Lígia Fonseca

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lubrino, the second or paternal family name is Dias, and, for married women, the optional marital name is Fonseca.

Lígia Fonseca
First Lady of Cape Verde
In role
9 September 2011 – 9 November 2021
PresidentJorge Carlos Fonseca
Preceded byAdélcia Barreto Pires
Succeeded byDébora Katisa Carvalho
Personal details
BornLígia Arcângela Lubrino Dias
(1963-08-24) 24 August 1963
Beira, Portuguese Mozambique
PartyMovement for Democracy
Spouse
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(m. 1989)​
ChildrenThree
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
ProfessionLawyer
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Lígia Arcângela Lubrino Dias Fonseca (born 24 August 1963) is a Cape Verdean lawyer, activist, and politician who has served as the First Lady of Cape Verde from 2011 until 2021. Fonseca became the first female president of the Cape Verdean Lawyers' Association (OAC), the country's national bar association, in 2001. She is married to Cape Verdean former President Jorge Carlos Fonseca.

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