Answer the following question: Facts: - president: antonio mascarenhas monteiro - birth name: carlos alberto wahnon de carvalho veiga - successor: gualberto do rosario - party: movement for democracy -lrb- 1990-present -rrb- - predecessor: pedro pires - office: prime minister of cape verde - term end: 29 july 2000 - term start: 4 april 1991 - birth date: 21 october 1949 - name: carlos veiga - birth place: mindelo , overseas province of cabo verde , portugal - alma mater: university of lisbon Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carlos veiga .
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carlos alberto wahnon de carvalho veiga -lrb- ; born october 21 , 1949 in mindelo -rrb- is a cape verdean politician .he was prime minister of cape verde from april 4 , 1991 to july 29 , 2000 , and he unsuccessfully ran for president as the candidate of the movement for democracy -lrb- mpd -rrb- in 2001 and 2006 .veiga served as prime minister under president antonio mascarenhas monteiro , and resigned in july 2000 in order to stand as the mpd 's candidate in the february 2001 presidential election .he was succeeded as prime minister by gualberto do rosario .in the 2001 presidential election , veiga lost by 17 votes to pedro pires of the african party for the independence of cape verde -lrb- paicv -rrb- in the second round of voting .he ran again in the february 2006 presidential election , but lost again to pires .