Politics of Cape Verde takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Cape Verde is the head of government and the President of the Republic of Cape Verde is the head of state,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The constitution,first approved in 1980 and substantially revised in 1992,forms the basis of government organization. It declares that the government is the "organ that defines,leads,and executes the general internal and external policy of the country" and is responsible to the National Assembly.
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos,known as Nandó,is an Angolan politician who was the first vice president of Angola from February 2010 to September 2012. He was the prime minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and president of the National Assembly of Angola from 2008 to 2010. He has again served as president of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2022.
António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001.
The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde is a democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was formerly a Marxist–Leninist communist party and the sole legal party in the country from 1981 to 1990. Its members are nicknamed "os tambarinas" in Portuguese,and they identify themselves with the color yellow.
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo is a Mozambican politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2020. She served as the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique from 2010 to 2020. Dlhovo is a member of Frelimo.
António Paulo Kassoma is an Angolan politician. He was named Prime Minister of Angola in September 2008 and remained in office until the new constitution replaced this function in February 2010. Kassoma then served as President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2010 to 2012. On August 27,2016 Kassoma was named Party Secretary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
Francisco Benante is a Bissau-Guinean politician. He was President of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) from 1999 to 2002 and President of the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau from 2004 to 2008.
João Nuno de Lacerda Teixeira de Melo is a Portuguese lawyer,conservative politician who is serving as Minister of National Defence,also being a member of the Assembly of the Republic,elected by Porto constituency. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the Democratic and Social Centre –People's Party (CDS-PP),of which he is president.
Basílio Mosso Ramos is a Cape Verdean politician who was the 5th president of the National Assembly of Cape Verde from 2011 to 2016.
The IX Legislature of the National Assembly of São Toméand Príncipe was a legislature of the National Assembly of São Toméand Príncipe. It officially began on 11 September 2010 and ended on 15 August 2014.
Jorge Pedro Maurício dos Santos is a Cape Verdean politician who served as president of the National Assembly of Cape Verde from 2016 to 2021.
Aristides Raimundo Lima is a former Cape Verdean politician and was the 4th president of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2011.
Dan Iala N’Canha Baranção,commonly known as Dan Ialá,is a Bissau-Guinean politician from the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). She was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2014 general election and appointed Second Secretary of the Parliamentary Bureau. In 2015,she served as President of the Organising Committees of the 67th Executive Committee session of the African Parliamentary Union and the 38th Conference of Presidents of African National Parliamentary Assemblies. In February 2018,Ialáwas elected by the Central Committee members to the Standing Committee of the PAIGC. During the 2019 presidential election,she served as deputy director for the campaign of Domingos Simões Pereira,the PAIGC's candidate. She was re-elected to the National Assembly in 2019 representing the Catióand Komo sectors of the Tombali Region. Following the 2019 election,she was appointed as First Secretary of the Parliamentary Bureau. In February 2020,after the disputed 2019 Guinea-Bissau presidential election,Ialáunsuccessfully attempted to inaugurate Cipriano Cassamáas president.
Celeste Correia is a naturalized Portuguese teacher and politician,originally from the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde. She represented the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) as a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1995 and 2011 and,again,from 2014 to 2015.
Maria Helena do Rego da Costa Salema Roseta is a Portuguese architect,specialising in improvements to poorer neighbourhoods,and a politician who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic and President of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly and Mayor of Cascais.
Susana Amador is a Portuguese jurist and politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she briefly became a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic in 2005. She was elected to the Assembly again in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 and 2022. Between 2005 and 2015 she was a member of the Lisbon Metropolitan Council and mayor of Odivelas,a municipality in the Lisbon area. In 2019 she served as the Secretary of State for Education.
Helga Correia is a Portuguese politician. A member of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD),she was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2015 as a representative of the Aveiro constituency and was re-elected in 2019 and 2022.
Irene Manuela Ferreira da Costa is a Portuguese social worker and politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she was elected as a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic in January 2022,representing Braga,and was re-elected in 2024.
