The following lists events that happened during

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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Incumbents

* Prime Minister ** Pedro Pires **

Carlos Veiga Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga (; born October 21, 1949 in Mindelo) is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991 to July 29, 2000. Early life and education In 1950, Veiga was born in Mindelo, São ...

* President: **

Aristides Pereira Aristides Maria Pereira (; 17 November 1923 – 22 September 2011) was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991. Biography Pereira was born in Fundo das Figueiras, on the island of Boa Vi ...

** António Mascarenhas Monteiro

Events

*1991 local elections took place *

École Internationale Les Alizés École Internationale Les Alizés is a French international school in Praia, Cape Verde located at Avenida ONU in the neighbourhood of Achada Santo António.

opened in Praia L’école internationale les Alizés

Archive
. Embassy of France in Cape Verde. Retrieved on May 12, 2015. "Ecole Internationale « Les Alizés » Avenida de OUA CP 395 PRAIA (CAP-VERT)" *Newspaper ''

Expresso das Ilhas ''Expresso das Ilhas'' (Portuguese for "The Islands' Express") is a weekly Cape Verdean newspaper that covers its top stories in the archipelago and local stories from each island. The newspaper is located in the Cape Verdean capital city of Praia ...

'' established in Praia *Newspaper '' A Semana'' established in Praia *January 13: the 1991 parliamentary elections took place *February 17: the 1991 presidential elections took place *March 22: President Monteiro took office succeeding Aristides Pereira *April 15: Newspaper ''

Artiletra ''Artiletra'' (a portmanteau of the Portuguese expression "Arte e Letra", meaning "Art and Letter") is a Cape Verdean bi-monthly newspaper/magazine. It is headquartered in Mindelo, and is the most circulated non-generalist newspaper in Cape Verde. ...

'' established

Arts and entertainment

*November 15: Cesária Évora's album ''

Mar Azul Mar, mar or MAR may refer to: Culture * Mar or Mor, an honorific in Syriac * Earl of Mar, an earldom in Scotland * MAA (singer) (born 1986), Japanese * Marathi language, by ISO 639-2 language code * March, as an abbreviation for the third month ...

'' released

Sports

* Sporting Praia won the

Cape Verdean Football Championship The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the islands were still part of ...

Births

*January 1: Edivândio, footballer *January 24:

Zé Luís José Luís Mendes Andrade (born 24 January 1991), known as Zé Luís, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Hatayspor. He spent most of his career in Portugal, playing 68 Primeira Liga games and ...

, footballer *January 26: Joazimar Stehb, footballer *February 10: Nuno da Costa, footballer *March 21: Djaniny, footballer *April 10:

Jorge Kadú Jorge Paulo Lima Alves (born 10 April 1991 in Mindelo), known as Kadú, is a Cape Verdean footballer.

, footballer *August 18:

Rodirlei José Ascensão Duarte Rodirlei "Rodi" José Ascensão Duarte, sometime known as "Rody" (born 28 May 1991) is a Cape Verdean former association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. Career Rodi spend his youth career in Portuga ...

(Rodi), footballer *December 18:

Ricardo Gomes Ricardo Gomes Raymundo (born 13 December 1964) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a central defender, in a 14-year professional career, for Fluminense (six years), Benfica (four) and Paris Sai ...

, footballer

References

{{Year in Africa, 1991 Years of the 20th century in Cape Verde 1980s in Cape Verde

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