Austelino Tavares Correia

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]

Austelino Tavares Correia MP
Official portrait, 2024
7th President of the National Assembly of Cape Verde
Incumbent
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	(1968-08-08) 8 August 1968 (age 56) Portuguese Cape Verde
Political party	Movement for Democracy
Alma mater	Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde

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]

References

1. "Presidente da Assembleia Nacional". portais.parlamento.cv. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
2. "Cabo Verde". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
3. "Austelino Correia eleito presidente da Assembleia Nacional – Orlando Dias rejeitado pelo parlamento | INFORPRESS" (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-20.