First Lady of Cape Verde

First Lady of Cape Verde
Incumbent Lígia Fonseca since September 9, 2011
Residence	Presidential Palace of Cape Verde
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Carlina Pereira
Formation	July 8, 1975

First Lady of Cape Verde is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Cape Verde. The country's current first lady is Lígia Fonseca, wife of President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, who had held the position since September 9, 2011. There has been no first gentleman of Cape Verde to date.

First ladies of Cape Verde[]

Name	Portrait	Term Began	Term Ended	President of Cape Verde	Notes
Carlina Pereira		March 8, 1975	March 22, 1991	Aristides Pereira	Independence activist and inaugural First Lady of Cape Verde.[1]
Tuna Mascarenhas		March 22, 1991	March 22, 2001	António Mascarenhas Monteiro	Mascarenhas continued to work at the clinical analysis laboratory at Agostinho Neto Hospital during her two terms as first lady.[2]
		March 22, 2001	September 9, 2001	Pedro Pires
Ligia Fonseca		September 9, 2011	Present	Jorge Carlos Fonseca	Incumbent first lady

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