Maria de Fátima da Veiga (born June 22, 1957) is a Cape Verdean politician and diplomat.

She was the first female foreign minister in Cape Verde's history.

She later attended some higher education institutes including the University of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, the German Foundation in Berlin, the Prague and in Brazil.

In 1980, she started to work for the Cape Verdean Ministry of External Affairs.

She succeeded José Armando Filomeno Ferreira Duarte who was the longest serving ambassador to France.