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.
The national flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 when independence from Portugal was proclaimed.
Patricia de Lille is a South African politician who serves as the leader of Good. She served as Mayor of Cape Town, in office from June 2011 until her resignation in October 2018. She was the founder and the leader of the Independent Democrats, until the party amalgamated with the Democratic Alliance in 2010. She previously served as Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development, Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and Member of the National Assembly.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is da Costa and the second or maternal family name is Cabral.
The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis or Crioulos (Creoles), is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.
Cape Verdean Americans are Americans whose ancestors were Cape Verdean.
Carmen Pereira was a politician in Guinea-Bissau. She served three days as Acting President in 1984, becoming the first woman in this role in Africa and the only one in Guinea-Bissau's history. She had the shortest term as the Acting President, serving only three days in office. She died in Bissau on 4 June 2016.
The unicameral National Assembly is the legislative body of the Republic of Cape Verde.
José Manuel Gomes Andrade was previously a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Cape Verde. As of 2015 he is serving as a member of Cape Verde's national assembly.
Orlanda Maria Duarte Santos Ferreira is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament from Cape Verde. She is a member of the ECOWAS Parliament.
João Baptista Ferreira Medina is a politician from Cape Verde. Medina is a member of the Movement for Democracy (MPD) and was elected to the National Assembly from the São Vicente constituency. He is also a member of the Pan-African Parliament.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Cape Verde may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Cape Verde, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
Cape Verde is an island nation, part of the Macaronesian group of islands of the Atlantic Ocean and was a former Portuguese colony during the colonial era between 1460 and 1975. EU-Cape Verde relations are founded on the EU/Cape Verde Special Partnership, agreed in 2007, building on six pillars;
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cape Verde:
The Black Star of Africa is a black five-pointed star symbolizing Africa in general and Ghana in particular. The Black Star Line, founded in 1919 by Marcus Garvey as part of the Back-to-Africa movement, modelled its name on that of the White Star Line, changing the colour from white to black to symbolise ownership by black people rather than white people. The black star became a symbol of Pan-Africanism and anti-colonialism. Described as the "Lodestar of African Freedom", the black star was used in 1957 by Theodosia Okoh in the design of the Flag of Ghana.
Vera Valentina Benrós de Melo Duarte Lobo de Pina, also known as Vera Valentina Benrós de Melo Duarte Lobo de Pina and Vera Duarte Martins, is a Cape Verdean human rights activist, government minister and politician.
Mário José Carvalho de Lima is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Cape Verde.
José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva is a Cape Verdean businessman and politician who has been Prime Minister of Cape Verde since 22 April 2016.
Janira Isabel Fonseca Hopffer Almada is a politician from Cape Verde who was the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) from 2014–2016.
