pires, Prime Minister | | |
| 28 September 2003 to 10 May 2004 | Artur Sanhá, Prime Minister | | |
| 10 May 2004 to 2 November 2005 | Carlos Gomes Júnior, Prime Minister | | |
| 2 November 2005 to 13 April 2007 | Aristides Gomes, Prime Minister | | |
| 13 April 2007 to present | Martinho Ndafa Kabi, Prime Minister | | |