Rui Semedo
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Preceded byJanira Hopffer Almada
Succeeded byFrancisco Carvalho
BornRui Mendes Semedo
7 October 1956 (69 years)
7 October 1956 (69 years)
Cape Verde
Rui Semedo | |
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.jpg) Semedo in 2015 | |
| President of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde | |
| In office 20 December 2021 – 25 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Janira Hopffer Almada |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Carvalho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rui Mendes Semedo 7 October 1956 (69 years) Cape Verde |
| Party | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Rui Mendes Semedo (born 7 October 1956)[1] is a professor and politician from Cape Verde who served as the president of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) from December 2021[2] to May 2025.[3]
Semedo served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 2011 to 2014,[4] and Minister of National Defense from 2014 to 2016.[5][6]