2016 in Cape Verde
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in
Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...
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Incumbents

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
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Jorge Carlos Fonseca Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (; born 20 October 1950)
is a
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Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
: José Maria Neves (until 22 June), José Ulisses Correia e Silva (from 22 June)


Events

*January 20: Tarrafal camp museum in Santiago Island opened by Prime Minister José Maria Neves and the Portuguese Premier
António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and ...
*March 20: the 2016 parliamentary election took place *April 20: Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos president of the
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...
*April 22: Ulisses Correia e Silva Prime Minister of Cape Verde *June 22: The current Correia e Silva cabinet begins *September: The Prime Minister and members of his government met with the IMF to discuss the 2016 Article IV consultation. *September 4: the 2016 municipal elections took place *October 2: the 2016 presidential elections took place, President
Jorge Carlos Fonseca Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (; born 20 October 1950)
is a
was re-elected


Sports

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CS Mindelense Clube Sportivo Mindelense ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''KS Mindelensi'' (''KS'' – ''Klubi Sporting''), São Vicente Crioulo: ''KS Mindelense'' (''KS'' – ''Klube or Clube (CS)'') is a football club that plays in the Pr ...
won the
Cape Verdean Football Championship The Cape Verdean Football Championship or the Campeonato Caboverdiano de Futebol is a association football, football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, when the isla ...


Deaths

*September 16: António Mascarenhas Monteiro (b. 1944), politician and Prime Minister


References

{{Year in Africa, 2016 Years of the 21st century in Cape Verde 2010s in Cape Verde
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Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...