Cape Verde
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to 5 Jul 1975
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1967
(proposed colonial flag)
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5 Jul 1975 - 22 Sep 1992
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Adopted 22 Sep 1992
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Map
of Cape Verde
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Hear
National Anthem "Cântico da Liberdade" (Song of Freedom)
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Text
of National Anthem Adopted 1996 (1975-96 same as Guinea-Bissau)
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Constitution (25 Sep 1992)
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Capital: Praia (1769-1974 Villa de Praia; 1462-1769 Cidade de Ribeira)
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Currency: Cape Verdean
Escudo
(CVE)
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National Holiday: 5 Jul (1975) Independence Day
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Population: 426,998 (2008)
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GDP: $1.63 billion (2008)
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Exports: $102 million (2008) Imports: $887 million (2008)
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Ethnic groups: Cape Verdian mestico 69.6%,
Fulani 12.2%, Balanta 10%, Mandyako 4.6%, Portuguese white 2%, other 1.6% (2000)
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Total Active Armed Forces: 1,200 (2006) Merchant marine: 8 ships (2008)
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Religions: Roman Catholic 88.1%, Protestant (mostly
Church of the Nazarene) 3.3%, other Christian 3.7%,
Muslim 2.8%, other 2.1% (2000)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, APM, AU, BTWC, CPLP, CTBT, ECOWAS,
ENMOD, FAO, G-77, IAEA (applicant), IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LU,
MIGA, NAM, NPT, NTBT, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNIDO, UNWTO,
UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Cape Verde
Index
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Chronology
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1456
Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Luigi da Cadamosto
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and claimed for Portugal.
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22 Jan 1462
First Portuguese settlements (Ribeira Grande, São
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Antão, São Vincente, São
Tiago, São Nicolau,
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Maio, Bôa Vista, Sal, Fogo, and Brava).
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1495
Separate crown colonies (donátarias) known
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as Dominion of Cape Verde.
- 15 Jul 1580 - 1 Dec 1640 Islands along with Portugal a Spanish possession.
- 1587
Cape Verde Islands a united colony.
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1879
Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) made
a separate
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colony.
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11 Jun 1951
Portuguese overseas province.
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19 Dec 1974
Autonomous (Republic of Cape Verde).
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5 Jul 1975
Independence from Portugal.
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| Boa Vista (1497-1698) |
Brava, Santa
Luzia and Sal
(1509-17..) |
Fogo
(1493-c.1694) |
Maio
(1573-1706) |
Ribeira Grande
(1462-1575) |
Santiago
(1462-16..)
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Santo Antão
(1504 -1759)
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São Nicolau and
São Vicente
(1498-1696)
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Secretaries-general of the African Independence Party of Guinea (-Bissau) and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
1963 - 20 Jan 1973
Amílcar Lopes Cabral
(b. 1924 - d. 1973)
22 Jul 1973 - 1980
Aristides Maria Pereira
(b. 1923 - d. 2011)
Secretary of the African Party of Independence of Cape Verde
(PAICV)
1980 - 22 Mar 1991
Aristides Maria Pereira
(s.a.)
(one-party rule renounced 17 Feb 1990)
Corregedor/Magistrates of the Islands of Cape Verde
1481 - .... Pero Lourenço
1501 – 1508 Francisco Soares
1508 – 1512 Gil Álvares
1512 – 1513
Afonso Lopes de Mariz
1513 - 1517
Pero de Guimarães
1517 - 1521 João Alemão
1521 - 1527 Leonis Correia
28 Aug 1527 – 15 Sep 1534 Gaspar da Videira
15 Sep 1534 – 8 Jul 1536 Estevão de Lagos
8 Jul 1536 – 14 Aug 1540 André Feio
14 Aug 1540 – 20 Dec 1541 Simão Afonso
20 Dec 1541 – 13 Dec 1544 Pero Moniz
13 Dec 1544 - 1547 Antonio Ferreira
1 Oct 1547 - 1550 Pero de Araujo
1550 - 1551
Jorge Pimentel
(d. 1551)
155. - 1555
João Rodrigues Cardoso
1556 - 1559 Manuel de Andrade
27 Feb 1559 - 1560 Luís Martins de Evangelho
1560 - 1562
Gregório Martins Caminha
1562 - 1566 Bernardo de Alpoim
1566 – 1570 Manuel de Andrade
1571 - 1577
António Velho Tinoco
(b. c.1540 - d. ....)
1577 - 1579
Cristovão Soares de Melo (d. 1584)
1579 - 1584 Diogo Dias Magro
1584 - 1587 Gaspar de Andrade
28 Jul 1588 - 1595 Amador Gomes Raposo
Governors of Cape Verde
7 Aug 1587 – 25 Mar 1591 Duarte Lobo da Gama
25 Mar 1591 - 1595 Brás Soares de Melo
1595 – 15 May 1596 Amador Gomes Raposo
15 May 1596 - 1603 Francisco Lobo da Gama
12 Jan 1603 - 1606 Fernão de Mesquita de Brito
12 Jan 1606 - 1611 Francisco Correia da Silva
1611 - 1614
Francisco Martins de Sequeira
Jun 1614 - 1618 Nicolau de Castilho
1618 – 13 Apr 1622 Francisco de Moura
13 Apr 1622 - 12 Sep 1622 Francisco de Moura Rolim (b. 1580 - d. 1622)
1622 - 8 Mar 1624 Manuel
Afonso de Guerra, bispo (d. 1624)
+ Chamber Senate
8 Mar 1624 – 10 Apr 1624 Chamber Senate
10 Apr 1624 - 1628 Francisco Vasconcelos da Cunha
1628 - 1632
João Pereira de Corte-Real
1632 - 1636
Frei Cristóvão de Cabral
1636 - 1639 Jorge de Castilho
1639 - 1640
Jerônimo Cavalcanti de
Albuquerque
Dec 1640 - 1645
João Serrão da Cunha
(d. 1645)
1641 – 1642 Chamber Senate (acting for Cunha)
1645 - 1 Nov 1646 Lourenço
Garro
(b. c.1565 - d. 1646)
+ Jorge de Araújo de Mongemes
(or Mogueimas)
1646 – 10 May 1647 Chamber Senate
10 May 1647 – 15 Nov 1648 Roque de Barros Rêgo (d. 1649)
15 Nov 1648 – 29 Jun 1649 Chamber Senate - Diogo Sanches de Ovando
- Carlos Mendonça de Almada
- Valentim Fernandes Lucas
- Bartolomeu Rodrigues Machado
- Lucas de Abreu
- João Gomes Henriques
- Carlos Mendonça de Almada
- Valentim Fernandes Lucas
- João Gomes Henriques
- Manuel Fidalgo da Costa
29 Jun 1649 - 9 Oct 1650 Gonçalo de Gambôa Ayala (d. 1650)
10 Oct 1650 – 24 Dec 1651 Pedro Semedo Cardoso (acting)
24 Dec 1651 - 1653 Jorge de Mesquita Castelo Branco
21 Apr 1653 - 1658 Pedro Ferraz Barreto
31 Jul 1658 - 1663 Francisco de Figueroa
16 May 1663 - 1667 António Galvão
21 May 1667 - 1671 Manuel
da Costa Pessoa
(b. c.1622 - d. 1686)
(1st time)
15 May 1671 - 1676 Manuel Pacheco de Melo
30 Jun 1676 - 10 Aug 1676 João Cardoso Pizarro (d. 1676)
10 Aug 1676 – Apr 1678 Chamber Senate
+ João Pereira Apr 1678 – 10 Oct 1682 Manuel da Costa Pessoa
(s.a.)
(2nd time) 10 Oct 1682 - 1687 Inácio de França Barbosa
20 May 1687 - 24 Apr 1688 Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa
24 Apr 1688 - 28 Feb 1690 Victoriano da Costa (acting) (b. 1657 - d. 1705)
28 Feb 1690 - 16 Sep 1690 Diogo Ramires Esquivel (d. 1690)
16 Sep 1690 – May 1692 Chamber Senate
+ Manuel Delgarte da Costa
May 1692 – 21 Apr 1696 Manuel António Pinheiro da
Câmara
21 Apr 1696 - 11 Nov 1697 António Gomes Mena (d. 1697) 11 Nov 1697 – 13 Apr 1698 Chamber Senate
+ João Coimbra Soeiro
13 Apr 1698 – 25 May 1702 António Salgado
25 May 1702 – 26 Oct 1707 Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas (d. 1707)
26 Oct 1707 – 1 Dec 1710 Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca
1 Dec 1710 – 19 May 1711 Chamber Senate
+ Xavier Lopes Villela
19 May 1711 – 29 Apr 1715 José Pinheiro da Câmara (d. 1715)
29 Apr 1715 - 20 Jun 1715 Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo (d. 1715) 20 Jun 1715 – 6 Apr 1716 Chamber Senate
6 Apr 1716 – 28 Sep 1720 Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá (b. 1672 - d. 17..)
28 Sep 1720 - 4 Jan 1725 António Vieira
(d. 1725) 4 Jan 1725 – 24 Jan 1726 João Pereira
de Carvalho (b. 1690 - d. 17..)
(president of Chamber Senate)
+ Sebastião Bravo Botelho
(d. 1728)
24 Jan 1726 - 1728 Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega
Vasconcellos
1728 – 23 Dec 1728 Chamber Senate
23 Dec 1728 - 30 Mar 1733 Francisco de Oliveira Grans
30 Mar 1733 – 23 Mar 1734 José da Costa Ribeiro
+ Mateus Moniz da Silva
+ Francisco Corrêa Rebello
(acting)
23 Mar 1734 – 28 Feb 1738 Bento Gomes Coelho (b. 1687 - d. 17..) 28 Feb 1738 - 7 Aug 1738 José da Fonseca Barbosa (d. 1738)
1738 - 1741 Chamber Senate
+ José da Costa Ribeiro
10 Jun 1741 – 23 Apr 1751 João Zuzarte de Santa Maria (d. 1752)
23 Apr 1751 – 15 Jul 1751 António José d'Eça e
Faria (d. 1751)
15 Jul 1751 – 24 Jun 1752 Chamber Senate
+ Francisco Xavier de Araújo
24 Jun 1752 – 3 Apr 1757 Luís António da Cunha d'Eça
3 Apr 1757 – 6 Oct 1761 Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses
11 Oct 1761 – 3 Nov 1761 Marcelino Pereira de Ávila
(d. 1761)
3 Nov 1761 – 19 Feb 1764 António de Barros Bezerra de (b. 1726 - d. 1764)
Oliveira
+ José Romão da Silva
+ Chamber Senate
(acting)
19 Feb 1764 – 27 Dec 1766 Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre
27 Dec 1766 - 4 May 1767 João Jácome Sanches Baena
Henriques
(d. 1767)
4 May 1767 – 13 Dec 1768 Chamber Senate
+ Manuel Gonçalves de Carvalho
+ João Freire de Andrade
13 Dec 1768 – 3 Jul 1776 Joaquim de Salema Saldanha Lobo (d. 1776)
3 Jul 1776 – 21 May 1777 José dos Reis Borges
(president of Chamber Senate)
21 May 1777 – 19 Feb 1781 António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses
19 Feb 1781 - 19 Mar 1781 Duarte de Melo da Silva e Castro (d. 1782)
de Almeida
19 Mar 1781 – 16 Nov 1782 Governing Junta
- Francisco de São Simão
(d. 1783)
- José Ferreira da Silva?
- João Freire de Andrade
16 Nov 1782 – 10 Aug 1783 Francisco de São Simão (d. 1783)
(acting)
10 Aug 1783 – 30 Mar 1785 Government Junta (incomplete)
- Francisco de São Simão
- Manuel Tavares da Silva
(to 21 Apr 1784)
- Francisco de Abreu
(b. 1726 - d. 1783)
- José Ferreira da Silva
(from 21 Apr 1784)
30 Mar 1785 – 21 Jan 1789 António Machado de Faria e Maia
21 Jan 1789 – 24 Jun 1795 Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro
24 Jun 1795 - 10 Sep 1795 José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça (d. 1795)
10 Sep 1795 - Jun 1796 Francisco da Silva Pereira
Jun 1796 – 3 Nov 1796 Governing Junta
- José dos Reis Borges
- João Freire de Andrade
- Cristóvão de São Boaventura
(d. 1798)
3 Nov 1796 - 29 Nov 1802 Marcelino António Bastos (d. 1802)
29 Nov 1802 - 1804 Council of Government
- Manuel Cruz Monteiro
- José Coelho de Mendonça
- Joaquim Nazário da Fonseca Borges
- José Joaquim Botelho de Almeida
1804 - 1818
António Coutinho de Lencastre
(b. 1768 - d. 18..)
6 Feb 1818 – 5 May 1821 António Pussich
(b. 1760 - d. 1838)
5 May 1821 – Jan 1823 Joaquim José Pereira
(chairman of the Junta)
16 Jan 1823 – 13 Dec 1826 João da Matta Chapuzet (b. 1777 - d. 1842)
13 Dec 1826 – 25 Aug 1830 Caetano Procopio Godinho de (b. 1774 - d. 18..)
Vasconcellos e Sá
25 Aug 1830 - 1831 Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo (b. 1793 - d. 18..)
1831 – 8 Sep 1833 José Coutinho de Lancastre
8 Sep 1833 – 13 Feb 1834 Governing Junta
- António de Brito do Lago
- Gregório Freire de Andrada
1834 - 1835
Manuel António Martins
1835 – 12 Sep 1835 Antonio Carlos Coutinho (acting)
12 Sep 1835 – 24 Jul 1836 Joaquim Pereira Marinho (1st time)
24 Jul 1836 – 13 Jan 1837 Domingos Correia Arouca
(b. 1796 - d. 1861)
13 Jan 1837 - 1839 Joaquim Pereira Marinho (2nd time)
1839 – 8 Jul 1842 João
Fontes Pereira de Melo (b. 1780
- d. 1856)
(1st time) 8 Jul 1842 - 1845
Francisco de Paula Bastos, (b. 1793 - d. 1881)
visconde de Bastos
26 Jun 1845 - 1847 José Miguel de Noronha
1847 – 26 Jun 1848 Governing Junta
26 Jun 1848 – 23 Aug 1851 João Fontes Pereira de Melo (s.a.)
(2nd time)
23 Aug 1851 – 3 Dec 1854 Fortunato José Barreiros
(b. 1797 - d. 1885)
3 Dec 1854 – 28 Mar 1858 António Maria Barreiros Arrobas (b. 1824 - d. 1888)
28 Mar 1858 – Jun 1860 Sebastião Lopes de
Calheiros e (b. 1816 - d. 1899)
Meneses
Jun 1860 – 23 Mar 1861 Januário Correia de Almeida, (b. 1829 - d. 1901)
visconde de São Januário
23 Mar 1861 – 25 Apr 1864 Carlos Joaquim Franco
25 Apr 1864 – 11 Feb 1869 José Guedes de Carvalho da Costa (b. 1814 - d. 1879)
Meneses
11 Feb 1869 – 29 Mar 1869 Macário de Sousa Pinto Cardoso
(acting)
29 Mar 1869 – 26 Feb 1876 Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e (b. 1824 - d. 1916)
Albuquerque
16 May 1870 – 9 Jun 1870 José Maria da Ponte e Horta (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
(acting for Albuquerque)
26 Feb 1876 – 8 Apr 1876 ....
8 Apr 1876 – 22 Dec 1876 Guilherme Quintino Lopes de Macedo (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
22 Dec 1876 – 13 Jun 1879 Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
13 Jun 1879 – 27 Jul 1881 António de Nascimento Pereira de
Sampaio
27 Jul 1881 – 23 Jul 1886 João Paes de Vasconcellos
(b. 1839 - d. 1895)
23 Jul 1886 – 1889 João
Cesário de Lacerda (1st time) (b. 1841 - d. 1903)
1889 – 12 Jun 1889 Augusto Frutuoso Figueiredo de
Barros (acting)
12 Jun 1889 – 4 Feb 1890 Augusto Cesário Cardoso de (b. 1836 - d. 1905)
Carvalho
4 Feb 1890 – 5 Sep 1893 José Guedes Brandão
de Melo (b. 1854 - d. 1919)
5 Sep 1893 – 20 Jan 1894 Fernando de Magalhães e Meneses
(acting)
20 Jan 1894 – 17 Jan 1898 Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de (b. 1846 - d. 1900)
Serpa Pinto
17 Jan 1898 – Jun 1900 João Cesário de Lacerda (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jun 1900 – 1 Oct 1902 Arnaldo Nogueira de Novais Guedes (b. 1847 - d. 1917)
Rebelo
1 Oct 1902 – 12 Aug 1903 Francisco de Paula Cid
12 Aug 1903 – 29 Dec 1904 António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas (b. 1860 - d. 1923)
29 Dec 1904 – 28 Aug 1907 Amâncio Alpoim Cerqueira Borges (b. c.1860 - d. 1912)
Cabral
28 Aug 1907 - 1909 Bernardo
António da Costa de Sousa (b. 1863 - d. 1947)
de Macedo
1909 – 18 Sep 1910 Martinho
Pinto de Queirós
(b. 1847 - d. 1919)
18 Sep 1910 - 1911 António
de Abreu de Macedo (b. 1876
- d. 1963)
Ramalho Ortigão 1911
Artur Marinha de Campos (acting)
5 Jun 1911 – 11 Sep 1915 Joaquim Pedro Vieira Judice Biker (b. 1867 - d. 1926)
11 Sep 1915 – 9 Mar 1918 Abel Fontoura da Costa
(b. 1896 - d. 1940)
9 Mar 1918 - 1919 Teófilo
Duarte
(b. 1898 - d. 1958)
1919 – 31 Dec 1921 Manuel
Firmino de Almeida Maia (b. 1881 - d. 1932)
Magalhães
31 Dec 1921 – 12 Oct 1923 Filipe Carlos Días de Carvalho (b. 1868 - d. 1934)
12 Oct 1923 – 29 Dec 1926 Julio Henríques d'Abreu
29 Dec 1926 - 1931 António
Álvares Guedes Vaz
(b. 1871 - d. 19..)
1931 - 1941
Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo
1941 - 1943
José Diogo Ferreira Martins
1943 - 1949 João de Figueiredo
1949 - 1953
Carlos Alberto García Alves
Roçadas 1953
Carlos Henrique Jones da Silveira
(acting)
1953 - 1957
Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral
1957 - 1958
António Augusto Peixoto Correia (b. 1913)
(acting)
1958 - 1962
Silvino Silvério Marques
(b. 1918)
1963 - 1969
Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do (b.
1920 - d. 2006)
Sacramento Monteiro
13 Mar 1969 – 1974 António Adriano Faria Lopes dos (b. 1919 - d. 2009)
Santos
1974 – 6 Aug 1974 José Alberto Loureiro dos Santos (b. 1936)
(acting)
6 Aug 1974 – 21 Sep 1974 Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta (b. 1920)
21 Sep 1974 – 30 Dec 1974 Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho (b. 1918)
de Almeida d'Eça
High Commissioner
30 Dec 1974 - 5 Jul 1975 Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho (s.a.)
de Almeida d'Eça Presidents
8 Jul 1975 - 22 Mar 1991 Aristides Maria Pereira
(s.a.) PAIGC;1981
PAICV 22 Mar 1991 - 22 Mar 2001 António Manuel Mascarenhas
Gomes (b. 1944)
MPD
Monteiro
22 Mar 2001 - 9 Sep 2011 Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (b.
1934)
PAICV
9 Sep 2011 - Jorge
Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (b. 1950)
MPD
Transitional government
31 Dec 1974 - 5 Jul 1975 Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho
de Almeida d'Eça (s.a.)
- José Manuel Vaz Barroco
Mil
- Vasco
Wilton Pereira
Mil
- Carlos Nunes Fernandes dos Reis
- Amaro Alexandre da Luz
- Manuel da Paixão Santos Faustino
PAIGC
Prime ministers
8 Jul 1975 - 4 Apr 1991 Pedro Verona Rodrigues
Pires (s.a.)
PAIGC;1980 PAICV
4 Apr 1991 - 5 Oct 2000 Carlos Alberto Wahnon
de Carvalho (b. 1949)
MPD
Veiga
29 Jul 2000 - 1 Feb 2001 António Gualberto do
Rosário (b. 1950)
MPD
(acting for Veiga to 5 Oct 2000)
1 Feb 2001 -
José Maria Pereira Neves
(b. 1960)
PAICV
Party abbreviations: MPD = Movimento para a Democracia
(Movement for Democracy, center-liberal, est.1990);
PAICV = Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo
Verde (African Party of Independence of Cape Verde, socialist, only legal
party 1981-1990, est.Jan 1981);
- Former parties: PAIGC
= Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde (African
Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde, marxist, to 1980 pro-Guinea-Bissau/Cape
Verde union; from 1980 Cape Verde branch known as PAICV, only legal party
1975-81)
Island Donataries
Boa Vista
29 Oct 1497 Boa Vista a
donataria.
1698 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
1712 Brief French occupation.
Donataries of Boa Vista (also of Santiago since 1497)(incomplete)
29 Oct 1497 - 3 Jan 1505 Rodrigo Afonso
1490 - 3 Jan 1505 Rodrigo Afonso de Atoguia
3 Jan 1505 - 1542 Pero Correia
1542 – 15.. Francisco Correia
15.. - .... Antonio Correia
c.1663
Manuel Correia da Silva
16.. – 1698
João de Melo da Silva
Captain-major of Boa Vista
16.. Manuel Leitão Rosa
Brava, Santa Luzia, Sal Islands
10 Jul 1509 Brava, Santa Luzia, Sal Islands a
donataria.
c.1730 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
Donataries of Brava, Santa Luzia, Sal Islands, Branco and Raso Islets (incomplete)
10 Jul 1509 – 1528 Francisco da Fonseca
1528 – 22 Oct 1545 Diogo da Fonseca
22 Oct 1545 – 12 Jan 1553 João Pereira
12 Jan 1553 - 1574 Martinho Pereira
1574 - .... Luiz Pereira
Fogo
1493 Fogo a
donataria.
Donataries of Fogo
1493 – 1528 Fernão Gomes
+ Martim Mendes
1528 – 1566 João de Meneses de Vasconcelos,
conde de Penela
1566 – 1591 Afonso de Menezes
1591 – 1607 João de Vasconcelos de Meneses
1607 – 1635 Afonso de Vasconcelos de Meneses
1635 – 17 Sep 1648 João Luis de Vasconcellos
17 Sep 1648 – 1685 Diogo de Lima Brito e Nogueira, (b. 1615 - d. 1685)
visconde de Villa Nova da Cerveira
1685 – 1694 João Fernandes de Lima Vasconcelos
de Brito e Nogueira, visconde
de Vila Nova da Cerveira
(b. 1655 - d. 1694)
1694 - .... Tomás de Lima Vasconcelos e Menezes
de Brito Nogueira, visconde de
Vila Nova da Cerveira
(b. 1674 - d. ....)
Captains-major c.1540 Rui Lopes de Almeida
c.1544 Pero Fernandes
c.Jun 1563 Simão Lopes de Almeida
c.1564 Afonso Pestana Picoto
c.1657 Antonio da Fonseca Ornellas c.1661 João Munhós
c.1666 Antonio Furtado de Mendonça
c.1668 - 1672 Christovam de Gouveia Miranda
c.1688 Manuel de Madureira
Maio
1573 Maio Island divided into two captaincies:
(1)
1673/1706 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
Captains (incomplete)
1490 - .... Rodrigo Afonso de Atouguia
(Rodrigo Afonso)
.... – 1504 João Baptista
1504 – 15.. Egas Coelho I + João Coelho
15.. – 15.. Estevão
Coelho
(b. c.1490 - d. ....)
15.. – c.1593 Egas
Coelho II
(b. c.1520 - d. ....)
c.1593 – 16.. Martim
Afonso Coelho (b. c.1550 - d. ....)
16.. – 16.. Egas
Coelho III
(b. c.1585 - d. ....)
c.1624 João Coelho da Cunha
16..
Egas Coelho da Cunha
(b. c.1635 - d. ....)
(2)
1684/1706 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
Captains (incomplete)
1573 - .... Diogo da Silva
+ Antonia de Vilhena
(b. c.1530 - d. ....)
22 May 1670 – 1673 Antonio Gomes da Silva
1673 - .... Diogo
Gomes de Figueiredo (d. 1684)
+ Maria de Menezes (f)
Ribeira Grande
19 Sep 1462 Ribeira Grande a
donataria.
1575 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
Donataries of Ribeira Grande (later Southern Santiago)
19 Sep 1462 - 1496 Antonio de Noli (d. 1496)
(Antonietto Usodimare)
8 Apr 1497 – 27 Oct 1526 Branca de Aguiar (f)
+ Jorge Correia
27 Oct 1526 – 22 Dec 1533 Afonso de Albuquerque
22 Dec 1533 – 16 Aug 1536 Belchior Correia de Souza (d. 1536)
16 Aug 1536 – 1550 João
Correia de Souza (d. 1564)
1550 – 1551
Jorge Pimentel
1551 - 1560 Antonio Correia de Souza
c.1560 – 3 Jan 1564 Jorge Correia de Souza
3 Jan 1564 – 1575 Constantino
de Bragança (b. 1528 - d.
1575)
Captains-major of Ribeira Grande
c.1508 Sebastião Alvares de Landim
c.1515 – 1517 Fernão Mendes
c.1517 João Alemão
c.1530 Martim Afonso
153.
Gomes Baleeiro
(b. c.1510 - d. ....)
1544 – 1551 Antonio Correia de Souza
c.1559 Manuel de Andrade
c.1570 Gaspar Rodrigues Velho
c.1580 - 1586 Gaspar Andrade
1586 – 1592 André Raposo
Santiago
29 Jan 1462 Santiago a
donataria.
158./159. Captaincy extinct after death of last donatary.
1600's United with Ribeira Grande.
Donataries of Santiago (later Northern Santiago)
29 Jan 1462 - 1473
Diogo Afonso
(d. 1473)
1473
João Afonso
(d. 1473)
1473 - 1505
Rodrigo Afonso
c.1505 – c.1542 Pero Correa
c.1542 – c.1570 Francisco Correa
c.1570 – 158./159. Manuel Correa
(d. 158./159.)
Captains of Northern Santiago
c.1484 João de Santarém
c.1504 Afonso Ribeiro
c.1508 Rodrigo Varela
15.. Gaspar de Almeida
c.1526 – 1527 André Rodrigues dos Mosquitos
1527 – 1536 Gomes Baleeiro
c.1531 Fernão d'Alcaçova
c.1551 João Rodrigues Cardoso
21 Jan 1570 - .... Manuel Correia
Santo Antão
1504 Santo Antão a
donataria.
1724 – 1727 Leased to an English merchants.
1759 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
Donataries of Santo Antão
1 Mar 1504 – 1527 João da Fonseca
1527 – 13 Jan 1548 Pero da Fonseca
13 Jan 1548 - 1587 Gonçalo
de Sousa da Fonseca (d. 1587)
1587 – 1593 Vacant
1593 – 1608 Francisco de Mascarenhas,
(b. 1530 - d. 1608)
conde de Santa Cruz
1608 – 16..
Martinho de Mascarenhas
(b. c.1570 - d. 16..)
16.. – 1668
João Mascarenhas, conde de (b. c.1600 - d. 1668)
Santa Cruz
1668 – 1676 Martinho de Mascarenhas, conde (b. c.1630 - d. 1676)
de Santa Cruz
1676 – 1696
João da Silva, marquês de Gouveia (b.
1625 - d. 1696)
1696 – 1723
Martinho Mascarenhas, marquês de (b. 1681 - d. 1723)
Gouveia
1723 – 1724
João Mascarenhas, marquês de Gouveia (b. 1699 -
d. 1741?)
(1st time)
1724 – 1727 English merchants
1727 – 1732
Sebastião de Mendonça e Zuniga
(acting for Portugal)
1732 – 1741?
João Mascarenhas, marquês de Gouveia (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1741 – 1759 José Mascarenhas da Silva de
(b. 1708 - d. 1759)
Lencastre, marquês de Gouveia
e duque de Aveiro
Captains-major of Santo Antão
1727 – 1732
Sebastião de Mendonça e Zuniga
1732 – 1733 Claudio Roquete da Silva
1733 – 1734 Francisco Lobo da Gama
1734 – 1736 José Vieira da Silva
1740 – 1742 Francisco de Lima e Melo
São Nicolau and São Vicente
1498 São Nicolau and São Vicente Islands a
donataria.
1696 Incorporated into the Crown possessions.
Donataries of São Nicolau & São Vicente Islands
1498 - 1504 Diogo da Silva Menezes, (b. c.1430 - d. 1504)
conde de Portalegre
1504 – 15.. João
da Silva, conde de Portalegre (b. c.1480 - d. 15..)
15.. – 1580 Alvaro da Silva, conde de Portalegre (b. c.1505 - d. 1580)
1580 – c.1590 Filipa da Silva, condessa de (b. c.1550 - d. c.1590)
Portalegre (f)
c.1590 – 1625 Juan de Silva
c.1625 – c.1650 Manrique de Silva, marquês de (b. c.1585 - d. c.1650)
Gouveia
c.1650 – 1696 João
da Silva, marquês de Gouveia (b. 1625 - d. 1696)
Captain-major of São Nicolau & São Vicente Islands
c.1580 Fernão Penteado
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