Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires place image here Became President: March 22, 2001 Predecessor: António Mascarenhas Monteiro Date of Birth: 1934 Place of Birth: Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires is the socialist president of Cape Verde, since March 2001, succeeding António Mascarenhas Monteiro. Before becoming president he had been a Prime Minister, and lead the country between 1975 to 1990, when he was defeated in the country's first multi-party elections. See also: List of Presidents of Cape Verde This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.