1981 in Cape Verde

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1981
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Cape Verde
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See also: Other events of 1981
Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

The following lists events that happened during 1981 in Cape Verde .

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Cape Verde</span>

Politics of Cape Verde takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Cape Verde is the head of government and the President of the Republic of Cape Verde is the head of state, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The constitution, first approved in 1980 and substantially revised in 1992, forms the basis of government organization. It declares that the government is the "organ that defines, leads, and executes the general internal and external policy of the country" and is responsible to the National Assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Cape Verde</span> Historic record of the island country Cape Verde

The recorded history of Cape Verde begins with the Portuguese discovery of the island in 1456. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at least 2000 years.

"Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" is the national anthem of Guinea-Bissau. Written in 1963 by Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973) and composed by Xiao He (1918–2010), it was adopted upon independence from Portugal in 1974.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aristides Pereira</span>

Aristides Maria Pereira was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pedro Pires</span> Cape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde

Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">José Maria Neves</span> Cape Verdean politician

José Maria Pereira Neves is a Cape Verdean politician who is currently the president of Cape Verde, having previously served as the Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV). In the 2021 presidential election, he was elected with 51.7% of votes, beating his nearest rival Carlos Veiga who got 42.4% of the total votes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flag of Cape Verde</span> National flag

The national flag of Cape Verde was adopted on 22 September 1992, replacing the flag adopted during Cape Verdean independence, fought for with Guinea-Bissau, another former Portuguese colony on mainland West Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flag of Guinea-Bissau</span> National flag

The national flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 when independence from Portugal was proclaimed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amílcar Cabral</span> Guinea-Bissauan politician (1924–1973)

Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-Africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde</span> Political party in Cape Verde

The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde is a democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was formerly a Marxist–Leninist communist party and the sole legal party in the country from 1981 to 1990. Its members are nicknamed "os tambarinas" in Portuguese, and they identify themselves with the color yellow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Veiga</span>

Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991 to July 29, 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Assembly (Cape Verde)</span> Unicameral legislature of Cape Verde

The unicameral National Assembly is the legislative body of the Republic of Cabo Verde.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Religion in Cape Verde</span>

Christianity is the largest religion in Cape Verde, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Different sources give varying estimates on the relative sizes of various Christian denominations. More than 93% of the population of Cape Verde is Christian, with almost 80% being Roman Catholic, according to an informal poll taken by local churches. About 5% of the population is Protestant. The largest Protestant denomination is the Church of the Nazarene. Other groups include the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Assemblies of God, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, the New Apostolic Church and various other Pentecostal and evangelical groups.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Verde</span> Island nation in northwest Africa

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres (1,557 sq mi). These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometres west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Portuguese Cape Verde</span> 1462–1975 Portuguese colony in the Cape Verde Islands

Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire from the initial settlement of the Cape Verde Islands in 1462 until the independence of Cape Verde in 1975.

The Military ranks of Guinea-Bissau are the military insignia used by the Military of Guinea-Bissau.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Verde–Portugal relations</span> Bilateral relations

Cape Verde–Portugal relations are the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Cabo Verde and the Portuguese Republic. Both nations are members of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the United Nations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Verde–Yugoslavia relations</span> Bilateral relations

Cape Verde–Yugoslavia relations were the historical foreign relations between Cape Verde and Yugoslavia. The two countries established formal relations in 1975, though Yugoslav assistance to Cabo Verdean leadership predates the nation's independence from Portugal.

References

  1. "List of champions of Cape Verde". RSSSF . Retrieved 11 November 2018.