Prime Minister · Cabo Verde
Carlos Veiga
5 recorded engagements, 1994–1999: 5 visits and 1 signed agreement.
Biography
Cape Verdean politician
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.
== Early life and education ==
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. 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.
== 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...
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Where they travelled
Cabo Verde Visited or called (darker = more often)
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
Activity by year
Signed agreements
Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.
| Date | Partner | What was signed |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-07 | Angola | Cape Verde-Angola cooperation pacts (1997) |
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-10-04 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 1997-09-07 – 1997-09-09 | Visit | Angola · Luanda | Agreement signedCape Verde-Angola cooperation pacts (1997) |
| 1997-09-24 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 1997-10-21 – 1997-10-23 | Visit | China · Beijing | |
| 1999-09-25 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York |
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.22898778 [Carlos Veiga leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/carlos-veiga.html]