| width="18%"|Tenure | width="30%"|Incumbent | width="20%"|Notes |
| small>1680 to ???? | Jacinto de Figueiredo Abreu, Governor | Portuguese governor of So Tom and Prncipe authorized to erect a fort in the city of Hweda |
| ??? | colspan="2"|Abandoned |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1721" title="1721">1721 to 1730 | colspan="2"|Re-foundation of the fort as So Joo Baptista de Ajud, under Brazil |
| small>1721 to 1730 | Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1730" title="1730">1730 | Under Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde | |
| small>1730 to 1732 | Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor | |
| small>17?? to 1736 | Manuel Correia da Cunha, Governor | |
| small>17?? to 1743 | Joo Baslio, Governor | |
| small>17?? to 1746 | Martinho de Cunha Barbosa, interim Governor | |
| small>1746 to 1746 | Francisco Nunes Pereira, Governor | Usurper |
| small>1746 to 1746 | Francisco Esprito Santo, interim Governor | |
| small>1746 to 17?? | Filipe Jos de Gouveia, Governor | |
| small>17?? to 1752 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1752 to 1759 | Teodsio Rodrigues da Costa, Governor | |
| small>1759 to 1760 | Antnio Nunes de Gouveia, interim Governor | |
| small>1760 to 17?? | Flix Jos de Gouveia, Governor | |
| small>17?? to 1790 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1790 to 1797 | Francisco Antnio da Fonseca Arago | |
| small>April 1797 to ???? | Manuel Bastos Varela Pinto Pacheco | |
| small>???? to 1817 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1817 to 18?? | Francisco Flix de Sousa, Governor | 1st Term |
| small>1844 to 1845 | Joaquim Jos Libnio, Governor | |
| small>1839 to 1845 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1845 to 1847/1848 | Francisco Flix de Sousa, Governor | 2nd Term |
| small>1849 to 18?? | Quaresma, Governor | |
| small>1851 to 1851 | Alferes Elerpech, Governor | |
| small>1851 to 8 May 1858 | Isidoro Flix de Sousa, subordinate Governor | |
| small>1852 to 1853 | Joo Justino da Costa, Governor | |
| small>1853 to 1858 | Jos Pinheiro de Sousa, Governor | |
| small>1858 to 1858 | Francisco Flix de Sousa, Governor | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1858" title="1858">1858 to 1861 | colspan="2"|Abandoned |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1861" title="1861">1861 to 1865 | colspan="2" valign=top|Ceded to French missionaries by the rulers of Dahomey |
| a href="/encyclopedia/23-February" title="23 February">23 February 1865 | colspan="2" valign=top|Reclaimed by Portugal, under the governors of So Tom and Prncipe |
| small>1865 to 1868 | Jos Maria Borges de Sequeira, Governor | |
| small>1868 to 1869 | Vital de Bettencourt Vasconcellos Crte Real do Canto, Governor | |
| small>1869 to ?1872 | colspan="2"|Abandoned |
| small>?1872 to 18?? | Antnio Joaquim, Governor | |
| small>18?? to 1878 | Augusto Fructuoso Figueiredo de Barros, Governor | |
| small>1878 to 1879 | Loureno da Rocha, Governor | |
| small>1879 to 1881 | Antnio Jos Machado, Governor | |
| small>1881 to 1883 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1883 to 1885 | Fernando Gonalves, Governor | |
| small>1885 to 1885 | Bernardo Francisco Lus da Cruz, Governor | |
| small>1885 to 1885 | Jos Gomes de Sousa, Governor | |
| small>1885 to 1886 | Francisco Rego, Governor | |
| small>1886 to 1887 | Antnio Domingues Cortez da Silva Curado, Governor | |
| small>1887 to 1888 | Manuel Francisco Rodrigues Guimares, Governor | |
| small>1888 to 1888 | Vicente da Rosa Rolim, Governor | 1st Term |
| small>1888 to 1890 | Manuel Jos Ferreira dos Santos, Governor | 1st Term |
| small>1890 to 1890 | Carolino Accio Cordeiro, Governor | |
| small>1890 to 1893 | Vicente da Rosa Rolim | 2nd Term |
| small>1893 to 189? | Manuel Jos Ferreira dos Santos, Governor | 2nd Term |
| small>1897 to 1898 | Campos, Governor | |
| small>1898 to ???? | Nunes da Aguiar, Governor | |
| small>1900 to 19?? | Antnio Mendes da Costa, Governor | |
| small>19?? to 1905 | Joo de Deus Pires, Governor | |
| small>1905 to 1906 | Joaquim Lus de Carvalho, Governor | |
| small>1906 to 1909 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1909 to 1911 | Sebastio Lousada, Governor | |
| small>1911 to 1911 | Cndido Joo de Barros, Governor | |
| small>1911 to 1912 | Guilherme Spnola de Melo, Governor | |
| small>1912 to 19?? | ..., Governor | |
| small>19?? to 1928 | Viriato Henrique dos Anjos Garcez, Governor | |
| small>1928 to 1931 | Joaquim Sinel de Cordes, Governor | |
| small>1932 to 1938 | Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor | 1st Term |
| small>1938 to 1941 | Jos Segurado Pimenta Avelar Machado, Governor | |
| small>1941 to 1942 | Jean Louis Bourjac, Governor | Self-proclaimed; not recognized by Portugal |
| small>1942 to 1944 | Jos Vasconcelos e S Guerreiro Nuno interim, Governor | 1st Term |
| small>1944 to 1946 | Carlos Alberto de Serpa Soares, Governor | |
| small>1946 to 1946 | Jos Vasconcelos e S Guerreiro Nuno, Governor | 2nd Term |
| small>1946 to 1951 | Miguel Maria Pupo Correia, Governor | 2nd Term |
| small>1951 to 1954 | Antnio Joo Teles Pereira Vasconcelos, Administrator | |
| small>1954 to 1956 | Ernesto Antnio Pereira Enes, Administrator | |
| small>1956 to 1 August 1961 | Antnio Agostinho Saravia Borges, Intendant | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1961 | colspan="2"|Annexed by Dahomey |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1985" title="1985">1985 | colspan="2"|Annexation gains Portuguese recognition |