1975 in Cape Verde

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

 * Portuguese Cape Verde:
 * Provincial high commissioner: Vicente Almeida d'Eça (until July 5)
 * Republic of Cape Verde (July 5 and after):
 * President: Aristides Pereira
 * Prime Minister: Pedro Pires

Events

 * April 21: Paulino do Livramento Évora became the first Cape Verdean born bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
 * June 30: the first Cape Verdean parliamentary elections took place
 * July 5 - Cape Verde gained independence after over 500 years of Portuguese rule. The National Assembly elected Aristides Pereira as President and Pedro Pires as Prime Minister.

Arts and entertainment

 * Mindelo-based newspaper Terra Nova established
 * March 12: The first transmission of television in the nation began under the name Televisão Experimental de Cabo Verde or TEVEC (now RTC)

Births

 * January 20: Boss AC, rapper
 * February 3: Lito, footballer and manager
 * November 5: Crispina Correia, basketball player
 * November 10: Suzanna Lubrano, singer
 * December 7: Mateus Lopes, footballer

Deaths

 * May 29: Sergio Frusoni (b. 1901), writer