First Lady of Cape Verde

First Lady of Cape Verde
First Lady of Cape Verde
Primeira-dama do Cabo Verde
	Incumbent; Débora Katisa Carvalho; since 9 November 2021
Residence	Presidential Palace of Cape Verde
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Carlina Pereira
Formation	July 8, 1975

Inaugural holderCarlina Pereira

FormationJuly 8, 1975

First Lady of Cape Verde (Portuguese: Primeira-dama do Cabo Verde) is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Cape Verde. The position is currently held by Débora Katisa Carvalho, wife of President José Maria Neves.^[1]

No.	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President of Cape Verde	Notes
1	Carlina Pereira	22 March 1975	22 March 1991	Aristides Pereira	Independence activist and inaugural First Lady of Cape Verde.^[2]
2	Tuna Mascarenhas	22 March 1991	22 March 2001	António Mascarenhas Monteiro	Mascarenhas continued to work at the clinical analysis laboratory at Agostinho Neto Hospital during her two terms as first lady.^[3]
3	Adélcia Barreto Pires	22 March 2001	9 September 2011	Pedro Pires
4	Ligia Fonseca	9 September 2011	9 November 2021	Jorge Carlos Fonseca
5	Débora Katisa Carvalho	9 November 2021		José Maria Neves	^[1]

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First Lady of Cape Verde
Primeira-dama do Cabo Verde

Incumbent Débora Katisa Carvalho since 9 November 2021
Residence	Presidential Palace of Cape Verde
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Carlina Pereira
Formation	July 8, 1975