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Cabo Verde
Atlantic Ocean
U.S. diplomatic chiefs of mission to Cabo Verde
Melissa Foelsch Wells (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1976) Edward Marks (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1977) Peter Jon de Vos (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1980-83) John Melvin Yates (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1983-86) Vernon DuBois Penner, Jr. (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1986) Francis Terry McNamara (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1989) Joseph Monroe Segars (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1992) Lawrence Neal Benedict (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1996) Michael D. Metelits (Ambassador to Cape Verde 1999) |
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a
political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872 |
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Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License. | ||
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Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. |