| Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (Portuguese) | |
 IncumbentAntónio Duarte Monteiro since June 2022 | |
| Abbreviation | CEMFA |
| Website | Official 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 | |
| 2 | Brigadier Ederlindo Ribeiro |
July 1991 | February 1995 | 3 years, 7 months | |
| 3 | Brigadier Amílcar Baptista |
February 1995 | October 1998 | 3 years, 8 months | |
| 4 | Brigadier Jorge Bettencourt Pinto |
October 1998 | May 2001 | 2 years, 7 months | |
| 5 | Brigadier Antero Matos |
May 2001 | March 2009 | 7 years, 10 months | |
| 6 | Brigadier Fernando Pereira Carvalho |
March 2009 | 18 August 2011 | 2 years, 5 months | |
| – | Colonel Jorge Paulo Monte Acting |
18 August 2011 | 30 December 2011 | 134 days | |
| 7 | Major general Alberto Fernandes |
30 December 2011 | 30 April 2016 | 4 years, 122 days | |
| 8 | Major general Anildo Emanuel da Graça Morais (born 1962) |
24 June 2016 | 3 June 2022 | 5 years, 344 days | |
| 9 | Counter admiral António Duarte Monteiro (born 1965) |
3 June 2022 | 2 years, 198 days | ||
References
- ^ 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.
- "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.
- ^ "CEMFA demite-se alegando "razões de ordem pessoal"". rtp.pt (in Portuguese). Agência de Notícias de Portugal. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- "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.
- "Cabo Verde -Monte Txota: Inquérito e demissão do CEMFA". archivioradiovaticana.va (in Portuguese). 30 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- "Major General Anildo Emanuel da Graça Morais". fa.gov.cv (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- "António Duarte Monteiro é o novo Chefe de Estado Maior das Forças Armadas". anacao.cv (in Portuguese). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.