1962 in Cape Verde

Incumbents

• Colonial governor: Silvino Silvério Marques

Events

• The port of Porto Grande, Mindelo, was expanded

Sports

• CS Mindelense won the Cape Verdean Football Championship

Births

• Bau, musician
• January 27: Neno, footballer
• March 15: Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, politician, current president of the National Assembly
• 17 May: Antonio Evora Querido, UN FAO Resident Representative in Uganda
• June 4: Ulisses Correia e Silva, politician and Prime Minister