Arlindo Nascimento do Rosário was born on December 9, 1961, in Sal Island (Cabo Verde). He holds a degree in Medicine by the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) with a Specialization in General Pediatrics from the Escola Paulista de Medicina, (Federal University of São Paulo-Brazil).

He was a general practitioner at the Ribeira Grande Health Police Station from 1989 to 1994, Pediatrician at the Santo Antão Regional Hospital since 1997, President of the Discipline Council of the Order of the Doctors of  Cabo Verde Doctors, Health Delegate and Director of the Regional Hospital of Santo Antão, from 2001 to 2011. Also, he was  Member of the Team of Supervisors of the General Directorate of Health and Member of the National Medicines Commission and currently he is the Minister of Health and Social Security of Cabo Verde.