Austelino Tavares Correia | |
|---|---|
| 7th President of the National Assembly of Cape Verde | |
| Assumed office 19 May 2021 | |
| President | Jorge Carlos Fonseca José Maria Neves |
| Prime Minister | Ulisses Correia e Silva |
| Preceded by | Jorge Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 August 1968 Portuguese Cape Verde |
| Political party | Movement for Democracy |
| Alma mater | Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde |
Austelino Tavares Correia (born 8 August 1968)[1] is a Cape Verdean politician who currently serves as president of the National Assembly of Cape Verde since 2021.[2]
Political career
Correia graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science, from the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde. He went on to complete a Master of Business Management at the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde.
Correia was elected Deputy of the National Assembly in 2001. He joined Movement for Democracy in 2006.
Correia, was elected president of the National Assembly of Cape Verde on 19 May 2021, with a majority vote of 72 deputies, succeeding Jorge Santos, after his party Movement for Democracy won the 2021 parliamentary elections.[3]
References
- ↑ "Presidente da Assembleia Nacional". portais.parlamento.cv. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ "Cabo Verde". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ "Austelino Correia eleito presidente da Assembleia Nacional – Orlando Dias rejeitado pelo parlamento | INFORPRESS" (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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