Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of Guinea Bissau/Repûblica da Guiné-Bissau (Female suffrage 1973/77) A former Portuguese colony became independent in 1974

See also Heads of State and Parliament

1981-83 Minister of Health and Social Affairs Carmen Pereira
1984-89 President of Assembléia Nacional Popular
1984 Acting Head of state (14.5.-16.5.84)
1989-94 Member the Council of State
1990-91 Minister of State (Deputy Premier) for Social Affairs
Member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) since 1962 and later Political Commissioner for the Southern Front. Only female member of the 24 member Comité Executivo da Luta (CEL). In 1973-84 Deputy President of Assembléia Nacional Popular, 1975-80 President of the Parliament of Cap Verde (which was in union with Guinea Bissau at the time).She acted as head of state after João Bernardo Viera, Head of state since 1980 was elected President in 1984. In 1999 he was deposed after a military coup d’Etat.(b. 1937-)
 
1988-93 Minister of Social Affairs and Health Henriqueta Godinho Gomes
1993-94 Minister of Labour
1990-94 Minister of Women's Affairs Francisca Lucas Pereira Gomes
1990-94 Member of the Council of State
1993-94 Minister of Social Affairs
1997-99 Minister of The Interior
2003 Minister of State and Councillor charged with Political Affairs and Diplomacy
Francisca Pereira (or possibly Peirreira) was the first female President of a Region before her appointment to the cabinet, 1. Vice-President of Assembléias Nacional 1994-97.

1994-97 Minister of Public Health Eugenia Arauja Perreira Saldanha
2004-05 Minister of Social Solidarity and the Fight against Poverty
1995-99 Minister of Social Affairs and Promotion of Women Nharebat Ninçaia N’Tchasso
1997-99 Minister of National Education Odette Semedo
2004-05 Minister of Health

1999 Minister of Foreign Affairs Hilia Barber
Also known as Ilia her full name is Hilia Garez Gomes Lima Barber, she was ambassador to Israel 1995-99. (b. 1942-) 

1999-2000 Minister of Education Califa Seidi

2000-2001 Minister of Justice Antonieta Rosas Gomes
2001 Minister of Foreign Affairs
Leader of Foro Cívic da Guiné (Guinean Civil Forum) since 1995 and Presidential Candidate in 1994, 1999 and 2005. In January 2001 her party left the coalition government rejoined it in March.

2000-01 Secretary of State of Employment and Poverty Control Filomena Mendes Mascarenhas Tipote
2001 Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Poverty Alleviation
2001-02 Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and the Diaspora  
2002-03 Minister of Civil Service, Labour and Employment
2003-04 Minister of Defence
(b. 1969-).

2002-03 Minister of National Education Filomena Lopes

2003 (June-July) Designate Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisca Maria Monteiro e Silva Vaz Turpin
Leader of the opposition Plataforma Unida (PU), she did not take up the appointment to the government of consensus, the President wished to form. Presidential Candidate in 2009. (b. 1953.-)

2002 Secretary of State of Tourism Fatoumata Djau Baldé
2002-03 Secretary of State of Social Solidarity and Employment
2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs

2003 Minister of National Education Antonia Da Cunha Cumba Dias

2003-04 Minister of Health Mariama Ba Biague

2003-04 Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture Fatima Barboza

2003-04 Secretary of State of the Treasury Tomasina Manjuba

2004-05 Minister of Fisheries Helena Nosolini Embalo

2004-05 Secretary of State of Tourism Lurdes Soares Vaz
2009 Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts
2009- Minister of Women, Family, Social Cohesion and the Fight Against Poverty

2004-05 Secretary of State of Veteran Affairs Isabel Buscardini

2005 Secretary of State of Planning and Regional Integration Maria Paula da Costa Perreira

2005-07 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sola N'Quilin na Bitchita
Deputy Parliamentary Leader of PRS (segunda figura da bancada parlamentar da organização) until 2005.

2005-07 Minister of Social Solidarity, Family and the Fight Against Poverty Adelina Na Tamba

2005-07 Minister of Health Antónia Mendes Teixeira

2005-07 Secretary of State of International Cooperation Tibna Samba Nawana

2007-09 Minster of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and the Diaspora Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral

2007-09 Minister of Justice Carmelita Barbosa Rodrigues Pires

2007-08 Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Maria Adiatu Djaló Nandinga (Second in Cabinet from 2008)
2009 Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora
2009- Minister of the Presidency of the Cabinet, Minister of Social Communication and Parliament
Another version of her name is Adiato Diallo Nandigna.

2007-08 Minister of Public Health Eugênia Saldanha

2007-08 Minister of Energy and Industry Vença Mendes Naluack

2007-08 Minister of Veteran Affairs Isabel Mendes Correia Buscardine

2008-09 Secretary of State of Environment Tibna Sambé Na Wana

2008- Secretary of State of Environment and Handicrafts Batista Té

2009 Minister of Women, Family, Social Cohesion and the Fight Against Poverty Fatima Faty

2009- Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Integration Helena Nosoline Embaló

2009- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Evarista de Sousa

2009- Secretary of State and Budet and Fiscal Affairs Gabriela Fernandes

2009- Secretary of State of Education Besna Na Fonta

2009- Minister of Interior Adja Satú Camará Pinto
2. Vice-President of the African Party for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Independence (PAIGC), President of the Region of Cacheu 1990-97 Governor of the Region of Gabú 1997-99 and 1. Vice-President of the People's National Assembly 2004-09.  (b. 1948-).

 
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