| Rui Semedo | |
| Office: | President of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
| Term Start: | 20 December 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Janira Hopffer Almada |
| Birth Name: | Rui Mendes Semedo |
| Birth Place: | Cape Verde |
| Party: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Rui Mendes Semedo (born 1956) is a professor and politician from Cape Verde. He is the current president of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) since December 2021.[1]
Semedo served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 2011 to 2014,[2] and Minister of National Defense from 2014 to 2016.[3] [4]