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Former Presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe

Name (Political Party Affiliation)

Term

Manuel Pinto da Costa (MLSTP)

12 Jul 1975 – 03 Apr 1991

Miguel dos Anjos Trovoada*/**(Independent/ADI)

03 Apr 1991 – 07 Aug 2001

* Trovoada’s rule briefly interrupted by a brief military coup that lasted from 15-21 August 1995
**In 1991, Trovoada ran as an independent candidate supported by the PCD-GR and CODO; In 1996 he ran as an ADI candidate.

Former Prime Ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe

Name (Political Party Affiliation)

Term

Leonel Maria d'Alva (MLSTP)

21 Dec 1974 – 12 Jul 1975

Miguel dos Anjos Trovoada (MLSTP)

12 Jul 1975 –    Mar 1979

Celestino Rocha da Costa (MLSTP)

08 Jan 1988 – 07 Feb 1991

Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio (Independent)

07 Feb 1991 – 16 May 1992

Norberto d'Alva Costa Alegre (PCD-GR)

16 May 1992 – 02 Jul 1994

Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (ADI)

07 Jul 1994 – 25 Oct 1994

Carlos da Graça (MLSTP-PSD)

25 Oct 1994 – 31 Dec 1995

Armindo Vaz d'Almeida (MLSTP-PSD)

31 Dec 1995 – 19 Nov 1996

Raul Bragança Neto (MLSTP-PSD)

19 Nov 1996 – 05 Jan 1999

Guilherme Posser da Costa (MLSTP-PSD)

05 Jan 1999 – 26 Sep 2001

Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho(ADI)

26 Sep 2001 – 26 Mar 2002

Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa (MLSTP-PSD)

26 Mar 2002 – 07 Oct 2002

Maria das Neves Ceita Batista de Sousa* (MLSTP-PSD)

07 Oct 2002 – 18 Sep 2004

* Briefly interrupted by a brief military coup that lasted from 16-23 Jul 2003

Chairmen of the Military Junta of National Salvation (During brief military takeovers in 1995 & 2003)

Manuel Quintas de Almeida

15 Aug 1995 – 21 Aug 1995

Fernando Pereira

16 Jul 2003 – 23 Jul 2003

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