  ==presidents of cape verde (1975âpresent)== (dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" |- align=left ! width="18%"|tenure ! width=60|portrait ! width="55%"|incumbent ! width="10%"|affiliation ! width="15%"|notes |- valign=top |colspan="5"|republic of cape verde |- valign=top |colspan="5"|(republica de cabo verde) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |8 july 1975 to january 1981||rowspan="2"|60px||rowspan="2"|aristides maria pereira, president||paigc||&nbsp; |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |january 1981 to 22 march 1991||paicv||&nbsp; |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |22 march 1991 to 22 march 2001||60px||antÃ³nio mascarenhas monteiro, president||mpd||&nbsp; |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |22 march 2001 to 9 september 2011||60px||pedro verona rodrigues pires, president||paicv||&nbsp; |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |9 september 2011 to present||60px||jorge carlos de almeida fonseca, president||mpd||&nbsp; |} ===affiliations=== {| style="margin:0 auto;" id=toc cellpadding=1 ! width="7%"| |- valign=top align=left ||paigc||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;partido africano da independÃªncia de guinÃ© e cabo verde&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(african party for the independence of guinea and cape verde) |- valign=top align=left |paicv||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;partido africano da independÃªncia de cabo verde&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(african party for the independence of cape verde) |- valign=top align=left |mpd||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;movimento para a democracia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&a
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