Fátima Veiga

Maria de Fátima da Veiga (born June 22, 1957) is a Cape Verdean politician and diplomat. Veiga was the foreign minister from 2002–2004. She was the first female foreign minister in Cape Verde's history.

Maria de Fátima da Veiga
Ambassador Veiga with President Bush after presenting her credentials as ambassador, August 16, 2007
Ambassador of Cape Verde to Cuba
In office 2001–2002
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 2002–2004
President	Pedro Pires
Preceded by	Manuel Inocêncio Sousa
Succeeded by	Víctor Borges
Ambassador of Cape Verde to the United States
Ambassador of Cape Verde to France
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	José Armando Filomeno Ferreira Duarte
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-22) 22 June 1957 Mindelo, São Vicente, Portuguese Cape Verde

Veiga was born on the island of São Vicente. She later attended some higher education institutes including the University of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, the German Foundation in Berlin, the Prague and in Brazil. In 1980, she started to work for the Cape Verdean Ministry of External Affairs. Between 2001 and 2002, she was the Ambassador of Cape Verde to Cuba. When she was a foreign minister, she visited Paris from January 9 to 12, 2002.

For a few years in 2007 she was the Ambassador of Cape Verde to the United States. She presented her credentials to President Bush on August 16, 2007.[1]

Since February 20, 2014, she is the Capeverdean ambassador to France. She succeeded José Armando Filomeno Ferreira Duarte who was the longest serving ambassador to France.