Manuel Veiga (born 27 March 1948) is a Cape Verdean writer, a linguist with references in the national and international level and a politician.
He frequently attended the Catholic seminary of S. José (St. Joseph) in the city of Praia, capital of Cape Verde (then provincial) between 1962 and 1974.
He had been member of the International Committee of Creole Studies representing Cape Verde.
Other functions included the president of the National Commission of the standardization of the Cape Verdean Creole alphabet.
As minister of culture, he awarded Nelson Nunes Lobo the Medal of Merit in 2009 for the artist's contemporary art paintings.