List of Presidents of Cape Verde

This is a list of the presidents of the island state of Cape Verde, located off the west coast of Africa, since independence from Portugal in 1975.

List of incumbents

No.	image	Name (life data)	Term of office		Political party
			Beginning	The End
1		Aristides Pereira (* 1923; † 2011)	July 8, 1975	January 1981	PAIGC
			January 1981	March 22, 1991	PAICV
2		António Mascarenhas Monteiro (* 1944; † 2016)	March 22, 1991	March 22, 2001	MpD
3		Pedro Pires (* 1934)	March 22, 2001	September 9, 2011	PAICV
4th		Jorge Carlos Fonseca (* 1950)	September 9, 2011	officiating	MpD

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Cape Verde

Web links

• Official website of the President (Portuguese)
• Cape Verde rulers list - World Statesmen.org. Retrieved December 26, 2017 (English). 
• Cape Verde rulers list - Rulers.org. Retrieved December 26, 2017 (English).