Rui Semedo
Rui Semedo | |
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Semedo in 2015 | |
| President of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Janira Hopffer Almada |
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| Born | Rui Mendes Semedo 1956 (age 68–69) 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.
Semedo served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 2011 to 2014, and Minister of National Defense from 2014 to 2016.