Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Cape Verde)

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (Portuguese)
Incumbent
António Duarte Monteiro
since June 2022
AbbreviationCEMFA
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Cape Verde (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas; CEMFA) is a major-general, who is the highest-ranked officer in the Cape Verdean Armed Forces.

Chief of Staff

No. Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Brigadier
Marino Dias
(1952–2011) 		March 1989 July 1991 2 years, 4 months [1][2]
2 Brigadier
Ederlindo Ribeiro 		July 1991 February 1995 3 years, 7 months [1]
3 Brigadier
Amílcar Baptista 		February 1995 October 1998 3 years, 8 months [1]
4 Brigadier
Jorge Bettencourt Pinto 		October 1998 May 2001 2 years, 7 months [1]
5 Brigadier
Antero Matos 		May 2001 March 2009 7 years, 10 months [1]
6 Brigadier
Fernando Pereira Carvalho 		March 2009 18 August 2011 2 years, 5 months [3]
– Colonel
Jorge Paulo Monte
Acting 		18 August 2011 30 December 2011 134 days [3]
7 Major general
Alberto Fernandes 		30 December 2011 30 April 2016 4 years, 122 days [4][5]
8 Major general
Anildo Emanuel da Graça Morais
(born 1962) 		24 June 2016 3 June 2022 5 years, 344 days [6]
9 Counter admiral
António Duarte Monteiro
(born 1965) 		3 June 2022 2 years, 158 days [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dias, José Sousa (14 February 2013). "Forças Armadas de Cabo Verde "recebem" os primeiros generais e brigadeiros da sua História". sicnoticias.pt (in Portuguese). Lusa. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Chefe de Estado-Maior das Forças Armadas endereça condolências à família enlutada do Coronel Marino Dias". governo.cv (in Portuguese). Government of Cape Verde. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "CEMFA demite-se alegando "razões de ordem pessoal"". rtp.pt (in Portuguese). Agência de Notícias de Portugal. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Tomada de posse do Chefe de Estado Maior das Forças Armadas, Coronel Alberto Fernandes". presidencia.cv (in Portuguese). Presidência da República de Cabo Verde. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Cabo Verde -Monte Txota: Inquérito e demissão do CEMFA". archivioradiovaticana.va (in Portuguese). 30 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Major General Anildo Emanuel da Graça Morais". fa.gov.cv (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ "António Duarte Monteiro é o novo Chefe de Estado Maior das Forças Armadas". anacao.cv (in Portuguese). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.