Rui Semedo | |
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President of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde | |
Assumed office 20 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Janira Hopffer Almada |
Personal details | |
Born | Rui Mendes Semedo 1956 (age 67–68) Cape Verde |
Political party | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
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]
Semedo served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 2011 to 2014,[2] and Minister of National Defense from 2014 to 2016.[3][4]