LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Cabo Verde

38 recorded engagements by Cabo Verde's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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38Engagements
36Visits
0Phone calls
2Video conferences
1Signed agreements
6Destination countries
14Officials recorded
37Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Cabo Verde's leaders recorded 38 engagements: 36 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 2 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2025, with 3 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (33 engagements), followed by Portugal and Angola. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 1 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 37 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is José Maria Neves (Prime Minister), with 9 engagements between 2002 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Cabo Verde, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 1 engagement1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 1 engagement1994: 1 engagement1995: 0 engagements1996: 2 engagements1997: 1 engagement1998: 1 engagement1999: 1 engagement2000: 1 engagement2001: 1 engagement2002: 1 engagement2003: 1 engagement2004: 1 engagement2005: 1 engagement2006: 1 engagement2007: 1 engagement2008: 1 engagement2009: 0 engagements2010: 0 engagements2011: 1 engagement2012: 1 engagement2013: 1 engagement2014: 0 engagements2015: 1 engagement2016: 1 engagement2017: 1 engagement2018: 1 engagement2019: 1 engagement2020: 2 engagements2021: 2 engagements2022: 1 engagement2023: 2 engagements2024: 1 engagement2025: 3 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America33
  • Portugal1
  • Angola1
  • Sao Tome and Principe1
  • Senegal1
  • Guinea-Bissau1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations38
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs37
  • Trade and Economic Relations1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Cabo Verde country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/cabo-verde.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Cabo Verde's own officials.