Lígia Fonseca

Lígia Arcângela Lubrino Dias Fonseca (born 24 August 1963) is a Cape Verdean lawyer, activist, and politician who has served as the First Lady of Cape Verde from 2011 until 2021. Fonseca became the first female president of the Cape Verdean Lawyers' Association (OAC), the country's national bar association, in 2001. She is married to Cape Verdean former President Jorge Carlos Fonseca.

Biography Fonseca was born Lígia Arcângela Lubrino Dias in Beira, Portuguese Mozambique, on 24 August 1963, to Canta Dias and Máximo Dias. Her father, Máximo Dias, was a Mozambican lawyer, politician and leader of the MONAMO political party. A dissenting group of lawyers argued that she had not been a member of OAC for at least 10 years, but her election was upheld. Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (10 December 2018)