2016 in Cape Verde

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

 * President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
 * Prime Minister: 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
 * March 20: the 2016 parliamentary election took place
 * April 20: Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos president of the National Assembly
 * 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 was re-elected

Sports

 * CS Mindelense won the Cape Verdean Football Championship

Deaths

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