title: List of ambassadors of Cape Verde to the United States
text: # List of ambassadors of Cape Verde to the United States
  
  The Cape Verdean ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Praia to the Government of the United States.
  
  ## List of representatives
  
  | Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Cape Verde | List of presidents of the United States |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | July 5, 1975 | | | Cape Verde attains independence from Portugal | Pedro Pires | Gerald Ford |
  | July 5, 1975 | | | The Government of Pedro Pires recognized the government of Gerald Ford. | Pedro Pires | Gerald Ford |
  | July 2, 1976 | July 19, 1976 | Raúl Querido Várela | nascido 29 Dez 1925, Santa Catarina, Santiago, Cape Verde - Antepassados e parentes de Jorge, de Garda e de seus | Pedro Pires | Gerald Ford |
  | June 9, 1978 | | Viriato de Barros | Chargé d'affaires | Pedro Pires | Jimmy Carter |
  | July 24, 1980 | August 22, 1980 | Jose Luis Fernandes Lopes | | Pedro Pires | Jimmy Carter |
  | August 8, 1991 | September 5, 1991 | Carlos Alberto Santos Silva | | Carlos Veiga | George H. W. Bush |
  | February 8, 1995 | March 20, 1995 | Corentino Virgilio Santos | | Carlos Veiga | Bill Clinton |
  | October 19, 1998 | October 27, 1998 | Amilcar Spencer Lopes | | Carlos Veiga | Bill Clinton |
  | October 18, 2001 | November 8, 2001 | José Brito | | José Maria Neves | George W. Bush |
  | August 16, 2007 | September 18, 2007 | Fátima Veiga | | José Maria Neves | George W. Bush |
  | June 11, 2014 | July 14, 2014 | José Luís Fialho Rocha | | José Maria Neves | Barack Obama |
  | November 14, 2016 | | Carlos Wahnon Veiga | | Ulisses Correia e Silva | Donald Trump |
  
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  * Cape Verde–United States relations
  