List of presidents of Cape Verde

This article lists the presidents of Cape Verde, an island country in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, since the establishment of the office of president in 1975. Aristides Pereira was the first person to hold the office, taking effect on 8 July 1975. The incumbent is José Maria Neves, having taken office on 9 November 2021.

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Cape Verde. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Monteiro in 2001.<ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite web</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |1		Aristides Pereira Template:Small	1975 1981 1986	8 July 1975	22 March 1991	Template:Ayd	PAIGC Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |							PAICV Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |2		António Mascarenhas Monteiro Template:Small	1991 1996	22 March 1991	22 March 2001	Template:Age in years years	MpD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |3		Pedro Pires Template:Small	2001 2006	22 March 2001	9 September 2011	Template:Ayd	PAICV
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |4		Jorge Carlos Fonseca Template:Small	2011 2016	9 September 2011	9 November 2021	Template:Ayd	MpD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |5		José Maria Neves Template:Small	2021	9 November 2021	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	PAICV

Timeline

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See also

• Politics of Cape Verde
• List of prime ministers of Cape Verde
• List of colonial governors of Cape Verde

External links

• Official Website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
• World Statesmen – Cape Verde