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.
List of officeholders
- Political parties
Movement for Democracy (MpD)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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Pedro Pires (born 1934) |
1975 1980 1985 |
8 July 1975 | 4 April 1991 | 15 years, 270 days | PAIGC (until 1981[1]) |
| PAICV (from 1981[1]) | |||||||
| 2 | 
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Carlos Veiga (born 1949) |
1991 1995 |
4 April 1991 | 29 July 2000 | 9 years, 116 days | MpD |
| 3 | 
|
Gualberto do Rosário (born 1950) [a] |
— | 29 July 2000 | 1 February 2001 | 187 days | MpD |
| 4 | 
|
José Maria Neves (born 1960) |
2001 2006 2011 |
1 February 2001 | 22 April 2016 | 15 years, 81 days | PAICV |
| 5 | 
|
Ulisses Correia e Silva (born 1962) |
2016 2021 |
22 April 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 5 days | MpD |
Notes
- ^ Acting for Carlos Veiga until 5 October 2000.
Timeline
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