Antonio Manuel Mascarenhas Monteiro
| António Mascarenhas Monteiro | |
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| 2nd President of Cape Verde | |
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In office 22 March 1991 – 22 March 2001 |
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| Prime Minister |
Pedro Pires Carlos Veiga Gualberto do Rosário |
| Preceded by | Aristides Pereira |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Pires |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro 16 February 1944 Ribeira da Barca, Portuguese Overseas Province of Cabo Verde |
| Died |
16 September 2016 (aged 72) Praia, Cabo Verde |
| Political party | Movement for Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Antonina Mascarenhas Monteiro (?–2009; her death) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu mɐnuˈɛl mɐʃkɐˈɾeɲɐʒ ˈɡomɨʒ mõˈtejɾu]; 16 February 1944 – 16 September 2016) was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001.
Born in Ribeira da Barca in 1944, Monteiro went to university in Belgium and graduated with his law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven.
During the PAICV's single-party government, Monteiro served in various high level positions. He was the Secretary-General of the National Assembly from 1977 to 1980 and President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 1980 to 1990.
Affiliated with the Movement for Democracy, he was the first president elected in a multi-party election in the country, defeating Aristides Pereira in the February 1991 presidential election.
On February 1995, he awarded one of the archipelago's greatest writer during the colonial era Eugénio Tavares the Medal of the Ordem do Vulcão.
He was re-elected without opposition in 1996, receiving 80% of the vote. After serving two five year terms, he stepped down in 2001; in the 2001 election, Movement for Democracy candidate Carlos Veiga, who had served as Prime Minister under Monteiro, was defeated by Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV).
On 19 September 2006, it was announced that Monteiro would succeed Sukehiro Hasegawa as head of the United Nations mission in East Timor. The appointment was criticized in East Timor, partly because Monteiro had a poor knowledge of English. It was reported that Timorese president Xanana Gusmão was among those who expressed their concern about the appointment. [1]
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