1st CPLP Summit

{{one source|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox summit meeting

| summit_name = I Conference of Heads of State & Government of the CPLP

| other_titles = 1st CPLP Summit

| image = I Cimeira da CPLP.png

| caption = The 1st CPLP Summit; Lisbon, .

| country = {{flag|Portugal}}

| dates = 17 July 1996

| venues = Jerónimos Monastery

| cities = Lisbon

| participants =

| heads_of_state_label = {{nowrap|Heads of State}} or Government

| heads_of_state =

| chairperson =

| website = [https://www.cplp.org/id-4447.aspx?Action=1&NewsId=2946&M=NewsV2&PID=10872 I Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP]

}}

The I Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP ({{langx|pt|I Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP}}), commonly known as the 1st CPLP Summit (I Cimeira da CPLP), was the 1st biennial meeting of heads of state and heads of government of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, held at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal, on 17 July 1996.[https://www.cplp.org/id-4447.aspx?Action=1&NewsId=2946&M=NewsV2&PID=10872 CPLP - I Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP]

Outcome

This summit formally created the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, after two years of multilateral negotiations and planning to create an intergovernmental organization around the community of countries with Portuguese as its official language.[https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/641363/a-cplp-e-o-sucesso-da-lusofonia Sol - A CPLP e o Sucesso da Lusofonia]

=Executive Secretary=

References

{{reflist}}