This article lists the presidents of Cape Verde, an island country in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa since the establishment of the office.
The office of the president was established in 1975 and Aristides Pereira was the first person to hold the office, taking effect on 8 July 1975. The incumbent is José Maria Neves, having taken office on 9 November 2021.
Read: POLITICAL HISTORY OF CAPE VERDE
Term limits
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Cape Verde. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Monteiro in 2001.
List of officeholders
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Aristides Pereira (1923–2011) |
1975 | 8 July 1975 | 20 January 1981 | 15 years, 257 days | PAIGC |
| (1) | 1981 1986 |
20 January 1981 | 22 March 1991 | PAICV | ||
| 2 | António Mascarenhas Monteiro (1944–2016) |
1991 1996 |
22 March 1991 | 22 March 2001 | 10 years | MpD |
| 3 | Pedro Pires (born 1934) |
2001 2006 |
22 March 2001 | 9 September 2011 | 10 years, 171 days | PAICV |
| 4 | Jorge Carlos Fonseca (born 1950) |
2011 2016 |
9 September 2011 | 9 November 2021 | 10 years, 61 days | MpD |
| 5 | José Maria Neves (born 1960) |
2021 | 9 November 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 294 days | PAICV |