African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
Jorge Carlos Almeida Fonseca has been the President of Cape Verde since 2011 elections and he was re-elected in October 2016. President Fonseca is supported by Movement for Democracy (MOD). Leader of MOD Ulisses Correia e Silva has been prime minister since 2016 elections after his party ousted the ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PANIC) for the first time in 15 years.