LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Western Africa

Cabo Verde

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

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285Engagements
283Visits
0Phone calls
2Video conferences
9Signed agreements
50Destination countries
15Officials recorded
142Multilateral summits

LEAD records 9 signed agreements for Cabo Verde; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Cabo Verde's leaders recorded 285 engagements: 283 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 2 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2025, with 21 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (45 engagements), followed by Portugal and Senegal. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 9 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 142 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Pedro Pires (Prime Minister), with 74 engagements between 1990 and 2011.

Activity by year

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

1990: 6 engagements1991: 7 engagements1992: 8 engagements1993: 4 engagements1994: 4 engagements1995: 4 engagements1996: 5 engagements1997: 3 engagements1998: 5 engagements1999: 2 engagements2000: 6 engagements2001: 8 engagements2002: 9 engagements2003: 7 engagements2004: 8 engagements2005: 6 engagements2006: 9 engagements2007: 7 engagements2008: 6 engagements2009: 5 engagements2010: 11 engagements2011: 6 engagements2012: 8 engagements2013: 9 engagements2014: 6 engagements2015: 9 engagements2016: 6 engagements2017: 12 engagements2018: 4 engagements2019: 12 engagements2020: 4 engagements2021: 12 engagements2022: 20 engagements2023: 13 engagements2024: 13 engagements2025: 21 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America45
  • Portugal32
  • Senegal24
  • Angola22
  • Guinea-Bissau14
  • Nigeria13
  • Brazil12
  • Sao Tome and Principe8
  • Ethiopia8
  • China8
  • South Africa7
  • France7

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations285
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs146
  • Trade and Economic Relations28
  • Development and Aid1
  • Education and Culture1

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.22976211 [Cabo Verde country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Cabo Verde's own officials.