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Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (pronunciation in IPA
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The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic....
: ['ped?u v?'?on? ?u'd?ig?? 'pi???]) (born 29 April 1934) has been the President of Cape Verde
Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde , is an archipelago nation located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa....
 since March 2001. Before becoming President he was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1991.

After the ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde

The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde is a former socialist party and presently a social-democratic political party in Cape Verde....
 (PAICV) decided to institute multiparty democracy in February 1990, Pires replaced President Aristides Pereira
Aristides Pereira

Aristides Maria Pereira was the first List of Presidents of Cape Verde of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.Pereira was born on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde....
 as General Secretary of PAICV in August 1990.






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Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (pronunciation in IPA
International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic....
: ['ped?u v?'?on? ?u'd?ig?? 'pi???]) (born 29 April 1934) has been the President of Cape Verde
Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde , is an archipelago nation located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa....
 since March 2001. Before becoming President he was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1991.

After the ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde

The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde is a former socialist party and presently a social-democratic political party in Cape Verde....
 (PAICV) decided to institute multiparty democracy in February 1990, Pires replaced President Aristides Pereira
Aristides Pereira

Aristides Maria Pereira was the first List of Presidents of Cape Verde of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.Pereira was born on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde....
 as General Secretary of PAICV in August 1990. The PAICV lost the multiparty parliamentary and presidential elections held in early 1991 and was left in opposition. At a party congress in August 1993, Pires was replaced as General Secretary by Aristides Lima and was instead elected as President of PAICV. As a candidate for the party presidency at PAICV's September 1997 congress, he faced José Maria Neves
José Maria Neves

Jos? Maria Pereira Neves is the Prime Minister of Cape Verde of Cape Verde. He has been Prime Minister since 1 February 2001 and is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde ....
 and prevailed with 68% of the vote. He stepped down as PAICV President in 2000 in preparation for a presidential bid in the next year's election and he was succeeded by Neves. He announced his candidacy for the Presidency of Cape Verde on September 5 2000.

Pires was the PAICV candidate in the February 2001 presidential election, defeating former Prime Minister Carlos Veiga
Carlos Veiga

Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991 to July 29, 2000, and he unsuccessfully ran for President as the candidate of the Movement for Democracy in 2001 and 2006....
 of the Movement for Democracy
Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)

The Movimento para a Democracia is a more or less liberal parties in Cape Verde. It was in power between 1991 and 2001. MPD was created on March 14, 1990, and their first convention was held in November 1990....
 (MpD) in the second round by just 17 votes. Pires took office on March 22; the MpD boycotted his inauguration, saying that the election was marred by a "non-transparent process". As President, Pires appointed Neves as Prime Minister. He ran for a second term in the presidential election held on 12 February 2006 and again prevailed over Veiga, this time winning in the first round, by a 51%-49% margin.

In May 2008, he said that he favored a cautious, long-term approach to the formation of a United States of Africa
United States of Africa

The United States of Africa is a name sometimes given to one version of the possible future unification of Africa as a national and sovereign federation of states similar in formation to the United States, mirroring the idea of the Federal Europe....
, preferring that regional integration precede a continent-wide union. He attended the Tokyo International Conference on African Development
Tokyo International Conference on African Development

is a conference held every five years in Tokyo, Japan, with the objective "to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners." Japan is a co-host of these conferences....
 (TICAD-IV) at this time.