Historical country records
Cape Verde historical timeline
Cape Verde
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1462 | first Portuguese settlement | Leaders |
| 5 Jul 1975 | independence (Republic of Cape Verde) | Leaders |
| 4 Nov 1698 - 1702 | António Salgado | Governors |
| 10 Feb 1702 - 1702 | Jorge Cotrim de Mello | Governors |
| 12 Apr 1702 - 1707 | Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas | Governors |
| 11 May 1707 - 1710 | Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca | Governors |
| 12 Feb 1710 - 1715 | José Pinheiro da Câmara | Governors |
| 27 Mar 1715 - 20 Jun 1715 | Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo | Governors |
| 16 Dec 1715 - 1719 | Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá | Governors |
| 9 Apr 1719 - 1720 | Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho | Governors |
| 11 Mar 1720 - 4 Jan 1725 | António Vieira | Governors |
| 24 Jan 1726 - 1728 | Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos | Governors |
| 10 Jul 1728 - 1733 | Francisco de Oliveira Grans | Governors |
| 1733 - 1737 | Bento Gomes Coelho | Governors |
| 1 May 1736 - 7 Aug 1738 | José da Fonseca Barbosa | Governors |
| 1738 - 1741 | Chamber Senate | Governors |
| 10 Jun 1741 - 1751 | João Zuzarte de Santa Maria | Governors |
| 6 Mar 1751 - 1751 | António José d'Eça e Faria | Governors |
| 1752 - 1756 | Luís António da Cunha d'Eça | Governors |
| 1756 - 1761 | Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses | Governors |
| 5 Mar 1761 - 1761 | Marcelino Pereira de Ávila | Governors |
| 1761 - 1764 | António de Barros Bezerra | Governors |
| 1764 - 1766 | Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre | Governors |
| 1766 - 1767 | João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques (b. ... - d. 1767) | Governors |
| 25 Nov 1768 - 1777 | Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lôbo | Governors |
| 1777 - 1781 | António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses | Governors |
| 19 Feb 1781 - 1782 | Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida | Governors |
| 1782 - 1783 | Francisco de São Simão (acting) | Governors |
| 23 Aug 1784 - 1789 | António Machado de Faria e Maia | Governors |
| 2 Apr 1789 - 1793 | Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro | Governors |
| 27 Sep 1793 - 10 Sep 1795 | José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça | Governors |
| 3 Aug 1796 - 29 Nov 1802 | Marcelino António Bastos | Governors |
| 12 May 1803 - 1818 | António Coutinho de Lencastre | Governors |
| 6 Feb 1818 - 1822 | António Pussich | Governors |
| 9 May 1822 - 1826 | João da Matta Chapuzet | Governors |
| 7 Sep 1826 - 1830 | Caetano Procópio Godinho de Vasconcelos | Governors |
| 1830 - 1831 | Duarte da Costa e Sousa de Macedo | Governors |
| 1831 - 1834 | José Coutinho de Lencastre | Governors |
| 1834 - 1835 | Manuel António Martins | Governors |
| 1835 - 1836 | Joaquim Pereira Marinho (1st time) | Governors |
| 1836 - 1837 | Domingos Correia Arouca | Governors |
| 1837 - 1839 | Joaquim Pereira Marinho (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1839 - 1842 | António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1887) | Governors |
| 5 Apr 1842 - 1845 | Francisco de Paula Bastos | Governors |
| 26 Jun 1845 - 1847 | José Miguel de Noronha | Governors |
| 28 Jul 1847 - 1851 | António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (2nd time) (s.a.) | Governors |
| 25 Jun 1851 - 1854 | Fortunato José Barreiros | Governors |
| 6 Apr 1854 - 1857 | António Maria Barreiros Arrobas | Governors |
| 25 Nov 1857 - 1860 | Sebastião Lopes de Calheiros e Meneses (b. 1816 - d. 1899) | Governors |
| 1860 | Januário Correia de Almeida | Governors |
| 6 Sep 1860 - 1863 | Carlos Joaquim Franco | Governors |
| 1863 - 1869 | José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | Governors |
| 11 Feb 1869 - 1876 | Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque (b. 1824 - d. 1916) | Governors |
| 1877 | G.C. Lopes de Macedo | Governors |
| 1878 | Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses | Governors |
| 1879 - 1881 | António de Nascimento Pereira de Sampaio | Governors |
| 1882 - 1886 | João Paes de Vasconcellos | Governors |
| 1887 - 1889 | João Cesário de Lacerda (1st time) | Governors |
| 1890 | Augusto Cesário Carlos de Carvalho | Governors |
| 1891 - 1896 | José Guedes Brandão de Melo | Governors |
| 1897 | Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto (b. 1846 - d. 1900) | Governors |
| 1898 - 1900 | João Cesário de Lacerda (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1901 - 1902 | Arnaldo de Novalis Guedes de Rebêlo | Governors |
| 1902 - 1903 | Francisco de Paula Cid | Governors |
| 1903 - 1904 | António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas | Governors |
| 1905 - 1907 | Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral | Governors |
| 1907 - 1909 | Bernardo António da Costa de Sousa de Macedo (b. 1863 - d. 1947) | Governors |
| 1909 - 1910 | Martinho Pinto de Queiros Montenegro | Governors |
| 1910 - 1911 | António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão | Governors |
| 1911 | Artur Marinha de Campos | Governors |
| 1911 - 1915 | Joaquím Pedro Vieira Indice Bicker | Governors |
| 1915 - 1918 | Abel Fontoura da Costa | Governors |
| 1918 - 1919 | Teófilo Duarte | Governors |
| 1919 - 1921 | Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães | Governors |
| 1921 - 1922 | Filipe Carlos Días de Carvalho | Governors |
| 1924 - 1926 | Julio Henríques d'Abreu | Governors |
| 1927 | João de Almeida | Governors |
| 1927 - 1931 | António Alvares Guedes Vaz | Governors |
| 1931 - 1941 | Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo | Governors |
| 1941 - 1943 | José Diogo Ferreira Martins | Governors |
| 1943 - 1949 | João de Figueiredo | Governors |
| 1950 - 1953 | Carlos Alberto García Alves Roçadas | Governors |
| 1953 - 1957 | Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral | Governors |
| 1957 - 1958 | António Augusto Peixoto Correia | Governors |
| 1958 - 1962 | Silvino Silvério Marques | Governors |
| 1963 - 1969 | Leão do Sacramento Monteiro | Governors |
| 13 Mar 1969 - 1974 | António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos (b. 1917?) | Governors |
| 6 Aug 1974 - 21 Sep 1974 | Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta | Governors |
| 21 Sep 1974 - 5 Jul 1975 | Vicente Almeida d'Eça | Governors |
| 8 Jul 1975 - 22 Mar 1991 | Aristides Pereira | Presidents |
| 22 Mar 1991 - 22 Mar 2001 | António Mascarenhas Monteiro | Presidents |
| 22 Mar 2001 - | Pedro Pires | Presidents |
| 8 Jul 1975 - 4 Apr 1991 | Pedro Pires | Prime ministers |
| 4 Apr 1991 - 5 Oct 2000 | Carlos Veiga | Prime ministers |
| 29 Jul 2000 - 1 Feb 2001 | Gualberto do Rosário | Prime ministers |
| 1 Feb 2001 - | José Maria Neves | Prime ministers |