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In the 2021 presidential election, he was elected with 51.7% of votes, beating his nearest rival Carlos Veiga who got 42.4% of the total votes.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 March 1960","date":"1960-03-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Santa Catarina","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494882"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Cape Verde","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1011"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"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/Q57649#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Fundação Getúlio Vargas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5508996"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Cape Verde (since 9 November 2021 · BS 23 Kartik 2078 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19058382","start":"2021-11-09"},{"text":"Minister of Finance of Cape Verde (2003–2004)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114612948","start":"2003","end":"2004"},{"text":"Prime Minister of Cabo Verde (1 February 2001 – 22 April 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30100568","start":"2001-02-01","end":"2016-04-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"German Maritime Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329693","date":"2012"},{"text":"Lusophony Awards","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113642736"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Maria_Neves","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649"],"faq":[{"q":"When was José Maria Neves born?","a":"José Maria Neves was born on 28 March 1960 in Santa Catarina."},{"q":"What positions has José Maria Neves held?","a":"Positions held by José Maria Neves include: President of Cape Verde (since 9 November 2021); Minister of Finance of Cape Verde (2003–2004); Prime Minister of Cabo Verde (2001–2016)."},{"q":"Where did José Maria Neves study?","a":"José Maria Neves was educated at Fundação Getúlio Vargas."}],"related":[{"name":"Jorge Carlos Fonseca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-carlos-fonseca"},{"name":"Pedro Pires","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pedro-pires"},{"name":"Aristides Pereira","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aristides-pereira"},{"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/jose-maria-neves-f9bc537879.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Ricardo Stuckert of Palácio do Planalto (Palace of Planalto, workplace of Brazilian president)","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Maria_Neves,_2023.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): José Maria Neves","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Maria_Neves","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q57649","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57649","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: José Maria Neves, 2023.jpg by Ricardo Stuckert of Palácio do Planalto (Palace of Planalto, workplace of Brazilian president) (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Maria_Neves,_2023.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 José Maria Neves, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: José Maria Neves, 2023.jpg — Ricardo Stuckert of Palácio do Planalto (Palace of Planalto, workplace of Brazilian president), CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"José Maria Neves\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-neves. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T07:02:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-neves","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-neves","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-neves?lang=ne"}}