Maria de Fátima Coronel

Maria de Fátima Coronel is a Cape Verdean lawyer and jurist who was President of the Supreme Court of Justice from November 2015 until her retirement in December 2020.

Career
Coronel served as a Magistrate before becoming Attorney General and a Judge in criminal courts in Santa Catarina and Praia. She is not aligned with any political party and has been seen as an "exemplary" judge. She was a Supreme Court judge since at least 2007.

Coronel was nominated President of the Supreme Court of Justice by President Jorge Carlos Fonseca in November 2015, and affirmed by her judicial colleagues, the first woman to take on the position.