Vasco Cabral

Vasco Cabral (1926–2005) was a Bissau-Guinean writer and politician.

He was minister of economy and finance and planning from 1974 to 1982. He was also minister of justice, and Second Vice President of Guinea-Bissau from 21 June 1989 to December 1991.

Cabral was born in Farim, northern part of the country. He studied at the Technical University of Lisbon and was imprisoned in 1953 for opposing António de Oliveira Salazar's regime. He was one of the founders of PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde). He published a book of poems in 1981, and was the founder and first president of national union of artists and wrtiers of Guinea Bissau. He was married to Barbara Matos. He died in Bissau. Provided by Wikipedia