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, APM, AU, BTWC, CPLP, CTBT, ECOWAS,
ENMOD, FAO, G-77, IAEA (applicant), IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, 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
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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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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)
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)
Captains of Santiago (later Northern Santiago)
29 Jan 1462 - 1473
Diogo Afonso
(d. 1473)
1473
João Afonso
(d. 1473)
1473 - 1505
Rodrigo Afonso
Captains of Ribeira Grande (later Southern Santiago) 19 Sep 1462 - 1496
Antonio de Noli (d. 1496)
8 Apr 1497 - ....
Branca de Aguiar (f)
1508 - 15..
Sebastião Alvares de Landim
1515 - 151.
Fernão Mendes
1517 - 15..
joão Alemão
16 Aug 1536 - 15..
João Correia de Souza
1544 - 15..
Antonio Correia de Souza
1559 - 15..
Manuel de Andrade
22 Dec 1562 - ....
Constantino de Bragança
(d. 1602)
Captains of Boa Vista (also of Santiago since 1497)
29 Oct 1497 - 3 Jan 1505 Rodrigo Afonso
3 Jan 1505 - 15..
Pero Correia
15.. - 1542
Antonio Correia
1542 - 15..
Maria Correia (f)
Captains of Alcatrazes
1484 - ....
João de Santarem
1504 - 150.
Afonso Ribeiro
1508 - 15..
Rodrigi Varela
Captains of Praia
1526 - 1527
André Rodrigues dos Mosquitos
1527 - 15..
Gomes Balieiro
21 Jan 1570 - ....
Manuel Correia
Captains of Fogo
1528
João de Meneses Vasconcellos,
conde de Penela
20 Apr 1528 - 15..
Afonso de Meneses, conde de Penela
Captains of Sal, Santa Luzia and Brava Islands
22 Oct 1542 - 15..
Luis Pereira
12 Jan 1553 - 15..
Martinho Pereira
Captain of Santo Antão
13 Jan 1548 - 15..
Gonçalo de Sousa
Corregedor/Magistrates of the Islands of Cape Verde
1481 - ....
Pero Lourenço
.... - 1517
Pero de Guimaraes
1517 - 1521
João Alemão
1521 - 1527
Leonis Correia
28 Aug 1527 - 1534
Gaspar Correia
1534 - 1536
Estevão de Lagos
1536 - 1541
André Feio
1539 - 1541
Simão Afonso
1541 - 1544
Pero Moniz
1544 - 1547
Antonio Ferreira
1 Oct 1547 - 1550
Pero de Araujo
1550 - 1556
Jorge Pimentel
1556 - 1559
Manuel de Andrade
27 Feb 1559 - 1560
Luís Martins de Evangelho
1560 - 1562
Gregorio Martins Caminha
1562 - 1571
Bernardo de Alpoim
1571 - 1577
António Velho Tinoco (b. c.1540 - d. ....)
1577 - 1579
Cristovão Soares de Melo
1579 - 1584
Diogo Dias Magro
1584 - 1588
Gaspar de Andrade
1588
Amador Gomes Raposo
Governors of Cape Verde
7 Aug 1587 - 1591
Duarte Lôbo da Gama
23 Mar 1591 - 1595
Brás Soares de Melo
18 May 1596 - 1603 Francisco Lôbo 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 - 1622
Francisco de Moura
3 Apr 1622 - 12 Sep 1622
Francisco de Moura Roulim (b. 1580 - d. 1622)
1622 - 8 Mar 1624
Manuel Afonso de Guerra, bispo (d. 1624)
(acting)
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
Jerónimo Cavalcanti de
Albuquerque
Dec 1640 - 1645
João Serrão da Cunha (d. 1645)
1645 - 1 Nov 1646
Lourenço Garro, bispo (b. c.1565 - d. 1646)
1646 - 1648
Council of Government
1648
Roque de Barros Rêgo ?
(d. 1649) 1648 - 1649
Chamber Senate
12 Jun 1649 - 9 Oct 1650 Gonçalo de Gambôa
Ayala
16 Oct 1650 - 1651 Pedro Semedo Cardoso (acting)
24 Dec 1651 - 1653
Jorge de Castilho
(or de Mesquita Castello 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 Pessôa (b.
c.1622 - d. 1686)
(1st time)
15 May 1671 - 1676 Manuel Pacheco de Melo
30 Jun 1676 - 20 Aug 1676 João Cardoso Pássaro (d. 1676)
1676 - 1678
Council of Government
Apr 1678 - 1683
Manuel da Costa Pessôa (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1683 - 1687
Inácio de França Barbosa
20 May 1687 - 24 Apr 1688 Veríssimo Carvalho da Costa
24 Apr 1688 - 1690 Victoriano da Costa, bispo (acting)
1690 - 16 Sep 1690 Diogo Ramires
Esquivel (d. 1690)
1690 - 1692
Council of Government
1692 - 1696
Manuel António Pinheiro da
Câmara
1696 - 7 Jun 1696
António Gomes Mena
1696 - 1698
Council of Government
4 Nov 1698 - 1702
António Salgado
10 Feb 1702 - 1702
Jorge Cotrim de Mello
(did not take office)
12 Apr 1702 - 1707
Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas
27 Oct 1707 - 1710
Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca
19 Aug 1711 - 1715
José Pinheiro da Câmara
20 Apr 1715 - 20 Jun 1715 Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo
(d. 1715)
6 Apr 1716 - 1719
Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá (b. 1672 - d. 17..)
9 Apr 1719 - 1720
Baltazar de Sousa Coutinho
(did not take office)
28 Sep 1720 - 4 Jan 1725 António Vieira
(d. 1725) 24 Jan 1726 - 1728
Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega
Vasconcellos
23 Dec 1728 - 30 Apr 1733 Francisco de Oliveira Grans
Mar 1733 - 1734 José da Costa Ribeiro
+ Mateus Moniz da Silva
+ Francisco Corrêa Rebello
(acting)
23 Mar 1734 - 1737 Bento Gomes Coelho
1 May 1736 - 28 Feb 1738 José da Fonseca
Barbosa
(d. 1738)
1738 - 1741
Chamber Senate
+ José da Costa Ribeiro
10 Jun 1741 - 1751
João Zuzarte de Santa Maria
12 Apr 1751 - 1751
António José d'Eça e Faria
(d. 1751)
1751 - 1753 ....
24 Jun 1753 - 1756
Luís António da Cunha d'Eça
1756 - 1761
Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses
5 Mar 1761 - 1761/3 Marcelino Pereira de Ávila (d. 1763)
1761/3 - Feb 1764
António de Barros Bezerra
+ José Romão da Silva
(acting)
19 Feb 1764 - 1766
Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre
27 Dec 1766 - 4 May 1767
João Jácome Sanches Baena
Henriques
(d. 1767)
1767 - 1769 ....
13 Dec 1769 - 1777
Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lôbo
(d. 1777)
21 May 1777 - 1781
António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses
19 Feb 1781 - 19 Mar 1782 Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de
Almeida
1782 - 1783
Francisco de São Simão, bispo (d. 1783)
(acting)
1783 - 1784 Government Junta
23 Aug 1784 - 1789
António Machado de Faria e Maia
(arrived 30 Mar 1785)
2 Apr 1789 - 1793
Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro
27 Sep 1793 - 10 Sep 1795 José da Silva Maldonado
d'Eça (d. 1795)
Sep 1795 - Jun 1796 Francisco da Silva Pereira
Jun 1796 - 1796 José dos Reis Borges
+ João Freire de Andrade
3 Aug 1796 - 29 Nov 1802 Marcelino António Bastos
(d. 1802)
29 Nov 1802 - 1803
Council
of Government
- Manuel Cruz Monteiro
- José Coelho?
- Joaquim Nazario da Fonseca Borges
12 May 1803 - 1818
António Coutinho de Lencastre (b. 1768 - d. 18..)
6 Feb 1818 - Mar 1821
António Pussich (b. 1760 - d. 18..)
5 May 1821 - Jan 1823 Junta
- Joaquim Silva da Fonseca
(chairman)
- Manuel Silva da Fonseca
- José Cardoso de Almeida Amado
- Manuel Alexandre de Meneses
Vasconcellos
- Antonio José ....
23 May 1821 - 1822 Luis Ignacio Xavier Palmeirim
(appointed but not take office?)
9 May 1822 - 1826
João da Matta Chapuzet
(arrived 16 Jan 1823)
7 Sep 1826 - 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 - 1834
José Coutinho de Lancastre
1834 - 1835
Manuel António Martins
(d. 1835)
1835 - 1836
Joaquim Pereira Marinho (1st time)
1836 - 1837
Domingos Corrêia Arouca (b. 1796 - d. 1861)
1837 - 1839
Joaquim Pereira Marinho (2nd time)
1839 - 1842 João Fontes Pereira de Melo (b. 1780 - d. 1856)
(1st time)
5 Apr 1842 - 1845
Francisco de Paula Bastos
26 Jun 1845 - 1847
José Miguel de Noronha
28 Jul 1847 - 1851 João Fontes Pereira de Melo (s.a.)
(2nd time)
25 Jun 1851 - 1854
Fortunato José Barreiros (b. 1797 - d. 1885)
6 Apr 1854 - 1857
António Maria Barreiros Arrobas (b. 1824 - d. 1888)
25 Nov 1857 - 1860
Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e (b. 1816
- d. 1899)
Meneses
1860
Januário Correia de Almeida
(b. 1829 - d. 1901)
6 Sep 1860 - 1864
Carlos Joaquim Franco
1864 - 1869
José Guedes de Carvalho da Costa (b. 1814 - d. 1879)
Meneses
11 Feb 1869 - 1876
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e (b. 1824 - d. 1916)
Albuquerque
1877
G.C. Lopes de Macedo
1878
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (b. 1824 - d. 1905)
1879 - 1881
António de Nascimento Pereira de
Sampaio 1882 - 1886
João Paes de Vasconcellos (b. 1839 - d. 1895) 1887 - 1889
João Cesário de Lacerda (1st time)
1890
Augusto Cesário Carlos de Carvalho
1891 - 1896
José Guedes Brandão de Melo
(b. 1854 - d. 1919)
1896 - 1897
Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de (b. 1846 -
d. 1900)
Serpa Pinto
1898 - 1900
João Cesário de Lacerda (2nd time)
1901 - 1902 Arnoldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo (b. 1847 - d.
1917)
1902 - 1903
Francisco de Paula Cid
1903 - 1904
António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas (b. 1860 - d. 1923)
1905 - 1907
Amâncio Alpoim Cerqueira Borges (b. c.1860 - d. 1912)
Cabral
1907 - 1909
Bernardo António da Costa de Sousa (b. 1863 - d. 1947)
de Macedo
1909 - 1910
Martinho Pinto de Queirós (b. 1847 - d. 1919)
Montenegro
1910 - 1911
António de Abreu de Macedo (b. 1876 - d. 1963)
Ramalho Ortigão
1911 Artur Marinha de Campos
1911 - 1915
Joaquím Pedro Vieira Judice Biker (b. 1867 - d. 1926)
1915 - 1918
Abel Fontoura da Costa
(b. 1896 - d. 1940)
1918 - 1919
Teófilo Duarte
(b. 1898 - d. 1958)
1919 - 1921
Manuel Firmino de Almeida
Maia (b. 1881 - d. 1932)
Magalhães
1921 - 1922
Filipe Carlos Días de Carvalho (b. 1868
- d. 1934)
1922 - 1924
.... (acting)
1924 - 1926
Julio Henríques d'Abreu
1927
João de Almeida
(b. 1873 - d. 1953)
1927 - 1931
António Álvares Guedes Vaz
(b. 1875 - d. 19..)
1931 - 1941
Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo
1941 - 1943
José Diogo Ferreira Martins
1943 - 1949
João de Figueiredo
1950 - 1953
Carlos Alberto García Alves
Roçadas
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
6 Aug 1974 - 21 Sep 1974 Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta (b. 1920)
21 Sep 1974 - 30 Dec 1974 Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho
de Almeida d'Eça
(b. 1918)
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;1980
PAICV 22 Mar 1991 - 22 Mar 2001 António Manuel Mascarenhas
Gomes (b. 1944)
MPD
Monteiro
22 Mar 2001 -
Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (b.
1934)
PAICV
Transitional government
31 Dec 1974 - 5 Jul 1975 Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho
de Almeida d'Eça (s.a.)
- Manuel Vaz Barroco
Mil
- Vasco
Wilton Pereira
Mil
- Carlos Reis
- Amaro Alexandre da Luz
- Manuel 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 Democracia
(Movement for Democracy, centrist);
PAICV = Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo
Verde (African Party of Independence of Cape Verde, socialist, only legal
party 1980-1990);
- Former parties: PAIGC = Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde (African
Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde, marxist, to 1980 pro-union
with Cape Verde; from 1980 Cape Verde branch known as PAICV, only legal
party 1975-80)
©2000 Ben Cahoon
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