Austelino Tavares Correia Explained

Austelino Tavares Correia
Office:7th President of the National Assembly of Cape Verde
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Predecessor:Jorge Santos
President:Jorge Carlos Fonseca
José Maria Neves
Primeminister:Ulisses Correia e Silva
Party:Movement for Democracy
Birth Date:8 August 1968
Birth Place:Portuguese Cape Verde
Alma Mater:Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde
Term Start:19 May 2021

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 in Sociology of Social Intervention and Degree in Sociology of Work and Organisations, from the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde. Postgraduate degree in business management, from ISCTE-IUL.

Correia was elected Deputy of the National Assembly in 2001. He joined Movement for Democracy MpD in 1996.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Presidente da Assembleia Nacional . 2022-05-20 . portais.parlamento.cv.
  2. Web site: 2018-07-05 . Cabo Verde . 2022-05-20 . Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform . en.
  3. Web site: 2021-05-19 . Austelino Correia eleito presidente da Assembleia Nacional – Orlando Dias rejeitado pelo parlamento INFORPRESS . 2022-05-20 . pt-PT.