{"id":"aristides-pereira","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aristides-pereira","language":"en","name":"Aristides Pereira","name_en":"Aristides Pereira","name_ne":null,"description":"Cape Verdean politician, and first president of Cape Verde (1923-2011)","headline":"Cape Verdean politician, and first president of Cape Verde (1923-2011)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Aristides Maria Pereira was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 November 1923","date":"1923-11-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Boa Vista","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110440"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"22 September 2011","date":"2011-09-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Coimbra","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45412"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Cape Verde","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1011"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q776352"},{"text":"African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497464"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Carlina Pereira","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43023451"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Cape Verde (8 July 1975 – 22 March 1991)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19058382","start":"1975-07-08","end":"1991-03-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of José Martí","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1991972"},{"text":"Order of Agostinho Neto","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16141090"},{"text":"Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20886603","date":"1989-08-09"},{"text":"Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20859482","date":"1986-01-31"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26242431"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22058319"},{"text":"Order of Amilcar Cabral 1st Class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74448358"},{"text":"Amílcar Cabral Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16141026"},{"text":"Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118545254","date":"1985-06-24"},{"text":"Order of Amilcar Cabral","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30699818"},{"text":"Military Order of Saint James of the Sword","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1515829"},{"text":"Order of Prince Henry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93488"},{"text":"National Order of the Lion of Senegal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2399188"},{"text":"Order of the Southern Cross","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93713"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristides_Pereira","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Aristides Pereira born?","a":"Aristides Pereira was born on 17 November 1923 in Boa Vista."},{"q":"What positions has Aristides Pereira held?","a":"Positions held by Aristides Pereira include: President of Cape Verde (1975–1991)."}],"related":[{"name":"Jorge Carlos Fonseca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-carlos-fonseca"},{"name":"José Maria Neves","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-neves"},{"name":"Pedro Pires","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pedro-pires"},{"name":"António Mascarenhas Monteiro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-mascarenhas-monteiro"},{"name":"Isaura Gomes","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/isaura-gomes"},{"name":"Alan Sugar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alan-sugar"},{"name":"Aleksandr Skorobogatko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aleksandr-skorobogatko"},{"name":"Alinaghi Khamoushi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alinaghi-khamoushi"},{"name":"Andrej Babiš","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrej-babis"},{"name":"Anil Ambani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anil-ambani"},{"name":"Anutin Charnvirakul","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anutin-charnvirakul"},{"name":"Aziz Akhannouch","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/aristides-pereira-a8306c2e99.jpg","width":500,"height":648,"license":"Public domain","credit":"SSGT Maria Briestline","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristide_Pereira_detail_DF-SC-84-10021.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Aristides Pereira","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristides_Pereira","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q298609","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298609","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Aristide Pereira detail DF-SC-84-10021.jpg by SSGT Maria Briestline (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristide_Pereira_detail_DF-SC-84-10021.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Aristides Pereira, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Aristide Pereira detail DF-SC-84-10021.jpg — SSGT Maria Briestline, Public domain.","cite":"\"Aristides Pereira\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/aristides-pereira. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T07:02:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/aristides-pereira","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/aristides-pereira","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/aristides-pereira?lang=ne"}}