Carlos Veiga
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21 October 1949
Carlos Veiga | |
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| Prime Minister of Cape Verde | |
| In office 4 April 1991 – 29 July 2000 | |
| President | António Mascarenhas Monteiro |
| Preceded by | Pedro Pires |
| Succeeded by | Gualberto do Rosário |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga 21 October 1949 |
| Party | Movement for Democracy (1990–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluz alˈbɛɾtu waˈnõ dɨ kɐɾˈvaʎu ˈvejɡɐ]; born October 21, 1949, in Mindelo) is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991, to July 29, 2000.
Veiga ran for president for the Movement for Democracy (MpD) party in the 2001, 2006, and 2021 elections, losing all three times.
Veiga was born in 1949 in Mindelo, São Vicente to Alfredo José de Carvalho Veiga and Maria Augusta Wahnon. He later attended school in Praia on the island of Santiago, and later, he graduated in 1971 from the University of Lisbon with a degree in law.[1] Veiga's Jewish maternal grandfather immigrated to Cape Verde from Gibraltar in the 1840s. He is Cape Verde's first ambassador to Israel of Jewish descent.[2]
Career
After briefly living in Angola from 1972 to 1974, Veiga returned to Cape Verde in 1975, the year that it became independent, to join the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). During his time in the PAIGC, Veiga served the Ministry of Public Administration from 1975 to 1980 as a judge. After leaving the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, he resumed his legal career and led the bar of Cape Verde from 1982 to 1986.[1]
