Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro
| Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro | |
|---|---|
| President of Cape Verde | |
| In office
22 March 1991- 22 March 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Pires, Carlot Veiga, Gualberto do Rosário |
| Preceded by | Aristides Pereira |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Pires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro
16 February 1944 (age 70) Ribeira da Barca, Portuguese Overseas Province of Cabo Verde |
| Political party | Movement for Democracy |
Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro was born in Santiago, Cape Verde Island on February 16th 1944. He is the former President of Cape Verde. Since resigning his position as Head of State, the Hon. Mr. Monteiro has gone on to become an active member of the Club of Madrid, the Africa Forum, and the Global Leadership Foundation.
Political Career
Between 1980 and 1990 the Hon. Mr. Monteiro was the president of the Supreme Court in Cape Verde, heading delegations for several high-profile conferences such as the Addis Ababa Conference to revise the Organisation of African Unity Charter.
Elected President of Cape Verde in 1991, Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro was also re-elected for a second mandate in 1996. As President he maintained an active international profile: in 1992 he was the Chairman of the Third Conference on Regional System of Human Rights Protection in Africa and Europe; between 1994 and 1997 he was elected as President of the of Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel; and in 1998 he was elected President of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries.
Since leaving office, he has remained active, notably participating as Chairman of the Contact Group of Organisation of African Unity sent to Madagascar in March 2002 to mediate the conflict that broke out in the sequence of the presidential elections of December 2001.
Education
The former president comes has a background in law, obtaining his higher qualifications in Belgium and spending some time as a teacher there at the University of Louvain. Returning to his home country of Cape Verde in the late 1970s he assumed the position of Secretary General of the People’s National Assembly.
Awards
Mr. Monteiro has been awarded several honorary degrees and is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including the Grande Colar da Ordem da Liberdade (Portugal), the Grand Croix d‘Ordre National du Lion (Senegal), the Ordem José Marti (Cuba), and the Ordre de L’Unité Africaine (Libya).
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