List of ambassadors of Cape Verde to the United States

The Cape Verdean ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Praia to the Government of the United States.

Ambassador of Cape Verde to United States
Incumbent Carlos Wahnon Veiga since November 14, 2016
Inaugural holder	Raúl Querido Várela
Formation	July 19, 1976

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of prime ministers of Cape Verde	List of presidents of the United States	Term end
July 5, 1975			Cape Verde attains independence from Portugal	Pedro Pires	Gerald Ford
July 5, 1975			The Government of Pedro Pires recognized the government of Gerald Ford.	Pedro Pires	Gerald Ford
July 2, 1976	July 19, 1976	Raúl Querido Várela	nascido 29 Dez 1925, Santa Catarina, Santiago, Cape Verde - Antepassados e parentes de Jorge, de Garda e de seus	Pedro Pires	Gerald Ford
June 9, 1978		Viriato de Barros	Chargé d'affaires	Pedro Pires	Jimmy Carter
July 24, 1980	August 22, 1980	Jose Luis Fernandes Lopes		Pedro Pires	Jimmy Carter
August 8, 1991	September 5, 1991	Carlos Alberto Santos Silva		Carlos Veiga	George H. W. Bush
February 8, 1995	March 20, 1995	Corentino Virgilio Santos		Carlos Veiga	Bill Clinton
October 19, 1998	October 27, 1998	Amilcar Spencer Lopes		Carlos Veiga	Bill Clinton
October 18, 2001	November 8, 2001	José Brito		José Maria Neves	George W. Bush
August 16, 2007	September 18, 2007	Fátima Veiga		José Maria Neves	George W. Bush
June 11, 2014	July 14, 2014	José Luís Fialho Rocha		José Maria Neves	Barack Obama
November 14, 2016		Carlos Wahnon Veiga		Ulisses Correia e Silva	Donald Trump

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