List of prime ministers of Cape Verde

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Prime Minister of the
Republic of Cape Verde
Primeiro-Ministro da
República de Cabo Verde (Portuguese)
Coat of arms of Cape Verde.svg
National emblem of Cape Verde
Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva & Jutta Urpilainen (2023) (cropped).jpg
since 22 April 2016
Executive branch of the Government of Cape Verde
Appointer José Maria Neves,
as President of Cape Verde
Inaugural holder Pedro Pires
Formation8 July 1975;49 years ago (1975-07-08)

This article lists the prime ministers of Cape Verde , an island country in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1975. Pedro Pires was the first person to hold the office, taking effect on 8 July 1975. The incumbent is Ulisses Correia e Silva, having taken office on 22 April 2016.

Contents

List of officeholders

Political parties
   African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
   African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV)
   Movement for Democracy (MpD)
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		ElectedTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Pedro Pires 1978.jpg Pedro Pires
(born 1934)		 1975
1980
1985 		8 July 19754 April 199115 years, 270 days PAIGC
(until 1981 [1] )
PAICV
(from 1981 [1] )
2 Carlos Veiga VOA (cropped).jpg Carlos Veiga
(born 1949)		 1991
1995 		4 April 199129 July 20009 years, 116 days MpD
3 No image.png Gualberto do Rosário
(born 1950)
[a] 		—29 July 20001 February 2001187 days MpD
4 Jm neves.jpg José Maria Neves
(born 1960)		 2001
2006
2011 		1 February 200122 April 201615 years, 81 days PAICV
5 Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva & Jutta Urpilainen (2023) (cropped).jpg Ulisses Correia e Silva
(born 1962)		 2016
2021 		22 April 2016Incumbent8 years, 330 days MpD

Notes

  1. ↑ Acting for Carlos Veiga until 5 October 2000.

Timeline

Ulisses Correia e SilvaJosé Maria NevesGualberto do RosárioCarlos VeigaPedro PiresList of prime ministers of Cape Verde

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 113.
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