Prime Minister Pedro Pires sent FARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.
Pires was awarded the 2011 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
On June 7, 2005, Capeverdean president Pedro Pires paid homage to Sergio Frusoni and declared him as one of the greatest Crioulo poets.
San Pedro Sula | San Pedro | Pedro Almodóvar | San Pedro de Macorís | Pedro Infante | Pedro II of Brazil | Pedro Martínez | Pedro Vargas | San Pedro, Los Angeles | Pedro Rosselló | San Pedro Town | Colégio Pedro II | Pedro Rodríguez | Pedro Fernández de Castro | Pedro Damián | Pedro Álvares Cabral | San Pedro de Atacama | Point Pedro | Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay | Pedro Juan Caballero | Pedro Cieza de León | Pedro Bell | Dom Pedro | Colégio Pedro II (Rio de Janeiro) | São Pedro | Pedro Torres | Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver) | Pedro Rizzo | Pedro Pierluisi | Pedro Paterno |
After serving two five year terms, he stepped down in 2001; in the 2001 election, Movement for Democracy candidate Carlos Veiga, who had served as Prime Minister under Monteiro, was defeated by Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV).