Aristides Pereira
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Cape Verdean politician, and first president of Cape Verde (1923-2011)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Pedro Pires
- Preceded by
- Office created
- Succeeded by
- António Mascarenhas Monteiro
- Born
- ( 1923-11-17 ) 17 November 1923, Fundo das Figueiras , Boa Vista , Portuguese Cape Verde
- Died
- 22 September 2011 (2011-09-22) (aged 87), Coimbra , Portugal
- Party
- African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (after 1981)
- Other political affiliations
- African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (before 1981)
- Spouse
- Carlina Fontes Pereira (?–2011; his death)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Pereira
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cape Verde
- Place of birth
- Boa Vista
- Place of death
- Coimbra
- Spouse
- Carlina Pereira
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Cape Verde
- Political party
- African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Aristide Pereira detail DF-SC-84-10021.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- place of burial
- Boa Vista
- date of birth
- 1923-11-17
- date of death
- 2011-09-22
- Commons category
- Aristides Pereira
- name in native language
- Aristides Maria Pereira
- pseudonym
- Alfredo Bangura
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Encyclopedic overview
Aristides Maria Pereira ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾiʃˈtidɨʒ mɐˈɾiɐ pɨˈɾejɾɐ]; 17 November 1923 – 22 September 2011) was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.
Biography
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