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The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Cape Verde .
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The following lists events that happened during 1991 in 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.
Aristides Maria Pereira was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.
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.
The Movement for Democracy is a Christian democratic and liberal party in Cape Verde. Established in 1990, it was the ruling party from 1991 to 2001 and returned to power in the 2016 parliamentary election. Its members are nicknamed "os ventoinhas" in Portuguese, a reference to the party's logo.
António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001.
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.
Eugénio de Paula Tavares was a Cape Verdean poet. He is known through his famous poems (mornas), mostly written in the Creole of Brava.
Direct presidential elections were held for the first time in Cape Verde on 17 February 1991, as previously the National Assembly had elected the President. The result was a victory for António Mascarenhas Monteiro of the Movement for Democracy, which had also won the parliamentary elections the previous month. He defeated incumbent Aristides Pereira of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde. Voter turnout was 61.4%.
Brazil – Cape Verde relations refer to the bilateral relations between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Cape Verde. Both nations are members of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, Group of 77 and the United Nations.
The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Cape Verde.
École Internationale Les Alizés is a French international school in Praia, Cape Verde located at Avenida ONU in the neighbourhood of Achada Santo António. It serves levels maternelle (preschool) through lycée, directly teaching maternelle and primaire (elementary) levels and using the distance education programme from the National Centre for Distance Education (CNED) for collège and beyond.
The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Cape Verde.
The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Cape Verde.
The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Cape Verde.
The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Cape Verde.
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Cape Verde.
The following lists events that happened during 1992 in Cape Verde.
The following is a list of events that happened during 1987 in Cape Verde.
The following lists events that happened during 1982 in Cape Verde.
Antonina Mascarenhas Monteiro, more popularly known as Tuna Mascarenhas, was a Cape Verdean activist and medical laboratory scientist. She served as the First Lady of Cape Verde from 1991 until 2001 during the tenure of her husband, President António Mascarenhas Monteiro. Mascarenhas also founded the Cape Verdean Children's Foundation to provide services, such as daycare centers, to poor children and their families.