Rui Mendes Semedo (born 1956) is a professor and politician from Cape Verde. He is the current president of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) since December 2021.[1]

Rui Semedo
President of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
Assumed office
20 December 2021
Preceded byJanira Hopffer Almada
Personal details
Born
Rui Mendes Semedo

1956 (age 67–68)
Cape Verde
Political partyAfrican Party for the Independence of Cape Verde

Semedo served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 2011 to 2014,[2] and Minister of National Defense from 2014 to 2016.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Cabo Verde: Rui Semedo eleito presidente do PAICV, principal partido da oposição". VOA (in Portuguese). 20 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Novo governo de Cabo Verde conta com 21 elementos". RFI (in Portuguese). 19 March 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Primeiro-Ministro reformula executivo em Cabo Verde". RFI (in Portuguese). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Cabo Verde com governo "pequeno, produtivo e parceiro"". RFI (in Portuguese). 8 April 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2022.