"CURRENT AFRICAN LEADERS: Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca of Cape Verde Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca is a Cape Verdean politician, lawyer, and university professor who has been President of Cape Verde since 2011. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Fonseca graduated from the University of Lisbon in Portugal with a masters in Legal Sciences. Fonseca was assistant professor and chairman of the board of the Institute for Law and Social Sciences in Cape Verde. He is also founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ""Direito e Justiça"" Foundation, founder and director of the magazine ""Direito e Cidadania"", collaborator to the magazine ""Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Criminal"", and a member of the editorial board of ""Revista de Economia e Direito"" of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. Fonseca has written several books and published over fifty scientific and technical works on law, and also two books of poetry. He has been awarded several times by the State of Cape Verde, is also holder of the status of Freedom Fighters of the Country."
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