The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Cape Verde (; CEMFA) is a major-general, who is the highest-ranked officer in the Cape Verdean Armed Forces.
List of officeholders Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 BrigadierMarino Dias March 1989 July 1991 2 BrigadierEderlindo Ribeiro July 1991 February 1995 3 BrigadierAmílcar Baptista February 1995 October 1998 4 BrigadierJorge Bettencourt Pinto October 1998 May 2001 5 BrigadierAntero Matos May 2001 March 2009 6 BrigadierFernando Pereira Carvalho March 2009 18 August 2011 – ColonelJorge Paulo Monte 18 August 2011 30 December 2011 7 Major generalAlberto Fernandes 30 December 2011 30 April 2016 8 Major generalAnildo Emanuel da Graça Morais 24 June 2016 3 June 2022 9 Counter admiralAntónio Duarte Monteiro 3 June 2022 8 November 2025 10 Counter admiralManuel António Pereira Semedo 8 November 2025 Incumbent
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