Carlos Gomes Júnior - Bissau-Guinean politician, businessman, banker

Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior (born 1949) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was PM of Guinea-Bissau between 10 May 2004 - 2 November 2005, and again between 25 December 2008 - 10 February 2012. He has been the head of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) since 2002 and is also known as "Cadogo". He resigned as PM on 10 February 2012 to run in the presidential election triggered by President Malam Sanhá's death on 9 January.

He was a delegate to PAIGC's 5th Congress in December 1991. In the first multi-party elections, held in 1994, he was elected to the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau from the 26th Electoral District.

Gomes was elected as President of the PAIGC at the 4th Extraordinary Congress in January–February 2002. He is a businessman and banker, reputed to be the richest man in Guinea-Bissau. PAIGC won the most seats in the March 2004 parliamentary election, and Gomes became Prime Minister in May.

Gomes sought re-election as President of PAIGC at the party's Seventh Ordinary Congress in June–July 2008. Malam Bacai Sanha, the party's presidential candidate in 2000 and 2005, challenged Gomes for the party leadership, but Gomes was re-elected at the end of the congress on July 1–2, receiving 578 votes against 355 for Sanhá.

 After his victory in the 1st round, the 2012 presidential election was overthrown by a coup d'etat before the second round took place. Then he left the country and chose Portugal and Cape Verde as his residence.