Maria de Fátima da Veiga
Ambassador Veiga with President Bush after presenting her credentials as ambassador, August 16, 2007
Ambassador of Cape Verde to Cuba
In office
2001–2002
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2002–2004
PresidentPedro Pires
Preceded byManuel Inocêncio Sousa
Succeeded byVíctor Borges
Ambassador of Cape Verde to the United States
Ambassador of Cape Verde to France
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byJosé Armando Filomeno Ferreira Duarte
Personal details
Born (1957-06-22) 22 June 1957
Mindelo, São Vicente, Portuguese Cape Verde

Maria de Fátima da Veiga (born June 22, 1957) is a Cape Verdean politician and diplomat. Veiga was the foreign minister from 2002 to 2004. She was the first female foreign minister in Cape Verde's history.

Veiga was born on the island of São Vicente. She later attended some higher education institutes including the University of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, the German Foundation in Berlin, the Prague and in Brazil. In 1980, she started to work for the Cape Verdean Ministry of External Affairs. Between 2001 and 2002, she was the Ambassador of Cape Verde to Cuba. When she was a foreign minister, she visited Paris from January 9 to 12, 2002.

For a few years in 2007 she was the Ambassador of Cape Verde to the United States. She presented her credentials to President George Bush on August 16, 2007.[1]

Since February 20, 2014, she is the Capeverdean ambassador to France. She succeeded José Armando Filomeno Ferreira Duarte who was the longest serving ambassador to France.

Notes

  1. "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". United States Department of State. December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-04.


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