Silvino Manuel da Luz

{{Short description|Cape Verdean politician and diplomat}}

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| name = Silvino Manuel da Luz

| office1 = Foreign Minister of Cape Verde

| term_start1 = 1981

| term_end1 = 1991

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| predecessor1 = Abílio Duarte

| successor1 = Jorge Carlos Fonseca

| president1 = Aristides Pereira

| party = PACIV

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1939}}

| occupation = Politician

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Silvino Manuel da Luz (born 1939) is a former Cape Verdean politician and diplomat.{{cite web|title=Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde|url=http://209.88.21.36/opencms/opencms/grnnet/MFA/dipplomatic/embassies.html|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Namibia|accessdate=7 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120726093448/http://209.88.21.36/opencms/opencms/grnnet/MFA/dipplomatic/embassies.html|archivedate=26 July 2012}} Da Luz was the second foreign minister of his country from 1981 to 1991. He succeeded Abílio Duarte and was succeeded by Jorge Carlos Fonseca.