Pedro Pires
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3rd President of Cape Verde
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| Assumed office 22 March 2001 |
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| President | Aristides Pereira |
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| Preceded by | António Mascarenhas Monteiro |
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| In office 1975 – 1991 |
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| Succeeded by | Carlos Veiga |
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| Born | 29 April 1934 |
Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (born 29 April 1934) is the socialist President of Cape Verde, since March 2001, succeeding António Mascarenhas Monteiro.
Before becoming president he had been the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, and led the country between 1975 to 1991, when he was defeated in the country's first multi-party elections.
Pires ran for president in February 2001, defeating former Prime Minister Carlos Veiga in the second round by an extremely narrow margin and taking office on March 22. He ran for re-election in the presidential election held on 12 February 2006 and again prevailed over Veiga, this time winning in the first round, but still with a fairly small margin of 50.98% against 49.02% for Veiga.[1]
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| Preceded by (—) |
Prime Minister of Cape Verde 1975–1991 |
Succeeded by Carlos Veiga |
| Preceded by António Mascarenhas Monteiro |
President of Cape Verde 2001–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Prime Ministers of Cape Verde |  |
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| Pedro Pires • Carlos Veiga • Gualberto do Rosário • José Maria Neves |
| Presidents of Cape Verde | |
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| Aristides Pereira • António Mascarenhas Monteiro • Pedro Pires |
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